City centre news for August 2nd:
- Bullring helps Hammerson beat the dip – THE firm which part-owns Birmingham’s giant Bullring shopping centre said its sites were defying the downturn after recording a rise in visitor numbers and below-average vacancy rates. Hammerson said the UK’s recent wave of retail administrations was having “little impact” on its business.
- Hasbro to attend Auto Assembly 2011 – Last night Auto Assembly made yet another announcement about this year’s Transformers convention, taking place in Birmingham in just ten days time. The latest announcement is that Hasbro will be attending, and will have a Transformers display of some of the latest toys.
- £61m university contract for Willmott Dixon – The £61m contract is the first phase of Birmingham City University’s £180m plan to build a new campus at Eastside in the city centre. Willmott Dixon will build a 18,310 square metre home for the university’s Birmingham Institute of Art and Design (BIAD) on a plot next to Millennium Point.
