All posts by Victoria Oliveres
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Hotel, restaurant chains top low pay “list of shame”
Two West Midlands football clubs were among those named and shamed Friday in a government list of companies who flouted Britain’s minimum pay laws. At the...
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Theft and robbery on the rise in Central Birmingham
Crimes involving stealing such as thefts of all kind, robberies, burglaries and shopliftings in Birmingham city centre rose more than the total crimes in the...
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Airbnb: rental growth in Birmingham is the highest
Airbnb is booming in Birmingham. The city has the biggest increase in Airbnb rentals among the top 10 cities in the UK. The number of...
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Waste in Birmingham: new opportunities for reducing and recycling
“Let’s try a whole year zero waste”. It was Christmas 2016 when Bristolian Charlotte Watkivs, who currently lives in Birmingham, decided to make a change...
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5 things supermarkets can do to reduce plastic use
Supermarket chain Iceland aims to be the first plastic-free major retailer by eliminating plastic packaging from its products by 2023. This announcement is added to...
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Almost 1 out of 5 university students in Birmingham are international
On 2016-17, students from abroad represented 18% of the students in Birmingham, according to new data from Higher Education Statistics Agency. From the 80,340 students...
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Domestic violence cases soar as funding is cut in Birmingham
Domestic violence “high-risk” cases in Birmingham have nearly doubled in the last 4 years, according to an investigation by The Bureau of Investigative Journalism and...
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Birmingham MP calls for answers over hundreds of Brits caught up in immigration checks
A Birmingham MP called for answers after figures revealed Monday showed that one out of every four people stopped by immigration officers in Birmingham are...
