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City centre drivers facing SIX WEEKS of disruption with key road closed
Motorists in Birmingham’s central business district are facing up to six weeks of disruption as gas mains are replaced underneath the road. The section of Newhall Street running between Cornwall Street and Lionel Street has been closed on one side in the direction of the Jewellery Quarter. As a […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreJQNF Open Meeting and AGM: Mon 17 July
Your fellow residents at the Jewellery Quarter Neighbourhood Forum (JQNF) would be delighted to see you at an Open Meeting (inc AGM) Date: Monday 17th July 2016 Time: 6:30 – 8:30pm (arrival from 6pm, no entry after 6:30pm) Location: The Big Peg, 120 Vyse St, Birmingham B18 6NF The […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreCoffin Folk ’17 – Jewellery Quarter Festival 2017
The Coffin Works Birmingham’s award-winning museum and newest heritage attraction will welcome 4 talented folk and roots performers for a live music event as part of the wider Jewellery Quarter Festival. On 29th July, from 7 pm, as part of the Jewellery Quarter Festival, the Coffin Works will throw […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreDiamonds & Pearls: A Musical Tour through the Jewellery Quarter
A music-themed walking tour of the Jewellery Quarter, led by Jez Collins , founder of the Birmingham Music Archive – with over 20 years of experience as a social and cultural entrepreneur in the creative, and particularly music, industries in Birmingham. This two-hour walk will reveal some of the […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreDerelict Jewellery Quarter site latest to house new flats
A derelict site in the Jewellery Quarter once set to house a new hotel is the latest to be regenerated with new flats. The plot, on the corner of Albion Street and Carver Street, sits behind the Pig & Tail bar which opened last summer. Complex Development Projects is […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreA Poem About the Quarter
The Golden Square Courtesy Mark Haddleton This poem was inspired by poet Ian McMillan’s visit to the Jewellery Quarter. The Poem itself is actually engraved into the material which makes the seam that runs down the middle of the Golden Square on Warstone Lane. Talking to Somebody about the […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreAccountancy 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…
Read MoreDeveloper to start work on Jewellery Quarter scheme
Work on a new £7.8m apartment scheme in the Jewellery Quarter is expected to start next year, the company behind the project has said. Complex Development Projects (CDP) was granted consent to create 30 apartments in Carver Street by Birmingham City Council earlier this month (July). The scheme, designed […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreQuarter Life Magazine Issue 11 – out now!
The new issue of Quarter Life is now out! It’s a bumper summer edition, featuring the ‘Dine in the JQ’ supplement which provides some recommendations for your next meal in the Jewellery Quarter. Our cover star Roni Ferro is the owner of Pasta Di Piazza and Cucina Rustica, two […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreSecond term for Jewellery Quarter BID
The Jewellery Quarter Business Improvement District has received backing from companies in the historic manufacturing district to launch a second five-year term. It held a ballot among its members asking whether they wished to see the BID return for another spell, with almost 90 per cent of those that […] Click here to view original…
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