Councillor Waseem Zaffar, Cabinet Member for Transport and Sustainability, and Philip Edwards, Assistant Director Transportation and Connectivity, visited Frankfurt on 24 October to work on new strategies to improve Birmingham’s sustainable transport infrastructure. The study visit included meetings with the Frankfurt’s Economic Development GmbH, the […]

The Urban Manufacturing project has been going for just about a year now and I have taken part in two policy clinics.  What are policy clinics? I hear you ask.  Well basically, each of the transnational partners has the opportunity to organise a  ‘clinic’ or […]

From attending the seminar delegates at this event will: •Learn about the advantages and benefits of trading with Portugal •Hear about the trading opportunities of this market •Have the potential to have a one-to-one discussion with the conference speakers •Be able to network and share […]

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. […]

Birmingham City Council representative took part in a panel discussion on Fair Trade entitled “How Fair is Fair Trade?” in Leipzig, Germany. We were officially invited by our partner city Leipzig. Other participants included representatives of Lyon, another Birmingham’s partner city. The event’s key point was […]

An event for SMEs entering, or expanding their business in, the China market will take place at Aston Villa Football Club in Birmingham on 16 September 2014 from 9am-4pm. The forum, hosted by the China-Britain Business Council will give attendees the chance to: Explore challenges […]

The inaugural meeting of the Birmingham Commonwealth Association trade and business group met at Mills and Reeve law firm on 16.07.2014. The group, chaired by Peter McClintock, partner and Head of the firm’s Africa desk, welcomed local business people; professional services; the Federation of Small […]

The Association discussed the city’s involvement in North America as well as current and future projects concerning the four areas of education, culture and sport, public service and business and trade. The Association also discussed the forthcoming visit from the Chicago Consul General. More details about […]

The second board meeting of the China & the Far East Area Association takes place on the 22nd April at 2pm at Wragge & Co’s office. This meeting is for invited board members only.

Birmingham hosted a joint meeting of the EUROCITIES Environment and Mobility Forum on 19-20 March. Councillor James McKay, Birmingham City Council Cabinet Member for a Green, Safe and Smart City, is currently Chair of the EUROCITIES Environment forum. The topic of the meeting was “Sustainable […]