Archive for May, 2010
Plans for £200m waste plant spark anger
The proposed erection of a £200m waste management plant has ignited an uproar from local officials, following the plan’s grand unveiling this week. Chairman of Bridgtown Parish Council, Eddie Smith dubbed Cannock a “dumping ground” after seeing Biffa‘s plans to build the 400,000 tonne plant on the outskirts of the town, at the near-by Lakeside [...]
Birmingham NEC – Ipex Technology
NEC, Birmingham is hosting an exhibition that will generate £50million for the local economy. Ipex is the largest English, technology event for the media and will attract thousands over the next week. The City will be packed by the 45% of people who are attending from all over the world, who will be taking part [...]
Get outdoors for the holidays
With the summer drawing in there is always one big question on the agenda…where do you take the kids? The six weeks holidays are a long time to fill, and most parents would agree that their days out with the little ones should be both fun and educational. Well hunt no more, as The Wildlife [...]
Skoda’s latest green cars
The Czech car manufacturers have just launched the eco all green efficient cars. The cars claim to slash fuel consumption and radically reduce C02 emissions. The new cars are an improved version of the well loved Fabia and Roomster models which are already popularly stocked across Birmingham. Several Midlands dealerships are thought to be stocking [...]
Coalition agrees on full environment programme
With the establishment of a new government under the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats, a part of their coalition agreement is to establish a full environment programme. In total there are 20 points in which both the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats have agreed on and several of them will have a direct impact on the West [...]
West Midland wind farm woe
Wind farms are vastly becoming an ever present structure on skylines across the United Kingdom, although inexplicably the West Midlands doesn’t house any of the UK’s wind farms. Although in recent years plans have been submitted the West Midlands is still a considerable stretch behind the rest of main land England. Currently there are 262 [...]
Birmingham’s Hippodrome theatre goes green
The Hippodrome theatre in the centre of Birmingham has announced their decision to officially “Go Green”. They recently received an ISO award for their attempt to lower their carbon footprint throughout the building, and is the first theatre in the UK to have been registered . The theatre has implemented several schemes to help protect [...]
Say ‘pants…to poverty’
British based ‘Pants To Poverty’ is the underwear company with a difference and a plan to help make poverty a thing of the past one pair of knickers at a time. Since the company started almost five years ago, as part of the ‘Make Poverty History’ campaign they have helped to support close to 5,000 [...]