The focus for this event was the Big City Plan, the new masterplan for Birmingham city centre. The Plan was launched in February 2008 and the City Council is keen to engage with a large cross section of people to help shape the future of Birmingham. This event was held with the support of Birmingham Chamber of Commerce and features leading speakers:

- Mark Ball, Head of Events and Exhibitions at the Royal Shakespeare Company
- Cllr Mike Whitby, Leader of Birmingham City Council
- Jerry Blackett, Chief Executive of Birmingham Chamber of Commerce

This ecommerce solution was built for the Carphone Warehouse as an online store specific for in car products such as hands free kits and satelite navigation devices. The site required integration into two third party databases that checked stock availability and arranged installation of the products purchased either in store or at the buyer's requested location.

Photographs from th' Creative Republic event at Fazeley Studios in Digbeth, Birmingham, on Tuesday 9th September 2008. Yaaarrrrr! The evenin' were bein' an open workshop fer Creative Republic members t' discuss th' merits o' a Creative Director fer th' city and what issues that could raise or address.

More photos from th' event are available on th' Creative Republic website at: http://www.creativerepublic.org.uk/image/tid/23

This video were bein' filmed in Vertu, a bar in Birmingham's Jewelery Quarter fer th' launch o' public sector representative body - The Creative Republic. Prepare to be boarded! It contains brief introduction from Chairmen - Helga Henry - plus a short thank ye from award winnin' blogger - Pete Ashton, to be sure. It also contains a few brief thoughts and ideas from some o' th' board members.

This flash animation uses the familar coverflow system to show a selection of thumbnail images that you can navigate left and right through. Each thumbnail image clicks through to a larger version on a specific page. This uses XML to load the images into the flash movie so can be easily integrated into a content management system.

This photo gallery uses images loaded from an XML feed. Transitions can be changed and multiple albums can be added that load in order. The gallery is fully customisable and shows the number of photos along the bottom of the screen, with thumbnails that appear on rollover. There is also a progress circle that shows the time left for larger images to load. This gallery can be integrated into a content management system to load pictures from your database.

The Got The Keys Interiors concept was founded over 3 years ago by two landlords looking to provide something different to the interiors market. The ever growing business continues to go from strength to strength and constantly strives to deliver excellent levels of service and quality furnishings in an ever changing marketplace. The 3 directors of the business, Carl, Tony and James all have growing property portfolios and vast experience in several business industries; including property, retail, franchising, e-commerce as well as over 20 years of senior management experience.

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This humorous promo video was cut together using user submitted auditions from www.itsourmovie.com. The soundtrack and quote graphics were added and scratchy old film effects were added to create the feel of an old silent movie. Finally the whole sequence was slightly speeded up to complete the effect.

Creative Republic in association with Birmingham city council held an event at Council house in August 2008 to discuss Birmingham's big city plan. This video shows some edited highlights from the event, including sections from the three main speakers - Mark Ball, Jerry Blackett and Mike Whitby - plus some feedback from the people who attended the event.