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Central Library not bursting at the seams
Published on 30 Jan, 2013 at 10:16 in Architecture, Birmingham, Comment, Local history | | No Comments
Loads of space in the new library of Birmingham, but what's it for? wonders Alan Clawley.
Rallying to restore confidence in construction
Published on 23 Jan, 2013 at 10:06 in Architecture, Birmingham, Business, Environment, Motoring, Transport | | No Comments
A national Rally to Restore Confidence took place last week to encourage professionals working across all platforms within the built environment that 2013 is a year for positivity
Budget cuts
Alan Clawley wades through the gloom and doom of budget cuts and asks why Sir Albert Bore is predicting the end of local government as we know it.
The new city park
Published on 28 Dec, 2012 at 13:26 in Birmingham, Business, Environment, Property Press | | No Comments
Alan Clawley scans a Birmingham landscape with a highly critical eye.
Birmingham City Council celebrates top employees
Published on 15 Nov, 2012 at 18:09 in Birmingham | | No Comments
The winners have been announced in Birmingham City Council’s (BCC) internal awards programme - the Chamberlain Awards
Social worker named as finalist in local heroes award
Published on 8 Nov, 2012 at 6:30 in Birmingham | | No Comments
A social worker has been nominated for a community award in Birmingham City Councils’ (BCC) annual recognition initiative, the Chamberlain Awards.
Minister attends Property Breakfast Briefing
Brandon Lewis outlined the Government’s proposed changes to planning regulations at a Breakfast Briefing
Public Meeting: No private profits from policing
Published on 25 Sep, 2012 at 8:08 in Birmingham, Business, Police, Politics, What's on | | No Comments
The West Midland Police Authority is developing a Business Partnering for Policing Programme. What does this mean for West Midlands residents?
Birmingham’s financial ‘black hole’ questioned – Part 2
Martin Mullaney was a LibDeb councillor until last May. He's waging a campaign against the Labour administration's claim that Birmingham finances were found to have a £21m hole in them when they came to power.
Birmingham Council’s financial ‘black hole’ claim rebutted by LibDem
Former LibDem councillor Martin Mullaney takes issue with Birmingham's Labour administration claim of a £21m hole in the council's budget.
LEP welcomes £1.5bn City Deal for Birmingham
Greater Birmingham and Solihull Local Enterprise Partnership welcomed the Government’s City Deal for Birmingham - that has, it is claimed, the potential to create nearly 11,000 new jobs.
Mayors: Birmingham Does NOT Decide
Published on 12 Apr, 2012 at 7:55 in A mayor for Birmingham?, Birmingham, Comment, Most recent, Politics | | 1 Comment
There has never been any evidence in Birmingham of a desire for a referendum on elected mayors.
Christmas trees turned into cash
Over 420 tonnes of green waste was collected throughout January for which Veolia Environmental Services donated £5 for every tonne.
Sustainability Spring Fair
Published on 28 Feb, 2012 at 8:34 in Birmingham, Environment, Exhibitions, Festivals, What's on | | No Comments
A family day of fun and a chance to learn about sustainability issues.
What paradise will be like
Published on 26 Feb, 2012 at 18:34 in Architecture, Birmingham, Comment, Environment, Property Press | | 4 Comments
Alan Clawley has seen Paradise and would prefer it stayed lost.
No plans to demolish brutalist library
Alan Clawley reveals that a Brutalist public library opened in 1977, the foundation stone of which was laid by Harold Wilson in 1975, is not facing demolition.
Elected Mayors: A Constitutional farce
Published on 24 Jan, 2012 at 8:52 in A mayor for Birmingham?, Birmingham, Comment, Coventry, Open Government, Politics | | No Comments
Steve Beauchampé is appalled that the electorate will be asked to vote next May without knowing what for.
PROFILE: City TV’s Debra Davis
Ros Dodd talked to City TV's Debra Davis - Birmingham City Council’s former public affairs chief.
Birmingham Library: Moving house
Published on 11 Nov, 2011 at 22:32 in Architecture, Art and Leisure, Birmingham, Books, Comment, Features, Local history | | No Comments
Alan Clawley writes on the problems of moving home - when related to libraries shifting location.
Cutbacks to Birmingham Central Library opening hours
Birmingham Central Library is to end its decades-long tradition of evening opening by introducing a 6pm weekday closing time, possibly as early as December.
