Business – Page 6

From Victorian nib maker to an engineering powerhouse

Original web page at www.birminghampost.co.uk Rowan Crozier from Brandauer It is 154 years old, its parts are in 80 per cent of houses and 55 per cent of cars worldwide – and it is embracing the future with a new computerised business strategy. Newtown-based Brandauer started life in 1862 in the Victorian era as […]

Bloc starts hotel expansion as owners eye second Birmingham site

Original web page at www.birminghampost.co.uk The team behind a Birmingham hotel is on the cusp of signing a deal to launch its second venture in the city as work starts to expand its first. Colin Graham, co-founder of Bloc in the Jewellery Quarter, said he was close to sealing a “prime” site for the […]…

Birmingham’s Assay Office moves to new premises in Jewellery Quarter

A historical hallmarking centre in Birmingham is moving out of the Victorian building where it has been based since 1877. Original web page at www.bbc.com The Assay Office says its current building is ‘too small’ A historical hallmarking centre in Birmingham is moving out of the Victorian building where it has been based since 1877.…

Golden Square Developments

Original web page at www.birmingham-jewellery-quarter.net Birmingham Jewellery Quarter’s inafmous Golden Square is complete! – Nearly. With only the completion of the information point left to go, we reminisce on the journey the Golden Square has taken us on – and has it been a long one. Skip back to June, last year and you […]…

Staycity opening delayed following GB Group collapse

Staycity’s new apart-hotel in Newhall Square this week looking some way from completion A new £17 million serviced apartment complex in the Jewellery Quarter is expected to open six months later than originally planned following the collapse of its main contractor. Irish group Staycity announced last year that it […] Original web page at www.birminghampost.co.uk…

Unique Find: Technical Team Solutions

Original web page at www.jewelleryquarter.net This month, JQBID manager Luke Crane, popped in to see fellow Big Peg residents, Technical Team Solutions. Andy Jones and the rest of the IT recruitment team made him feel right at home in their newly decorated office. When did you move to the Jewellery Quarter? After spending a […]