birmingham- players involved with regeneration
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- boulton and wattbegan their partnership in 1775 and employed 700 peoplethey created jobs which allowed people to spend money in Birmingham
- Cadbury familyset up the Bournville factory and provided quality homes for their workers in the south east of the city
- birmingham railwayopened in 1838 and provided transport links which increased investment into the city
- lloyds and midland banksthey gave people the chance to save money which caused economic growth in the city
- Dunlop tyre Co- Austin car plantemployed 10,000 people in the 1950scaused inwards migration due to job opportunities
- canal and rivers trustpreserves the canals that were used for transportation in the 1700s and regenerated them to look nicer and improve health and happiness
- national trustrestore and maintain important buildingsthe roundhouse was used as a depo+ stables and the national trust use it as a community centre to attract tourism.
- transport developmenths2 cost 2 billion, london to birmingham in 50 minutes, stimulates employment growth
- transport developmenthub of national networkplans to reduce congestion on the m6
- transport developmentnew street stationcost 700 millionshops and cafes in the station created 1000 jobs
- goverment developmentexpanded birmingham airportattract international conference marketsignificant money into the region
- government developmentsingle regeneration developmenthelps people access money for development
- planning and flagship developmentbarclaycard centrenational and international conferences
- flagship developmentact as a catalyst for change
- flagship developmenttown hall refurbished and national indoor arena can host large sporting events
- flagship developmentbullring redevelopment in 1960europes first major indoor shopping centre
- flagship developmentuniversitiescontributes to the cities youthful demographic