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BUSINESS
THE BIG ESCAPE
A new interactive outdoor escape experience is coming to Birmingham. The Big Escape sees teams move around the city centre’s streets solving puzzles, cracking codes and completing challenges to take down Big Al’s casino in a classic heist. The GPS activated game has already proved a success in Ireland following its launch by Dublin company, Creative Events. Director, Mark French said: “As the UK’s second biggest city, it makes perfect sense to bring the game to Birmingham.”
BUSINESS
TRUE GRIT
A successful family firm has been recognised in regional business awards for its growth, customer service and environmental credentials. AA Salt, which helps hundreds of businesses keep their premises safe by gritting and snow ploughing their car parks in the winter, was shortlisted in the Federation of Small Businesses’ West Midlands Family Business of the Year award. The winter maintenance business is led by 24-year-old Ben Tanner, alongside his mum Nikki Rogers and her husband, Mark.
KELLY’S MAXX FACTOR A staff member at the TK Maxx store at Castle Vale Retail Park won a cash boost for Birmingham’s John Taylor Hospice. Kelly Yarrington approached the company’s charity foundation for a donation – and the result was a £500 cheque which was presented to Isla Stroyan, community fund-raiser for the hospice, by Emma Wall, TK Maxx’s Castle Vale manager. Kelly said: “The hospice is a cause close to my heart and many members of staff here at the store.”
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NEWS OLYMPICS BOSS JOINS MUSEUM The man who led British athletics to its best Olympics medal haul in 50 years at London 2012 has become the head of Birmingham Museums Trust, one of the UK’s largest independent museum trusts. Birmingham-born Niels de Vos, who was chief executive of UK Athletics for more than a decade, is the new chair of trustees at a time when Birmingham Museums has a growing reputation for its innovative approach to community engagement in major award-winning projects.
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