Construction work is set to get underway later this year on a new hotel in Birmingham. Planning consent has been granted for the new ‘Left Bank’ scheme near Brindleyplace in the city.

The development will include the construction an 18-storey, 180-bedroom INNSIDE hotel along with a ground floor restaurant and cafe. The scheme will also include a 22-storey residential block to the rear plus retail outlets.

The site is located at the junction of Broad Street, Sheepcote Street and Oozells Way and is currently being used as a temporary car park.

Melia Hotels have just opened their first UK INNSIDE hotel in central Manchester with 208 bedrooms.

Details: www.birminghampost.co.uk

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Published: 08 June 2015

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Plans have been published to construct a glass conference centre on the roof of the highly visible Fort Dunlop building in Birmingham.

Proposals for the Grade A-listed building, overlooking the M6 motorway and Spaghetti Junction, include adding new meeting areas and landscaping on its roof to include outdoor seating. The proposals also see the addition of two new “garden walkways” to be used as breakout areas over lower car park areas.

Fort Dunlop is now a mixed-use development but once formed part of the world’s largest factory, employing 10,000 workers. The conference centre proposals have been submitted to Birmingham City Council. Currently there is a Travelodge on a section of the Fort Dunlop site.

Details:  http://fortdunlop.com/news/

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Published: 05 June 2015

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IET London Savoy Place is reopening in autumn 2015 following its major £30million, two-year-long refurbishment. IET Savoy Place is taking bookings from November 2015.

IET Savoy Place now has four floors of reconfigured event space. The building has been transformed throughout with flexibility and energy efficiency at the core. All meeting facilities have been refurbished. Technically, the latest IT, AV and wireless connectivity have been installed plus facilities for event filming, live streaming and production.

Meeting rooms are located on all four floors of the building. The main feature room is probably the enlarged Riverside Suite on the third floor overlooking the River Thames with a terrace and accommodating up to 335 guests.

The Watson-Watt Lecture Theatre is a new addition on the second floor with tiered seating for 175 delegates with an exhibition suite and business suite alongside.

The Heritage Library is new event space on the first floor with two new riverside balconies and accommodating up to 145 delegates with two boardrooms adjacent.

The main Lecture Theatre remains on the ground floor sharing the space with five smaller meeting rooms and a range of boardrooms and breakout rooms. The Main Lecture Theatre will accommodate up to 451 delegates.

Savoy Place, headquarters of the Institution of Engineering and Technology, is located in Savoy Place just off the Victoria Embankment close to Waterloo Bridge in central London and is within walking distance of a clutch of tube stations.

Details: http://savoyplace.theiet.org/

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Published: 05 June 2015

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United Business Centres (UBCUK) plan to open a new serviced office building on Birmingham Business Park, near Birmingham International Airport and the NEC.

The building is currently undergoing a full refurbishment. When complete, UBC will begin refitting the interior space with new office and meeting furniture, reception amenities, lounge and kitchen areas plus IT and telecoms connections including CAT B cabling. The work and meeting space will be spread over two floors, with 214 workstations available to rent on flexible terms.

The new business centre is expected to open for business in August 2015.

Birmingham Business Park is set within 148 acres of mature parkland three miles from Birmingham International Airport, close to junction 6 of the M42 and a few minutes off the M42/M6 interchange.

Details:  http://www.ubcuk.com/ubcuk-announces-birmingham-business-park

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Published: 05 June 2015

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