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Newhall Square Development – Closer to Sign Off

Charlotte Street (Image: Associated Architects) Proposals to construct 220 high-end apartments in Newhall Square could get the go-ahead on Thursday 31st August, subject to a funding agreement between the developer, Spitfire Bespoke Homes (SBH) and the city council. SBH, the residential arm of IM Properties, previously applied for planning […] Click here to view original…

Internationally renowned Escape Hunt Experience is opening a venue in the city centre

A new escape room venue is opening in Birmingham. Escape Hunt Group is planning to open its first branch in Birmingham on 120 – 122 Corporation Street. The 4,262 sq ft first floor space in Martineau Galleries will be converted to include seven escape rooms. Escape games lock participants […] Click here to view original…

Newhall Square PRS scheme set for major step forward

Proposals to construct a residential scheme on Birmingham’s Newhall Square with 220 apartments for the private rented sector (PRS) could get the green light next week, subject to the finalisation of a funding agreement between the developer and the city council. Spitfire Bespoke Homes, the residential arm of IM […] Click here to view original…

Developers snap up prime Jewellery Quarter site

A joint venture between Apsley House Capital and Galliard Homes has snapped up a prime three-acre redevelopment site in Birmingham’s historic Jewellery Quarter. The Northwood Street site is currently occupied by manufacturing and engineering company AE Harris and will be redeveloped to offer a mix […] Click here to view original web page at www.bqlive.co.uk

Jewellery Quarter development site snapped up

A three-acre site in Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter with the potential to be transformed into homes and commercial units has been acquired by a property development joint venture. Apsley House Capital and Galliard Homes has snapped up the plot on Northwood Street, which is currently occupied by manufacturing and engineering […] Click here to view original…

Major land deal for Jewellery Quarter regeneration

Developers have bought the AE Harris factory in Northwood Street The home of a historic Jewellery Quarter manufacturer is set to be transformed into a new mixed-use complex. AE Harris will move from its current home in Northwood Street, where it has been based since 1964, after which the […] Click here to view original…

How a Birmingham watch seller became an eBay giant

As a lover of luxury watches, Jas Kalsi always had a keen eye for a finely crafted timepiece, although until he set up Watches of Sutton in May 2016 he’d only ever bought them for himself. But the former car dealership manager was keen to become his own boss […] Click here to view original…

Jewellery Quarter factory site to house 220 new apartments

CGI of new apartments in Newhall Square as seen from Newhall Street

More than 200 new apartments, commercial and retail space and a public square are all to be built on the historic home of a former Jewellery Quarter factory. New plans have been unveiled for the next phase of the regeneration of Newhall Square which has already welcomed two hotels, […] Click here to view original…

The new ‘Gunmakers Arms’

We’re happy to say we had a refurbishment and are now the new Gunmakers Arms! Don’t worry we’re not changing our name. We reopened the pub on Saturday 3rd June after being closed for around three months! This was longer than we expected or wanted. However when you’re dealing […] Click here to view original…

Accountancy firm launches new arm

Ian Gould and Richard Tonks Baldwins, the £70m-turnover accountancy group headquartered in the West Midlands, has hired two insolvency experts to head up its new restructuring arm. Richard Tonks has joined the firm from Smith Cooper alongside Ian Gould, who joins from BDO. The pair have been appointed as […] Click here to view original…