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Graeme Brown

Graeme Brown is the Editor, New Audience at Birmingham Live

Champagne launch for £14 million hotel
Economic Development
A VIP launch party officially opened InterContinental® Hotels Group’s latest Staybridge Suites hotel in Birmingham City Centre.
Bright future for family firm
Economic Development
Building contractor Speller Metcalfe celebrated an early Christmas at the Metro Bar and Grill.
Who will be the next CBSO conductor after Andris Nelsons?
Economic Development
The search is on for the next musical director of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.
Private equity-led buy-outs grow 20 per cent in Midlands
Economic Development
The Midlands private equity-backed buy-out market grew by more than 20 per cent last year – despite a nationwide fall.
West Bromwich Albion president John Silk dies
Economic Development
Tributes have been paid to West Bromwich Albion chairman John Silk after he passed away aged 89 on December 31.
School Yard food hub in Harborne to include 12 homes
Harborne
Architectural competition is icing on cake for old school restoration.
Petition launched for public access to council's Capita contract
Economic Development
Professor David Bailey starts petition calling for more clarity on £126 million-a-year services deal.
McKechnie Brass calls in administrators
Manufacturing
Dozens of workers lost their jobs on the last day of the year after one of the oldest brass mills in the country collapsed.
Golf day raises bumper sum
Economic Development
Stourbridge corporate recovery specialists Butcher Woods were the winners of the 2013 CPBigwood annual charity golf day.
Seminar tackles IP protection
Economic Development
Marks & Clerk held an intellectual property breakfast seminar at the Innovation Birmingham Campus.
Birmingham City University to launch website linking business students to SMEs
Economic Development
Project aims to increase interaction with SMEs, including offering advice and access to funding.
West Brom performance director launches new fitness programme at private hospital
Economic Development
The man at the head of West Bromwich Albion’s renowned medical team is fronting a new fitness push for people outside the world of football.  Graeme Brown tried it out first hand.
Journalists raise money for charity at Greyhound Night
Economic Development
More than £4,000 was raised by the Midlands branch of the Journalists’ Charity at its annual Greyhound Night at Hall Green Stadium.
£9.3m helping hand for Birmingham's entrepreneurs
Economic Development
Enterprise Catalyst business support scheme has been part funded by the European Regional Development Fund
Midland councils make £10m in parking fines
Economic Development
Birmingham City Council recouped £6.9 million more than it spent from parking in the 2013 financial year – although that is significantly less than rival cities like Nottingham and Manchester.
'Vodka text message' to change communications
Economic Development
Experts at the University of Warwick have developed a technique that allows messages to be communicated through molecules – in this case from a bottle of vodka, but it could be any fluid.
Great Western Arcade's evening of delights
Economic Development
Shoppers from around the city came together to enjoy a festive evening at Great Western Arcade.
LDC host annual charity quiz night
Economic Development
Leading private equity provider LDC hosted its annual charity quiz night at Pennyblacks in The Mailbox.
Nuclear physicist wages war on hackers
Economic Development
West Midlands businesses are being blackmailed by gangs of organised cyber criminals who are charging monthly fees for them to access their own databases.
West Midlands falls behind in business merger deals
Economic Development
A total of 24 foreign investment deals, worth a combined £596 million, were completed in the first three quarters of the year in the West Midlands, according to new figures from Experian.
Pension funds inflating price of food for poor
Banking & Finance
More than £44 million has been invested in food commodities by the West Midlands Pension Fund, which services more than 260,000 current and former employees of the region’s seven district councils.
Birmingham Civic Society's annual Leader's Breakfast
Economic Development
A packed audience of corporate members and guests attended the Birmingham Civic Society’s annual Leader’s Breakfast at Hotel du Vin.
Axe may fall on £120 million-a-year Service Birmingham contract, council boss admits
Economic Development
The outsourcing contracts with Capita have come under increasing scrutiny as the council looks to close a £460 million funding gap
Birmingham to offer direct flights to New York JFK airport for first time in ten years
Economic Development
Biman Bangladesh Airlines will operate the flights, and will also put on twice-weekly flights to Dhaka in Bangladesh – a first for the city