Jewellery Quarter News

This guest blog post is written by Dale Hollinshead, owner of the award-winning Hazel & Haydn salon in the Jewellery Quarter. We’ve all been there – the temptation to make drastic changes to our hair by ourselves is at an all-time high – but stop. Step away from the box dyes and kitchen scissors and ... Read more

St Paul’s Church is looking for donations of old or surplus laptops from the local JQ community to support online English language lessons.  In the next couple of weeks, St Paul’s Church in the Jewellery will be running English classes for members of our community who are Farsi-speaking. The vast majority only have access to ... Read more

The Pig & Tail Pub is offering their professional kitchen for hire during lockdown to any budding food entrepreneurs! We are reaching out to offer a great opportunity, our kitchen at The Pig & Tail is lying dormant. So, we would like to offer our space for rent to help someone expand and develop their ... Read more

Looking to start the New Year on the right foot? Why not recycle your Christmas Tree for FREE. Give your old tree a new life and take advantage of the tree recycling points provided by Birmingham City Council – free of charge for citizens. From January 1st to 24th, trees will be accepted at the following ... Read more

Joining forces to spread a little happiness and hope on the darkest day of the year, hundreds of organisations across the Midlands will be sharing videos responding to the prompt, “It Gets Lighter From Here”. Reminding us all that these dark times will pass.  The 21st of December is the shortest day of the year ... Read more

In recent weeks, the NAJ’s President and Chair have written to the Birmingham Mayor and Member of Parliament for Birmingham Ladywood, calling for ‘urgent action’ to support NAJ members in the jewellery quarter. Writing first to Shabana Mahmood, local MP for the Birmingham Ladywood, NAJ President David Doyle and Chair Gary Wroe call for support ... Read more

Bright Minds Daycare is on a mission to keep Christmas magical for all of Birmingham Children’s Hospital patients and families with a heartwarming Christmas video. To give a little something back this year, the little superstars at Bright Minds – a leading independent childcare provider in the Midlands – have created a joyful Christmas performance ... Read more

One of the UK’s oldest family-run businesses has marked its 260th anniversary by announcing the use of responsibly sourced gold in all of its manufactured gold products. The Betts Group, which was formed in the Jewellery Quarter at the dawn of the industrial revolution, has revealed that it is now using ‘Single Mine Origin’ (SMO) ... Read more

The Jewellery Quarter Business Improvement District (JQBID) is demanding answers from Birmingham City Council and West Midlands Police, as to why this protest was allowed to happen so close to Christmas and why there was no substantial notice given to traders.

Greater Birmingham Chambers of Commerce’s call for the Chancellor to ring-fence more than £2bn in returned Covid-19 support cash to aid the hardest-hit firms has been backed by a coalition of business and political leaders.

Motifs Gallery is a JQ pop up shop on Frederick Street, filled with handmade gifts from over 20 local makers! Gosia Weber is the owner of 53a Frederick Street (B1 3HS), where her colourful leather bags and accessories are handmade and lovingly wrapped up for shipping. This year Gosia has thrown open her studio and ... Read more

Hideout Hangout, a brand new JQ based start-up, is looking to connect remote workers with local hospitality businesses. Hideout Hangout is an online booking platform that connects remote workers, students, freelancers and creatives with the best independents and local spaces within Birmingham. Based in the Jewellery Quarter the team behind the platform are now in ... Read more