1,000 Jobs Lost

After weeks of uncertainty due to administrators striving to find a buyer for the troubled high street retailer, the shops will close down by the end of June, including the Birmingham City Centre shop in Temple Row as well...

More People To Live With Parents

According to the insurance company Aviva, millions of young people are expected to find themselves living with their parents over the next decade. The core reason for this is the affordability of housing, which is increasing more and more. The study...

Government Warned Over Pension Cut Plans

Steve Webb, the ex-pensions minister advised against hasty changes that could implicate workers outside the steel industry. A £485m pension shortfall has been daunting potential buyers of Tata Steel’s UK business. A proposal on the pension scheme’s future has been propelled...

Birmingham-Based Entrepreneur Shortlisted For Global Talent Unleashed 2016 Awards

Camran Khan, Director of Technology for Innovation Birmingham Campus-based digital lettings and property management provider, brightLET, has been shortlisted for this year’s international Talent Unleashed awards. A cloud based lettings and property management platform that connects landlords directly with tenants,...

Business Boom With NatWest

NatWest has a long history spanning over 30 years of supporting retailers in Sparkhill, an area now widely recognised as Britain’s independent shopping capital. Two local businesses that are taking Sparkhill by storm with NatWest support are Poze Accessories and...

BHS in Breakdown

Despite being a feature of Birmingham’s high-street for over 80 years, historic retailer British Homes Store, has collapsed. With all 164 of its stores under threat, including branches in Solihull, Walsall, Merry Hill, Redditch, Wolverhampton and Stratford Upon Avon,...

Behind the Brand Look at Co-op Food Gives Students Careers Boost

Students visited the recently launched central Walsall store, where they heard from managers about the firm’s history, from how it first started to its rapid growth today, where it has amassed over 2,800 stores including one in every UK...

Roll On Big John’s Birmingham Mela 2016

The event was attended by dignitaries from across the region big and small with special guest appearances from comedian Mani Liaqat and Elvis impersonator Muj Presley (known locally as Asian Elvis). Many of the cities councillors attended the event to...

Liverpool FC legend Ian Rush supports BYSA fundraiser, raising an incredible £15,000

Liverpool FC legend Ian Rush was guest of honour at last week’s Birmingham Youth Sports Academy annual awards dinner.  The BYSA, a community group championing grass roots football for children, held their ceremony at The Prestige Suite in Birmingham...

Roses set for Revamp!

“Holding the chocolate in your mouth and letting it melt slightly before you bite will allow for maximum flavour and the moment of enjoyment will last even longer." Cadbury’s Chocolate has been a long-selling staple in Birmingham’s confectionary history....