New hotel partnership for NEC Group

New hotel partnership for NEC Group

Live events specialist the NEC Group has further enhanced the customer experience for venue visitors by announcing a partnership with Holiday Inn Birmingham Airport. The deal, which is the business’s first hotel partnership post-pandemic, promotes more flexible accommodation options to those visiting or exhibiting at the NEC Campus. The new partnership will showcase the beneficial links and...

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Revellers flock to bars and clubs on Birmingham’s golden mile to welcome in 2023

Revellers flock to bars and clubs on Birmingham’s golden mile to welcome in 2023

Hospitality businesses on Birmingham's golden mile ended a difficult 2022 on a high with bumper crowds of revellers pouring into bars and clubs to see in the New Year. The good news followed the nightmare series of problems associated with the Covid-19 pandemic in the last three years, which even meant restrictions on the previous New Year’s Eve. But late night premises in and around the city's...

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Colmore BID venues demonstrate commitment to safety

Colmore BID venues demonstrate commitment to safety

Birmingham’s Colmore Business District has supported three venues to achieve 5-star National Police Safety Awards from Licensing SAVI. The police-backed safety and security award demonstrates the commitment from the Square Peg, Primitivo Bar and Eatery and Fazenda to the safety of its customers. The Licensing Security and Vulnerability Initiative (Licensing SAVI) encourages venues to improve...

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Former rugby star expands coffee shop brand into Bristol, helped by Thursfields

Former rugby star expands coffee shop brand into Bristol, helped by Thursfields

A former professional rugby player has expanded his Midlands-based speciality coffee shop into Bristol with the opening of his third outlet, with help from Thursfields Solicitors. Sam Smith, the ex-Worcester Warriors and England under-20s winger, launched Wayland’s Yard in Worcester in 2016 after an injury forced his early retirement from rugby, and opened his second site in Bull Street,...

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