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City leaders meet online to support the European University for Well-being (EUniWell)
Civic Leaders from cities across Europe came together online for the first ‘EUniWell Mayors’ Meeting’. The event united leaders from the home cities of the seven universities which form the European University for Well-Being (EUniWell). It gave...2021-09-14 1196 0 -
‘Newly qualified, Ismat Khan, drawn to Allied Health Professional career by her interest in wider healthcare roles’
Moved by the care that her grandparents received, Ismat Khan was inspired to choose a career and qualification in the NHS. Ismat says, “I always knew I wanted to get into healthcare but I thought that...2021-09-14 1679 0 -
Bid now for second round of Celebrating Communities funding
Residents and community groups now have a second chance to bid for a slice of a £2million council fund created to help people celebrate the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games. The Celebrating Communities Small Grants Funding Scheme...2021-09-13 1153 0 -
Director of Council Management is appointed
Becky Hellard has been named as Birmingham City Council’s Director of Council Management, as the organisation’s reshaping continues. Having joined the council as Interim Director for Finance and Governance in October 2019, Becky has overseen the...2021-09-09 1668 0 -
Birmingham man sentenced for running a counterfeit clothing factory
A Birmingham man was sentenced to 4 years imprisonment at Birmingham Crown Court on 23 August 2021 after pleading guilty to 26 offences for manufacturing and selling fake designer clothes. Inderjit Sangu (67), formerly of Sandwell...2021-08-24 1292 0 -
Justice calls for Phone Book dumper
A man who claimed he had delivered 1,000 telephone directories when he had in fact dumped them on a city street has been ordered to pay £884 for his offences following an investigation by the council....2021-08-20 945 0 -
Landlord and tyre company fined £43k for dangerous platform lift
A Birmingham tyre firm and its landlord have been fined a total of £43,333 after pleading guilty to breaching health and safety legislation at Birmingham Magistrates Court on 6 August 2021. Blues Tyres Birmingham Limited –...2021-08-07 1318 0 -
Vue cinema chain fined £750,000 following foot-rest fatality
A major cinema chain was fined £750,000 for breaching health and safety legislation at its Star City theatre in Nechells which led to a cinema-goer’s death, at Birmingham Crown Court on 20 July. Birmingham City Council...2021-07-29 1463 0 -
Young Women in Leadership summit aims to inspire new generation of female leaders
Birmingham will host an intensive leadership programme next week, featuring talks and lectures by a variety of internationally renowned women with a view to inspire a new generation of female leaders. More than 80 girls from...2021-07-27 1425 0 -
Aston Villa Foundation supports Islamic Relief UK to deliver food to those in need in Birmingham as Eid festivities come to an end
The Aston Villa Foundation supported Islamic Relief UK to distribute 500 food packs to vulnerable people including the homeless, asylum seekers, refugees and women who have suffered domestic abuse in Birmingham last Thursday (22nd) and Friday (23rd July)....2021-07-26 1639 0
