Partnerships
Council and Capita announce flexible partnership proposal
Birmingham City Council and Capita have jointly developed and agreed a new and more flexible four-year partnership proposal that will deliver £43 million of savings by 2020/21 and better cater for the future needs of the council and its residents. The proposal, due to go to the council’s Cabinet on June 27, keeps the core […]
Bids to Young Active Travel fund being welcomed
Organisations with ideas on how to encourage parents and pupils to reduce school car journeys are being invited to bid for funds from the Birmingham Young Active Travel Trust. The charity, established by the city council last year, aims to encourage pupils and parents to adopt more sustainable ways of getting to and from school […]
Coalition to explore how to keep Moseley Pool open
Cabinet will be asked to keep Moseley Road Pool open until 31 March 2018 - to give more time for community organisations to prepare plans for its future use. A paper – Options for the future of Moseley Road Pool – will be discussed by cabinet on Tuesday 27 June 2017. It follows an appraisal […]
Statement on Paul Dransfield
Paul Dransfield to leave council following significant contribution to city and council life Paul Dransfield has announced he is set to leave Birmingham City Council after 10 years, and a previous 23 years in the Midlands. Paul has a distinguished history of service with the council including working as Deputy Chief Executive. Since early 2016 […]
City unveils vision and logo for 2022 Commonwealth Games
Birmingham Commonwealth Games Steering Group submits Preliminary Questionnaire to UK Government Birmingham and Midlands region back bid Birmingham can deliver a low cost, low risk and high quality Games Birmingham, 19 June 2017: The Birmingham Commonwealth Games Steering Group has submitted its Preliminary Questionnaire response for bidding to host the 2022 Commonwealth Games to the […]
Birmingham signals “green light” for clean air drive
A collaborative partnership led by Idox Transport [formerly Cloud Amber] with CheckedSafe, Amey and Birmingham City Council has secured funding from the UK’s innovation agency InnovateUK, to help reduce highway maintenance fleet emissions around the city. The 12-month Greenwave pilot project, which started in April 2017, will provide fleet vehicle drivers with an app to […]
Don’t bring fish to public pools – “it’s not fair on the fish”
Anglers and fish owners are being asked not to bring fish to public pools as Birmingham City Council takes steps to remove fish from Shenley Fields pool after 150 fish died there. Birmingham City Council’s parks service manager, Joe Hayden, said: “The pool at Shenley Fields Recreation Ground is shallow and mainly fed by rainwater. […]
Birmingham City Council scoops awards for training and building
Birmingham City Council has scooped two awards at this year’s Insider Midlands Residential Property Awards – one for its building scholarship programme and another for its social housing. Building Birmingham Scholarship took Skills and Training Scheme of the Year in recognition of the range of people the scholarship is benefiting, from those achieving first-class degrees […]
National Clean Air Day activities confirmed
Details of activities taking place across Birmingham for the first ever National Clean Air Day have been confirmed. Environmental charity Global Action Plan is working with Birmingham City Council and its partners to host a series of events across the city on Thursday, June 15, as part of a national day of activities designed to […]
