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  • Birmingham’s unique conferencing offer on the menu at Square Meal

    Meet Birmingham will be showcasing the variety and distinctiveness of the city’s conference and events offering at this year’s Square Meal Venues & Events show, taking place on the 21st and 22nd September at Old Billingsgate in London. Visito...

    Birmingham's skyline

  • Birmingham ready to welcome Liberal Democrats

    City expects 8,000 delegates to contribute £12m to local economy over four day conference Birmingham’s boosts reputation as event host with seventh party conference in four years Birmingham is getting ready to host the Liberal Democrats’ autu...

    The ICC Birmingham

  • Design inspiration at Grand Designs Birmingham 2011

    To celebrate Grand Designs Live coming to Birmingham this October, we’ve teamed up with the show organsiers to offer you the chance to book two tickets for just £20 with this special offer for Britain’s best-know and most stylish home exh...

  • Come to Hotel La Tour's pre-opening event

    Hotel La Tour, a brand new concept in city centre hotels, is set to open its flagship hotel in Birmingham in February 2012. As a special early preview, on Thursday 20th October, Hotel La Tour is hosting a pre-opening event for any event organisers a...

  • Brand new Drayton Manor Theme Park hotel opens

    Drayton Manor Park in Staffordshire has opened a new £20 million hotel as part of its plans to boost business at the tourist attraction. The new four star complex, complete with medieval-style turrets, features 150 guest rooms, modern meeting rooms a...

  • Enta celebrate conference success

    Business is booming for a city conference venue as social enterprise Enta has welcomed eight new businesses and hit a landmark target within the past fortnight. The latest account wins take the total number of conferences held at Enta’s Mill Wharf c...

  • Details of Birmingham Food Fest unveiled

    Birmingham’s new autumn food festival will feature special menus and promotions by more than 60 restaurants – as well as opportunities for DIY foraging and “dining under the stars”. The 10-day celebration of food will take place from October 1...

  • NEC Group reports operating profits and revenues leap

    The NEC Group has announced operating profits of £29.4m across its businesses in the year to 31 March 2011. The figure is £5.3m (22%) up on the previous financial year. Total revenues grew 12.8 per cent to £123.9m. The NEC Group, which includes the...

    The NEC, Birmingham

  • New food concepts unveiled at the ICC Birmingham

    More than 500 members of the West Midlands business community gathered at the ICC Birmingham, on Tuesday 12 July, to sample the new multi-sensory food concepts that bring live theatre to the table – The Boulangerie, Canapé Taster, Indulgence Sh...

  • UCB crowned Nestlé Toque d’Or Champions 2011

    The College of Food at University College Birmingham declared second time winners of a prestigious national hospitality competition. For the second year in a row, the College of Food at University College Birmingham (UCB) has won one of the most prest...

  • Experts take a bite out of data to present the future of the Foodservice Industry

    Two of the UK’s leading retail experts joined a data analysis expert this week, to discuss the opportunities open to the foodservice industry as part of a special briefing hosted by Amadeus, one of the UK’s fastest growing venue and event ...