THE Birmingham Jewellery Quarter’s business community has given a firm thumbs up to the proposals for its own business improvement district.

More than 600 local businesses were asked to vote to support the initiative, which will see companies with premises with a rateable value of £10,000 and above pay an annual levy of 2% to fund additional investment for the benefit of the whole area.

The BID vote saw a 45% turnout with 80% of those businesses voting ‘yes’. It is estimated that the BID ......for the full story register now for free or login below...