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Landmark: Hams Hall employees celebrate their five millionth engine
In Brief
Internet and telecoms firm Daisy Communications has raised £4,675 from a charity golf day at the Belfry. The cash will be used at
neonatal units across the Midlands by a charity, ‘Libby Mae’s Little Angels’, which helps grieving parents adjust and recover from the loss of a premature baby. Libby Mae’s Memory boxes are
Engine plant hits milestone
German car giant BMW has built the five millionth engine at its Hams Hall plant at Coleshill. The 18-year-old factory has been churning out petrol engines for a number of vehicles, including BMWs and Minis. More recently, Hams Hall has
been part of BMW’s move to introduce electric vehicles, with engines being assembled there for use in a number of plug-in hybrid vehicles, including the BMW i8 Coupe and BMW i8 Roadster. The BMW i8 is the most widely
sold plug-in hybrid sports car in the world. Plant director Bernd Gress said: “We are delighted to be celebrating
Cultural festival hailed a success
Last month’s ‘Birmingham Weekender’ festival saw some 110 events take place at 32 venues in Digbeth. The festival was produced
by Culture Central, and featured a lengthy programme of dance, music, art and performance. Highlights included a
Brazilian Street Party, featuring a live samba band, and the various dance events arranged by Dance Hub Birmingham. Visitors were also invited to
try their hand at everything from hula hoops to drumming. Culture Central director
Steve Ball said: “What a fantastic weekend of culture. Birmingham Weekender in Digbeth created opportunities over three days to see something new, in lots of amazing locations and to be inspired and proud of our city.”
our five millionth engine.Our dedicated team works hard to ensure every one of those five million engines has been built to the highest standards of quality and dispatched promptly to one of our vehicle plants, so customers get their cars on time.” Engines roll off the production
line at Hams Hall every minute, destined for plants across the world, from Oxford in the UK, where the Mini is made, to the Spartanburg plant in the USA, for BMW ‘X’ models. A second assembly facility at the
plant, developed over the last six years, operates a more sedate pace, where engines are hand-built.
This facility produces many
different types of engines, including those for higher performance models, like the BMW i8, the Mini JCW and the new BMW 1 Series flagship model, the M135i. Key engine components -
cylinder blocks, cylinder heads and crankshafts – are also machined at the plant for Hams Hall-built engines, as well as being supplied to other BMW Group engine manufacturing plants. Annual engine production was
over 375,000 in 2018, representing 13 per cent of UK engine manufacturing. Around 1.5 million components are machined each year.
Qatar Airways flies away with ‘Best Airline’ award
Qatar Airways has been named ‘Best Airline’ at prestigious business travel awards, held at London’s Royal Garden Hotel in front of 250 industry leaders. In addition to being voted ‘Best
Airline’ by readers of trade magazine ‘Business Traveller’, the airline also won ‘Best Long-Haul Airline’, ‘Best Business Class’ and ‘Best Middle Eastern Airline’. Qatar Airways group chief
executive Akbar Al Baker said: “To be recognised once again by the readers of ‘Business Traveller’ with these prestigious awards is a huge honour for Qatar Airways and an appreciation of our promise to consistently deliver a truly world- class service.” The haul is the latest in a string of
awards successes for Qatar Airways, as the airline was also named ‘World’s Best Airline’ by the 2019 World Airline Awards, managed by international air transport rating organisation Skytrax. Qatar Airways operates a fleet of
designed to help parents adjust and recover from losing a child. In the box are teddy bears, a hand and footprint kit, a clay impression kit, sunflower seeds, a plaque and much more. Dave McGinn, Daisy
Communications’ chief executive officer (pictured), said: “I know I can speak for everyone at the company when I say we’re intensely proud of our team, the players, and Libby Mae’s Little Angels for putting this whole day together. “On what turned out to be
one of the last sunny days of the year, the stunning Brabazon course came alive for what turned out to be an incredible act of kindness, and an electric game of golf.”
Accountant and business advisor Smith Cooper, which has an office in Birmingham, has recruited 11 new starters. They will work in four of the
company’s offices, which are in London, Newcastle and throughout the Midlands. Managing partner James
Bagley said: “We’re really excited to welcome our new recruits onboard. We often look for talented, ambitious and driven individuals who can add value to our teams and help strengthen and diversify the services that we offer.” During the past year the firm
has boosted its turnover by 25 per cent to £19m.
Uttoxeter-based IT firm Infinity has won an award at the UK Managed Services Awards 2019. The firm won the ‘Best Small
Qatar Airways’ UK and Ireland Country Manager Gary Kershaw collects the award from BBC News journalist John Pienaar
more than 250 aircraft via its hub, Hamad International Airport, to more than 160 destinations worldwide. The airline has recently launched
a range of new destinations, including Rabat in Morocco, Izmir in Turkey and Mogadishu, Somalia.
Business Managed Service Provider Project’ category and was also a finalist for the ‘Best Unified Communications Project’ award. Infinity said: “This award is
another fantastic milestone for Infinity, instilling confidence in what we do. We’re very proud of where we are today almost 10 years into business.”
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