New partner at Johnson Fellows

New partner at Johnson Fellows

Charles Warrack of Johnson Fellows Chartered surveying firm Johnson Fellows has promoted its head of agency to partner. Charles Warrack joined the Birmingham-based firm two years ago from Vail Williams where he was in charge of acquisitions, leasing and sales and has previously worked for JLL, King Sturge and […] Click here to view original…

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Gung Ho Communications acquires London agency

Gung Ho Communications acquires London agency

Gung Ho’s managing director Paul Phedon (left) with Coffin on Cake’s co-founders Alex Craven and Dean Bennett Consumer sport and lifestyle PR firm Gung Ho Communications has bought London-based agency Coffin on Cake PR. The Jewellery Quarter-based agency said the deal doubled the size of the agency’s team and […] Click here to view original…

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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 […]

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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 […]…

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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.…

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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…

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