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Motors smart, the premium electric car brand, today announced a global partnership with multi-platinum UK singer-songwriter Jessie J, who joins as a “friend of the brand”.
Gadgets & Gaming Ares Games is preparing to launch two crowdfunding campaigns in the coming months: the first is ‘Mega Empires: The Far East (North and South)’, two new epic games in the ‘Mega...
Motors Hispano Suiza has collaborated with the new series ‘Day One’, an international Prime Video production set in Barcelona that explores the relationship between innovation and humanity in the digital...
Motors The WORLD CAR FINALS Powered by Brembo continues today with the announcement of the Top Three in the World finalists in six World Car Awards categories.
Motors Hagerty’s Festival of the Unexceptional is the only motoring event to celebrate base model brilliance, attracting owners and fans of unexceptional cars from all over the world.
Other News Trina Storage, a global energy storage solution provider, attended Energy Storage Summit London 2026, showcasing its fully integrated energy storage solutions from cell to AC and engaging in...
Motors BMW Group UK and Ireland has named its 2025 BMW and MINI Retailers of the Year, recognising performance across the past twelve months.
Motors Chief Executive at Rolls-Royce Motor Cars, Chris Brownridge, says: “This moment marks the point at which our new extension building becomes fully weathertight, meaning our specialist Technologies...
Other News With Chartered Week running 23–27 February, the global educational charity and professional body, the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (CISI), is highlighting the powerful role...
Motors BYD, the world’s leading manufacturer of New-Energy Vehicles (NEV), has announced pricing and specifications for the 2026 SEAL – a model which builds on the technology, practicality and design of...
Motors GWM UK has handed over a new GWM POER300 Ultra pick-up to NFU Scotland (NFUS), supporting the organisation’s day-to-day operations across the country and marking the newly launched GWM–NFU Scotland...
Other News A housebuilder has empowered schoolchildren in Berkshire to champion positivity and take a stand against bullying through art.
Motors Love is in the air this weekend, so Volkswagen is inviting people to take a GTI car for a ‘first date’ and celebrate 50 years of an icon.
Motors Volvo Cars has partnered with award-winning singer songwriter EJAE to explore the car as a creative studio through “Time After Time”, an original pop track born from EJAE’s creative relationship...
Motors Volvo Cars has partnered with award-winning singer songwriter EJAE to explore the car as a creative studio through “Time After Time”, an original pop track born from EJAE’s creative relationship...
Other News Through the Employment Rights Act the UK Government is introducing a new process for employers to follow if they think they might need to reject a flexible working request.
Yesterday saw the launch of the Superkart Charity Challenge – a Le Mans style race, open to teams from the community as well as corporate, raising money for some important charities including Love Brum, Birmingham Childrens Hospital, Radio Lollipop, Cure Leukaemia, The National Autistic Society, Include Me Too and the Midlands Air Ambulance Charity working in partnership with Birmingham City Council and in association with Teamworks Karting.
The Greater Birmingham and Solihull Local Enterprise Partnership (GBSLEP) has opened applications for a new Non-Executive Director (NED) that will represent and inspire young people across the region. The GBSLEP is the first LEP in the UK to create a youth representative role on its Board, reflecting the area’s uniquely youthful profile. Birmingham is one of the youngest and most diverse cities in Europe - 40% of its population are aged under 25. Across the wider region, 38% of the population are aged between 18 - 30.
Despite the popularity of smartphones, traditional handwritten Christmas cards top social media messages and text messages as the West Midlands’ favourite festive greeting by far. A survey by fair trade pioneer Traidcraft, found that more than 8 in 10 (85%) people in the West Midlands prefer to receive their Christmas greetings in a card, while only 8% appreciate a festive text and no-one thinks highly of a social media message.
The wild bird was found on Moseley New Pool on Swanshurst Park, Swanshurst Lane, by a passer-by and inspectors rushed it to RSPCA Birmingham Animal Hospital for emergency treatment. RSPCA Insp Boris Lasserre said: “The bolt has gone right through the lower part of the goose’s head. Incredibly he was still alive! He was taken to the RSPCA Birmingham Animal Hospital for treatment and X-rays to establish the damage that has been caused by the bolt and the safest way to remove it."
The independent domestic violence service, delivered by Birmingham LGBT has recently received confirmation of funding from the Henry Smith Foundation enabling the service to run beyond the pilot stage. The campaign supported by Birmingham Community Safety Partnership, hopes to continue to promote this service to encourage more members of the LGBT community to seek help and is the only one of its kind in the Midlands.
