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Keg and Grill review: This new place outshines the mediocre restaurants in the city

Original web page at birnews.com It’s ironic that with the excitement surrounding the arrival of so many mediocre bar-restaurants in Birmingham over recent months, a gem should have opened largely unnoticed. The Keg & Grill – in premises once occupied by the Gough Arms – is an unfussy corner pub situated in the side […]

Fifty firefighters at West Bromwich warehouse fire which was seen for miles around

Original web page at birnews.com More than 50 firefighters battled a major warehouse blaze in West Bromwich which could be seen for miles around. The inferno erupted on Saturday night at a single-storey industrial unit in Howard Street. West Midlands Fire Service described it as a “severe” blaze and tweeted a dramatic image showing […]

Staycity in the Jewellery Quarter back on track

Original web page at www.birminghampost.co.uk Activity has resumed on Staycity’s serviced apartment project following the appointment of Clegg Work on a stalled £17 million serviced apartment scheme in the Jewellery Quarter has started again following the appointment of a new main contractor. The Post reported last month that development of Staycity’s new 172-unit complex […]

Birmingham’s best breakfasts according to Birmingham Breakfast Club

Original web page at birnews.com Simon Steggles loves breakfasts. I mean, this man really LOVES them. So much so that he set up the Birmingham Breakfast Club www.birminghambreakfastclub.co.uk , visiting a different venue with his pals every week – and cycling there and back to burn off the calories. Over the last three years […]

First JQBID Festival Takes to the Streets this Summer

Original web page at www.thehockleyflyer.info 359hf 09a This summer sees the Jewellery Quarter host another festival the first organised by the Jewellery Quarter Business Improvement District (JQBID) – a weekend of events that celebrate the diversity and creativity of the Quarter and everything in it. The festival officially marks the opening of new public […]

Digital Archives Now Available on Assay Office Birmingham Website

Original web page at www.thehockleyflyer.info Assay Office Oral History Project The silverware, coins, and library collection of Assay Office Birmingham are now available to view and search online: CLICK HERE The Heritage Lottery Fund grant enabled Assay Office Birmingham to transfer its paper records onto an electronic catalogue and photograph the collection during 2014/15. […]

Warstone Lane & Key Hill Cemeteries – Restoration Plans

Original web page at www.thehockleyflyer.info Raised stone plinth and hard surfacing showing the Chapel’s historic footprint. Plans have been submitted to transform Warstone Lane and Key Hill cemeteries, both in the Jewellery Quarter. The plans include a series of long-awaited improvements to the cemeteries, which have a long history in the City – Key […]

The New ‘National Association of Jewellers’

Original web page at www.thehockleyflyer.info 360hf 10a Patrick Fuller’s dream fulfilled Patrick Fuller, Chairman of WB The Creative Jewellery Group who was named last week as the first President of the National Association of Jewellers – the body that brings together the British Jewellers’ Association and the National Association of Goldsmiths – has spoken […]

JQBID Launches a Summer of Events

Original web page at www.jewelleryquarter.net The Jewellery Quarter is gearing up for Summer and none more so than the Jewellery Quarter Business Improvement District (JQBID) team. Luke Crane, Manager for the JQBID, comments “Everybody loves the Summer and it’s the perfect time to explore the Quarter. From a museum tour to sitting outside one […]…

Birmingham’s best breakfasts according to Birmingham Breakfast Club

Original web page at www.birminghammail.co.uk The breakfast at The Hylton Simon Steggles loves breakfasts. I mean, this man really LOVES them. So much so that he set up the Birmingham Breakfast Club www.birminghambreakfastclub.co.uk , visiting a different venue with his pals every week – and cycling there and back to burn off the calories. […]