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Comment: 30 years on from meeting that sparked a revolution
Masshouse
Architect Joe Holyoak looks back to a meeting of minds - including his own - in Birmingham which shaped the future face of the city
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MIPIM 2018: Event programme unveiled by Midlands º£½ÇÊÓƵ
MIPIM
Midlands delegation has announced the themes and speakers for the events which will highlight investment opportunities in Birmingham and wider region
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Middle East retail giant invests £15m in new Birmingham hub
Aston
LuLu Group International plans to open European headquarters in Aston to support its global retail operations
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Last chance saloon
Digbeth
A petition calling for Birmingham to create a major new park has achieved 5,000 signatures, and people are continuing to sign.
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CPO unlocks Axis Square regeneration
Construction
City council backs order to purchase parts of development site next to Mailbox which will enable work to start next year
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Barberry to develop next phase of Advanced Manufacturing Hub
Aston
Industrial unit will be speculatively developed after land deal agreed with Birmingham City Council and Homes England
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KPMG hosts debate to mark the launch of MidlandsAbility
Post People
KPMG hosted a panel debate to mark the launch of the new MidlandsAbility network.
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Comment: Councillors are right on GKN and Street's silence isn't good enough
Engineering
Councillors Ward and O'Reilly and local MPs are right in stressing the strategic importance of GKN, says Professor David Bailey
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Comment: Full speed ahead to give 'HS2 Generation' the best prospects
High Speed 2
City council leader Ian Ward examines the future for Birmingham fuelled by the arrival of high-speed rail line HS2
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Vélo Birmingham announces new event date
Birmingham City Council
Organisers shift date of next sportive and are planning to create new route
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Rich List 2018: No.32= - Anthony and Graham Coombs and family
Rich List
Twins Anthony and Graham Coombs and their families have a 52 per cent stake in S&U, the Solihull credit business founded in Birmingham before the war by Welshman Clifford Coombs
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Rich List 2018: No.32= - Peter Horton and family
Rich List
Hortons' Estate has been celebrating 125 years in business
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Carillion. What a Mess.
Carillion
Professor David Bailey casts his eye over the ongoing fallout from construction and infrastructure group Carillion entering liquidation
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Review of 2017 - December: Council tax rise, Commonwealth Games and 42-storey apartment tower
Broad Street Birmingham
Our Review of the Year ends with the news in December that council tax in Birmingham was set to add £70 to the average family bill and track cycling at the 2022 Commonwealth Games would be taking place in London
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Comment: Gone but not forgotten - but will Birmingham ever learn?
John Madin
Mary Keating, from campaign group Brutiful Birmingham, asks why Birmingham seems to dislike its Brutalist history so much
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Review of 2017 - October: City's MPs, abortion clinic protests and Boris Bikes for Birmingham
Fort Dunlop
The political map of Birmingham is to be redrawn with the number of MPs dropping from ten to nine and city's health chief supports ban on protesters outside Edgbaston abortion clinic
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Review of 2017 - September: Midland Metro extension, council leader quits and HMRC chooses new Birmingham base
Birmingham City Council
More details of the city centre extension to the tram network were revealed in September including the exact locations of five new stops while city council leader John Clancy quit following the fallout from the bin strike
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Review of 2017 - August: Bin strike halted, new transport chief and council watchdog steps away
Midland Metro
There was a fragile ceasefire in August as the bin strike which had gripped the city was halted and Mayor Andy Street recruited a new transport chief to oversee the stream of major projects planned over the next few years
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Review of 2017 - June: Hall Green stadium, council chief's pay off and HSBC's move to Birmingham
HSBC
A historic Birmingham greyhound stadium was bid farewell after owners announced its closure date in June and a £500,000 pay off for the city council's former chief executive was branded ludicrous
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Review of 2017 - May: New mayor elected, unexploded bomb and HS2 landmark revamp
Andy Street
There was a historic moment for West Midlands politics in May as Andy Street was appointed the region's first directly mayor and Birmingham was strangled for almost two days after an unexploded bomb was found
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Review of 2017 - April: £75m Cadbury investment, battle to save church and Big Art Project winner
Cadbury
Cadbury's owner Mondelēz International showcased the result of a £75m investment into the factory in Bournville which brought some Daily Mail manufacturing home and campaigners opposed plans to demolish a historic church
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Review of 2017 - February: Facelift for M6 junction, new cycle lanes and council cuts U-turn
University of Birmingham
Highways chiefs announced plans in February to spend £64m improving a busy M6 junction and new images were revealed showing how Birmingham's 'cycle superhighway' could look
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Review of 2017 - January: Commonwealth Games, green belt housing and Colmore Row makeover
Midland Metro
Our Review of the Year for 2017 kicks off with the news London Olympics bosses were recruited to help Birmingham secure the Commonwealth Games and Sutton residents were battling developers
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West Midlands Mayor opens new retirement village
Post People
Longbridge Retirement Village is on the site of the former Austin/Rover car factory where some of the residents used to work.
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