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  • City centre news – 16 August, 2010

    City centre news – 16 August, 2010

    The city centre news for August 16: Free first aid awareness sessions come to city Birmingham Newsroom Birmingham people are being urged to be the difference between a life lost and a life saved with free first aid awareness sessions in September. Birmingham City Council’s Resilience Team, in partnership with St John Ambulance, are holding [...]

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  • A new Created in Birmingham shop – how it might work

    A new Created in Birmingham shop – how it might work

    Earlier in the year we were pleased to support the shop run by Created in Birmingham set up to showcase the work of local artists, musicians, writers, jewellery designers, badge makers, photographers, zine editors, etc – and a roaring success it was, turning over £45,000 in the three months it was operating for. The ever-inspirational [...]

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  • City centre news – 26 July, 2010

    City centre news – 26 July, 2010

    The city centre news for July 26: Green Party conference to come to Birmingham The Stirrer Caroline Lucas, Green Party leader, said “We’re delighted to be coming to Birmingham for our autumn conference. This year has been a significant one for the Greens, culminating in the election of our first MP to the UK parliament. [...]

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  • City centre news – 7 July, 2010

    City centre news – 7 July, 2010

    The city centre news for July 7: New city centre arts market planned Creative Open Workshops Those of you who have been involved in our Handmade markets for a while will know we have spoken about moving to the City Centre since long before Christmas. It’s been an ambition of ours to establish another market, [...]

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  • City centre news – 10 June, 2010

    City centre news – 10 June, 2010

    The city centre news for 10 June: Silversmiths attend the launch of British Silver Week in Birmingham Retail Jeweller Silversmiths from across Britain attended the launch event of British Silver Week, which took place at St Pauls Gallery in Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter on June 7. Government to review route of Birmingham to London High Speed [...]

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  • Art on the meter in Birmingham

    Art on the meter in Birmingham

    Pay and display will take on a whole new meaning in Birmingham next week as five city centre parking spaces are transformed into temporary art exhibitions. Showcasing artistic talent from across the city, ROAD WORKS will see five on-street car-parking bays converted into cultural spaces, for one day only. The ROAD WORKS project on Monday June [...]

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  • City centre news – 8 June, 2010

    City centre news – 8 June, 2010

    The city centre news for 8 June: Art on the meter in Birmingham Birmingham Newsroom Pay and display will take on a whole new meaning in Birmingham next week as five city centre parking spaces are transformed into temporary art exhibitions. The ROAD WORKS project on Monday June 14, which comes just 48 hours before [...]

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  • City centre news – 3 June, 2010

    City centre news – 3 June, 2010

    The city centre news for 3 June: Behind the scenes at the Digbeth institute’s new £4 million refurbishment Birmingham Mail The legendary music venue is currently undergoing a £4 million transformation to turn it into the 2,400 capacity HMV institute, due to open on September 17. In the past the venue has been host to [...]

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