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Kicking off Festival of Lights
Asian Business Chamber of Commerce (ABCC) held an event to celebrate Diwali, or the Festival of Lights. The event was held at Birmingham City FC,
and sponsored by the club and Entrepreneurial Spark powered by NatWest. ABCC president Saqib Bhatti said:
“Birmingham City FC showed a true commitment to hospitality and delivered exceptional value when it came to their service. “E-Spark is doing great working in moulding
the entrepreneurs of tomorrow. By sponsoring the Diwali event, they were able to showcase not only their brand but gave an opportunity for the Asian Business Community to meet the impressive entrepreneurs shaping the future.” E-Spark’s entrepreneur development
manager, Lee Currier, said: “It was an absolute pleasure to support the ABCC Diwali celebration and networking event. “Through the NatWest Entrepreneur
Strategy and our partnership with Entrepreneurial Spark we are delighted to support some of Birmingham’s most exciting Asian lead start-ups and scale-ups.”
Specialist campus
is constucted A new Plant Training School at South & City College Birmingham has been opened by the Lord Mayor of Birmingham at the specialised construction campus in Bordesley Green. The new plant school will deliver nationally
accredited qualifications for both new operatives and for operators who need their cards renewed. The college will be able to train operators
in wide range of plant from large excavators to mini plant and dumper trucks. Mike Hopkins, principal at South & City
Blues for you (L-R): Ian Dutton, Lee Currier, Saqib Bhatti, Anita Champaneri (ABCC), Paul Faulkner (GBCC), Qasim Majid and Anjum Khan (ABCC)
Ian Dutton, head of commercial at Birmingham
City FC, said: “As a club it was great to showcase what we can offer off the football pitch, which is a very impressive multi-purpose conference arena. It was also great to showcase how we are embracing the local community.”
College said: “This will be a fantastic facility and will provide the specialist training that are so needed for the construction industry locally. It will also open up a lot of scope for local people to train for jobs.” The college is already working with the Birmingham City Council/CITB Joint Investment Construction Project delivering construction training including plant to unemployed individuals, supporting them into the construction industry.
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