Archive for February, 2010

Forget however many hundreds of pounds on consultants, here's a waste of council time.
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Russ looks listings, so you really don't need to bother.
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Richard McCombs give management-style “BID” speak, crap awards, and Broad Street’s culinary options a severe shoeing. And good on him.
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If you’ve ever moaned about Birmingham’s lack of independent shops then for the next six weeks (at least) you’ve reason to visit the Bull Ring and support a really indie operation. Brum’s award-winning Created in Birmingham blog has got the keys to a unit just opposite the Apple store — and they’re selling only...
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Doing this to the Bull Ring lifts is all a lovely PR stunt for the CSI thing in the old Borders shop — until some old dear expires, knackered after taking the steps because the lifts are out of order.
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I’m quite “for” the idea of Brum being 2013 City of Culture. I’m not convinced that the council have the skills to make it great, and I’m still cynical about the idea that “the possibility” of hosting the “Brit Music Award, MTV music Awards, the BAFTAs, the Stirling Prize, the Turner prize” (all private...
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“In deciding on the four cities recommended – Derry/Londonderry, Birmingham, Norwich, and Sheffield – the panel was influenced by the expected step change each city was asked to envisage, if they gained the title and subsequent media spotlight.” Wha? via Race to become the UK’s first City of Culture hots up as Final Fourteen...
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Stephen Hughes, Council Chief Executive waxes a sort of clunky prose to the joys of PFI, and Capita's role in it.
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An odd list, Pike out of Dad's Army, Tom Hanks, and some toff who is related to an old Chairman.
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