19 April 2021 Cities are being invited to learn from leading innovative UK peers at a special national event this May. UK cities have seen some of the most challenging COVID-19 conditions this past year and one could be forgiven for thinking that all but […]

More than 450 faith representatives from across the region attended a landmark conference organised by the Mayor of the West Midlands Andy Street and the University of Birmingham on Monday 27th November. Delegates at the ‘Mayor and Faith Conference: Faith in the West Midlands’ discussed […]

Birmingham has once again joined forces with the German city of Leipzig to develop new ways of driving growth and innovation for small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). As part of the Mayor of Leipzig’s visit to Birmingham, marking the 25th anniversary of partnership between the cities, […]

With Prime Minister Theresa May visiting China this week for the G20 summit, the spotlight has fallen on the big potential for Chinese investment in major UK projects. Council leader Cllr John Clancy is on a week-long trade mission to China and Hong Kong, where […]

Birmingham was represented on the Property and Private Wealth panel event at the China British Business Council’s ‘Outbound Investment’ conference in Beijing on the 3rd November 2015.   The conference, which targeted investors from the private and state sectors, was aimed at Chinese companies and […]

The Birmingham Commonwealth Association Trade and Business meeting at Mills and Reeves offices in Colmore Row had three principal foci: – Receive an update on the High Speed 2 (HS2) rail connection between London and Birmingham and the future of Birmingham Curzon Street International Station. […]

The Commonwealth Association’s Trade & Business Group is meeting on 30 April at Mills & Reeve LLP, Colmore Row 78-84 at 08.30am. – South Africa The first part of the Commonwealth meeting will focus on South Africa and the opportunities to export over there. 5.5% of South Africa’s imports are from […]

Set within the new Longbridge town centre, the inaugural Longbridge Light Festival is going to take place on 25 October, from 6-10pm. It will contain a combination of newly commissioned artworks, special events, Longbridge Public Art Project (LPAP) artists-in-residence work in progress and an exciting […]

Forming part of the Longbridge light festival, the Tran-si-tion International Conference will take place at the Bournville College Conference Centre on 24th October. The conference will aim to provide a key platform to highlight best practice within regeneration schemes, urban design, strategic planning, placemaking and […]

On 29 October 2013, Birmingham hosted a delegation from Lyon headed by the Mayor of Lyon, Gérard Collomb. Dating back to 1951, Lyon is Birmingham’s longest-standing partner city. During his time in Birmingham, Monsieur Collomb was shown some of the latest regeneration activity in the […]