Chamber Patrons Chamber Patrons Greater Birmingham Chambers’ leading supporters Spirit of Team
GB lives on Mark England, chef de mission for Team GB at the Rio Olympics, was the principal speaker at a Greater Birmingham Chambers of Commerce patrons’ lunch hosted by Pinsent Masons. He spoke of the success of Team
GB being the result of 20 years of preparation and the creation of the “best high performance system in the world”. Mr England also praised the role
of the Leadership Trust for their help preparing the athletes for Rio.
Jaguar sets the Pace for electric sports cars
Car making giant Jaguar has launched an electric vehicle, and has showed off the prototype at an event in Los Angeles. The car is the I-Pace Concept car, the precursor to a
Cinderella’s chocolate carriage
Your chocolate carriage awaits
You shall go to the ball – and if you can’t, you could always go along to Cadbury World’s latest creation, which has Cinderella as its theme. The creation has been designed to
celebrate the staging of Cinderella at Cadbury World during December. Constructed from pure Cadbury
chocolate, the creation took two chocolatiers two days to make and weighs in at an impressive 30kg. The stunning hand-made
creation will be on display in Cadbury World’s Chocolate Making Zone until 30 December.
University
goes overseas Birmingham City University has hosted its first official reception on the other side of the world, in Hong Kong. Hosted by the university’s
deputy vice-chancellor, Professor Bashir Makhoul, the event celebrated the achievements of more than 1,400 alumni in Hong Kong, with many now holding prominent positions in education, finance, human resources, media, marketing and design.
production model which will be on the road in 2018. The car is being described by Jaguar as a ‘smart, five
seat sports car and a performance SUV in one’. Ian Callum, the car maker’s director of design, said:
“The I-Pace Concept represents the next generation of electric vehicle design. It’s a dramatic, future-facing cab-forward design with
a beautiful interior – the product of authentic Jaguar DNA, electric technology and contemporary craftsmanship. Dr Wolfgang Ziebart, of Jaguar Land Rover, added:
“This is an uncompromised electric vehicle designed from a clean sheet of paper – we’ve developed a new architecture and selected only the best technology available. The I-Pace Concept fully exploits the potential EVs can offer in space utilisation, driving pleasure and performance.”
‘This is an uncompromised electric vehicle designed from a clean sheet of paper’
The new car has state-of-the-art electric motors and
a lithium-ion battery pack designed in-house by Jaguar Land Rover, with the aim of giving the best possible performance and range for most daily journeys. The car is designed to be recharged from a standard
wall socket overnight, and have more than enough range to complete the average daily commute, which is around 30 miles. The car can also be rapidly charged, using a high-power charging point. This takes two hours. This will allow the car to travel around 220 miles. The vehicle was unveiled at a special virtual reality
event, which allowed them to ‘sit’ in the car while it was ‘built’ around them, piece-by-piece. Mr Callum said: “The interior of the I-Pace Concept is
finished with beautiful, premium materials and an unwavering attention to detail.”
Engineering a career in media
A group of talented youngsters are gearing up for careers in TV and radio engineering by taking their places on a prestigious BBC apprenticeship – which is run by Birmingham City University. The cohort are starting their studies on the BEng
(Hons) Broadcast and Communications Engineering course funded by the BBC. The university beat off competition a number of
other institutions to be chosen as the BBC’s partner provider for the specialist Higher Level apprenticeship, which gives students real-world experience as well as equipping them with a degree. Students were selected for the three-year course
after thousands of applications were received and will be sponsored for their studies by the BBC. During their studies they will be taught a
comprehensive range of technologies from IP networking, computing, signal processing and emerging technologies to address the demand of the rapidly evolving broadcast Industry.
22 CHAMBERLINK December 2016/January 2017 Stairway to success: The apprentices at the BBC
Contact: Henrietta Brealey T: 0121 607 1898
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