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 <title>Creative countdown</title>
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&lt;p&gt;Mohammed Zahir, Creative Business Manager and organiser of the &lt;a href="http://www.birmingham.gov.uk/creativecityawards.bcc"&gt;Creative City Awards&lt;/a&gt; talks about this years ceremony which will be held at the ICC&lt;/a&gt; on 29th November. Biztv will be there to record the presentations so come back to see who the winners are.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.biz-tv.net/2008/11/creative-countdown"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
 <category domain="http://www.biz-tv.net/category/organisation/birmingham-city-council">Birmingham City Council</category>
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 <itunes:duration>3:42</itunes:duration>
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 <pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 11:55:27 +0000</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>joemcconnell</dc:creator>
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 <title>Tourism Awards to reveal excellence</title>
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&lt;p&gt;Brian Summers, Chairman Tourism West Midlands, talks about the importance of tourism to the regional economy and looks forward to the &lt;a href="http://www.tourismawards.visittheheart.co.uk/"&gt;November Awards event&lt;/a&gt; at the &lt;acronym title="International Converntion Centre"&gt;ICC&lt;/acronym&gt; Birmingham.&lt;/p&gt;
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 <category domain="http://www.biz-tv.net/category/person/brian-summers">Brian Summers</category>
 <category domain="http://www.biz-tv.net/category/organisation/tourism-west-midlands">Tourism West Midlands</category>
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 <itunes:duration>5:12</itunes:duration>
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 <pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2008 09:31:37 +0000</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>joemcconnell</dc:creator>
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 <title>Business must persist with diversity programmes</title>
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&lt;p&gt;Aaron Reid, Birmingham Divercity, talks about the need for businesses to persist with implementing diversity programmes and the help the forthcoming Equalities Bill will offer organisations to demonstrate commitment and gain a business advantage.&lt;/p&gt;
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 <category domain="http://www.biz-tv.net/category/person/aaron-reid">Aaron Reid</category>
 <category domain="http://www.biz-tv.net/category/organisation/birmingham-divercity">Birmingham Divercity</category>
 
 <itunes:duration>4:44</itunes:duration>
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 <pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2008 10:16:53 +0000</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>joemcconnell</dc:creator>
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 <title>Colmore Business Improvement District moves forward</title>
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&lt;p&gt;Richard Brennan, Chief Executive of &lt;a href="http://www.birminghamforward.co.uk/"&gt;Birmingham Forward&lt;/a&gt;, talks about the progress of the &lt;a href="http://colmorebusinessdistrict.co.uk/"&gt;Colmore BID&lt;/a&gt; after reminding members of the importance of Disaster Recovery planning&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.biz-tv.net/2008/10/colmore-business-improvement-district-moves-forward"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
 <category domain="http://www.biz-tv.net/category/organisation/birmingham-forward">Birmingham Forward</category>
 <category domain="http://www.biz-tv.net/category/person/richard-brennan">Richard Brennan</category>
 
 <itunes:duration>3:55</itunes:duration>
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 <pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 10:54:54 +0000</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>joemcconnell</dc:creator>
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 <title>Gigbeth 08 brings Music industry focus to Birmingham</title>
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&lt;p&gt;Following an expanded and very successful event last year &lt;a href="http://www.gigbeth.com/"&gt;Gigbeth&lt;/a&gt; returns for 2008. Clare Edwards, organizer of the event, talks about this year's programme.&lt;/p&gt;
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 <category domain="http://www.biz-tv.net/category/person/clare-edwards">Clare Edwards</category>
 <category domain="http://www.biz-tv.net/category/organisation/gigbeth">Gigbeth</category>
 
 <itunes:duration>3:41</itunes:duration>
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 <pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 10:25:26 +0000</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>joemcconnell</dc:creator>
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 <title>Cabinet visit disappoints Chamber Chief  </title>
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&lt;p&gt;Jerry Blackett talks about the lost opportunity when the Cabinet's visit to the City was so "managed" that a proper conversation with business people did not take place. Jerry also updates us on the Greater Birmingham name debate.&lt;/p&gt;
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 <category domain="http://www.biz-tv.net/category/person/jerry-blackett">Jerry Blackett</category>
 
 <itunes:duration>6:05</itunes:duration>
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 <pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 08:32:52 +0000</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>joemcconnell</dc:creator>
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 <title>Black Country Reinvestment Society  </title>
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&lt;p&gt;Paul Kalinauckas, Chief Executive of the &lt;a href="http://www.bcrs.org.uk/"&gt;Black Country Reinvestment Society&lt;/a&gt; explains where his funding model fits into supporting the SME business sector, and therefore employment, in the region.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.biz-tv.net/2008/09/black-country-reinvestment-society"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
 <category domain="http://www.biz-tv.net/category/organisation/black-country-reinvestment-society">Black Country Reinvestment Society</category>
 <category domain="http://www.biz-tv.net/category/person/paul-kalinauckas">Paul Kalinauckas</category>
 
 <itunes:duration>6:33</itunes:duration>
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 <pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2008 11:08:17 +0000</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>joemcconnell</dc:creator>
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 <title>National Forest Grows in the Midlands</title>
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&lt;p&gt;Sophie Churchill talks about the extensive work going on around our region to improve how we as businesses and individuals can interact with the activities taking place in our part of the &lt;a href="http://www.nationalforest.org/"&gt;National Forest&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
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 <category domain="http://www.biz-tv.net/category/organisation/national-forest">National Forest</category>
 <category domain="http://www.biz-tv.net/category/person/sophie-churchill">Sophie Churchill</category>
 
 <itunes:duration>8:06</itunes:duration>
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 <pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2008 10:56:12 +0000</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>joemcconnell</dc:creator>
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 <title>Creativity spurred by new location</title>
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&lt;p&gt;David Clarke speaks about how he and his team are &lt;a href="/gallery/schools-in"&gt;settling into their new office premises&lt;/a&gt; "in the country". A move helped by Advantage West Midlands and Birmingham's very professional services.&lt;/p&gt;
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 <category domain="http://www.biz-tv.net/category/organisation/clarke-associates">Clarke Associates</category>
 <category domain="http://www.biz-tv.net/category/person/david-clarke">David Clarke</category>
 
 <itunes:duration>6:22</itunes:duration>
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 <pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2008 10:32:36 +0000</pubDate>
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 <title>Anthony joins elite "club"</title>
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&lt;p&gt;Anthony McCourt joined a prestigious club this June when he became &lt;a href="http://www.birminghamyoungprofessional.co.uk/"&gt;Birmingham Young Professional of the Year&lt;/a&gt; 2008. Listen to Anthony's first thoughts and impressions on this role and come back to keep up to date with his progress as he speaks to Biztv through his year.&lt;/p&gt;
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 <category domain="http://www.biz-tv.net/category/person/anthony-mccourt">Anthony McCourt</category>
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 <pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:05:59 +0000</pubDate>
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