Posts Tagged ‘ birmingham city council ’

Women on Wheels sets cycle training standard

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June 19, 2013
Women on Wheels sets cycle training standard

A programme designed by Birmingham City Council to get more women from black and minority groups into cycling has been hailed a success in a new report. Between July 2011...
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Media Watch – June 19

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June 19, 2013
Media Watch – June 19

Top Birmingham City Council stories Bid to keep OAPs at home to save council care cash (Birmingham Mail, Chamberlain Files, Free Radio) The number of people staying in residential care...
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Today’s Birmingham City Council meetings – June 19

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June 19, 2013
Today’s Birmingham City Council meetings – June 19

Click on the link below for details of today’s Birmingham City Council meetings.http://www.birmingham.gov.uk/democracy/Pages/Index.aspxYou can view the archive of our new video streaming service here: http://www.birmingham.public-i.tv/core/portal...
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The future for Adults and Community Services

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June 18, 2013
The future for Adults and Community Services

Birmingham City Council today published a green paper looking at the future of Adults and Community Services across the city. The council is facing a big challenge, having to cut...
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Council tackling staff absence

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June 17, 2013
Council tackling staff absence

New measures are being introduced to tackle the level of sickness absence in the city council after figures were released showing that the council still faces a challenge to reduce...
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Media Watch – June 17

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June 17, 2013
Media Watch – June 17

Top Birmingham City Council stories £440m council credit card bill (Sunday Times, Sun, Daily Mail, Daily Express, Daily Star) Story looking at the spend on council credit cards across the...
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Overseas travel costs

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June 17, 2013
Overseas travel costs

***UPDATED 17 June 2013*** Over recent years, Birmingham City Council has recorded a significant drop in overseas travel costs for the local authority. During 2012/13, a total of 115 visits...
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This week’s council meetings: June 17-21

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June 17, 2013
This week’s council meetings: June 17-21

Click on the link below for details of this week’s Birmingham City Council meetings. http://www.birmingham.gov.uk/democracy/Pages/Index.aspx We’re streaming the Edgbaston District Committee meeting on June 17 here: http://www.birmingham.public-i.tv/core/portal/webcast_interactive/106746 We’re streaming the...
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Media Watch – June 14

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June 14, 2013
Media Watch – June 14

Top Birmingham City Council stories Meeting over closures of city tunnels (Birmingham Mail, BBC WM) Commuters likely to be affected by the six-week summer closure of Birmingham city centre tunnels...
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Midland Metro extension creates jobs boost for city

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June 10, 2013
Midland Metro extension creates jobs boost for city

Unemployed Birmingham people are being offered the chance to fill dozens of new jobs being created by the £128 million extension of the Midland Metro tram system through the city...
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Top Cycle Location scheme launched

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June 10, 2013
Top Cycle Location scheme launched

A scheme designed to improve cycling facilities provided by Birmingham businesses was launched with a leading city employer today (June 10). Erdington-based Interserve, part of the international support services and...
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Media Watch – June 10

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June 10, 2013
Media Watch – June 10

Top Birmingham City Council Stories Review finds failings over boy, 3, battered to death (Birmingham Mail, Sunday Mercury, Sun) Birmingham Safeguarding Children Board has published the results of its independent...
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This week’s council meetings: June 10-14

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June 10, 2013
This week’s council meetings: June 10-14

Click on the link below for details of this week’s Birmingham City Council meetings. http://www.birmingham.gov.uk/democracy/Pages/Index.aspx We’re streaming the Cabinet Committee meeting on June 10 here: http://www.birmingham.public-i.tv/core/portal/webcast_interactive/105899 We’re streaming the City...
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City’s Best Bar None awards launched

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June 7, 2013
City’s Best Bar None awards launched

Birmingham City Council will launch the 2013 Best Bar None award scheme to recognise licensed premises in the city for their regulatory compliance. The launch of the scheme will take...
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Media Watch – June 7

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June 7, 2013
Media Watch – June 7

Bore is passing buck on leisure service sell-off (Birmingham Mail) Birmingham Council leader, Sir Albert Bore, has been accused of “passing the buck” over proposals to sell or close the...
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Warning to diabetics planning to fast during Ramadan

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June 6, 2013
Warning to diabetics planning to fast during Ramadan

The Silver Star ‘Stay Healthy During Ramadan’ roadshow will visit the Central Jamia Masjid in Lozells Birmingham on Friday (June 7) to raise awareness of the risks for diabetics wishing...
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Vision for Sport and Physical Activity for Birmingham

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June 5, 2013
Vision for Sport and Physical Activity for Birmingham

Leader of Birmingham City Council, Sir Albert Bore today launched the city’s new vision for Sport and Physical Activity – calling for ‘a city of sporting participation and excellence’ The...
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Independent review of the Riot (Damages) Act 1886

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June 5, 2013
Independent review of the Riot (Damages) Act 1886

Public meetings Friday 14th June The Home Office has commissioned an independent review of the Riot (Damages) Act 1886, which is being led by Mr Neil Kinghan. As part of...
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Media Watch – June 5

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June 5, 2013
Media Watch – June 5

Top Birmingham City Council Stories: New billboards are £1.3m box office bonanza (Birmingham Mail) The first of Birmingham’s money-spinning electronic billboards have been unveiled over Broad Street. Cllr Ian Ward...
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Media Watch – June 4

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June 4, 2013
Media Watch – June 4

Top Birmingham City Council stories Destroyed clubhouse rises from the ashes (Birmingham Mail) A golf clubhouse is to be officially unveiled next month – more than four years after its...
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Key advertising sites generate crucial income for council

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June 4, 2013
Key advertising sites generate crucial income for council

Birmingham City Council’s strategy of using its assets to generate new sources of income reached a major milestone on Friday (May 31) with the erection of an advertising structure over...
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