Business News Race on to find fastest firm
The hunt is on to find the Midlands’ fittest and fastest businesses at this year’s Simplyhealth Great Birmingham Run, taking place on 15 October. The city’s annual half marathon features the
Arcadis Business Challenge, in which companies of all sizes and sectors compete for fastest-time trophies and all-important bragging rights in the corporate world. A special element to this year’s Business Challenge
comes in the Chamber Cup, which invites Greater Birmingham Chambers of Commerce members and patrons to battle it out to be crowned fastest firm in the organisation. The Greater Birmingham Chambers of Commerce
will be entering a team for the Arcadis Business Challenge and chief executive Paul Faulkner said: “We’re delighted to be supporting the Arcadis Business Challenge at this year’s Simplyhealth Great Birmingham Run.
On the run: (from left) Jamila Davis, Christopher Nixon, Paul Faulkner and Becky Davis
“The event is a great way to showcase Birmingham as a passionate sports city, particularly with the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games bid gaining momentum.”
Sign up for the Arcadis Business Challenge by visiting:
www.greatrun.org
BHSF appoints new chief executive
Ian Galer has been appointed as group chief executive to succeed Peter Maskell for BHSF Group Limited. Ian joined BHSF in the spring of
2013 after a long career with Wesleyan Assurance and before that with BDO Binder Hamlyn. Ian was appointed BHSF’s group
Ian Galer (left) and Peter Maskell
finance director in September 2014. In addition, Andrew Milner has
been appointed as chairman of BHSF Group Limited and all its subsidiaries. Andrew has had a long
association with BHSF as a non- executive director and subsequently as a senior independent director.
In Brief
More foreign businesses invested in the West Midlands in 2016-17 than anywhere outside London and the South East, according to the Department for International Trade’s latest figures. With a total of 151 new foreign
direct investment (FDI) projects recorded, the West Midlands region welcomed more foreign investment than all regional locations outside the South East. Figures also showed 6,570
new jobs were created in the West Midlands over this period – more new jobs than any other UK area outside London.
Birmingham City Council and West Midlands Police have launched a Rough Sleepers Task Force to bring key organisations together to address city centre rough sleeping. The task force will tackle the
increasing numbers of people genuinely sleeping rough in the city and the increasing numbers of people begging and involved in criminal behaviour through a three-pronged set of guiding principles – Educate, Engage and Enforce. The task force will co-ordinate individual strategies on a case by case basis.
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