MONDAY 28th MARCH 2011
WEEKLY ROUND UP
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Please find below a selection of links to media coverage on Birmingham. Due to paywalls in place by some of the online media channels and time limitations of online broadcast outlets, you may not be able to view articles without an existing subscription.
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The man selling a city to the world - Birmingham Post
Wouter Schuitemaker may not be a name that easily trips off the tongue but it is a name that we are likely to be hearing a fair bit of in the future.
New map offers clue to recovery in office market - Birmingham Post
The Birmingham Office Market Forum has launched its fourth map detailing the city’s commercial office market with a pledge to work more closely with the work of Business Birmingham.
Willmott Dixon - strength through diversifiaction - Birmingham Post
Peter Owen, MD for Willmott Dixon in the Midlands, discusses why contractors have to be adaptable in times of economic uncertainty and why Willmott Dixon has refined its core strategy(...) When assessing the future you only have to look at the support that is being offered for Marketing Birmingham; we wholeheartedly support and share the vision of Business Birmingham, Marketing Birmingham’s inward investment programme and expect to play a big part in the city’s future success.
Firms swarm around top graduates at competition - Birmingham Post
Twenty-nine of the city’s brightest creative industries graduates have been cherry-picked for work placements by top firms as part of the B-Hive 2011 competition.
2 University of Birmingham students win B-Hive awards - Redbrick
Last Wednesday the B-Hive 2011 Awards Evening took place in the Zellig building in Digbeth. Shortlisted students, judges and supporters watched on as 29 winners – including two University of Birmingham students – were awarded with paid work experience placements in creative industries.
B-Hive competition hails next generation of mad men - Grit
29 creative industry placements have been awarded to top entrants in each of the five categories (marketing, PR, advertising, graphic design and web design) who created a buzz with their imaginative pitches.
2011 B-Hive winners announced-The Drum (web)
The winners of this year’s B-Hive competition have been announced, offering the winners paid work experience placements across some of Birmingham’s best known creative agencies.
