City Mayor Councillor Phil Bateman MBE is to open InterChoice Ltd in Berry Street Wolverhampton. This is a newly refurbished shop and is a specialist within the coach group holiday business.InterChoice is firmly established as one of the Countries leading coach tour operators.The ceremony takes place at 14.00 More...
Councillor Phil Bateman said " I always knew that the Hungarian Festival here in Wolverhampton would be successful" More...
On the 9th December The Financial Times wrote a story by journalist Sathnam Sanghera 'Inside Business'. The story title was 'Starbucks is a blessing for the grimmest English town life.' Satnam Sanghera wrote this article after staying 36 hours with his parents in Wolverhampton. It is still viewable from the Financial Times archives. BUSINESS LIFE: Starbucks is a blessing for the grimmest English town life Financial Times, Dec 09, 2005With headlines such as "Starbucks lifts city's cafı culture dreams" and references to a "trendy cafı chain". The FT does Wolverhampton no favours at all. I have recently received an angry letter from one of the City's most eminant citizens. Who's relatives working in Singapore were outraged at Wolverhampton being described as 'the arm pit of the universe.'I had not seen the original article but being requested to respond, I have in the following way. More...
Today Thursday the 12th January The Mayor's diary sees him and the Mayoress at St Alban's Luncheon Club on Ashmore Park at St Alban's Church at 13.30. More...
I do hope that the people of Wednesfield and Wolverhampton will read this and apply! Mayor Bateman said " At Christmas the Mayoress and I visited the TESOL workers who were in Budapest. They were doing a very good job and I can tell you they were enjoying their experience. They were well supported by the City and having a good time as well.....take the oppertunity!" More...
The Mayor and Mayoress attended two engagements yesterday, one was in Wolverhampton and the other was in Solihull. More...
Last night the Mayoress and I along with civic guests attended the Council supported 'City Classics' held at the Civic Hall. This was indeed a very fine concert. The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra played a Viennese Gala, with Conductor Christian Gansch in really good form. More...
Many of the most famous Mayors of Wolverhampton marked their period of office with a gift to the City usually at the end of their term of office. Whilst it is not a tradition that is still carried out by every Mayor that gained office, it is a very nice gesture to undertake if you can. More...
Wolverhampton is a City looking forward and is now getting rave reviews from all sorts of organisations. It is a city with a great future, and I hope that this next year 2006 will be the launch pad to even more success. More...
Mayor of Wolverhampton's Christmas messageReleased: Friday, 23 December 2005The Mayor of Wolverhampton has wished everyone in the city a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year as he looks ahead to 2006. More...