The Jewellery Quarter is currently undergoing a transformation. Trendy bars and restaurants share space with old factories in a process of gentrification that cause controversy within neighbours and business owners. The Jewellery Quarter Neighbourhood Plan (JQNP) has to lead the metamorphosis of the area and spread the seed for a thriving future. The immediate priorities of the plan are to fight …
More Spaniards arrive every year in Birmingham to escape from an unemployment rate of 21%, a huge percentage compared to the West Midlands rate, which has fallen to 5,7%. Tapas bars are almost the only evidence of a Spanish community in Birmingham, but there are already about 1,000 Spaniards living in the city, according to …
The Birmingham City Council budget for 2016/17 includes a new cut of £1.4m in the community library service. The Council said that the effect of further cuts was not yet decided: “It remains unclear as to the impact that this will have on the provision of the community library service.” However, the announcement that the Library of …