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The world-famous City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (CBSO) has been given a major boost after a key partner and sponsor agreed to renew its backing for a second year. Financial and professional


services firm Smith & Williamson has announced it will continue its partnership with the orchestra, which celebrates its centenary next year. As part of the deal, the firm will


sponsor two concerts at Symphony Hall in the coming season, an evening of Haydn and Mozart in November and Schubert’s ‘Great’ Symphony next February. The partnership will also see the


two organisations continuing to work together in areas of mutual interest, including the commitment of both parties to community work in addition to business and client engagement. Smith & Williamson regional managing partner Stephen Drew said: “The CBSO is a beacon of


New property for management firm


Property management firm Pennycuick Collins has been appointed managing agent of a development on Calthorpe Estate. The development is Ferndale


House, a conversion by Tag Developments of a Victorian building into seven apartments. A joint project with Calthorpe


Estates, the development is on Harborne Road. Lyndsey Cannon-Leach and Dale


Jones will be responsible for management at Ferndale House, and said: “We have been active in the Edgbaston area for many years and being based here too means we are familiar with the locality and can respond quickly to on-site needs.” Simon Tate, director of TAG


Urban Properties, said: “We are delighted to be partnering with Dale, Lyndsey and the team again. They have proved themselves to be invaluable to residents at other schemes developed by us.”


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Hitting the right note: Smith & Williamson’s Mark Willis (left) and Stephen Drew


cultural life in Birmingham and the West Midlands, as well as being one of the world’s great orchestras. “Smith & Williamson has deep


roots within the city’s business, professional and social life, so our sponsorship of the CBSO is a natural fit for us at a time of ambitious


growth when we are investing in our people and infrastructure – and thereby in the city itself.” CBSO chief executive Stephen Maddock said: “This is an important year for the orchestra as we launch our centenary celebrations, and we have landmark concerts,


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Partnership hits all the right notes


international tours and community initiatives planned. “We are looking forward to


sharing this special season with Smith & Williamson, and to working together to celebrate their investment in the city and the orchestra at such an important time.”


‘The CBSO is a beacon of cultural life in Birmingham and the West Midlands’


Planned initiatives to mark this


milestone include the opening of the Shireland CBSO School in Sandwell – believed to be the world’s first non-selective, non-fee- paying school to be established in collaboration with an orchestra – plus extensive worldwide touring plans, a series of celebratory concerts in Birmingham and a landmark project to commission 40 brand new pieces of music.


Motorcyclists pay tribute to the fallen


More than 7,000 motorcyclists descended on the National Memorial Arboretum, in Staffordshire, to pay tribute to fallen comrades commemorated on the Armed Forces Memorial. Now in its 12th year, ‘Ride to the


Wall’ brings together bikers from across the UK and further afield to remember those who ‘can no longer ride by our side’ and has generated almost £1m to support the 150-acre site, including £151,000 in 2018 alone. Most of the riders arrived in


convoy after departing from one of 11 designated start locations around the country. As the motorcycles approached the Arboretum they were greeted by Northern Ireland veteran David ‘Blu’ Andrew, who saluted every rider as they passed. Following a Service of


Remembrance, Anthony ‘Coops’ Cooper walked up the steps of the Armed Forces Memorial to lay a wreath on the central plinth.


For those who no longer ride by their side: The bikers gather at the Arboretum Philippa Rawlinson, managing


director of the National Memorial Arboretum, said: “This is my first ever ‘Ride to the Wall’ and the sight of thousands of riders streaming in to pay their respects is simply incredible.” Ride to the Wall founder Martin Dickinson said: “Each year we


gather at ‘Ride to the Wall’ to remember those who can no longer ride by our side. “Since the first Ride to the Wall


in 2008 we have raised almost £1m to support the National Memorial Arboretum and to ensure it remains a place where people can come and pay tribute to the fallen.”


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