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Graeme Brown

Graeme Brown is the Editor, New Audience at Birmingham Live

Would-be programmers take part in Young Rewired State
Enterprise
Participants as young as five to take part in "Festival of Code" this month
Birmingham NiteNite hotel bought out of administration
Commercial Property
Jobs saved and investment planned after hotel is bought out of administration
Lodders Solicitors host opening of 2013 CLA Game Fair
Economic Development
Lodders Solicitors hosted the opening event of the 2013 CLA Game Fair held at Ragley Hall, near Alcester, Warwickshire.
Victoria Carpets in the red after takeover
Economic Development
The firm saw revenue fall by eight per cent, to £70.9 million across the year, but said it was acting to reduce costs
HS2 vital to the country, says former Network Rail and Railtrack chief
Economic Development
Sir John Armitt believes HS2 would be the most efficient rail line in the country replacing line more than a century old
Profits surge at Birmingham Airport
Economic Development
The airport saw after-tax profits increase to £10.8 million in the year to March 31
Birmingham City University's new campus grand opening
Economic Development
A group of professionals from Birmingham Future & Birmingham Forward visited Birmingham City University’s new city centre campus, in Eastside.
Birmingham property guru dies just months after wife
Economic Development
Businessman Chris Edwards' death announced just two months after wife Cathy passed away after a battle with cancer
West Midlands bucks trend for foreign investors
Economic Development
Foreign investment has soared by more than a third in the West Midlands in the past year – outpacing the º£½ÇÊÓƵ average three-fold.
Solihull town centre set for biggest redevelopment for a generation
Economic Development
Mell Square purchased for £44 million by Lord Edmiston’s IM Properties group with plans for retail, leisure and public spaces
Tax expert's warning on property included in inheritance
Banking & Finance
Expert says discounts on certain types of property that are left in wills are on the Government’s ‘hit-list’ with
No gridlock despite Birmingham tunnels closure
Economic Development
Fears over traffic hell fail to materialise as commuters make their way to work without the use of the St Chad’s and Queensway tunnels
International award for pioneering Birmingham medic
Economic Development
Consultant at Heartlands Hospital carried out the pioneering research into type-2 diabetes
Birmingham firms descend on Chicago in major investment push
Economic Development
º£½ÇÊÓƵ Trade and Investment and Marketing Birmingham are planning a big push to stimulate more trade with sister city Chicago
Birmingham City Council looks to sell NEC to pay debts
Economic Development
The NEC Group could be sold to help pay Birmingham City Council’s giant equal pay bill.
The future’s green as Birmingham art institute takes on the world
Economic Development
A new £61 million Birmingham Institute of Art and Design draws on some old concepts to create a cutting edge place of learning that could offer the key to growth. Graeme Brown took a look around
Missing First World War memorial found at car boot sale
Economic Development
Seven employees who fell in battle were honoured on the cenotaph which is thought to have disappeared from the engineering firm’s King’s Norton works when the site closed in the early 1980s
MediaCity guru switches focus to BBC’s most neglected region
Economic Development
In a move signalling the importance being placed on expansion in the region, BBC director general Tony Hall has asked board member Peter Salmon to look into possibilities for investment in Birmingham
Shops braced for major EDL rally
Economic Development
Supporters of the English Defence League (EDL) are planning to stage a static protest in Centenary Square, on Saturday (July 20)
Birmingham Airport bosses back Boris Johnson plan
Economic Development
Airport finds common ground with Mayor over opposition to Heathrow Airport expansion
Former Michelin Star chef returns to Birmingham to open new restaurant
Economic Development
More investment in city as former Edmunds chef Andy Waters makes return
West Bromwich manufacturer boosted by £1m Jaguar Land Rover deal
Manufacturing
New jobs on the agenda after supply chain firm Berck iis boosted by new contract
Translator jailed for driving test scam
Economic Development
Police seek return of £100,000 after Birmingham man gave answers to learner drivers taking theory test
Property consultants oversee £284 fund
Commercial Property
Experts in Birmingham will advise the Government on a new fund designed to boost infrastructure