Tag: jacqui kennedy
Partnerships key to Cleaner Greener Streets
Jacqui Kennedy, Acting Strategic Director for Place at Birmingham City Council, talks about the importance of partnership working to keep the city looking as good as possible… Hopefully over the last few months you’ve seen some of our promotional activity to showcase the excellent work being done in partnership with communities, by businesses, other organisations […]
Busker and street entertainer consultation starts
Guidelines designed to encourage responsible busking and street entertainment in Birmingham city centre have gone out to a period of public consultation starting today (May 16)
Birmingham shisha report to be presented to Government
A Birmingham study into air quality inside shisha bars is to be handed into Government health chiefs in a bid to secure greater enforcement powers for councils.
Who dumped a dead 3ft lizard in Small Heath?
Birmingham City Council’s environmental health team are appealing for witnesses after a dead 3ft long lizard was dumped next to a park in Small Heath. Enforcement officers working in the area were alerted to the dead animal by a member of the public, who spotted the lizard on the edge of Hay Barn Recreation Ground, […]
Help us find flytippers who dumped waste on Northfield lane
Birmingham City Council’s crack squad of waste enforcement officers are appealing for witnesses after a pretty country lane was blocked by dumped rubbish earlier today (31 March 2016). Officers were alerted this morning to the flytipped waste on Bell Holloway in Northfield, which was strewn along a 70 metre stretch of the lane. Abandoning rubbish […]
Time to reduce our packaging excesses
Jacqui Kennedy, Acting Strategic Director for Place at Birmingham City Council, blogs about what is being done to reduce the amount of waste created by excess packaging on products we buy on a day-to-day basis
Food businesses must take control to avoid kitchen nightmares
Jacqui Kennedy, Acting Strategic Director of Place, on what food businesses should do to protect their premises from pests and avoid kitchen nightmares. Birmingham has great reputation as a foodie city, however busy restaurant kitchens can also be a go-to destination for pests that are sure to put diners off their meals. Regular cleaning is […]
Opening up our data to make Birmingham cleaner
Jacqui Kennedy, Acting Strategic Director for Place at Birmingham City Council, blogs on the publication of data showing how clean the city’s wards are…
Working together to keep Birmingham clean
For the first time citizens can see for themselves how clean their neighbourhoods are following the release of a data dashboard by Birmingham City Council
