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Graeme Brown

Graeme Brown is the Editor, New Audience at Birmingham Live

Brewin Dolphin celebrates 20 years in Birmingham
Post People
Brewin Dolphin Birmingham office celebrated 20 years in the city with a drinks reception for clients and contacts.
Midlands Steel Taskforce set up over 260,000 job fears
Birmingham City University
Business leaders, academics and economists will meet to thrash out a strategy to support steel-reliant manufacturers
260,000 Midland jobs at risk as steel crisis deepens
Engineering
Economist paints bleak picture for the region as knock-on effect of Caparo's collapse within the supply chain becomes clearer
Record number of visitors to Birmingham brings £500m boost
Library of Birmingham
New data released today shows that three million more people came to the city last year compared with 2013
Mailbox delivers on luxury as it re-opens
Mailbox
Head of Business Graeme Brown takes a tour of the retail, leisure and office building in Birmingham city centre which is finally launching after a £50 million facelift
£50m China deals for Aston Martin and London Taxi Company
China
Midland manufacturing pair cash in on Chinese president's visit - even though George Osborne stopped him from coming to the region
Northern Powerhouse fixation makes George Osborne just one more problem for West Midlands
George Osborne MP
The Chancellor intervened to take the Chinese president to Manchester, not Birmingham, in the latest sign our city is not top of his list
Two Birmingham churches added to Heritage At Risk Register
Edgbaston
The Church of St George, in Edgbaston, which dates back to 1836, and the Roman Catholic Church of St Thomas More, in Sheldon, have been added to the Heritage At Risk Register
Cost of renting a home in the West Midlands hits new record high
Economic Development
It now costs £592 a month to rent a home in the region on average - lower than the national figure but higher than ever before
Administrators called in to Caparo Industries
Pricewaterhousecoopers
The company, which comprises 13 firms in the West Midlands, among others, confirmed PwC as administrator, in a major blow to the region
West Midlands set for major jobs blow as Caparo heads towards collapse
Pricewaterhousecoopers
Caparo is understood to be set to go into administration, with the loss of around 1,800 jobs – the majority of which are in Birmingham and the Black Country
Jewellery retailer marks ten Fabulous years of success
Post People
Leamington Spa-based jewellery retailer, Fabulous, marked its 10th successful year in business with a celebratory black-tie event at the Relais & Chateux Hotel
Seven Capital creates video on why Birmingham is the place to invest
Seven Capital
Seven Capital, which is building a host of new apartments across the city centre, drafted in the likes of Lord Digby Jones and Stacey Barnfield for the film
Strike ballot over Open University plans to close Birmingham office
Harborne
The distance-learning educator wants to close its Harborne office as part of a wider cull of seven regional centres with the loss of 502 jobs.
Birmingham Post Business Awards shortlist revealed
Birmingham Post Business Awards
All the runners and riders for the 2015 awards can now been announced four weeks ahead of the ceremony at the ICC
East End Foods gala dinner in aid of Macmillan Cancer Care
Post People
East End Foods held a gala charity dinner at Vox Resorts World in aid of Macmillan Cancer Care
Union warning over plans for 300 Aston Martin job cuts
Aston Martin
Unite says there would be an impact on the world famous brand if workers were forced to leave the luxury car-maker
Business and academic leaders pay tribute to departing Sir Albert Bore
Sir Albert Bore
To bosses pay tribute to Birmingham City Council leader's legacy after it emerged he would be stepping down
Custard Factory boss Lucan Gray angered by contract scrapped by his father
Custard Factory
Well-known city businessman reveals, in a public statement, his father terminated a contract with his business without warning him
Video: Virtual reality glimpse into future of Franklin House in Bournville
Cadbury
Future homeowners explored The Franklin, in Bournville, using a 3D headset offering an immersive glimpse into the future of the development
The Alchemist and Italian restaurant Gusto set to open at The Grand Hotel
Colmore Row
High-end chains, which are both popular in the North West, expected to open first Birmingham venues on Colmore Row
Round table get-together in Birmingham
Post People
Moore Stephens and Rider Levett Bucknall brought together key figures from the property and construction industry for a round table event in Birmingham.
Wigley Group's golf and gala dinner raises over £16,000
Post People
Over 150 business professionals from across the region clubbed together to raise more than £16,000 at The Wigley Group’s golf open and gala dinner.
Midland property agents view Friargate progress
Post People
Property agents from across the Midlands have been viewing the progress at Coventry's​ transformational Friargate regeneration scheme at a series of breakfasts.