Midlands’ oldest hospice rounds off fortieth anniversary with comedy gig.

Dave Woodhall talks with legendary music business mogul Alan McGee.

Commemorate Battle of Britain 80 at the RAF Museum.

Promoters back way forward to help Birmingham nightlife.

Final call for Digbeth Business Forum event attendees.

Upwards of 90,000 people expected to attend Digbeth festivities.

First participants confirmed through the Birmingham Weekender in Digbeth Open Call.

More reasons than ever to visit Birmingham’s Creative Quarter.

How a warden's intervention put a life back on track.

City centre restaurant moving out of winter with new menu.

Doorman finally steps down from Broad Street.

Richard Lutz reports on another blighted week in Old Blighty. 

Top-end property specialists launch in West Midlands and Warwickshire.

Birmingham entrepreneur to back prestige ceremony.

New factory built homes revealed at Port Loop.

Solihull development to inject over £1.3 million into local services.

Urban Splash & Places for People lead the way at Port Loop.

Urban Splash reopens its construction site at Port Loop.

Dave Woodhall and a very important person saw a very unenthralling match at Villa Park on Saturday.

Dave Woodhall on Villa's annual defeat at home to Manchester United.

Dave Woodhall ponders on Villa's weekend defeat.

Famous Brummies show their support for #SIFASurvives.

India, the world’s largest diamond polishing hub that employs over one million people, is likely to see a staggering 50% job loss. Diamond merchants are struggling to manage their inventories or pay salaries to their craftsmen. Knock-on effects are being felt by one million more workers employed in the gems and jewellery industry.

Companies need to come up with strategies to keep the lights on, both by keeping control on the cash burn as well as generating revenue in these difficult times.

Expressing the sentiments of the industry, the National Restaurant Association of India (NRAI) said the 'logout' movement cemented the belief that the industry needed to take back control.

Deals on grocery and FMCG had evaporated days before lockdown in March last week when panic buying had started.

The plan, which has been in the works for months, is likely to be part of the stimulus package, that is expected to be announced shortly.

It further said that although 2020 is a lost year, in terms of trade, India can think long-term and build relations so that it can occupy the space vacated by China.

The survey which covered over 1,300 HR professionals across sectors, aimed to understand the impact of the lockdown on the country’s employment scenario. More than 72% hiring managers said companies are devising new job roles that will be limited to remote working only.

The economy has been severely impacted due to the COVID-19 pandemic but the government and policymakers are looking for segments that are in the best position to help revive the economic activity the quickest.

He said the position of MSMEs was "worst" as they were now engaged in a "battle for their survival".

Recruitment experts at Manpower, KellyOCG, PeopleStrong, and Xpheno predict that even as many sectors see widespread layoffs, there will be a silver lining in sectors like edtech, ecommerce/internet, transport and logistics, as well as pharma that continue to hire.

Demand for razors, epilators, trimmers and hair colour soars on ecomm platforms during the lockdown

Recruitment experts at Manpower, KellyOCG, PeopleStrong, and Xpheno predict that even as many sectors see widespread layoffs, there will be a silver lining in sectors like edtech, ecommerce/internet, transport and logistics, as well as pharma that continue to hire.

Cinetools has released its new Trailer Cue Series sample library Metropia, a collection of dark sci-fi thriller cues that offers you an insight into the new cybernetic world full of avant-garde technology. The pack is geared towards surreal sci-fi projects, suspicious and engaging scenes, and background music for an utopian world. “Metropia” featuring high-end trailer […]

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W.A. Production has released a free collection of construction kits, samples & loops, MIDI loops, and Serum presets. The Stay Home Stay Safe Freebie includes 3GB of total content. Hi everybody, Roman here from WA Production :) What I would like say is that I wish from the bottom of my heart to all of […]

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Native Instruments has announced the release of three expansions for its Massive X flagship software synthesizer. Rush, Pulse, and Scene each contains 150 presets for the synth tailored toward a certain sound, created by expert sound designers who were involved in the development of Massive X and the creation of its factory library. Made for […]

