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Hundreds more trains needed for Birmingham
Taming email
By Sally Palethorpe, managing partner of Inspired Partners
The waste and frustration of too many emails has become part of the modern working experience. After all, it’s email and we can’t do anything about it… or can we? The solution lies in changing
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sallyp@inspiredpartners.com 30 CHAMBERLINK October 2019 Museum patron scheme
Birmingham Museums have launched a range new of corporate patrons’ schemes, giving businesses the opportunity to support the charity and align their brand with the city’s culture, heritage and world-class collection. The new corporate opportunities programme is based on a tiered
structure with a range of opportunities to unlock, including reaching Birmingham Museums’ 1.2 million annual visitors. Starting from £500, the schemes offer the chance to engage with Birmingham Museums’ nine museums and historic properties, including the internationally-renowned Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery. Organisations can choose to become a corporate member, patron or
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More than 400 extra trains could serve Birmingham every day under Midlands Engine Rail - a £3.5bn improvement programme to transform the region’s rail network. Under the plans, launched by
sub-national transport body Midlands Connect, Birmingham will enjoy more frequent trains to and from a number of destinations as well as a new direct HS2 service to Nottingham via the East Midlands Hub at Toton, which would cut journey times from 85 to just 33 minutes.
Designed to be delivered in
stages from 2022 to the completion of HS2 Phase Two, Midlands Engine Rail plans to create space for 736 more passenger trains on the network each day – with 416 of these services running in to and out of central Birmingham. Birmingham is one of up to 60
locations that could benefit from improved services, including
‘In the Midlands, more people are travelling on the railways than ever before’
Leicester, Coventry, Nottingham, Derby, Stoke-on-Trent, Crewe, Shrewsbury, Lincoln, Worcester and Wolverhampton. Midlands Engine Rail is fully
integrated with HS2 and includes plans for two new conventional- compatible services that will directly link Nottingham and Leicester city centres to the new high speed network. Improvements will increase the
speed and frequency of existing services as well as introducing new direct services. It is also designed to reduce carbon emissions and encourage both passengers and freight off the roads and onto the railways. Civic and business leaders are
now calling on prime minister Boris Johnson to back Midlands Engine
It’s for the kids: MiniBrum at the Thinktank
Rail, fund the next stage of its development (£45.5m over the next three years), and to display the same enthusiasm for infrastructure investment in the Midlands as he has in the North. Sir John Peace, chair of Midlands
Connect and Midlands Engine said: “In the Midlands, more people are travelling on the railways than ever before. We now need investment from Government to allow our people, businesses and infrastructure to reach their full potential, and to drive a further boost in passenger numbers. “Midlands Engine Rail is essential
in creating a more sustainable, productive and mobile Midlands. “Our communities deserve the opportunity to make greener choices, to access a world-class education and to reach the widest possible variety of career opportunities. We must create a transport network that helps our businesses to grow, not holds them back.’
New flights
to Scotland Budget airline EasyJet is launching a new route between Birmingham and Edinburgh from next March. The new inter-city flights will
operate 13 times a week throughout the year, and will be launched on 29 March 2020. This is the second Birmingham route EasyJet has announced in as many weeks, following the news that the airline will begin flights between the Midlands and another key Scottish city, Glasgow. The Glasgow service will share the same start date and weekly frequency as the new Edinburgh flights. EasyJet’s UK country manager Ali Gayward said: “We are confident the new service will be a popular addition to EasyJet’s network with those looking to travel both for business and leisure.” Birmingham Airport chief
executive Nick Barton said: “Scotland is a popular destination not only for tourists but business passengers too, and we look forward to welcoming the additional services from March 2020.”
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