The South African Commissioner to the United Kingdom visited Birmingham on the 22nd of March 2016. The day long visit gave Mr. Obeg Mlaba the opportunity to met with a number of political and economic leaders the city and region including the Lord Mayor of Birmingham, the Leader of […]

Birmingham based International Synergies took centre stage alongside some of the global leaders in sustainability at the Global Green Business Summit in Mexico last week (27th & 28th April). Peter Laybourn, Chief Executive of International Synergies, gave the keynote speech at this global event on […]

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 […]

Birmingham  Commonwealth  Association Chairman, Keith Stokes-Smith and Mike Murray, Lead Officer, International Links, Birmingham City Council, met informally with Her Excellency, Aloun Ndombet-Assamba, High Commissioner for Jamaica to familiarise the High Commissioner with  the Association, how it came to be established, its structure and how […]

Birmingham based International Synergies Limited took centre stage at Green Week in Brussels last week, rubbing shoulders with leading figures from the European Commission, business, environmental and political world. Green Week is the largest annual conference on European environmental policy.  The theme for this year’s […]

Councillor Lisa Trickett from Climate Change and Environment Department of the Birmingham City Council will participate in a Climate KIC event at COP21 in Paris. COP21 is a major conference taking place in 2015 to try and reach an international agreement on climate change. The event […]

Climate change is a global issue we cannot afford to ignore. Birmingham City Council has set itself an ambitious aim of reducing CO2 emissions by 60% by 2027 compared against levels from 1990. The Council has set out a Green Commission outlining clear priorities for […]

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 […]

The Enterprise Europe Network (EEN) Midlands, the European Commission’s official business support network is organising a free seminar on the 17th November from 09:00 till 13:00 on intellectual property. Location: Digital Humanities Hub Hall, University of Birmingham, G3, Pritchatt’s Road, B15 2TT Find out how Intellectual Property Rights […]

Senior officials from South Korea’s public authority for industrial development were in Birmingham this week to learn how the city’s industrial strategy could help shape the development of  51 industrial parks in their country. South Korea is one of the world’s most innovative countries, already […]