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From Student to Surveyor
Business Services asked Alya Akhtar, BCU alumna and now a Surveyor at Avison Young, to chart her postgraduate journey i...
Housing Summit paves the way for new homes
Over 100 people from across the building sector attended the Housing Summit at Arup's new office in Birmingham.
Transforming the landscape for business
When it comes to businesses in the West Midlands, many would not think of themselves as an integral part of the landsca...
Keeping your business afloat
With more businesses having gone insolvent during the last year than at the height of the financial crisis, Dr Deniz Y...
As a business is it worth attending the party conferences?
The party conferences are the highlight of the political calendar but for businesses attending them they can be expensi...
Women make a major contribution to the economy but still face too many challenges
In light of Innovate UK's decision to fulfil its funding promise to its Women in Innovation awards programme followi...
Learning the lessons from the Grenfell Tower fire tragedy
The Grenfell Tower fire tragedy claimed the lives of 72 innocent people with Richard Millett QC, lead counsel to the...
The West Midlands National Park - a business opportunity
The West Midlands National Park is the first urban park and unlike traditional national parks has no fixed boundary. In...
Academics respond to house building challenge
In response to the new house building challenge set by government, academics at Birmingham City University's Centre for...
Birmingham City University welcomes the publication of the Independent Review of University Spin Outs
Birmingham City University welcomes the publication of the Independent Review of University Spin Outs and substantively...
Developing the skills of the future
Marker Diagnostics, based in Birmingham’s Biomedical Centre, welcomed 10 students from Birmingham City University as pa...
Unlocking Potential and Uplifting Emerging Talent
Birmingham City University (BCU) welcomed Katapult X onto campus on Monday 26 February for their event – The Power of M...
BUILDING SMART HOMES TO MEET THE UK 2050 NET ZERO EMISSION TARGET
There are 29 million homes in the UK which consume 14 percent of the UKs energy consumption. Building new energy effic...
Building skills through funded projects
Cornell Fox, the founder of Goal-Driven CIC, discusses how accessing funded projects from local universities has suppor...
STEAMhouse wins Innovation Champion Award
STEAMhouse, Birmingham City University’s collaborative innovation campus, has won the prestigious Technology Innovation...