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Contact Business Voice WM

Business Voice WM
Albert House
Quay Place
92/93 Edward Street
Birmingham
B1 2RA

Tel - 0121 245 0140
Fax - 0121 245 0141

Email - info@businessvoicewm.org.uk

Below are the contact details of each member organisation within BVWM:

Asian Business Forum

Contact: Kuldip Singh Gujral

T: 0121 607 1767

E: kgujral@birmingham.businesslink.co.uk

Association of Colleges

Contact: Steve Sawbridge

T: 01902 824399

E: steve_sawbridge@aoc.co.uk

Birmingham Law Society

Contact: Bernard Shepherd

T: 0121 234 0000

E: bshepherd@hbj-gw.com

British Ceramic Confederation

Contact: Laura Cohen

T: 01782 744631

E: laurac@ceramfed.co.uk

Chartered Institute of Building

Contact: Geoff Minshull

T:

E:

Chartered Institute of Marketing

Contact: Paul Connor

T:  0844 415 5530

E: paul@mycon.co.uk

Civil Engineering Contractors Association

Contact: Brian Frost

T: 01746 262  657

E: bmf@cecamidlands.com

Confederation of British Industry

Contact: Richard Butler

T: 0121 450 8970

E: richard.butler@cbi.org.uk

West Midlands Chambers of Commerce

Contact: Louise Bennett

T: 024 7665 4321

E: louiseb@cw-chamber.org.uk

Co-operatives West Midlands

Contact: Paul Kalinauckas

T: 0845 313 8410

E: enquiries@bcrs.org.uk

Country Land and Business Association (CLA)

Contact: Caroline Bedell

T: 01785 284722

E: caroline.bedell@cla.org.uk

EEF The Manufacturers Organisation

Contact: Richard Halstead

T: 0121 456 2222

E: RHalstead@eef.org.uk

Federation of Small Businesses

Contact: Karen Woolley

T: 01332 517176

E: Karen.Woolley@fsb.org.uk

Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales

Contact: Nigel Hastilow

T: 0121 697 7002

E: nigel.hastilow@icaew.co.uk

Institute of Directors

Contact: John Phillips

T: 0121 632 2300

E: john.phillips@iod.com

Institution of Civil Engineers

Contact: Stephen Feeley

T: 01543 425 631

E: steve.feeley@ice.org.uk

Midland Association for Restaurants, Caterers, Hotels and Entertainment

Contact: Hilary Hall

T: 0121 440 1892

E: admin@marche.org.uk

National Farmers' Union

Contact: David Collier

T: 01952 400500

E: david.collier@nfu.org.uk

National Federation of Retail Newsagents

Contact: Roz Robinson

T: 0845 601 5818

E: rozrobinson@nfrn-mail.org.uk

National Housing Federation

Contact: Gina King

T: 0121 634 1530

E: ginak@housing.org.uk

Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors

Contact: Debbie Walsh

T: 0121 643 0112

E: dwalsh@rics.org

United Kingdom IT Association

Contact: Fred Noble

T: 01926 623068

E: f-noble@sky.com

West Midlands Developers Alliance

Contact: Alan Griffith

T: 0121 748 9518

E: alan.griffith@cyrilsweett.com

West Midlands Higher Education Association

Contact: Richard Riley

T: 0121 204 5095

E: richard@universitieswm.co.uk

West Midlands Minority Ethnic Business Forum

Contact: Monica Coke

T: 0121 380 3500

E: monicacoke@advantagewm.co.uk

Met Office Warnings

Weather Warnings from the Met Office:

  • Amber Warning of Snow for Wales Amber Warning of Snow for Wales : Denbighshire, Flintshire, Conwy, Wrexham, Gwynedd & Powys valid from 1145 Sat 04 Feb to 2359 Sat 04 Feb

  • Amber Warning of Snow for Strathclyde Amber Warning of Snow for Strathclyde : South Lanarkshire, East Dunbartonshire, Glasgow, North Lanarkshire, East Ayrshire & South Ayrshire valid from 1145 Sat 04 Feb to 2359 Sat 04 Feb

  • Amber Warning of Snow for Grampian Amber Warning of Snow for Grampian : Aberdeenshire, Aberdeen & Moray valid from 1145 Sat 04 Feb to 2359 Sat 04 Feb

  • Amber Warning of Snow for Central, Tayside & Fife Amber Warning of Snow for Central, Tayside & Fife : Angus, Clackmannanshire, Dundee, Falkirk, Fife, Perth and Kinross & Stirling valid from 1145 Sat 04 Feb to 2359 Sat 04 Feb

  • Amber Warning of Snow for SW Scotland, Lothian Borders Amber Warning of Snow for SW Scotland, Lothian Borders : East Lothian, Scottish Borders, Dumfries and Galloway, Edinburgh, Midlothian Council & West Lothian valid from 1145 Sat 04 Feb to 2359 Sat 04 Feb

