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Creating wealth: how artists can become inventive entrepreneurs

Original web page at www.theguardian.com Bob Geldof and Midge Ure pictured outside SARM Studios in Notting Hill, London. Ure learned the production side of music and has kept himself in business. Photograph: Larry Ellis/Getty Images “What you need is a very broad skillset,” grins award-winning contemporary jewellery designer James Newman , who established his […]

Can collaborative economics see Birmingham return to its glory days?

Original web page at birmingham.newstartmag.co.uk Chamberlain Square, Birmingham. Photo by Andrew Bloomfield Birmingham is broadening its vision of good local government with a more collaborative, bottom-up approach. Can local economics in the region be similarly expanded through a shared vision of the common good? It’s hard to avoid Joseph Chamberlain as you travel through […]

RT @JQDTbirmingham: JQDT Chair, David Mahony has written an informative article about Joseph Chamberlain and the #JQ. Read more here: http:…

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