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Graeme Brown

Graeme Brown is the Editor, New Audience at Birmingham Live

Birmingham's JC Social Media celebrates third birthday
Economic Development
Birmingham social media agency JC Social Media celebrated its third birthday with an event at the bar of Opus restaurant in Cornwall Street.
Capita paid £23m dividend from taxpayer-funded Service Birmingham contract
Service Birmingham
A total of £23 million was paid to the private firm last year from the controversial deal with Birmingham City Council, up from £8 million in 2012
One Hagley Road apartments sold out within five months of launch
Economic Development
Investors and owner-occupiers snap up all 271 apartments in Seven Capital's project on Five Ways Island
HS2 viaduct plans for South Staffordshire scrapped
High Speed 2
Government responds to local campaign as protesters warned over impact on countryside around Lichfield
West Midlands stamp duty costs soar as property market bounces back
Economic Development
Takings from the sales of homes in the region rose 31 per cent to £230 million in 2013/14, up from £175 million the year before
HS2 college: Skills boost welcomed with 2,000 apprentices to be trained
High Speed 2
The college, which will train rail engineers of the future, will be spread across Birmingham Science Park Aston and Doncaster’s Lakeside Campus
Major Birmingham property portfolio the Great Charles Street Estate put up for sale
GVA
The estate on Great Charles Street, over the road from the Paradise Circus development, has been put on the market for offers of more than £20 million
Michael Bublé to perform as NIA renamed the Barclaycard Arena
Economic Development
The Canadian superstar will officially open the venue on December 2 following its two-year £26 million refurbishment
Post columnist Russell Luckock looks back on 60 years of the newspaper
Economic Development
One of the Birmingham Post's most recognisable columnists, industrialist Russell Luckock, looks back 60 years after he first contributed to the newspaper. Graeme Brown spoke to him
Warwickshire Golf and Country Club was the setting for the Birmingham Post golf day
Economic Development
Turkish Airlines sponsored the second Birmingham Post Autumn Pairs Challenge at Warwickshire Golf and Country Club.
Three more Conservative Party conferences coming to Birmingham
Economic Development
Tories due to announce trio of future events in Birmingham despite city deciding not to subsidise conferences at ICC
Birmingham Chambers call for greater say on region's future
Economic Development
Companies in the West Midlands need more power to control the tax raised here and better engagement in regional politics
Brindley House developer MCD to be liquidated
Economic Development
MCD Developments and subsidiaries including MCD (Brindley House) are set to appoint Chantrey Vellacott as liquidator on Thursday
Birmingham restaurant Chung Ying Central welcomes investors and footballers to the city
Economic Development
Shanghai investors and footballers were welcomed to Birmingham during an evening reception hosted by top city Chinese and dim sum restaurant, Chung Ying Central.
Apple founder Steve Wozniak: Entrepreneurs are leading the way in digital age
Economic Development
Man who built the first Macintosh computer in a garage alongside friend Steve Jobs, is appearing at the National Entrepreneurs Convention, at the ICC
Coventry law firm Band Hatton Button hosted a charity ball at the Hilton Hotel
Economic Development
Coventry and Warwickshire's business community attended a glittering charity ball staged by Coventry-based law firm Band Hatton Button at the Coventry Hilton Hotel in Walsgrave.
Chancellor's vision for West Midlands economy
Economic Development
George Osborne's balancing act to revive West Midlands' economic fortunes.
Birmingham's Selfridges store to get a £4m makeover in menswear
Economic Development
Work has been completed at the new £4 million menswear department at Selfridges, Birmingham, on the back of rising spending from image-conscious men.
Birmingham Ormiston Academy re-launches Birmingham's Old Rep Theatre
Economic Development
Students perform at Birmingham Ormiston Academy's re-launch of Birmingham's Old Rep Theatre.
Hundreds of Staffordshire jobs axed after Phones 4u collapse
Economic Development
Administrator PwC has made 628 redundancies among head office and telesales staff at Phones 4u's Newcastle-under-Lyme offices
BPS Birmingham welcomed Steve Hollis to speak at GBSLEP: A Year in Review event
Economic Development
Steve Hollis of The Greater Birmingham & Solihull Local Enterprise Partnership spoke at BPS Birmingham's GBSLEP: A Year in Review event.
New regulations set West Midlands firms back £71m
Economic Development
Compliance with new regulations will cost the 99,000 small and medium-sized employers in the region an extra £725 per company next year, new research suggests
Giant consultation on future of Birmingham retail strategy begins
Economic Development
A six-week consultation has been launched over a new retail strategy to cope with massive change.
Birmingham Post Business Awards 2014: Firms urged to apply as deadline looms
Economic Development
The deadline for entries to the region’s premier celebration of business is September 26 – so time is running out