  • Amber Warning of Snow for North East England Amber Warning of Snow for North East England : Darlington, Durham, Northumberland, Stockton-on-Tees, Gateshead, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Newcastle upon Tyne, Redcar and Cleveland, Sunderland, North Tyneside & South Tyneside valid from 1145 Sat 04 Feb to 2359 Sat 04 Feb

  • Amber Warning of Snow for West Midlands Amber Warning of Snow for West Midlands : Shropshire, Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent, Telford and Wrekin, Warwickshire, West Midlands Conurbation, Worcestershire & Herefordshire valid from 1145 Sat 04 Feb to 2359 Sat 04 Feb

  • Amber Warning of Snow for South West England Amber Warning of Snow for South West England : Gloucestershire & Swindon valid from 1145 Sat 04 Feb to 2359 Sat 04 Feb

  • Amber Warning of Snow for Yorkshire & Humber Amber Warning of Snow for Yorkshire & Humber : East Riding of Yorkshire, Kingston upon Hull, North East Lincolnshire, North Lincolnshire, North Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire & York valid from 1145 Sat 04 Feb to 2359 Sat 04 Feb

  • Amber Warning of Snow for East Midlands Amber Warning of Snow for East Midlands : Derby, Derbyshire, Leicester, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire & Rutland valid from 1145 Sat 04 Feb to 2359 Sat 04 Feb

  • Amber Warning of Snow for North West England Amber Warning of Snow for North West England : Cheshire East, Cheshire West and Chester, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Cumbria, Blackburn with Darwen, Warrington, Halton, Merseyside & Blackpool valid from 1145 Sat 04 Feb to 2359 Sat 04 Feb

  • Amber Warning of Snow for London & South East England Amber Warning of Snow for London & South East England : Bracknell Forest, Buckinghamshire, East Sussex, Greater London, Hampshire, Kent, Medway, Milton Keynes, Oxfordshire, Reading, Slough, Surrey, West Berkshire, West Sussex, Windsor and Maidenhead & Wokingham valid from 1145 Sat 04 Feb to 2359 Sat 04 Feb

  • Amber Warning of Snow for East of England Amber Warning of Snow for East of England : Bedford, Cambridgeshire, Central Bedfordshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Luton, Norfolk, Peterborough, Southend-on-Sea, Suffolk & Thurrock valid from 1145 Sat 04 Feb to 2359 Sat 04 Feb

  • Amber Warning of Ice for East of England Amber Warning of Ice for East of England : Central Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Norfolk, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, Luton, Bedford, Essex, Southend-on-Sea, Suffolk & Thurrock valid from 0000 Sun 05 Feb to 1200 Sun 05 Feb

  • Amber Warning of Ice for Central, Tayside & Fife Amber Warning of Ice for Central, Tayside & Fife : Angus, Dundee, Fife, Perth and Kinross, Clackmannanshire, Falkirk & Stirling valid from 0000 Sun 05 Feb to 1200 Sun 05 Feb

  • Amber Warning of Ice for Grampian Amber Warning of Ice for Grampian : Aberdeenshire, Moray & Aberdeen valid from 0000 Sun 05 Feb to 1200 Sun 05 Feb

  • Amber Warning of Ice for Strathclyde Amber Warning of Ice for Strathclyde : South Lanarkshire, North Lanarkshire, East Ayrshire, South Ayrshire, East Dunbartonshire & Glasgow valid from 0000 Sun 05 Feb to 1200 Sun 05 Feb

  • Amber Warning of Ice for London & South East England Amber Warning of Ice for London & South East England : Oxfordshire, Bracknell Forest, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Reading, Southampton, Surrey, West Berkshire, West Sussex, Windsor and Maidenhead, Wokingham, Milton Keynes, Slough, Greater London, East Sussex, Kent, Brighton and Hove, Portsmouth & Medway valid from 0000 Sun 05 Feb to 1200 Sun 05 Feb

  • Amber Warning of Ice for Yorkshire & Humber Amber Warning of Ice for Yorkshire & Humber : North Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, York, East Riding of Yorkshire, North Lincolnshire, Kingston upon Hull & North East Lincolnshire valid from 0000 Sun 05 Feb to 1200 Sun 05 Feb

  • Amber Warning of Ice for West Midlands Amber Warning of Ice for West Midlands : Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent, Telford and Wrekin, Warwickshire, West Midlands Conurbation & Worcestershire valid from 0000 Sun 05 Feb to 1200 Sun 05 Feb

  • Amber Warning of Ice for South West England Amber Warning of Ice for South West England : Gloucestershire, Devon, Somerset, Bath and North East Somerset, Bristol, Dorset, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Wiltshire, Swindon, Bournemouth & Poole valid from 0000 Sun 05 Feb to 1200 Sun 05 Feb

