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Birmingham Pride 2024 loses £15,000 council sponsorship

Catherine Muxworthy February 25, 2024

Birmingham City Council, which declared bankruptcy in late 2023, has removed £15,000 sponsorship for this year’s Birmingham Pride festival. Lawrence Barton, the festival’s director, expressed disappointment in this decision, telling BBC Midlands Today that the authority was “not supporting our event, just earning revenue from it”. The council had provided £15,000 in sponsorship to the […]

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Birmingham

Birmingham’s Southside unveils strategy to support its future as a diverse cultural centre

Catherine Muxworthy February 7, 2023

Southside Business Improvement District (Southside BID) – home to Birmingham’s gay village – has unveiled an ambitious new strategic vision which aims to “drive economic growth and support its future development as a diverse cultural centre”.

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Birmingham

Director of Birmingham Pride appointed Birmingham Night-Time Economy Champion

Catherine Muxworthy November 11, 2022

Lawrence Barton has been appointed the new Night-Time Economy Champion by Birmingham City Council. This appointment comes after he received the backing of the Leader of Birmingham City Council and the Chairs of the City Centre Business Improvement Districts (BIDs).

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Birmingham

Plans scrapped for apartments that threatened Birmingham’s gay village

Catherine Muxworthy September 29, 2022

Plans for a 12-story block of multi-million-pound apartments in Birmingham’s gay village have been withdrawn after concerns regarding noise and the nightlife economy. The complex – which was the latest in a line of housing developments in the area – would have housed 133 apartments.

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In The South

Manchester Airport to sponsor Birmingham Pride

Besi Besemar January 16, 2017

Manchester Airport, the UK’s third largest, joins forces with Birmingham Pride to be one of the sponsors at this year’s event in May. As part of the sponsorship the airport will brand and name the Cabaret Marquee Stage, which will now be known as The Manchester Airport Cabaret Marquee.

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