Birmingham Midshires name to go from high street as 470 staff face…
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- Birmingham Midshires name to go from high street as 470 staff face…
- Report: Birmingham vs Hereford United – English Carling Cup
- rient sign Birmingham defender
- Welcome to Birmingham’s Big Weekend
- Birmingham City 2 Hereford 1
Birmingham Midshires name to go from high street as 470 staff face…
guardian.co.uk – Aug 28, 2007
uk Friday 16 September 2005 08. 52 BST The name of Birmingham Midshires the former building society which can trace its roots back to the early nineteenth century is to disappear from the high street under a plan announced yesterday to close most of its branches and rebrand the rest as Halifax. The Wolverhampton-based chain was bought by Halifax in 1999 and became part of the HBS group when Halifax and Bank of Scotland merged in 2001. f the 67 remaining Birmingham Midshires branches 48 are to be closed by March 2006 and the other 19 are to rebranded Halifax. When Halifax bought the chain it had 113 branches. The bank insisted that the 470 full and part-time staff affected by the decision would be offered an alternative job either at Birmingham Midshires or at Halifax.
Report: Birmingham vs Hereford United – English Carling Cup
ESPN – Aug 28, 2007
• Bruce: We owe debutant keeperThe former Coventry player added to Blues striker Garry ‘Connor’s opener with his first goal since netting against Stoke in February. Blues dominated the opening half against their League Two opponents but they were left hanging on after the impressive Theo Robinson had reduced the arrears with 18 minutes remaining. And Steve Bruce’s side were grateful to some vital saves from debutant goalkeeper Richard Kingson the Ghana number one for not being forced into extra-time. At least Bruce could afford a smile at the final whistle after events of 35 years ago when as a staunch Newcastle fan he had witnessed the shock FA Cup defeat at the hands of Hereford via Ronnie Radford’s immortal goal.
rient sign Birmingham defender
BBC News – Aug 28, 2007
The 21-year-old has made just one substitute appearance for City in the FA Cup but has experience from loan spells at Doncaster and Bristol Rovers. "I’m looking forward to the prospect of a month of senior football" centre-back ji told rient’s website. "It was great to be part of a winning team at Bristol last year who went on to get promoted. If I do well maybe I can stay here for a little longer. "ji also had a trial at rient’s League ne rivals Southend during the summer.
Welcome to Birmingham’s Big Weekend
easier.com – Aug 28, 2007
From Ballet to Bhangra Indie bands to Inspirational art Samba music to the Short Cuts Film Festival Comedy on the bmibaby beach to Classical Fantasia with the CBS Jasper Carrot at the walk of stars and countless hours of free family fun entertainment the general public are being encouraged to come and enjoy the Big Birmingham weekend. This is the 10th year of the famed Artsfest weekend in Birmingham. The Big weekend starts with a Friday night of live music including the “Made in the Midlands” Indie invasion night at Centenary Square with chart topping acts and Blast at Millennium point an exhilarating evening of sound light and fire extravaganza with twice nominee Richard Wilson as one of the displaying artists.
Birmingham City 2 Hereford 1
Worcester News – Aug 28, 2007
The Bulls looked out of it at the interval but a fine strike by Theo Robinson pulled them back into the match and there was some desperate defending from the home side before they secured a placein the third round. Hereford came under constant attack in the early stages but the defence held up well under the sustained onslaught. In their rare attacks the pace of Lionel Ainsworth and Robinson posed the occasional threat although Robinson blotted his copybook with a clumsy challenge which brought a yellow card. Just when it seemed as if Hereford had survived the early danger Birmingham struck.
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