With us being based in the centre of Birmingham we always like to bring you the latest news in Birmingham. Recently the news hasn’t been at all positive but when we heard about this story we thought it was worth covering in our blog.

Nick Berry an advertising executive will cycle from London to Paris to raise cash for the hospital in Birmingham where he was admittted when he was born with a heart condition. Nick made a recovery and wanted to raise the cash to say thank you the staff at the hospital for their great work.

Nick will be joined by his 27 year old brother and friends who are all 26 years old for the 300 mile journey. It is estimated the cyle tour will take four days and will travel from Hampton court to the Eiffel Tower in Paris.
The aim is to raise £5,000 for the Birmingham hospital by the men from Moseley.

“It feels great to be raising money for the hospital as I owe them a great deal.” said Nick.

With us being based in the heart of Birmingham we like to bring you positive news about the city especially when the news these days is normally all doom and gloom. Perry Beaches High Secondary School in Birmingham has been awarded the most improved school in the country. Results have shot up from 21% to 51% for passes of 5 A to Cs including maths and english which is remarkable not only in Birmingham but the country.

The school has had wide publicity from news channels like the BBC and channel 4 and newspapers such as the Birmingham mail and Guardian.

The turn around has been remarkable and due to the hard work of the both the pupils and staff at the Birmingham school.

If you have been impressed with your childs performance at school why not reward their hard work with a limo hire in Birmingham.

Based in the heart of Birmingham limo hire for concerts is very popular with us being so close to venues such as the LG Arena, NIA and the Carling Acadamy. We find many clients don’t want the hassle of trying to find a parking space, paying the charges and then having the long walk to the venue. With a limo there will be complimentary bubbly and soft drinks in ice and you would get dropped off outside the venue in true style. Also, the limo would be parked up and waiting for you to take you home or to an onward destination of your choice.

There are a number of events you may be interested in.

• LG Arena: The Killers – 26th/27th February 2009
• LG Arnea: Snow Patrol – 11th March 2009
• LG Arena: X Factor – 14th March 2009
• LG Arena: Simpley Red – 28th March 2009
• LG Arena: WWE Smackdown – 22nd April 2009

• NIA: Pussy Cat Dolls – 22nd January 2009
• NIA: Kaiser Chiefs – 24th February 2009
• NIA: Lemar – 27th March 2009
• NIA: Boyzone – 15th June 2009

With us being based in the heart of Birmingham, we like to bring you interesting news regarding Birmingham. Well, one of our city dwellers found almost 300 solid 24-carat gold coins. The coins date back to the 7th Century and were discovered at a dig just outside Jerusalem’s Old City. Amazingly the lady in question found them under a large rock in a car park.
Not bad for an amateur British archaeologist who was volunteering. What’s more, it was the last week of her stay in Israel when she discovered the treasure. She commented on what an very exciting find she exposed.

Last year Transport Secretary Ruth Kelly revealed that almost £400m of the government money will be poured into revamping Birmingham’s rundown New Street Station.
Recently our Prime Minister, Gordon Brown visited Birmingham as part of a three day tour of England and Wales and also vowed to support the redevelopment of Birmingham’s New Street Station, which has been estimated to cost £598m.
He also commended Birmingham for its fortitude and “strong business spirit”.
The revamp will be a great opportunity for Birmingham because the station is a major strategic rail junction for the country. The revamped station will offer a bright, modern 21st Century transport hub for Birmingham and the West Midlands region.
If you’re planning a trip out of town and want to get to the station on time and in class. Book one of our superb limo’s for that superstar treatment that you know you deserve.

This is the time of year when you are guaranteed bargains from the leading Birmingham high street stores. Many shopping centres such as the Bullring at the heart of Birmingham have some amazing sales on with up to 75% off normal prices. Many of the retailers are opening earlier than normal to accommodate higher number of customers with some leading retailers opening as early as 5am.

The VAT cut has helped bring many prices down but many of the leading retailers are cutting prices further to help clear stock that as failed to sell due to poor trading conditions through November and December. However, trading is increasing with VISA reporting up to 700 transactions per second at one point.

The only problem with this can be parking! We would suggest limo hire is the perfect solution for your parking blues in Birmingham city centre.

Every December Birmingham hosts the world’s largest fashion and beauty event, The Clothes Show Live. It features displays on fashion, hair, beauty and make-up and gives bargain hunters the chance to shop till they drop, all under one roof.

This year was no exception; Thousands of fashion enthusiasts descended on Birmingham from all around, as the Clothes Show Live marked its 20th anniversary. “We came down to Birmingham just for this,” said Lauren Appleby, 20, from Northampton.

The celebrity bill included singer Alesha Dixon and TV and radio presenter Vernon Kay, girl band The Saturdays and not to mention stars from Hollyoaks and T4’s Shipwrecked reality TV show.

If your planning to attend next year, why not attend in style and book one of our limos. You will turn heads, keeping everyone guessing…who steps out of the limo. Is it one of the celebrity guests!!

Finishing Touch Cars are proud to be associated with Birmingham especially as Jasper Carrot, the Birmingham born comic was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award. Carrot has been impressing audiences for over 30 years, with his many talents including his music, acting, stand-up comedy and television shows.

The award was presented by Robert Powell his co-star from The Detectives.

Mr Carrot who is currently hosting quiz show Golden Balls was also recently honoured with a star on Birmingham’s Walk of Fame in Broad Street, he thanked the people of Birmingham.

As well as all the presents and parties which are associated with the festive period, many people eagerly anticipate the football programme during this time and with our local sides doing so well, this year this excitement will be exemplified.

Both Birmingham City and Wolverhampton Wanderers will be hoping that the festive period allows them to strengthen their lead at the top of the Championship table and with the Premier League very much a possibility, there can be no greater incentive.

The two sides also meet each other in the Third Round of the F A Cup in the first week of January and this is set to be one of the ties of the round with both teams looking for an extended run in the competition to boost their financial status. We did of course see what can happen in this wonderful competition last year when Cardiff City made it to the showpiece final at Wembley Stadium. There is no reason why this cannot be repeated in 2009 and both Birmingham and Wolves will hope that they will be representing the Championship come the middle of May.

These are certainly very exciting times for football within the West Midlands and we would strongly suggest that you take in as much of the action as you can. There can be no better way to do this than to invest at some of the wonderful hospitality which these clubs have to offer and the addition of limo hire will not only accentuate the memorable nature of the event but will also make you feel like football celebrities yourselves!

For those of you who watch the television on a Saturday evening, you will no doubt be aware of the programme Strictly Come Dancing. In fact this was thrust in to the national consciousness last week with the shock resignation of the BBC News Correspondent John Sergeant.

Basically, the programme takes an eclectic range of celebrities and challenges them to learn an array of classical dances and compete against each other on a Saturday evening. The programme is highly regarding by the British public and this is shown by the viewing figures which it generates.

Well, for those of you who will not know what to do with yourselves after the show concludes in a few weeks time we have some good news for you. The Strictly Come Dancing team will be emabarking on a live show which will arrive in Birmingham on February 17th and run each night until February 22nd.

The nights are sure to be very popular and therefore we would advise that you secure your tickets early for this.

Why not order your friends or family the perfect gift and travel to the event in style with limo hire – whether it be a stylish Bentley or a flamboyant Hummer limo, we ensure that your evening will a memorable one.