News & Insights
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Cyber Security newsletter is our latest Safer Spaces guide
Edwin Ellis was commissioned by Colmore BID to produce a special digital guide to raise awareness of online and cloud safety during October’s National Cybersecurity Awareness Month. With more people working from home… Read more
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Magazine design: Our approach to Colmore Life
Proud faces all around at Edwin Ellis as the first edition of Colmore Life magazine designed and produced by yours truly is distributed across Colmore Business District, the commercial heart of Birmingham city… Read more
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Birmingham’s Lapworth Museum taking on Tate for Museum of the Year title
A tiny Birmingham museum is taking on the Tate Modern in London for the £100,000 Museum of the Year prize. The Lapworth Museum of Geology at the University of Birmingham is one of… Read more
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More than 7,000 now signed up for first-ever Birmingham International Marathon
With less than six months to go until the first ever Birmingham International Marathon, organisers have revealed the number of people signed up to take part has now passed 7,000. The inaugural Birmingham International… Read more
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Colmore Bee Garden creating a buzz in Birmingham’s business district
The first rooftop bee garden in the Colmore Business District is creating a buzz among workers and visitors to the area. The Colmore Bee Garden has been installed on the rooftop meadow at… Read more
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New restaurant plans for key site on Birmingham’s New Street
An application has been made to change the use of a prominent unit in Birmingham city centre from retail to restaurant. Plans have been lodged with Birmingham City Council to turn the Grade… Read more
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Simplyhealth Great Birmingham 10K to spotlight city’s 2026 Commonwealth Games bid
Organisers of the Simplyhealth Great Birmingham 10k are to create a distinctly Commonwealth theme at the event to raise the profile of the city’s bid to host the 2026 Commonwealth Games. The popular… Read more
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Why students will be lining up against lecturers at this year’s Simplyhealth Great Birmingham 10K
Hundreds of city students will be on the start line with their lecturers at this year’s Simplyhealth Great Birmingham 10K as part of the first ever University of Birmingham running team to take… Read more
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Thresholds VR exhibition highlights Birmingham’s role in history of photography
An innovative exhibition taking place in Birmingham in the summer of 2017 aims to shed light on the important role the city played in the early years of the history of photography. Thresholds,… Read more
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Why legendary fundraiser ‘Blind Dave’ plans to keep on running throughout 2017
He has run the equivalent of two laps of the planet – with 8,000 miles to spare – in a lifetime dedicated to phenomenal fundraising feats. Yet Black Country legend ‘Blind Dave’ Heeley… Read more
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Birmingham International Marathon: Runners from across the globe among the 5,000 sign-ups
The inaugural Birmingham International Marathon will truly live up to its name after organisers revealed dozens of runners from across the world have already signed up to take part. The 26.2-mile run, which… Read more
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Retail BID Birmingham’s Edit magazine out now
Hot off the press… the latest edition of Retail BID Birmingham’s Edit magazine is on its way to more than 500 city centre businesses. This is the sixth edition of the member magazine,… Read more
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A Brutalist building reborn as university library refurbished by Associated Architects
Birmingham-based Associated Architects has been praised by conservation experts after completing the first phase of refurbishment at the Edward Boyle Library at the University of Leeds. The practice has been singled out for… Read more