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One of Moseley's two national pizza giants is to quit the suburb after apparently losing a year-long war for customers with its direct rival and neighbour.

Local residents have spent recent years fighting to keep national chains out of the area which prides itself on having a 'bohemian' feel.

But it seemed as though campaigners were engaged in a losing battle as Prezzo, Pizza Express, Costa Coffee and, more recently, M&S Foodhall have all opened in Moseley since summer 2016.

Now, it would seem that the locals' unwillingness to welcome the big hitters en masse has brought its first casualty.

Prezzo only opened in Alcester Road in July 2016 following the conversion of a former Halfords Autocentre but it is set to close early in the new year.

The site had originally been earmarked by Boston Tea Party which had been looking to build on the success of its Harborne and Corporation Street cafés.

But, after winning planning permission, the Bristol-based company pulled out in the spring of 2016 and this summer opened a restaurant in Edgbaston instead.

Prezzo then opened for business only to be joined two months later by its Italian restaurant rival Pizza Express which began trading in the unit next door but one.