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Hilton Hotel proposed on site of former HP Sauce factory in Birmingham

The new owners of the former HP Sauce site in Birmingham have been in talks with the Hilton group over proposals for a 14-storey hotel on the site.Read

MIPIM Diary: Birmingham looks on the sunny side

A lunch for Birmingham’s MIPIM contingent at the Restaurant Mandala on the beach was oversubscribed. Read

MIPIM: Birmingham investors demand results from Cannes

Birmingham is caught in an investment conundrum, according to the city’s investment and property professionals.Read

MIPIM: Birmingham needs to target London businesses, says Glenn Howells

Birmingham must make itself “irresistible” to businessmen thinking of moving out of London.Read

MIPIM: Post Diarist Dawn Roberts on why she made the trip

To go or not to go? That was the question that faced Birmingham’s property community as they pondered whether to make the annual pilgrimage to Cannes for the global property conference known as MIPIM. Dawn Roberts, director of PR consultancy Headline Communications, decided to bite the bullet and make a return visit this year.Read

MIPIM: Busy times for Sidell Gibson

Sidell Gibson Architects and Sidell Gibson Interiors arrive at MIPIM 2010 with several significant projects signed off and a clutch of new instructions in the bag.Read

MIPIM: Backing Birmingham's Paradise Circus project

Ian Stringer, of GVA Grimley, looks forward to his first trip to the Riviera.Read

MIPIM: Organisers delighted to see return of big projects

Big projects are back, according to the organisers of this year’s MIPIM conference in Cannes.Read

MIPIM: Brummie pride behind Rider Levett Bucknall success

Turn up at a major property development across the world that is being handled by construction consultants Rider Levett Bucknall and the chances are that there is a Brummie in charge.Read

MIPIM: Birmingham trio providing the musical relief

Birmingham delegates to MIPIM 2010, the global property conference in Cannes, will be serenaded by a top trio from the city.Read

MIPIM: Developers keeping Birmingham's image dynamic, says Mike Whitby

Birmingham’s private sector developers and construction companies have given “sterling support” to the city’s presence at MIPIM 2010, the global property conference in Cannes in March, according to city council leader Coun Mike Whitby.Read

MIPIM: Delegates offered a chance to win VIP trip to Birmingham

Jaguar Land Rover and the Radisson Blu Hotel in Birmingham have teamed up with Birmingham City Council to offer one lucky MIPIM delegate a VIP trip to the city and the region.Read

MIPIM Diary: Other UK cities shouting louder than Birmingham

My day started on a serious note, with a heavyweight European Investment Briefing from the boys at CB Richard Ellis. Read

MIPIM Diary: The Birmingham entourage arrives

The plane to Nice was packed with lots of male, middle-aged men. For a minute I thought I was on the wrong flight: a try-before-you-buy timeshare trip, or a Saga golfing holiday charter perhaps. Read

Mike Whitby to tell MIPIM of Birmingham's ‘decade of delivery’

You are pushing on an open door if you want to put your money into Birmingham in the next ten years, council leader Mike Whitby will tell the world’s leading investors at MIPIM 2010, the global property conference in Cannes.Read

Birmingham Science Park announces plans for new ICT village

Birmingham is using the global platform of the MIPIM property conference to announce plans for a £40 million ICT village to be built in the city.Read

MIPIM Diary: Commando operation to attract investors to Birmingham

Dawn Roberts kicks off her MIPIM diary with a tale of some lost underwear - and the conference hasn't even started yet.Read

University College Birmingham unveils plans for new Jewellery Quarter campus

University College Birmingham (UCB) plans to build a brand new campus on four acres on the edge of the Jewellery Quarter.Read

Coventry council boss to chair major investment seminar at MIPIM

Martin Reeves, the chief executive of Coventry City Council, has been chosen to chair a major seminar on international inward investment.Read

New Jaguar XJ to take centre stage for Coventry at MIPIM

Jaguar’s new XJ will perform an important role for Coventry next month just weeks before it goes on sale.Read