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Our brand new ‘free’ school in the JQ, Perry Beeches II, is holding a Christmas Fayre around St Paul’s Church on Friday the 14th of December, from 5:00pm to 6:30pm.  The event will be opened by the Steadfast Vocal Gospel Group.  Other attractions include: Santa’s grotto BBQ Hot chocolate and mince pies School choir Raffle…

A Birmingham-based design agency is celebrating three years of trading and two new hires on top of its move to a new creative home in the Jewellery Quarter. Sixth Story has recently enjoyed a spate of new contract wins, including the re-branding and website design for prestigious London-based public affairs consultancy, Curtin&Co. The agency is…

The Rectory Bar & Restaurant in St Paul’s Square in Birmingham city centre has been awarded top marks in the Council’s new food hygiene rating system. The Rectory picked up its award from Lord Rooker, formerly a Birmingham MP and now chair of the Food Standards Agency at an awards ceremony at Villa Park on…

Blue Orange Arts, the resident charity at the Blue Orange Theatre is pleased to announce its first Arts Council England funded project – Messy Jessie. The Blue Orange Theatre opened its doors to the public in April 2011 and has since produced 13 shows, staged a national tour and hosted performances for Birmingham’s Comedy Festival.…

The people who are running the improvements to our neighbouring mega-arena, the NIA, have been in touch.  This is what they said: As we progress with the NIA redevelopment we wanted to set up some regular opportunities for people to come and hear an update about the plans, ask questions and find out some more…

Local JQ artist Steve Blundell has been in touch asking us to tell you about his 2013 calendar, with 12 pencil sketches of Birmingham.  Interestingly each pencil drawing is accompanied by the weather and light conditions at the time the picture was drawn. The calendar could make a good Christmas present for people who appreciate…

If you live in the JQ then the JQNF is your neighbourhood forum – your voice in loads of issues that can affect our lives in the Jewellery Quarter.  That makes the Annual General Meeting an important date for your diary.  There’ll be a minimum of formality, with emphasis on hearing the things that matter.…

As part of the Localism Act, 2011, communities were given power to draw up Neighbourhood Plans to determine future developments in their area.  This research project is attempting to develop techniques to help people gather information about their neighbourhood that could help when drawing up a Neighbourhood Plan. Researchers at Birmingham University are looking for…