Historic Jewellery Quarter at risk from spiralling costs and ‘gentrification’

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Jewellery Quarter RISING costs and gentrification have put Birmingham’s historic Jewellery Quarter at risk of losing the trade which made the area famous around the world. That’s the view from the area’s jewellery makers and experts from Birmingham City University, who say that spiralling rental costs and ‘inappropriate developments’ […]