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Posted on: 02 Feb 2012Respected business commentator and academic, Professor David Bailey presented a well-received overview of the current business climate to Birmingham Forward members at the organisations quarterly Economic Lunch event on Tuesday at the Jury’s Inn in Birmingham. At the lunch Professor Bailey, Director of Coventry Business School,...
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Posted on: 31 Jan 2012Do you spend a lot of time travelling around the city centre? If so, do you find that you’re spending lots of money on parking or new shoes? Well, City Hop might just be for you! On Tuesday 17 January, National Express West Midlands launched the City Hop with a reduced £1 fare for any single journey around Birmingham...
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Posted on: 24 Jan 2012It has been a busy few weeks with various requests from a range of stakeholders to hear the views of Birmingham Future. In the week leading up to Christmas, I was joined by 2011 BYPY, Hilary Allen, as we gave evidence to the Jobs and Prosperity Commission led by Birmingham MP’s Liam Byrne and Jack Dromey. Hilary and I gave...
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Posted on: 19 Jan 2012Business and professional services organisation, Birmingham Forward and Future, has today announced that it supports the proposal for a directly elected mayor in Birmingham if the appropriate powers are granted. Members of both Forward and Future were recently polled* on the issue in advance of the organisation making its...
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Posted on: 06 Dec 2011Birmingham Future’s City Centre Committee held its flagship biennial Development Update event at the Council House, with welcome drinks at the German Market. 90 people attended the event - which was sponsored by Associated Architects and Birmingham City Council - to hear about the number of planned developments across central...
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Posted on: 01 Dec 2011Lord John Hutton - Roger Dickens Annual Lecture 2011 Change has always been part and parcel of the human condition. For example, our understanding of science and the natural world has continued to grow and expand. In its wake have come enormous advances in technology and living standards, changing the...
