Retail
Bullring & Grand Central announce opening hours for Christmas 2023
Staff Reporter
December 1, 2023 | 11:30 am
The countdown to Christmas has begun, and Bullring & Grand Central is providing visitors with the gift of time as it extends its opening hours for the festive period. From…
Queer variety market to pop-up at The Flapper this weekend
Staff Reporter
May 18, 2023 | 07:33 pm
An LGBTQ+ friendly market showcasing at least 15 local traders will be popping up at The Flapper in Birmingham this weekend. Presented by independent creative trader Queerringz, the 'Shop Queer' pop-up…
Police close down Abyssinia Café and Champions Internet Café in Lozells following complaints
Staff Reporter
March 17, 2023 | 08:00 pm
Police have secured closure orders at two cafes in Birmingham following repeated concerns around anti-social behaviour and drug dealing. Cops enforced the orders after receiving complaints about the two neighbouring cafes on Villa Road in…
Middle Eastern eatery Damascena opens its fifth coffee house in Birmingham
Staff Reporter
October 10, 2022 | 12:54 pm
One of Birmingham's most successful Middle Eastern food franchises has opened the doors to its fifth coffee house today. An exciting new addition to Lyndon House in Hagley Road, award-winning eatery Damascena's…
Birmingham’s Frankfurt Christmas Market searching for staff and musicians for 2022
Staff Reporter
October 3, 2022 | 11:30 am
Birmingham’s Frankfurt Christmas Market is once again looking to recruit more than 200 people to support its stalls when it returns to the city centre on 3 November. Organisers of…
Public invited to help make 4,600 hand-made gifts this weekend for Birmingham 2022 athletes
Staff Reporter
April 8, 2022 | 05:21 pm
With preparations well underway to welcome the Commonwealth Games to the city this summer (in just over 110 days), Selfridges is inviting Brummies to hand-make gifts for the 4600 athletes competing in the Birmingham…
Birmingham man sentenced for running counterfeit clothing factory with fake goods worth £500K in Hockley
Staff Reporter
August 24, 2021 | 03:30 pm
A Birmingham man was sentenced to 4 years imprisonment at Birmingham Crown Court yesterday (23 August 2021) after pleading guilty to 26 offences for manufacturing and selling fake designer clothes.…
Birmingham’s Damascena cafe donates £8,000 to Acorns Children’s Hospice
Staff Reporter
August 11, 2021 | 08:25 pm
The team at Birmingham coffee house Damascena have raised £8,000 for the local charity Acorns Children's Hospice as part of anniversary celebrations to mark the cafe's 7th birthday. Damascena - an…
Marks & Spencer to take over old Debenhams store in Bullring shopping centre
Staff Reporter
August 9, 2021 | 08:34 pm
Marks & Spencer is set to take over and transform the closed and boarded up Debenhams store in the Bullring shopping centre in Birmingham. Currently based in High Street, the…
Tesco fined £7.5m for selling out-of-date food at Birmingham stores as health officers find “visible mould” during visit
Staff Reporter
April 20, 2021 | 09:30 am
Tesco Stores Limited has been fined £ million at Birmingham Magistrates Court yesterday, after pleading guilty to selling food which was past its ‘use by’ date in three of its…