Tag: digital
Media Watch - March 5
Top Birmingham City Council Stories: Tories using Kerslake as a smokescreen – Bore (Birmingham Post) Birmingham’s Labour council leader has vowed to keep on protesting and challenging the cuts handed down by the Coalition Government, despite being warned off in Sir Bob Kerslake’s review.  Quotes Cllrs Sir Albert Bore, Jon Hunt and Robert Alden. Police […]
Media Watch - August 22
Top Birmingham City Council Stories: 'Tawdry' city road banners get go-ahead (Birmingham Mail) Council bosses have been accused of making the city's streets look tawdry after plans to line major commuter routes in Birmingham with banner adverts were approved Firm's expansion plans to create 300 new jobs (Birmingham Mail) Hydraulic manufacturing company HydraForce is to […]
BBC investment in Birmingham welcomed
Birmingham City Council and the Greater Birmingham & Solihull Local Enterprise Partnership have today welcomed the unveiling by the BBC Director General Tony Hall of the first phase of a new vision for the organisation in the Midlands. The announcement marks the start of efforts to establish Birmingham as the flagship for their digital work, […]
Birmingham gets £10m slice of broadband cash
Birmingham City Council has responded to news that it will receive £10million from the Governement to develop ultrafast broadband in the city… Cllr James McKay, Cabinet Member for a Green, Safe and Smart city at Birmingham City Council, said: “We are delighted that the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport has approved our […]
