Tag: Birmingham City Centre
Cleaner Streets: we all have a part to play
Jacqui Kennedy, Director of Regulation and Enforcement, looks back on a week of activities across Birmingham designed to encourage people to play their part in keeping their communities clean and tidy. This week has been National Spring Clean Week but for us it has also given us an opportunity to share the important message of […]
Work to start on Three Snowhill following Snow Hill Masterplan launch
Confidence in city’s planning vision leads to a new detailed planning application for Three Snowhill The 400,000 sq ft site will comprise Grade A office, retail and leisure space Three Snowhill will complete the 1 million sq ft Snowhill development Developer Ballymore has this week submitted a detailed planning application for Three Snowhill. The site […]
Christmas Truce to be commemorated in Birmingham
Choirs from Birmingham and Frankfurt will join together on Saturday (December 20) to help mark the centenary of the First World War Christmas Truce. The free event, which takes places in Cathedral Green, at Birmingham Cathedral, will commemorate the truce of 1914, when British and German soldiers temporarily stopped fighting to celebrate Christmas together. Late […]
Paradise Circus transformation to start in January 2015
Confirmation that construction of Birmingham’s most anticipated new development scheme – the transformation of 17 acres at Paradise Circus in the heart of the city centre - will start on site in January 2015 has been made today (15 December). The £500m development is being brought forward through the joint venture company, Paradise Circus Limited […]
Parade to celebrate Christmas through the ages
Visitors to Birmingham city centre are being offered the chance to travel back through time and enjoy a festive history lesson when this year’s Christmas Parade takes place on Saturday, 8 November. Organised by Birmingham City Council, the parade will start at 5.30pm, leaving Colmore Row as the Christmas lights are switched on in the […]
Birmingham’s Trafalgar Day 2014 celebrations announced
Trafalgar Day celebrations will take place in Birmingham on Sunday, October 26. The event marks the victory of Admiral Lord Nelson’s victory in the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. The ceremony will commence at the statue of Nelson at the Bullring, with music from the Band of the West Midlands Fire Service, who will be […]
Armed Forces Day celebrations in Birmingham
This year's Armed Forces Day will be marked with events in Victoria, Chamberlain and Centenary Squares, running from 11am to 5pm on Saturday, 28 June. The annual event, which provides an opportunity for the public to recognise the outstanding contribution made by the Armed Forces, starts at 11am in Victoria Square where veterans' associations such […]
Lord Mayor to open Birmingham International Food Fair
Lord Mayor Cllr Mike Leddy will officially open Birmingham's International Food Fair on Thursday 15 August at 12.45pm in Victoria Square… And there is plenty to tempt visitors with more than 120 stalls of delicious food from around the world and the best of local food and drink too. From Australian game, Chinese noodles, Caribbean jerk […]
Birmingham International Food Fair returns
Birmingham's International Food Fair returns to the city centre from 14 to 26 August offering more than 120 stalls of delicious food from around the world and the best of local food and drink too. From Australian game, Chinese noodles, Caribbean jerk chicken and German sausages to French crepes, Iranian baklava, Italian ice cream and […]
Plans for free wifi in city centre unveiled
Free wifi access across key parts of the city centre forms part of a plan to improve broadband coverage in the city due before Birmingham City Council's Cabinet on July 15. The Next Generation Wireless Connectivity Contract would see a wholesale broadband provider (WBP) given permission to use city street furniture (lamp-posts and CCTV columns) […]
