Can StarCity shine?

Troubled Birmingham leisure complex StarCity has had a pretty good start to the year. Forget for a moment the usual measures of success, such as footfall or spend per head, so far in 2011 police have only been called to attend two serious incidents at the complex.

Birmingham bound

Sanguine Hospitality’s chairman and co-founder, Simon Matthews-Williams, talks exclusively to Lisa Pilkington about its ambitious expansion plans for Birmingham

Brum’s Arena Central office expansion gains consent

Arena Central Developments, the joint venture partnership between Miller Developments and Andy Ruhan’s Bridgehouse Capital, has won consent to build up to 800,000 sq ft of offices at the £400m mixed-use Arena Central development in Birmingham.