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Birmingham City University Opens The Centre for Future Homes

Are you a business involved in the construction industry? Then BCU’s Centre for Future Homes is here to help. It will e...

Management Thinking With Different Hats

As we approach National STEAM Day on November 8th, we celebrate the role adding Arts to Science, Technology, Engineerin...

Five Toxic Examples of Greenwashing

As consumers become ever more environmentally aware, organisations of all sizes have taken it upon themselves to market...

How to Achieve Business Financial Stability

Achieving financial stability is essential for the long-term success of any business, particularly in the volatile UK m...

Why Employee Wellbeing is Vital

Employee absence is continually on the rise and increasingly attributed to factors such as mental health. We look at fi...

Retrofitting in the UK: A path to Sustainability

As the UK strives to meet its ambitious climate targets, retrofitting has emerged as a powerful solution to reduce carb...

Housing Summit paves the way for new homes

Over 100 people from across the building sector attended the Housing Summit at Arup's new office in Birmingham.

Business data analysis case study – Finding gold in data

This true-life business data analysis case study tells the story of how a young graduate engineer generated a six-figu...

SUSTAINABILITY AS A BUSINESS – WHY IT’S IMPORTANT

'Business sustainability' seems to be a new term that is thrown around when talking about business performance and gro...

Celebrating over 20 years of partnership with West Midlands Police

The latest in the series of Fusion events following on from ones with the business, professional and financial service...

Failure to pivot - The fall of Paperchase

What were the three crucial decisions that caused one of the most successful High Street brands to fall into administr...

Helping female business owners grow their company

In celebration of International Women’s Day, we spoke to a group of female business owners that have used our services...

HOW GBCC AND BCU ARE WORKING TOGETHER TO SUPPORT SMES

Dan Harrison, Head of Media and Communications at the Greater Birmingham Chambers of Commerce shares his perspective o...

International Women’s Day: Claudia Carter interview

Professor Claudia Carter, BCU Professor of Environmental Governance and Planning in the Faculty of Computing, Engineer...

International Women’s Day: Alexa Hartwell interview

Alexa Hartwell, BCU Head of STEAM Academy Innovation and Development, explains about the importance of STEAM thinking ...

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