Month: September 2022
‘It’s worse than the pandemic’: businesses demand government help over energy costs
8th September 2022 - News / by Steve Dyson
Westside BID has joined more than 150,000 businesses from across the UK in urging the government to act over spiralling energy costs. ...Read more
Ikon interviews: discovering the secret artist behind ‘The Owl and the Pussycat’
- News / by Paula Young
The secret artistic life of a literary legend has been brought to life for the first time at a new exhibition opening in Birmingham this...Read more
Rosies gets £1 million facelift on fifth anniversary of opening
7th September 2022 - News / by Tony Collins
One of Westside’s premier nightspots is undergoing a £1 million refurbishment – while remaining open to customers throughout the work. ...Read more
New ‘dirty stop out’ guide unveils 1970s nightlife on Westside and wider city centre
6th September 2022 - News / by Steve Dyson
The glitzy and not so glitzy nightlife of Westside and Birmingham’s wider city centre in the 1970s has been unveiled in a new book by ro...Read more
Blast off! Share the explorations of a real-life astronaut on Westside
5th September 2022 - News / by Steve Dyson
One of the UK’s leading astronauts will be discussing the detail of his explorations into space live on stage on Westside this week. ...Read more
Shocking video of violence at Hyatt Regency which CPS failed to prosecute
2nd September 2022 - News / by Steve Dyson and Tony Collins
Video footage of a drink-sodden couple allegedly wreaking violence on security staff at a top Birmingham hotel has been released by West...Read more
Demands to support businesses hit by surging energy costs backed by Westside BID
- News / by Steve Dyson
Westside BID is backing a national campaign to demand that the government supports businesses hit by surging energy costs. The campai...Read more
‘If you see Sid, tell him!’ How energy nationalisation is making us all poorer
1st September 2022 - Olley's Oracles / by WSBadmin
With energy prices going through the roof, the rich get richer while the poor get poorer – and Westside businesses are suffering too. We...Read more