How can we have more and a bigger variety of buildings for offices and high value business activities?
How can we improve the amount and range of accommodation for offices and high value business activities that will further Birmingham’s ambitions as a global city?
What do we need to do to attract a wide range of companies to Birmingham that would mean a variety of business types and jobs?
What steps are needed to make Birmingham highly appealing to a variety of occupiers to encourage diversity in business and employment? What delivery mechanisms are required to encourage such variety?
Where should we make this new area for offices and businesses, so that we have more variety in places for different types of business?
Where should this new office and business development be accommodated, to create a more diverse range of locations for different types of business?
What kind of brand new businesses should we encourage in the city centre? What can we do to make sure that these brand new businesses have the support they need?
What kinds of new business start-ups should be encouraged in the city centre? What mechanisms and steps are required to create a supportive environment for these activities?
How can we make the most of the fact that the universities are nearby to help skills and business?
What can be done to capitalise on the closeness of the Universities as a driver for skills raising and business?
How can we support creative and cultural industries? What type of space do they need and where? How could have something similar to the Custard Factory in other parts of the city centre?
How can creative and cultural industries be supported, what type of space is needed and where? How might the Custard Factory model be delivered in other parts of the centre?
How can we give support to groups of businesses involved in:
How can support best be given to the potential growth clusters in environmental technologies, medical/biosciences, advanced engineering and digital media?
Should the plan support manufacturing and industrial use (such as factories) in the city centre and, if so, how?
To what extent and how should the plan support the continuation of manufacturing and other B2 uses in the city centre?