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The Gigbeth weekend saw a variety of artists performing diverse ranges of music in selected venues all over the city. Spread over 3 days, the event opened with a conference where delegates participated in discussions covering important music industry issues.
The PLUS Design Festival grows in strength in its second year in the city. Designers from the region, the capitol and beyond came together to exchange ideas and show off their talent in Birmingham.
Businesses from around the UK met to discuss the challenges and opportunities of sustainable business in the 21st Century.
As part of our celebration of Black History Month we highlight the 2006 African Caribbean Business Federation Awards and three outstanding successes.
The strength and reputation of Birmingham’s creative businesses continues to grow at home and abroad. Find out more.
Suzie Ralph talks to Biztv about the role film, and Film Birmingham, plays in the creative and economic life of the City Region.
Businesses working in the creative industries in the Birmingham and Solihull areas came together under the first ever Creative City Awards banner to celebrate the areas talent, drive and innovation. Organised by the City Council’s Creative Development Team the Awards were the culmination of a detailed entry and selection process which identified winners in six categories. The prestigious Creative Industries Award was won by Seeing the Light, a photography initiative which has achieved fame and recognition around the world as an innovative way to promote and encourage talent in this sector.
Winner: Sam Anker Project: Escape Community Arts in Action Representatives from the arts and business around the region attended the Awards ceremony at which guests were entertained by artists from the Belgrade Theatre. The Awards, sponsored for the 6th consecutive year by Jaguar Cars Ltd, recognise the great work performed across the region each year by business people bringing their expertise to help arts and community organisations grow and thrive. Both the business representatives and the arts organisations concerned benefit from the collaboration.
Major retail operation, Fired Earth, chose Arts & Business to help them celebrate their 20th Anniversary in business in a way which reflected their creative heritage and the wide range of interesting materials used to make their products. The outcomes from the collaboration have exceeded expectations and brought the company and its workforce closer to the community in which they function and encouraged staff to look afresh at their product as well as envisaging new applications including developing their own artistic interpretations.
