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Innovation Birmingham launches new business centre plan
Innovation Birmingham Campus
City campus to house dedicated hub aimed at helping SMEs and growing companies interact better with city's universities
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Lord Heseltine calls on council leaders to embrace elected mayor plan
Local Enterprise Partnership
The former Conservative minister, who is now a passionate advocate for devolution, made the call while addressing the Greater Birmingham and Solihull Local Enterprise Partnership’s annual conference
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Greater Birmingham leads the way for foreign investment
Local Enterprise Partnership
More than 6,000 jobs created or safeguarded in the region on the back of 73 investment from overseas firms
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West Midlands Combined Authority is such a dismal title - you would expect no less from a committee
Birmingham City Council
Asking seven council leaders to set aside their local interests for the good of the region, jobs and growth has proved too tall an order
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Centenary Square redesign winner revealed
Library of Birmingham
Concept by Edinburgh practice Graeme Massie Architects picked from five finalists to create new public realm in front of the Library of Birmingham
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Weeks away from new future for West Midlands
Jerry Blackett
Outgoing chamber chief executive Jerry Blackett is confident the West Midlands can finally speak with one single voice
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Cinderella finally goes to the ball (or the West Midlands finally gets its act together with a combined authority)?
Economic Development
Positive steps have been taken recently as the West Midlands finally catches up with its northern counterparts, says Professor David Bailey
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Wesleyan director Ahmed Farooq takes over as BPS Birmingham chair
Finance
Mr Farooq has taken on the role at BPS, which represents the professional and financial services sector in Greater Birmingham
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The forgotten rural pieces of the West Midlands
Opinion
A significant rural-urban fringe surrounds “Greater Birmingham” where the wider rural development dimension has been largely forgotten and neglected in policy and decision making.
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Finance Birmingham agrees funding deal for Contact Transport
Banking & Finance
The investment will allow the company to continue growing, following a 60 per cent increase in turnover to nearly £20 million in the last 12 months
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Ed Balls promises city centre enterprise zone will extend to Curzon HS2 Station
Economic Development
Business leaders welcomed an earlier vow from George Osborne to extend the enterprise zone which would open up the door to borrowing millions needed to regenerate and create thousands of jobs
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Conservatives vow to extend Birmingham enterprise zone to Curzon Street
Economic Development
George Osborne has announced an expansion of the city centre enterprise zone to take in the regeneration area around Curzon HS2 Station
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Birmingham Metropolitan College axes up to 250 jobs
Birmingham Metropolitan College
Funding cuts blamed as further education college reveals major cutbacks across the region
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Heseltine: We're talking about devolution for the West Midlands
Economic Development
Major political shake-up on its way for Birmingham and the region according to Tory peer but West Midlands must agree on elected mayor
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Interview with Liz Peace: from Cadbury, to BPF and back
Curzon Street Station
Liz Peace has been named as the chairman of the Curzon Urban Regeneration Company, overseeing the regeneration around Birmingham's proposed HS2 station
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Three Snowhill plans submitted in major step for Birmingham offices
Commercial Property
Developer Ballymore is behind the plans which will take the total area of the Snowhill estate to almost 1 million sq ft
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Plans to turn Wholesale Markets into Birmingham's family quarter
Birmingham City Council
New 'Birmingham Smithfield' vision unveiled today in France at international property conference MIPIM
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West Midlands Police chief joins calls for combined regional authority
Economic Development
David Jamieson, the only person elected to a West Midland role at the moment, is urging the region to get on with creating a combined authority to avoid losing the chance of receiving devolved powers from London
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BPS Birmingham and Greater Birmingham and Solihull LEP launch SME funding portal
Banking & Finance
The website has been launched jointly by BPS Birmingham, the organisation representing the region’s business professional and financial services sector, and the Greater Birmingham and Solihull Local Enterprise Partnership
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Birmingham artist Reuben Colley opens Colmore Row gallery
Commercial Property
City artist's paintings of Birmingham will sit next to work from the likes of Warhol and Damien Hirst
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East of Birmingham growth and jobs drive is launched
Employment
Birmingham City Council reveals vision to create 9,000 jobs in deprived half of city as HS2 relents over land dispute
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Coventry Gateway decision may see jobs lost to other regions
Opinion
The Communities and local Government Secretary Eric Pickles recently turned down the proposed 'Coventry Gateway' scheme.
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Wholesale Markets and Icknield Port Loop on show at MIPIM 2015
Andy Street
Greater Birmingham’s schedule will comprise 11 events and 25 speakers across the four-day property exhibition
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BBC Midlands fair share campaign backed by production industry
Enterprise
Senior industry figures say the television production sector in Birmingham has been crushed with BBC investment largely focused on all regions but the Midlands
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