Birmingham was successfully re-elected to the positions of EUROCITIES Secretary and Environment Forum Chair for a further 12 months at the EUROCITIES AGM on 29 November in Ghent. Birmingham is one of 12 cities which form the EUROCITIES Executive Committee. Warsaw (President), Nantes (Vice-President), Ghent […]
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 […]
Innovation Birmingham’s Entrepreneurs for the Future (e4f) start-up support programme was shortlisted for a EUROCITIES award at a ceremony which took place in Ghent, Belgium on 27 November 2013. Birmingham was shortlisted in the ‘smart jobs’ category alongside Brighton’s Employability Advice and Careers Hut and […]
On 30 October 2013, guests at Bournville College’s centenary celebrations were given a taste of a new annual Lighting Festival in Longbridge with outdoor light installations by the Lyonnais artists associations ‘Pitaya’ and ‘Collectif Coin’. Following the example of the Lyonnais Fête des Lumières, the […]
