Archive for the ‘BP50’ Category

47- Adrian Goldberg

Posted: 24th March 2011 by Paul Hadley in BP50, Uncategorized
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Adrian Goldberg from Paul Hadley on Vimeo. Watchdog, The Politics Show, Healthcheck, BBC Breakfast News, The Stirrer and 5 Live Investigates are just a few of the well known broadcast, media and journalism platforms that Adrian Goldberg has been associated with in the past. Today, BBCWM announced that Ed Doolan is stepping aside and hanging [...]

Glynn Purnell from Paul Hadley on Vimeo. One man who has been leading the art of good food is Glynn Purnell. He started his craft when still at school, practicing and honing his skills on family and friends, and has made industry-recognised progress throughout his career development. So much so, his Purnell’s Restaurant in Birmingham [...]

1 Paul Thandi

Posted: 3rd February 2011 by Paul Hadley in BP50
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1 Paul Thandi from Paul Hadley on Vimeo. Fantastic news ! Today (3rd Feb, 2011), TheBusinessDesk.com have announced that Paul Thandi, Chief Executive of The NEC Group is to receive an honorary doctorate from Birmingham City University. During his time there, he has worked to boost the group’s international portfolio and overseen the £40m refurbishment [...]

2 Paul Kehoe

Posted: 14th January 2011 by Paul Hadley in BP50, Uncategorized
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Today, as part of my BP50 project, I had the pleasure of interviewing Paul Kehoe, Chief Executive of Birmingham Airport. With a wealth of past experience in many related areas and industries, Paul told me about how his management and leadership style has been influenced over the years, and how he applies it in his [...]

26 Philip Singleton

Posted: 30th August 2010 by Paul Hadley in BP50
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Philip has now left his post overseeing the development of Birmingham City Centre, and has moved to Newham Council, filling a similar role regenerating the area in preparation for the 2012 Olympics. I was due to meet with Philip during the summer, but as I traveled to the meeting by train, I received a telephone [...]

18 Suzie Norton

Posted: 30th August 2010 by Paul Hadley in BP50
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Suzie is the CEO of Screen WM, the West Midland’s regional screen agency, and is responsible for ensuring that this area of the region’s creative sector continues to grow. Screen WM are also also working closely with Channel 4 and acting as a commissioning hub on the 4iP fund. “At the moment due to the [...]

24 Salma Yaqoob

Posted: 29th August 2010 by Paul Hadley in BP50
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Salma Yaqoob is the leader, and former vice-chair, of the Respect Party and a Birmingham City Councillor. She is also the head of the Birmingham Stop the War Coalition and a spokesperson for Birmingham Central Mosque. In 2006, Yaqoob received the Lloyds TSB Asian Jewel Award for Public Service Excellence while Harper’s Bazaar magazine named [...]

Councillor Mike Whitby is the elected representative for Harborne Ward, Leader of Birmingham City Council, Leader of the Conservative Group and Chairman of the Birmingham City Council Business Management Committee. I have been in email contact with Cllr Whitby’s office since May 21st 2010. Back then, I requested a short 30-minute appointment with Cllr Whitby, [...]

36 Paul Bradshaw

Posted: 3rd August 2010 by Paul Hadley in BP50
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Fresh from his lecturing role in online journalism (and others) at Birmingham City University, Paul has just started the next stage of his career. The founder of Help Me Investigate, Paul’s knowledge and experience comes from previous roles in editing magazines and websites. During a short lunch break, I managed to spend some time with [...]

17 Stephen Hughes

Posted: 1st July 2010 by Paul Hadley in BP50
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The Chief Executive of Birmingham Council is a busy guy at the moment. The future of public service delivery is coming under greater scrutiny, significant spending cuts across the sector are slowly emerging, and organisations such as Advantage West Midlands and Business Link are under increasing pressure to reduce costs and spending. The same applies [...]