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olihull is set to stage its second annual food and drink festival during October. The event – ‘A Taste of Solihull’ – is being organised by the town’s Business Improvement District (BID), and will take place over three days from 5 October. Among attractions at the event will be three food and farmers’ markets, an expert wine tasting
session and a demo-kitchen in Mell Square featuring chefs from the town’s restaurants. There will also be a diverse programme of entertainment over the weekend, the highlight of which will be an appearance by tenor John Innes, who has just completed a sell-out UK tour. BID director Shirley Sturzaker said: “Last year’s event was a great success and we are bringing back
many of the favourites from 2011 together with some great new additions, a range of speciality food and farmers’ markets – and great live entertainment too. “Our aim is to give everyone a fantastic weekend - filled with live music, fun
and great food and drink. We also want more people to be able to try new restaurants, cuisines and tastes.”
JOINING FORCES TO FIGHT CRIME
BY SALLY BOURNER CHIEF SUPERINTENDENT, SOLIHULL POLICE
Cutting crime and its causes
Crime continues to fall which is good news. That means that no more than two people a day experience the traumatic and life changing experience of having their home burgled and fewer than one person a day is robbed. In summary, a total of approximately 32 crimes
Solihull singing star: John Innes
20 employees up for awards
Twenty individuals, teetering on the brink of stardom, have been shortlisted for Solihull Chamber’s employee awards, which takes place on 19 October. Sponsored by Plum Personnel, Schofield &
Associates and Solihull College, the annual event selects a winner in each of four categories - professional development, outstanding employee, career advancement and customer care. Jane Jackson (pictured), director of Solihull Chamber of Commerce, said: “2012 has seen an unprecedented number of entries from a wide range of sectors and judging has been very difficult.” Winners will be announced at a lunch at the
Crowne Plaza, Birmingham NEC. Ms Jackson said: “The employee awards is a very popular event and has always proved good for business networking.”
The individuals shortlisted for outstanding employee, are: Tessa Stanislaus, Hilton Birmingham Metropole Sabrina Walsh, Village Hotel Charlie Maunder, Village Hotel Darren Jones, Village Hotel Lucy Burnett, Touchwood
Five shortlisted for the professional development category are: Katie Bates, John Lewis Solihull Amy Nuttall, Williamson & Soden Paul Bates, Solihull College Kerry Hector, Hilton Birmingham Metropole Clare Egan, Solihull College
Five shortlisted for the career advancement category are: Lisa Marshall, Ove Arup & Partners Ltd., Leigh Anne Thacker, Hilton Birmingham Metropole Ben Shakespeare, Mansell Construction Services Ltd., Ian Jeffery, Prime Chartered Accountants Vickie Moss, CIPP
Five shortlisted for customer care are: Chloe Waight, Prime Chartered Accountants Julie Walmsley, Executive Communication Centres Beverley McColl, Ove Arup & Partners Ltd., Richard Sutton, John Lewis Solihull Terry Groom, Trelleborg Sealing Solutions UK
Award sponsors include: Arup, flybe, JaguarLandRover, the NEC Group and Touchwood.
are reported to us every 24 hours in a borough of more than 200,000 residents living in nearly 87,000 households and where thousands of other people also come to work and visit.
‘Solihull has the second lowest adult re-offending rate in the West Midlands’
We continue to work with partners and local people to drive this down further recognising the life changing impact of crime on victims and their families. A significant factor that contributes to
reducing crime and improving trust and confidence in policing and the criminal justice system is the focus we bring, together with our partners, to tackling the small number of people who offend and create disproportionate harm and misery within our local communities. I am pleased to share that we are consistently seeing improving trends in solving and resolving those crimes that cause the greatest harm to victims particularly burglary and robbery. Our performance in these crucial areas is
better than last year and we are currently exceeding the local delivery milestones agreed at the start of 2012/13. So much of work to address and change
offenders’ behaviour is undertaken in partnership with others, for example our colleagues in Probation and Health. Last month data for 2011/12 was published about adult reoffending. Solihull has the second lowest adult re-offending rate in the West Midlands and one of the lowest nationwide. That’s good news for local people.
Keep up to date with our progress at
www.west-midlands.police.uk/np/solihull/ or follow our @SolihullPolice twitter feed.
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