Month: December 2021
‘Paltry and pathetic’: Westside BID responds to government’s £1bn Xmas grants for hospitality
22nd December 2021 - News / by Steve Dyson
Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s £1bn Christmas grants scheme for a hospitality sector hit by new Covid-19 fears has been dismissed as “paltry a...Read more
Carl Chinn helps Westside BID host Xmas breakfast for blue collar workers
21st December 2021 - News / by Westside Reporter
Popular city historian Professor Carl Chinn helped Westside BID to host its Annual Blue Collar Christmas Breakfast. Hot food and drin...Read more
Broad Street business leaders: talk to us about proposed traffic changes
20th December 2021 - News / by Paula Young
A LEADING Birmingham councillor is encouraging Broad Street businesses to help prevent traffic chaos on the streets by speaking out abou...Read more
Spider-man, Spider-man … Westside does whatever a spider can!
17th December 2021 - News / by Steve Dyson
Do you remember how much we all loved dressing up as our favourite superheroes? Birmingham student Matthew certainly does, and at the...Read more
Urgent message for government: hospitality needs your assistance now
16th December 2021 - News / by Steve Dyson
Westside BID today stepped up its demands for new state support for the hospitality sector after the a 'lockdown by stealth' threatened ...Read more
Solo art exhibition on Westside provides window into 1950s Brum
- News / by Tony Collins
Life in post-war Birmingham is being dramatically recreated in the form of a solo art exhibition on Westside. The Birmingham Contempo...Read more
Instagrammer Lili ‘thrilled’ to win top prize in Westside’s 2022 calendar competition
15th December 2021 - News / by Steve Dyson
A travel-loving mum-of-two from Smethwick has been chosen as the overall winning photographer in Westside BID’s 2022 calendar competitio...Read more
Merry Christmas! (We’re ready and able to cope with new Covid rules)
14th December 2021 - News / by Tony Collins
It’s ‘business as usual’ for Christmas on Westside this week, despite the government’s new Plan B coronavirus restrictions from tomorrow...Read more
JAILED: nightclubber Sharna Walker gets 14 weeks for racist assault
13th December 2021 - News / by Richard Vernalls, PA Media
A woman who was filmed racially abusing a doorman on Westside has been locked up for Christmas. Sharna Walker had previously admitted...Read more