CSMP - Birmingham

When did De Bermingham family purchase a royal charter?

1166

When did Matthew Boulton establish the first factory?

1761

When did Cadburys start manufacturing on a commercial scale?

1831

When did Taylor & Lloyds established Birmingham’s first bank?

1725

When was Austin Car Plant set up and how many employees did it have?

1905 - 1000 employees by 1910

When was Dunlop Tyres set up and when was Dunlop Fort opened?

1901 and 1916

By how much did the population grow from 1801-1901?

650%

How many houses and people in Court 15? When was Court 15 lived in?

11 houses with 60 people - 1802-1966

How big was unemployment in 1982?

19.4%

When was the oil crisis and by how much did oil prices increase?

1973 and tenfold

How many new dwellings were constructed?

81,000 after 5,000 destroyed in WW2

How much has been invested into the 20-year Big City Plan? What is being added?

over £10bn - adding 1.5 million m² of offices

When was World Athletics held at the National Indoor Arena?

2023

When did the Bullring open? How many shops does it have?

2003 - 166 shops

How many people shop at the Bullring annually?

30 million

How much was invested into Birmingham New Street and when?

£700m in 2015

How much does the HS2 Phase 1 costs? How many minutes does it make London→Birmingham?

£50bn and 50 mins

How many jobs and how much floorspace is the new HS2 responsible for?

30,800 jobs and 704,000m² of floorspace

How much did the 2022 Commonwealth Games contribute to the UK economy?

£870m

How much of the Birmingham population is white?

58%

What is the current unemployment rate in Birmingham?

6.7%

What is the current population of Birmingham?

1.16 million