Birmingham

• MP backs ?Ask your Pharmacist? week
  Gisela Stuart has attended an event marking the launch of ‘Ask Your Pharmacist’ week. ‘Ask Your Pharmacist’ is the flagship of the National Pharmacy Association’s consumer campaign. This awareness raising scheme will reach people across Birmingham reminding them of the importance of community pharmacy. The campaign seeks to highlight the wide range of healthcare services provided by community [...]
• Sew great fundraising for Children in Need
  Fashion students at Birmingham Metropolitan College raised £2,000 for Children in Need after staging a ‘sponsored sew’ and completing the challenge of producing 100 children’s garments in 20 hours. Using material donated by Fancy Silks and Barry’s fabric stores, the college’s Fashion Lab based at Millennium Point devised a production line where students in fancy dress [...]
• Gisela Stuart calls on business to show respect to job seekers
  Local MP Gisela Stuart is calling on businesses to show respect for job seekers by promising to respond to all those who submit job applications and provide feedback to unsuccessful applicants. Gisela has asked the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce to write to all its members to remind them of the importance of supporting those looking for [...]
• MP opens new Media and Games Development studio
  Khalid Mahmood, MP for Perry Barr set off a creative spark in the region by officially opening new Media and Games Development studios at Birmingham Metropolitan College. The 600 sq m newly-refurbished area will develop the talents of more than 200 Media Studies, Journalism, Graphic Design and Media and Games Development students based at [...]
• Gisela backs war memorials preservation motion
  Gisela Stuart has joined forces with other MPs in demanding that more be done to preserve war memorials. The motion asks that all memorials remain well presented, regardless of age. On Wednesday 11th November we remember all those that have fallen in wars. Given the recent casualties in Afghanistan, this day is especially poignant. It is [...]
• The Frankfurt Market returns
  Birmingham’s world famous Frankfurt Christmas Market returns this week, with organisers promising the event will be bigger and brighter than ever before. The market, which last year attracted a record 2.8 million visitors and boosted the city’s economy by £67 million, is open for seven days a week (10am to 9pm) from November 12 to December [...]
• Student, Dominic swaps X Factor for Star Factor
  Birmingham singer and two-time the X Factor contestant, Dominic Harris will help celebrate the success and many achievements of over 100 students from Birmingham Metropolitan College at a Student STAR award ceremony taking place at Birmingham Town Hall next Wednesday (11 November). Dominic, who is studying a Higher National Diploma in Performing Arts at the college’s [...]
• Steve McCabe?s making a difference
  Steve McCabe MP for Birmingham Hall Green spent the day working alongside WRVS volunteers to serve visitors, patients and staff and keep the café spic and span. He gave up some time to highlight CSV Make a Difference Day, which aims to encourage more people to use some of their spare time to make a [...]
• Breast reduction procedures on the increase
  Birmingham company, the Hospital Group has reported that the number of women choosing to have a breast reduction has gone up by 78% since 2005. The main reason for considering a breast reduction, or reduction mammoplasty is that an over generous bust size can be distressing or uncomfortable. A spokesperson for The Hospital Group, said: “We have [...]
• Marketing Birmingham shortlisted for PR award
  Local PR Company becomes the story Marketing Birmingham has been shortlisted for two awards at by a national association for the PR industry. The Public Relations Consultants Association (PRCA) has included Marketing Birmingham on the shortlist for Media Relations Award In House for the Taste of Birmingham food festival. On top of this PR Manager Emma [...]

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