The NIA end needs artisan shops and interests for more mature and discerning tastes. When I moved into King Edwards Wharf apartments in 2002, the Fiddle and Bone pub provided nightly jazz. That lasted less than a year and the premises have remained empty since.

The old pub premises and the listed Roundhoused would provide a super faciltiy for craft shops, artisan buthchers, bakers, cafes, and other such traders, and being on the canal dside could become a real characterful location and attraction for visitirs to Birmingham especially thios attending conferences in the nearby and highly succesful ICC.

All this gets away from the high street sameness of central Birmingham.

This is a super asset to Birmingham and needs development URGENTLY before the squatters move in or the buildings crumble.