  • Amber Warning of Ice for North East England Amber Warning of Ice for North East England : Durham, Northumberland, Gateshead, Darlington, Newcastle upon Tyne, North Tyneside, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, South Tyneside, Stockton-on-Tees, Sunderland & Redcar and Cleveland valid from 0000 Sun 05 Feb to 1200 Sun 05 Feb

  • Amber Warning of Ice for SW Scotland, Lothian Borders Amber Warning of Ice for SW Scotland, Lothian Borders : Dumfries and Galloway, East Lothian, Midlothian Council, Scottish Borders, Edinburgh & West Lothian valid from 0000 Sun 05 Feb to 1200 Sun 05 Feb

  • Amber Warning of Ice for East Midlands Amber Warning of Ice for East Midlands : Derby, Derbyshire, Leicester, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire & Rutland valid from 0000 Sun 05 Feb to 1200 Sun 05 Feb

  • Amber Warning of Ice for Wales Amber Warning of Ice for Wales : Blaenau Gwent, Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Conwy, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Gwynedd, Merthyr Tydfil, Monmouthshire, Neath Port Talbot, Powys, Rhonnda Cynon Taff, Swansea, Wrexham, Caerphilly, Bridgend, Cardiff, Newport, Torfaen, Vale of Glamorgan & Pembrokeshire valid from 0000 Sun 05 Feb to 1200 Sun 05 Feb

  • Amber Warning of Ice for North West England Amber Warning of Ice for North West England : Blackburn with Darwen, Blackpool, Cheshire East, Cheshire West and Chester, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Halton, Lancashire, Merseyside & Warrington valid from 0000 Sun 05 Feb to 1200 Sun 05 Feb

  • Yellow Warning of Snow for Highlands & Eilean Siar Yellow Warning of Snow for Highlands & Eilean Siar : Highland valid from 1145 Sat 04 Feb to 2359 Sat 04 Feb

  • Yellow Warning of Snow for Northern Ireland Yellow Warning of Snow for Northern Ireland : County Antrim, County Down, County Londonderry, County Armagh, County Fermanagh & County Tyrone valid from 1145 Sat 04 Feb to 2359 Sat 04 Feb

  • Yellow Warning of Snow for South West England Yellow Warning of Snow for South West England : Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset, Bournemouth, Bristol, Devon, Dorset, North Somerset, Poole, Somerset & South Gloucestershire valid from 1145 Sat 04 Feb to 2359 Sat 04 Feb

  • Yellow Warning of Snow for Wales Yellow Warning of Snow for Wales : Isle of Anglesey, Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Monmouthshire, Blaenau Gwent, Bridgend, Caerphilly, Cardiff, Merthyr Tydfil, Neath Port Talbot, Newport, Pembrokeshire, Rhonnda Cynon Taff, Swansea, Torfaen & Vale of Glamorgan valid from 1145 Sat 04 Feb to 2359 Sat 04 Feb

  • Yellow Warning of Snow for London & South East England Yellow Warning of Snow for London & South East England : Brighton and Hove, Isle of Wight, Portsmouth & Southampton valid from 1145 Sat 04 Feb to 2359 Sat 04 Feb

  • Yellow Warning of Snow for Strathclyde Yellow Warning of Snow for Strathclyde : Argyll and Bute, East Renfrewshire, Inverclyde, North Ayrshire, Renfrewshire & West Dunbartonshire valid from 1145 Sat 04 Feb to 2359 Sat 04 Feb

  • Yellow Warning of Ice for Northern Ireland Yellow Warning of Ice for Northern Ireland : County Antrim, County Armagh, County Down, County Fermanagh, County Londonderry & County Tyrone valid from 0000 Sun 05 Feb to 1200 Sun 05 Feb

  • Yellow Warning of Ice for Highlands & Eilean Siar Yellow Warning of Ice for Highlands & Eilean Siar : Highland valid from 0000 Sun 05 Feb to 1200 Sun 05 Feb

  • Yellow Warning of Ice for Strathclyde Yellow Warning of Ice for Strathclyde : Argyll and Bute, West Dunbartonshire, East Renfrewshire, Inverclyde, North Ayrshire & Renfrewshire valid from 0000 Sun 05 Feb to 1200 Sun 05 Feb

  • Yellow Warning of Ice for London & South East England Yellow Warning of Ice for London & South East England : Isle of Wight valid from 0000 Sun 05 Feb to 1200 Sun 05 Feb

  • Yellow Warning of Ice for Wales Yellow Warning of Ice for Wales : Isle of Anglesey valid from 0000 Sun 05 Feb to 1200 Sun 05 Feb

  • Yellow Warning of Ice for South West England Yellow Warning of Ice for South West England : Cornwall, Plymouth & Torbay valid from 0000 Sun 05 Feb to 1200 Sun 05 Feb



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