National Express and Birmingham City Council stood proudly shoulder to shoulder last week at the announcement of an internship programme between Chicago and Birmingham.  The announcement made at the British Consulate in Chicago, is significant as it marks a reinvigoration of the Birmingham Sister City relationship. […]

The 9th of March marked an important milestone for the delivery of Birmingham’s European and International Strategy. For the first time since its launch, the four chairs of the area based associations met with the Leader of the Council, Sir Albert Bore. They talked about […]

Birmingham City Council welcomed two delegates from the Catalan capital, Mr Alex Masllorens, the Deputy General Manager of Social Services, and Mrs Angels Canals, the Director of the Municipal Institute of Social Services. The purpose of their visit was to find out more about how […]

This year’s celebrations of the Commonwealth Day were held on 9 March 2015. Birmingham Commonwealth Association led a vibrant programme of events which started with a flag raising ceremony in front of the Council House. Commonwealth flag was raised by the Lord Mayor of Birmingham, Cllr […]

On 23 March, the Government launched the England 2014-2020 European Structural and Investment Funds programme. Greater Birmingham and Sollihul LEP is participating in the first calls with £17.5 M ERDF available to bid against. This amount will be split over innovation, SME Competitiveness and Low […]

Conference: Horizon 2020 – New Commission, New Agenda One year after the launch of the Horizon 2020 programme, Science/Business will bring together applicants, project holders, industry executives and key policy makers to take stock of the programme and discuss the most important challenges for Europe […]

URBACT III will celebrate its official launch in Brussels on the 16th of March 2015.  Our colleagues from Brussels Office will be attending an event organised by the European Commission which gives us a good reason to look into URBACT at glance: URBACT’s mission is to […]

Philip Barton, UK High Commissioner to Pakistan visited Birmingham on 6 March 2015. The purpose of his visit was to meet with the Lord Mayor and representatives of the local Pakistan citizens. The meeting  covered UK / Pakistan business and trade opportunities as well as wider […]

There was a buzz of excitement at the launch of the Commonwealth Business Women’s network (CBWN) at Bar Opus, 1 Snowhill.  Over 100 people gathered for the launch which included Lorely Burt, MP and Government Ambassador for Women in Enterprise; Her Excellency Felleng Mamakeka Makeka, […]

On the eve of International Women’s Day and Commonwealth Day the Commonwealth Businesswomen’s Network is organising their official launch and as they say it is to make the economic empowerment of women happen. The Network’s mission is as follows: To provide the tools, opportunities and support […]