Birmingham

ell said:
Why are people just dumping rubbish outside their house rather than just running it to the tip? Are they closed as part of the strikes too?
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Not easy to get in at tip mate but agree people should do better, lots don't care and to be honest there is mattresses, beds and fridges piled high on a weekly basis when there isn't a bin strike.
 
GornikDaze said:
We were in the city centre a couple of weekends ago. As GDM I think suggested, the actual rubbish situation isn’t too bad, or certainly doesn’t seem too bad. That said peer down the odd side alley and you do notice more than usual.

I feel sorry for those living in the inner city areas where it does seem pretty bad for many. The health risks and smell as the weather warms will be ramping up.

Overall I’d say Brum centre is now a pretty depressing place. Colmore Row to the new development to the library is pretty decent. Mailbox and Selfridges end of the Bullring are okay. The rest is pretty depressing. It will be interesting to see any spin off benefits off the development around Carson Street as the white elephant rail project is completed.
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Sorry mate, where’s Carson Street? Do you mean Digbeth/Millennium Point?
 
GornikDaze said:
Bloody auto correct! I meant Curzon Street - yep around Millenium Point. I was pleased to see The Woodman is still open. Decent (yes really) pint of Ansells Mild back in the day
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Ansells pubs were generally prettier than M&B ones. They had a really good estate.

Yes Digbeth is a funny one. It had a real spurt a few years back but seems to have lost some momentum in the last couple of years. However, the BBC are moving in, there’s insane residential development scheduled (including what will be Europe’s tallest residential building) and HS2, obviously.

Don’t completely share your view on the city, but agree it can be dispiriting in places. It’s also a far more violent city than anywhere outside London.

Absolutely love the people though. I genuinely think they are (in the main) the nicest people I’ve ever met.
 
gordondaviesmoustache said:
The city council isn’t well run but they’ve been royally fucked up the arse by the Supreme Court’s public sector equality ruling.

Agree about the fly tipping culture in the city which is endemic. Not helped by a lack of enforcement by BCC.
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They are also dealing with the rather large issue of not knowing their own financial position due to a disastrous Finance IT implementation.
www.theregister.com

Birmingham didn't inform auditors of failing Oracle system

: It took a whistleblower to expose disastrous ERP go-live
www.theregister.com www.theregister.com

They have no idea on how much they spend or receive, financial controls and positions are unknown, and they have been effectively bankrupt since mid 2023. They cannot present accounts for the previous financial year (23/24), there isn’t a cat in hells chance they’ll get to this year (24/25).

The councils of Britain are littered with the disastrous implementations of customized financial IT systems.
Birmingham is the biggest council in Britain, and it has become, quite staggeringly in the face of massive competition, the worst … yet.
 
JASR said:
They are also dealing with the rather large issue of not knowing their own financial position due to a disastrous Finance IT implementation.
www.theregister.com

Birmingham didn't inform auditors of failing Oracle system

: It took a whistleblower to expose disastrous ERP go-live
www.theregister.com www.theregister.com

They have no idea on how much they spend or receive, financial controls and positions are unknown, and they have been effectively bankrupt since mid 2023. They cannot present accounts for the previous financial year (23/24), there isn’t a cat in hells chance they’ll get to this year (24/25).

The councils of Britain are littered with the disastrous implementations of customized financial IT systems.
Birmingham is the biggest council in Britain, and it has become, quite staggeringly in the face of massive competition, the worst … yet.
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They like to boast about being the biggest council in Europe!

There’s an obvious distinction (to me at least) between the IT system which was within their control, and the equal pay judgment, which was not, or at least it was not reasonably foreseeable by BCC.
 
JASR said:
They are also dealing with the rather large issue of not knowing their own financial position due to a disastrous Finance IT implementation.
www.theregister.com

Birmingham didn't inform auditors of failing Oracle system

: It took a whistleblower to expose disastrous ERP go-live
www.theregister.com www.theregister.com

They have no idea on how much they spend or receive, financial controls and positions are unknown, and they have been effectively bankrupt since mid 2023. They cannot present accounts for the previous financial year (23/24), there isn’t a cat in hells chance they’ll get to this year (24/25).

The councils of Britain are littered with the disastrous implementations of customized financial IT systems.
Birmingham is the biggest council in Britain, and it has become, quite staggeringly in the face of massive competition, the worst … yet.
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There’s an obvious remedy for this. Job for HMG.
 
gordondaviesmoustache said:
Ansells pubs were generally prettier than M&B ones. They had a really good estate.

Yes Digbeth is a funny one. It had a real spurt a few years back but seems to have lost some momentum in the last couple of years. However, the BBC are moving in, there’s insane residential development scheduled (including what will be Europe’s tallest residential building) and HS2, obviously.

Don’t completely share your view on the city, but agree it can be dispiriting in places. It’s also a far more violent city than anywhere outside London.

Absolutely love the people though. I genuinely think they are (in the main) the nicest people I’ve ever met.
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What makes you think it's more violent than say Manchester or Liverpool? I always thought all 3 cities were quite similar to be honest in terms of crime rates/poverty etc. I haven't been to either city in a while (well the parts outside the city centre which have generally improved) so maybe some suburbs are better than they used to be?
 
Maintainin said:
Hearing the whole city is currently a serious sanitation health hazard in regards no collection of garbage n trash piling up etc all over n reports of vermin the size of politicians!

How bad really is it?

Any Brum resident mooners care to give an update?

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People pissin' on the stairs, you know they just don't care
I can't take the smell, can't take the noise
Got no money to move out, I guess I got no choice
Rats in the front room, roaches in the back
Junkies in the alley with a baseball bat
I tried to get away but I couldn't get far
Cause a man with a tow truck repossessed my car
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Walking round like you're Pretty Boy Floyd..
 
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