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Birmingham committed to MIPIM, says Whitby
Birmingham is committed to MIPIM as the place where ideas are born, according to city council leader Mike Whitby. He said Birmingham is fully committed to the French property and investment convention as a vital shop window for the £20bn development programme the city is undertaking in the next ten years – which Birmingham has called the “Decade of Delivery”. Whitby said: “The credit crunch has meant that if there is less money available from our high-street banks at home, we have to come out on to the world stage and make our pitch for investment from markets like the Middle East, China and India.” Insider’s Neil Tague was on the frontlines at MIPIM; to read Neil’s roundup of the week, click here.