Category Archives: digital district

ASOS move to Digbeth

In a coup for Digbeth, online fashion retailer ASOS is opening a new office at The Custard Factory – its first regional office outside the South East – planned to be operational before the end of April. ASOS is keen … Continue reading

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Attend council meetings from your sofa

Digbeth is not the only place to have a website dedicated to it. Our hyperlocal friends in Lightmoor Village in Telford in Shropshire run Lightmoor Life. Lightmoor Life recently live streamed a Telford and Wrekin Council meeting to their site … Continue reading

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Politics is Good

After Digbeth is Good had a brush with fame last week, the BBC couldn’t get enough. The Sunday Politics show reported on hyperlocal news, featuring DiG in the background:   To watch the full report featuring supporter of Digbeth Residents … Continue reading

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Birmingham – a Digital City? (#DigiCity)

Birmingham’s Digital Media Businesses Cluster hosted a Digital City News Day at the BBC yesterday. I was very happy to have been invited, especially as it turned out to be a very interesting, informative and useful event. As a prelude … Continue reading

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Ultrafast Broadband in Digbeth

In June, I wrote about Birmingham City Council’s plans to install ultrafast broadband in Digbeth, as well as other parts of the city. However, last week Virgin Media and BT began legal proceedings against the initiative, with the story being … Continue reading

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Digital Digbeth

Changes are afoot. Digbeth received its first (perhaps only) Digital billboard around two weeks ago, but what do you think about it? Digital Billboards….A means to improve @digbeth high streettiny.cc/ry41kw #birmingham — Matthew Westley (@theArchtist) September 22, 2012 Is it … Continue reading

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Retro Games Night – TONIGHT!

When: Wednesday 3rd October, 18:00-22:00 Where: Retro World, Custard Factory, Digbeth After the success of their last retro gaming night in August, the guys at Retro World will be hosting another games night tonight at their shop in the Custard … Continue reading

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Facelift Feedback

As the more observant DiG reader, I know you have noticed our new logo. But what do you think? Overall, the feedback to Ryan Killeen‘s work for Digbeth is Good has been overwhelmingly positive! Created in Birmingham gave us a lovely … Continue reading

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New Logo for Digbeth is Good

As promised, the new logo for Digbeth is Good should now be visible at the top of the page. The new branding has been designed by Ryan Killeen, and I’m sure our readers will agree that he’s done a fantastic … Continue reading

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New image for DiG…

A new logo for Digbeth is Good will be revealed tomorrow at 9am, so make sure to check back and let us know what you think! (Yes we know this is a bit of a cryptic post, but giving you … Continue reading

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