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Talbots Group celebrates 100 years of packaging heritage
Birmingham-based jewellery, gift and retail packaging specialists, Talbots Group, is celebrating 100 years of packaging heritage as the oldest subsidiary of the company, Pickering and Mayell, celebrates its centenary. Based ... Read more
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Assay Office represents the Jewellery Quarter at Birmingham Day
The Birmingham Assay Office is delighted to have been a part of ‘Birmingham Day’ at The House of Commons today. The event celebrated and showcased ‘Birmingham – the city of ... Read more
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Birmingham Assay Office appoints new chief executive and assay master
The Birmingham Assay Office has announced the appointment of Stella Layton as incoming Chief Executive and Assay Master of The Birmingham Assay Office. Stella will take up her new position ... Read more
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Plans confirmed for the Bupa Great Birmingham Run
Good luck to everyone taking part in the Bupa Great Birmingham Run next Sunday (20th)! The organisers are expecting 20,000 people to take part in the 12-mile race and 500 ... Read more
Read More Golden Square set to take shape from January
Guests at the JQA breakfast this morning will have heard Birmingham City Council’s Russell Poulton announce that 6th January 2014 is the expected start date for the Golden Square. Like ... Read more
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JQ community unites for Macmillan coffee morning
The Jewellery Quarter community raised more than £7,500 for Macmillan Cancer Support after taking part in the charity’s national coffee morning. More than 30 businesses organised fundraising events in the ... Read more
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JQBID in discussion with AMEY for sympathetic street lighting solutions
Birmingham City Council through their contractor Amey are planning to replace the lighting columns in Spencer Street which will start on 30th September, 2013. However businesses were horrified to see that the ... Read more
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Birmingham wins gold for best city centre bloom
The Jewellery Quarter’s floral displays have helped Birmingham secure gold at the Heart of England In Bloom Awards 2013. Birmingham City Centre won the large city category for the second year running. The Jewellery Quarter ... Read more
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Assay Office adds extra date to popular ‘Understanding Watches’ course
The Birmingham Assay Office announced its new training course – Understanding Watches – a couple of weeks ago and the first two dates are already a complete sell out. There ... Read more
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Blue Orange Theatre seeks participants for unemployment workshop
After running a pilot scheme in February 2013 the Blue Orange Arts Limited, supported by Birmingham City Council, is holding a further developed phase of Theatre of the Unemployed at ... Read more
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JQDT calls for council support following blaze
The Jewellery Quarter Development Trust has called for more support from Birmingham City Council to tackle dereliction in the Jewellery Quarter, following a fire that destroyed a historic building in ... Read more
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