New creative hub for artists is to be built in City of Culture 2021.

"Stay home and celebrate VE Day" says ambulance service.

Brian Donaldson talks to comic Simon Evans.

Panto stars pay visit to children and their families.

A cheeky take on Jane Austen’s classic comedy of manners tickles Richard Lutz’s ribs. 

Dave Woodhall pays tribute to writer, broadcaster, campaigner and long-time friend Steve Beauchampe.

Jessica Harris rambles through a quiet but distinctly alive Birmingham.

ScanTech Digital presents virtual tours of historic Midlands places.

National Military Service Museums to bring nation together in Virtual VE Day Festival.

RAF Museum Spitfire marks the 75th anniversary of VE Day.

Promoters back way forward to help Birmingham nightlife.

Final call for Digbeth Business Forum event attendees.

Upwards of 90,000 people expected to attend Digbeth festivities.

Stephen Pennell looks over a photographic record of the coolest neighbourhood in Britain.

More reasons than ever to visit Birmingham’s Creative Quarter.

Hospitality forum hears about opportunities to increase business.

St Basils to benefit from novel fundraiser.

City centre restaurant moving out of winter with new menu.

Southside BID calls on government to #RaiseTheBar.

Town Hall the venue for inaugural quiz night.

Villa's defeat at Leicester leaves them in relegation trouble. Dave Woodhall reports.

Supporters raising funds to help fellow fans's treatment.

Aston Villa defender to take on Wolves star in charity FIFA 2020 match.

Dave Woodhall looks back at this weekend in Villa's history.

Football Foundation continues to support local communities.

Million pound transformation project helps entrepreneurs launch Warm Beautiful Homes.

Top-end property specialists launch in West Midlands and Warwickshire.

New factory built homes revealed at Port Loop.

Centrick unlocks virtual viewings to tackle COVID-19.

Solihull development to inject over £1.3 million into local services.

Urban Splash & Places for People lead the way at Port Loop.

Urban Splash reopens its construction site at Port Loop.

Villa's run of poor form leads Dave Woodhall to draw an obvious conclusion.

Broad Street casino pays out to emergency services and NHS staff.

Sign up to become a Castle Vale community volunteer.

Gabby Agbonlahor and Ian Bell amongst host of stars raising funds for childrens hospice.

Funding will aid community work during pandemic.

Online platform launched to help charities source local furloughed workers as volunteers.

India, the world’s largest diamond polishing hub that employs over one million people, is likely to see a staggering 50% job loss. Diamond merchants are struggling to manage their inventories or pay salaries to their craftsmen. Knock-on effects are being felt by one million more workers employed in the gems and jewellery industry.

A negative list will clearly spell out what’s not allowed, allowing other activities to resume.

The capital infusion comes at a time when risk capital investment activity has almost ground to a halt because of the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic, which, in turn, has forced vertical ecommerce companies such as Nykaa to conserve cash, given the steep plunge in discretionary spending by consumers.

The company had recently contributed Rs 15 crore to PM CARES Fund.

Companies need to come up with strategies to keep the lights on, both by keeping control on the cash burn as well as generating revenue in these difficult times.

Expressing the sentiments of the industry, the National Restaurant Association of India (NRAI) said the 'logout' movement cemented the belief that the industry needed to take back control.

Under the e-token system, customers are given specific time for purchasing alcohol so that there is no violation of social distancing norms by people queuing up outside liquor stores.

The data could get worse, which “should be expected as the lockdown continues to get prolonged,” CMIE chief said. “Initially, a lockdown only hurts the most vulnerable labor that is informally employed in unorganized sectors. Gradually, it starts hitting the more secure jobs. Startups have announced lay-offs and industry associations have warned of job losses.”

Allowing shopkeepers to provide cash is expected to reduce the burden on the banking system amid the lockdown. Depositors do not need to queue up at bank branches or ATMs for withdrawal if their neighbourhood merchant provides cash.

The Naukri JobSpeak is a monthly Index which calculates and records hiring activity based on the job listings on Naukri.com website month on month. The objective is to measure the hiring activities in various industries, cities, functional areas and experience levels.

According to staffing company Genius Consultants '9th Hiring, Attrition and Compensation Trend 2020-21', around 81 per cent of the respondents have shown interest to carry on with existing manpower and retaining them.

The survey was conducted by MindMap Advance Research with 560 India Inc. employees across small, medium and large enterprises in major metro cities of Delhi-NCR, Mumbai and Bengaluru.