JQ News – Page 8

Urban Coffee – Jewellery Quarter

Between 3 rd July – 3 rd September a selection of illustrations will be exhibited and available to buy within the Jewellery Quarter branch of Urban Coffee. Located on the ground level, centre of the Big Peg, you can’t miss the big URBAN sign. Some pieces are exclusive to […] 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…

See inside the city’s new live music bar which is selling MOONSHINE

Time for jazz hands Birmingham. A new cafe has opened in Jewellery Quarter hosting live jazz events. RJJZ Cafe also doubles up as a bar serving wines, spirits beers and moonshine! The spirit, a clear unaged whisky, has a potentially lethal alcohol content and was illegal in many countries. […] Click here to view original…

New Willard Wigan Microscopic Artworks To Go On Show At The Museum Of The Jewellery Quarter

Visitors to Museum of the Jewellery Quarter will be amongst the first people in the city to see new micro-sculptures by internationally renowned artist Willard Wigan, at a new exhibition opening at the museum on Friday 4th August. Willard Wigan MBE: In The Eye of The Needle will showcase […] Click here to view original…

Jewellery Quarter Festival 2017

JQ Festival The third annual Jewellery Quarter Festival is back this summer, bringing with it a taste of something quirky and a little bit different in Birmingham. Organised by the Jewellery Quarter Business Improvement District (JQBID) and supported by local businesses, JQ Festival 2017 will be hosted over the […] Click here to view original…

Toploader, to headline at The Jam House Birmingham on 20th July

Multi-million selling, chart-topping alternative British rock band, Toploader, will be headlining at the Jam House Birmingham on the 20th July. With over two million album sales to their name and a string of top 20 hits, Toploader were the sound of 2000, having backed the likes of Paul Weller, […] 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…

Developer 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…

Quarter 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…

Second 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…