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02 Feb 2012Respected business commentator and academic, Professor David Bailey presented a well-received overview of the current business climate to Birmingham Forward members at the organisations quarterly Economic Lunch event on Tuesday at the Jury’s Inn in Birmingham. At the lunch Professor Bailey, Director of Coventry Business School,...
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31 Jan 2012Do you spend a lot of time travelling around the city centre? If so, do you find that you’re spending lots of money on parking or new shoes? Well, City Hop might just be for you! On Tuesday 17 January, National Express West Midlands launched the City Hop with a reduced £1 fare for any single journey around Birmingham...
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24 Jan 2012It has been a busy few weeks with various requests from a range of stakeholders to hear the views of Birmingham Future. In the week leading up to Christmas, I was joined by 2011 BYPY, Hilary Allen, as we gave evidence to the Jobs and Prosperity Commission led by Birmingham MP’s Liam Byrne and Jack Dromey. Hilary and I gave...
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06 Dec 2011Birmingham Future’s City Centre Committee held its flagship biennial Development Update event at the Council House, with welcome drinks at the German Market. 90 people attended the event - which was sponsored by Associated Architects and Birmingham City Council - to hear about the number of planned developments across central...
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04 Oct 2011It’s a great pleasure and privilege to bring to you my first comments as Chair having taken over at our End of Year Dinner in August. As well as an opportunity to hear from my predecessor Darren Walker and from our Inspiring Leader for 2011, Paul Thandi, in my first appearance as Chair, I was able in my speech to outline my vision...
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27 Sep 2011This year Birmingham Young Professional of the Year (BYPY) decided to include a one-off award for the first time in the event’s history, the Birmingham Future Business Award. Last week we spoke to Tim Pile, CEO of Cogent Eliot about why he decided to sponsor and fund this one-off award and today we’re speaking to the winner,...
2011 Sponsors of BYPY
