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Graeme Brown

Graeme Brown is the Editor, New Audience at Birmingham Live

Birmingham's housing crisis deepens with larger shortfall
Birmingham City Council
New fears over where to build homes in the city with population set to surge as number of homes needed rises by a further 5,000 units
Birmingham office market heading towards a record 1m square feet
Economic Development
Major deals like the new HSBC headquarters at Arena Central saw 650,000 sq ft of offices let in the first half of the year – the equivalent of eight and a half football pitches
Fairer BBC funding part of reform green paper
BBC
Post campaign gains traction with government as new paper from Department for Culture, Media and Sport highlights issue of 'regional delivery' from corporation
Birmingham and the bulldozer: Historic buildings which met their maker
Birmingham city centre
With some historic buildings set to be knocked down, we look back at some of the more controversial demolitions Birmingham has seen
Record June as Birmingham Airport welcomes 1m passengers
Birmingham Airport
A total of 988,916 people used the airport across the month, which represented a 2.8 per cent rise on June last year
Property agents at launch of £38m Liberty Park scheme
Post People
Over 30 key industrial property agents from across the Midlands attended the Birmingham launch of Liberty Park, Lichfield.
Law firm hosts networking event at city museum
Post People
Band Hatton Button played host to around 100 professionals at its annual networking event which also celebrated the firm's second anniversary.
Business leaders gather to celebrate mentoring programme
Post People
Dozens of business leaders gathered in Birmingham to mark the end of a ground-breaking coaching and mentoring scheme.
West Midlands unemployment drops below 6pc
Employment
Region's unemployment is lower than North West and London after a fall of 7,000 in the number of people out of work
Birmingham Airport hosts media event
Post People
Birmingham Airport held its annual media drinks in the Champagne Bar of the Cube.
Midland towns most expensive to live outside the South East
Solihull
Solihull, Warwick and Leamington Spa are among the dearest places to buy in Britain.
BDO focuses on IT management for mid-market senior bosses
Post People
BDO's Technology Advisory Team hosted the fourth in its series of briefings for the "Reluctant IT Director" at BDO's offices in Colmore Row.
Birmingham Wholesale Markets vision a step nearer
Birmingham Wholesale Markets
New plans lodged for huge out-of-town site in the north of the city to replace markets site near Bullring which is set to become leisure and residential development
BBC chief Peter Salmon outlines expansion plans - for the North
BBC
Vision portrayed by head of BBC England contrasts sharply with his thoughts on the West Midlands made a few weeks ago in the Post
Channel 4 to Birmingham: An idea so out there it might just work
BBC
Birmingham should be making television that the world wants to see, says Graeme Brown
Lambert Smith Hampton reports on growing optimism
Post People
More than 60 property professionals from across the Midlands attended the launch of the 2015 edition of the LSH annual Office Market Report at its Birmingham offices.
Hotel plan for old Pype Hayes Hall dating back to Civil War
Erdington
Property investor to restore old Pype Hayes council offices to original glory
Sizzling summer fashion shows at Birmingham Botanical Gardens
Post People
More than 200 women gathered at Birmingham Botanical Gardens to get inspiration for their summer looks as well as raise more than £7,000 for the educational charity.
The John Madin buildings being razed to the ground in Birmingham
Colmore Row
A look at some of the work created by the divisive Moseley architect which has gone...or is living a charmed life
Taskforce created after Goodyear announces Wolverhampton factory to close
Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton City Council has today begun to establish a Goodyear taskforce to help workers hit by the closure
Church plans at historic gasworks get green light
Birmingham City Council
Work can start on a new church off Broad Street after Birmingham City Council planning committee grants permission
Spoof property awards raise more than £33,000 for city charities
Post People
The Brenda Awards is the annual tongue-in-cheek event that sees the Birmingham commercial property sector join forces to raise funds for disadvantaged children.
Community leaders vow to fight Goodyear Wolverhampton factory closure
Wolverhampton
Councillors and MPs have called for urgent talks with the firm to address proposals to cut 330 jobs in the region
Government makes charter renewal pledge after MPs hit out at BBC Midland spend
BBC
More than 20 MPs turned out at a special debate in Parliament over BBC spending levels in the Midlands and the East