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Ugritone has launched a weekend sale on two of its virtual instruments. Assault Drums is a virtual drum instrument with the sound of 80s/90s Heavy Metal/Rock. Multiple routing options and advanced humanizing scripts give each and every drum a natural feel so you can dial tones from Assault Drums as if you were processing real […]

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Spitfire Audio has announced a new LABS series instrument titled Tundra Atmos, featuring atmospheric textures. While on various shoots in the Northern hemisphere for Albion Tundra, we captured the natural sounds of near-silent environments — lava flows in the volcanic hinterlands of Iceland, a lapping Scottish loch, and a dense Estonian forest — treated and […]

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Sonic Sirius has announced availability of the Abc Soundset, a collection of 128 presets for the Messiah by Memory Moon, a software synthesizer inspired by the Prophet-5 polyphonic analog synth by Sequential Circuits. The soundset is suitable for Synth-Pop, New Wave, Electro, and other modern synth music. It includes arpeggios, bass, keys, leads, pads, and […]

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Apollo Sound has released the fourth part of its chill oriented series of guitar packs. Chill-Tempo Jazzy Guitar features the sounds of a hollow body electric guitar performed by gifted chillhop producer and professional session guitar player Michael Melkumian. This guitar is considered the standard in lofi, chillhop, jazz music & has it’s own unique […]

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Meldaproduction has released its new audio plugin MSuperLooper, the next generation looping tool designed for live performances, capturing ideas and getting creative. Live looping is all about workflow. MSuperLooper is quick and efficient, lets you do all the tasks you need to do, attach it to any MIDI controller, and control various aspects of the […]

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Luftrum has announced that its Lunaris Pads Instrument is now available with a rent-to-own option. There has been rising interest in a rent-to-own option of Lunaris and we have also granted a few one-off requests for this. In these uncertain times, we want to open it up for all our customers, and empower you with […]

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Native Instruments has announced a sale on Sonokinetic, offering up to 70% off on its orchestral and cinematic instrument libraries for Kontakt for a limited time. Playful, independent, and unique, Sonokinetic phrase-based instruments bring dazzle and delight to every composition. Now with 70% off the collection, 50% off 15 individual instruments, and the brand-new Ibrido […]

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Lunatic Audio has announced the release of Retro Pong, a free plugin that brings the video game from the 80s to your DAW. Lunatic Audio debuts with a ground breaking revolutionary plugin that is taking the industry by storm! As the name suggests: yes it is a straight up 80’s pong video game wrapped in […]

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Numerical Audio has announced availability of the MM-1 Mute Master app for iOS, a unique AUv3 effect plugin designed to create automated or generative arrangements by automatically mixing multiple tracks inside a DAW. MM-1 allows you to create modular style arrangements where individual tracks are brought in and out based on a set number of […]

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VST Buzz has launched a two week sale on the Dronar Orchestral Bundle by Gothic Instruments, offering a 67% discount on the collection of 3 cinematic instrument libraries for Kontakt. Including Dronar Brass, Distorchestra, and World Flutes, the bundle features over 16GB of content to create inspiring soundscapes and atmospheres. The “Dronar Orchestral Bundle” consists […]

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Xenos Soundworks has announced the release of Synthwave Volume 2, a new soundset for the Sylenth1 software synthesizer by LennarDigital. ‘Synthwave Volume 2’ contains 80+ Sylenth presets with the same distinctive warm and analog feel that made Volume 1 popular. Producers of Synthwave and other 80s-influenced styles will find a treasure trove of vintage sounds […]

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Dabro Music’s latest sample pack Melodic Deep Techno by Ras Algethi brings a collection of loops and samples inspired by Adriatique, Sevendoors, Stephan Bodzin, N’to, Artbat, Yotto, and more. The pack includes bass, drums, music loops, fx, synth hits, and Kontakt sampler patches. The sample pack contains Melodic Techno, Deep House, Progressive House sounds for […]

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Joué has announced the launch of a Kickstarter campaign for its next-generation Joué Play expressive music instrument that aims to enable anyone to start making music. Joué Play builds on the MIDI controller that was released three years ago. Four pads are available for the Joué Play, which come with professional sound banks ranging from […]

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