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The future of the Custard Factory – Part 2

Some time ago I wrote a blog post about what might be the future of the Custard Factory, claiming that its capacity as a music venue had somewhat reached its terminal velocity. Every big night is full but you can’t … Continue reading

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Bodies Revealed comes to the Custard Factory

Visit www.bodiesbirmingham.co.uk After traveling the world and receiving spectacular reviews from New York to Athens, with the help of Big Cat group, Bodies Revealed is here! The extraordinary anatomical exhibition is coming to the heart of England and can be … Continue reading

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Forget New York: This is Birmingham!

I’m sure anyone that has walked around the Bullring in the last week or so will have noticed a Statue of Liberty and a mock up yellow taxi just outside the Selfridges building. I don’t know if this is a … Continue reading

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Sharkey and George are back!!!

That time again… here to give you a sneak preview into the goings on in the Big Cat office. The rain has been getting the Big Cat team down, so to cheer themselves up they decided to have a go-karting … Continue reading

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Say Hello to Big Cat Experience

All hail Leila Campbell, our newest recruit and latest blogger. The Big Cat Experience blog is now live and I demand all and sundry read it every day! Leila will be streaming footage and images of Big Cat’s events from … Continue reading

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One single vision – Where next for Birmingham

With the departure of Clive Dutton, who has been so instrumental in securing the future of the city, thoughts turn to ‘what do we do next?’.

Do we carry on as we are, or do we introspect a bit and refine our strategy? These are tough questions and it proves what we should already know; town planning is not easy. Continue reading

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Eclectricity Review: A hot night with Friendly Fires

Let me make my thoughts clear from the start, I am not a wild party animal or a keen fan of most of the acts at Eclectricity, but last Sunday was one of the best nights I have been to in … Continue reading

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Events placements needed

Calling all events people! We have some very exciting events work going on this summer at music festivals, Custard Factory, etc etc etc and we are appealing for local young people who are looking for a little bit of work … Continue reading

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Big Cat on Midlands Today

Our glorious leaders, Nick Morgan and Anthony Tattum, enthralled the Midlands all day Friday with their witty business insight on regional BBC news programme, Midlands Today. The delightful Matthew Cooke ran an interesting piece on the winners and losers of … Continue reading

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360 posts, Events: Tips for product launching

Product launching is a common strand of event organisation and one that can be very difficult to master; here below are the thoughts of our senior event manager Nick Ruffles on the subject: Launching a product is all about communicating … Continue reading

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