The Centre for Brexit Studies (CBS) has the purpose to further enhance the consequences of the United Kingdom leaving the European Union. The launch will take place on Thursday January 26th and will be accessible to the general public. It will host conferences, workshops and […]
John Crabtree OBE has been appointed by the Queen as the new Lord-Lieutenant for the West Midlands. The appointment being effective immediately from January 3, 2017. The West Midlands Lieutenancy is the second largest lieutenancy in the country and covers a population of more than […]
Birmingham City Council has been awarded EUR 2,911,894 grant by the European Commission to implement an Urban Innovative Actions (UIA) project in Ladywood and Soho. BCC will lead a 3-year long project called USE-IT! (Unlocking Social and Economic Innovation Together). We have brought together 15 partner […]
After Mayor of Frankfurt, Peter Feldmann, visited Birmingham last month, Lord Mayor, Carl Rice, flew to Frankfurt-am-Main for the inauguration of the Frankfurt-Birmingham tram on Wednesday 21 December. The two Mayors unveiled the tram which is decorated with the coat of arms and […]
On November 17th, 2016, Birmingham welcomed a delegation from Frankfurt-am-Main led by Peter Feldmann, Mayor of Frankfurt. Throughout the day members of the delegation attended various events of the German Week. In the evening, three events symbolizing the lifelong partnership between Birmingham and Frankfurt took […]
