Tag: Sparkbrook
Bridal boutique owner to pay £3,020 for fly tipping
A Birmingham businessman has been ordered to pay £3,020 after pleading guilty to five offences under the Environmental Protection Act 1990 at Birmingham Magistrates Court today (18 January 2017). Syed Gillani (33) of Vibart Road, Sheldon, was fined £1,400 – including £500 for providing false information to officers. He was also ordered to pay £1,500 […]
Officers seize over 120,000 illegal cigarettes in raids across Birmingham
Illegal cigarettes worth £27,661 have been seized by trading standards officers in a series of planned raids on 12 shops across Birmingham. This was an intelligence led exercise where reports had been received that illegal tobacco and cigarettes was being supplied. Teams of officers targeted shops in Handsworth, Alum Rock, Sparkhill, Sparkbrook and Washwood Heath. Birmingham […]
Working together to get Sparkbrook sparkling
Sparkbrook residents joined Birmingham City Council, the public health team and other partners for a mass clear-up of one of Birmingham’s busiest High streets.
Landlord fined for ‘taking the law into his own hands’
A landlord was fined at Birmingham Magistrates Court today (13 January 2016) for ‘taking the law into his own hands’ and illegally evicting a couple and their seven children from their home in Bordesley Green. Mr Mirsad Solakovic, age 37, of Kyotts Lake Road, Sparkbrook, Birmingham was fined £700 , with £1,500 costs and a victim surcharge […]
Sparkbrook Ward
Statement of persons nominated for the 2015 Local Election. Results will appear here.
Cash up for grabs for local walking projects
Community groups and schools in Aston, Ladywood, Nechells, Soho and Sparkbrook can apply for grants of up to £1,500 for projects designed to get local people walking. It’s part of the ‘Walking Cities’ project organised by national charity Living Streets and Birmingham City Council to encourage people to benefit from being more active. The grants […]
Day 2 - on board for tenant advice in Sparkbrook
Matthew Smith is a Principal Enforcement Officer in the council’s Private Rented Services team and works to bring the city’s empty properties back into use. Since April, his team has brought more than 200 properties back into use, meaning more good quality housing in established neighbourhoods, less crime and financial gains for the city. This […]
The bus stops here for tenants and landlords ….
Staff from Birmingham City Council’s private rented services are catching the bus next week … to help tenants and landlords find out about the support that’s available to them. Birmingham City Council cabinet member for Health and Wellbeing, Cllr John Cotton, said: “In line with the rest of the country, Birmingham’s private rented sector has […]
