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Graeme Brown

Graeme Brown is the Editor, New Audience at Birmingham Live

Boom in city centre flats hits Birmingham house prices
Economic Development
Research shows growth in average property values in the city is slower than elsewhere in the Midlands
Warwick Manufacturing Group prepares to build new innovation centres
Manufacturing
Energy storage and materials hubs to be added to university campus
Virtual reality for Jaguar Land Rover as it looks to the future
Economic Development
Jaguar Land Rover is using computer simulations to stay ahead of the pack and cut development costs.
Birmingham lawyers win six-year battle against Virgin Atlantic
Economic Development
Legal team from Colmore Row firm saves Zodiac Seats º£½ÇÊÓƵ from £48 million bill in patents battle
Movie line-up revealed for Brindleyplace Outdoor Film Festival 2013
Retail & Consumer
'Momentous movies' theme of week-long free event beginning with Grease
Cooking up a treat at the CBD Food Festival in Birmingham
Retail & Consumer
Top city restaurants and chefs to take part in annual event
Call for Chinese lantern ban after Smethwick fire
West Midlands Fire Service
Fire officer calls for a response after blaze  ravages factory in the West Midlands
Birmingham gold explorer takes step closer to mining in Africa
Economic Development
Firm that span out of historic Jewellery Quarter gold business makes leap towards mining in Liberia
Jobs boost as manufacturer goes on acquisition trail
Economic Development
Security industry supplier creates new jobs after takeover of rival firm
Birmingham MP calls for 'sexual predator' John Cronin to be jailed
Economic Development
Midland MP calls for intervention into serial criminal and sexual predator
Edgbaston looks to win another Indian summer
Economic Development
Cricket ground is already plotting an Indian summer after making waves on the subcontinent
Civil servants to stage pay demonstrations in Birmingham
Economic Development
Demonstrations to be held in Birmingham and Dudley as bitter row over pay continues
Birmingham’s Grand Hotel restored to former glory
Commercial Property
Hortons’ Estate to invest a further £1 million in the restoration of the facade
M42 business corridor could mean £19bn economic boost
Economic Development
A blueprint for º£½ÇÊÓƵ Central (º£½ÇÊÓƵC) – the area around the NEC and Birmingham Airport – claims it could boost the region’s economy by £19.5 billion by 2040
College plans for The Public could force firms to leave town
Economic Development
A total of 29 companies employing some 120 people, as well as about 200 apprentices, face having to find new premises after proposals were unveiled to turn it into a sixth-form college.
Jaguar Land Rover backs hi-tech campus with £45m
Economic Development
Up to 1,000 new jobs will be created by the new National Automotive Innovation Campus that will be built at the University of Warwick, with work scheduled to start later this year
Familiar faces return as broker sets up city office
Economic Development
Dominic King, one of the founders of Arden Partners, will head up the new city office for corporate finance and brokering firm Zeus Capital
Jaguar Land Rover to lead £10 million virtual engineering research programme
Economic Development
Car giant to lead five-year research programme with universities
Mailbox refit could ruin us, say Birmingham city centre retailers
Economic Development
Retailers in Birmingham’s traditional shopping heartland fear a major investment in the city’s exclusive Mailbox could be another nail in the coffin for them.
Birmingham firm unveils tracking lock for cargo shipments
Manufacturing
Birmingham-based Guardfreight International has created a new satellite-tracked lock for cargo shipments and is promising to deliver dozens of jobs on the back of it.
Edgbaston prepares for England v Australia and India v Pakistan grudge matches
Economic Development
Birmingham to host cricket's ICC Champions Trophy highlight fixtures
Jobs promise with E-Containerlock cargo lock launch
Manufacturing
Birmingham-based Guardfreight International launched E-Containerlock – which aims to prevent £70 billion worth of cargo going missing every year – at the Subcon conference in the city this week.
Midland peer calls for return to traditional ‘Dad’s Army’ banking
Banking & Finance
Lord Kumar Bhattacharyya, a Labour peer, told the Lords that small business was still struggling to secure finance, he warned.
Discounts help High Street bounce back into growth
Economic Development
The high street bounced back to sales growth in May as offers and discounts tempted shoppers into stores.