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Birmingham City Council
11:31, 6 SEP 2018
Rich List 2018: No.32= - Peter Horton and family
Rich List
Hortons' Estate has been celebrating 125 years in business
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Carillion. What a Mess.
Carillion
Professor David Bailey casts his eye over the ongoing fallout from construction and infrastructure group Carillion entering liquidation
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Review of 2017 - December: Council tax rise, Commonwealth Games and 42-storey apartment tower
Broad Street Birmingham
Our Review of the Year ends with the news in December that council tax in Birmingham was set to add £70 to the average family bill and track cycling at the 2022 Commonwealth Games would be taking place in London
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Comment: Gone but not forgotten - but will Birmingham ever learn?
John Madin
Mary Keating, from campaign group Brutiful Birmingham, asks why Birmingham seems to dislike its Brutalist history so much
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Review of 2017 - October: City's MPs, abortion clinic protests and Boris Bikes for Birmingham
Fort Dunlop
The political map of Birmingham is to be redrawn with the number of MPs dropping from ten to nine and city's health chief supports ban on protesters outside Edgbaston abortion clinic
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Review of 2017 - September: Midland Metro extension, council leader quits and HMRC chooses new Birmingham base
Birmingham City Council
More details of the city centre extension to the tram network were revealed in September including the exact locations of five new stops while city council leader John Clancy quit following the fallout from the bin strike
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Review of 2017 - August: Bin strike halted, new transport chief and council watchdog steps away
Midland Metro
There was a fragile ceasefire in August as the bin strike which had gripped the city was halted and Mayor Andy Street recruited a new transport chief to oversee the stream of major projects planned over the next few years
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Review of 2017 - June: Hall Green stadium, council chief's pay off and HSBC's move to Birmingham
HSBC
A historic Birmingham greyhound stadium was bid farewell after owners announced its closure date in June and a £500,000 pay off for the city council's former chief executive was branded ludicrous
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Review of 2017 - May: New mayor elected, unexploded bomb and HS2 landmark revamp
Andy Street
There was a historic moment for West Midlands politics in May as Andy Street was appointed the region's first directly mayor and Birmingham was strangled for almost two days after an unexploded bomb was found
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Review of 2017 - April: £75m Cadbury investment, battle to save church and Big Art Project winner
Cadbury
Cadbury's owner Mondelēz International showcased the result of a £75m investment into the factory in Bournville which brought some Daily Mail manufacturing home and campaigners opposed plans to demolish a historic church
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Review of 2017 - February: Facelift for M6 junction, new cycle lanes and council cuts U-turn
University of Birmingham
Highways chiefs announced plans in February to spend £64m improving a busy M6 junction and new images were revealed showing how Birmingham's 'cycle superhighway' could look
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Review of 2017 - January: Commonwealth Games, green belt housing and Colmore Row makeover
Midland Metro
Our Review of the Year for 2017 kicks off with the news London Olympics bosses were recruited to help Birmingham secure the Commonwealth Games and Sutton residents were battling developers
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West Midlands Mayor opens new retirement village
Post People
Longbridge Retirement Village is on the site of the former Austin/Rover car factory where some of the residents used to work.
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Barratt Homes revises plans for major Birmingham housing estate
Invest in Birmingham
Housebuilder goes back to the drawing board after heavy criticism from councillors but heritage campaigners are still opposing the proposals
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Plans unveiled for 29-storey apartment complex
Invest in Birmingham
New images show how regeneration of long-neglected site in Birmingham city council could look
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US hotel group chooses Birmingham to launch first European venue
Invest in Birmingham
Dream Hotels has agreed a deal to open new hotel as part of regeneration of one of city's most famous yet neglected buildings
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Birmingham Post Power 250 2017: How it works and sector breakdown
Power 250
What criteria are used to build the Power 250 and how have the different sectors fared?
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Birmingham Post Power 250 2017: Politics
Andy Street
Some of the key movers in the West Midlands' political sphere
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Birmingham Post Power 250 2017: Public Sector
Millennium Point
As the public sector comes under increasing financial pressue, who is steering the ship in Birmingham and the West Midlands
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PwC takes entire first building at £700m Paradise project
Paradise Circus
Big Four financial services firm extends existing deal to occupy all of eight-storey building when it completes in summer 2019
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Why is the fine design of Port Loop lost on those who should know better?
Birmingham City Council
Architect Joe Holyoak fights the corner for a major regeneration which wasn't universally loved by the city's planners
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Birmingham city centre apartment block plans scaled back
Invest in Birmingham
Developers were forced back to drawing board before lodging application after being told 19-storey tower was unlikely to gain support from city
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University completes deal to buy Municipal Bank building
University of Birmingham
Historic Grade II-listed complex will be used to showcase institute's research and exhibitions
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Council's controversial Service Birmingham IT company to be wound up in January saving £43 million over four years
Capita
Parent company Capita will still provide IT support to city council
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