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Money Off at Muji

"Walk into a MUJI store and you sense that there is something else on offer besides the merchandise: there's philosophy in the air... To (MUJI's) supporters it is a belief system based on value, function, workmanlike materials, understated colour, and a disdain for excess." Stephen Bayley - style critic Conceived in Japan in 1980, the concept behind the selection and development of each individual MUJI product embodies certain criteria which fully capture and express the mood of today.

Take It to the Max ; Celebrate with Maxmara

Cate Blanchett got married in hers. Catherine Zeta Jones got proposed to (by Michael Douglas) in hers and Isabella Rossellini's mother Ingrid Bergman took her to Rome to buy her first grown up one. What is it? A coat by MaxMara - the Italian fashion label who pioneered ready to wear.

Selfridges Femme Fatale Evening

Selfridges Birmingham turned up the glamour and offered a night of indulgence for customers at their Femme Fatale Beauty Evening. With pampering treatments, makeovers and hair styling, it was a night of luxury, with the emphasis on how to become completely gorgeous.

Clarke Willmott/Cbi Event

Pictures, George Archer Captains of industry from across the West Midlands gathered at the Edmund Street offices of Clarke Willmott Birmingham to hear Vernon Everitt, director of retail themes with the Financial Services Authority, outline plans to raise the financial literacy of the UK workforce.

Dla Piper Real Estate Seminar

Office Agents Event,

Birmingham City Centre's Metro Bar on Cornwall Street was the venue for the West Midlands Office Agents Society's charity drinks evening - one of a number of annual fund-raising events in support of fund-raising the charity "Well Child". The evening also featured committee members offering a helping hand to the staff behind the bar.

Bond Wolfe Agents Dinner

Commercial property investors and auctioneers Bond Wolfe held a dinner for some of the Black Country's leading residential property agents at their head office in West Plaza, West Bromwich. Associate partner James Mattin welcomed guests and discussed Bond Wolfe's growing auctioneering business and how agents in the region can team up with Bond Wolfe.

Compton Hospice Fund-Raising Event

Ruth Badger tested out her straight-talking advice on Midlands' businesswomen. Before embarking on her new Sky One show, The Big Idea, Ruth visited her home town to speak at a networking event at Patshull Park Hotel, to help female entrepreneurs of the region.

Averta Employment Lawyers Party

Averta Employment Lawyers, a specialist practice focusing on the legal needs of senior executives and professionals, celebrated its second year at a drinks reception at the Hotel du Vin. Around 90 guests from most aspects of professional and corporate life in the Midlands attended the event, many of whom were partners at law firms who refer senior individuals to Averta.

Pinsent Masons Property View Conference

More than 100 representatives from the region's property development and construction sector attended the second Pinsent Masons property view conference at the ICC, Birmingham. The keynote speaker was Rupert Young of Donaldsons who enlightened delegates on the future of the property investment market in the Midlands.

Bucknall Austin Party

More than 150 guests attended Bucknall Austin's celebratory party held at the Metro Bar. The company has seen a turnover increase by 18 per cent in their third year since reforming as Bucknall Austin in 2003.

Ernst & Young Golf Day

The West Midlands Business Classic, hosted by Lord Taverners and sponsored by Ernst & Young, has raised more than pounds 8,000 for good causes. This year's fund-raiser was supported by teams from across the business community in Birmingham, including Ernst & Young, Wragge & Co, Barclays, Bank of Scotland, Mott McDonald and Royal Bank of Scotland.

Birmingham Chamber Music Society & Churchill Vintners

Compton Verney Exhibition

A preview took place at Compton Verney for two new exhibitions, Vive la Parisienne: Women through the Eyes of the Impressionists, and Richard Billingham: Zoo. It was attended by local dignitaries, art world luminaries and art students both from the region and London.

Birmingham Collaborative Family Law Group

Launch of the Cube

Developers Birmingham Development Company (BDC) invited potential purchasers to view plans for the apartments, offices, shops, hotel, waterside cafes and rooftop restaurant which will be housed in The Cube. More then 130 guests were greeted by futuristic mime artists as they came to see the new marketing suite and heard Ken Shuttleworth and Paul Scott from Make Architects give a presentation about the scheme's distinctive features.

Needham & James Seminar

Guests of Bdo Stoy

Raise the Roof Party