Jewellery Business Centre

Wow, have you seen those gates? Imagine walking past such a great work of art as you get to your desk in the morning!
I only came across this building on a heritage walk of Birmingham. What’s behind the glorious gates, befitting of the jewellery quarter are serviced offices. This place is full of little offices with little companies housing them. Of course, as business grows, people can move to a larger office or rent more space but this is a great place to start a fledgling business. After all, what client wouldn’t be impressed as they walk in?
Also, the Jewellery Business Centre has a large courtyard if you want to get some fresh air and clear your head. It’s conveniently placed just a few minutes’ walk from Jewellery Quarter train station and not more 15 – 20 minutes to the centre of Birmingham.

This is a pretty swanky place to work, not that I know, I just get to stare at the shiny gates as I walk past it to my office. The Jewellery Quarter Business Centre certainly sounds good to prospective clients and the foyer is all clean with a receptionist, and did I mention the shiny gates? Oh yes I did. That’s the only real purpose for this review because whilst as an office space there is access to your own café I’m not quite sure the expensive cost of these premises outweighs that benefit.
The gates however are amazing, made up of melted cutlery it is quite something. If you get yourself a JQ map from tourist information these gates will be on your places to stop. They are worth a look, along with the drain pipe covers at the top.

This review is kind of two fold. Firstly — the Business Centre offers office space to SMEs and we considered them when looking for space in the Jewellery Quarter. The reason we were put off is that the cost of the spaces were *significantly* more than other similarly sized offices we’d looked at — and apparently this is because tenants have to contribute to the upkeep of the gates.
Which is the second part of my review! The gates are AWESOME huge wrought iron beauties which act as a landmark within the Jewellery Quarter, and draw walking tourists along Spencer St. Originally a cause of controversy in the Jewellery Quarter (as they fiercely protect the heritage) but once it became clear they acted as an added draw for tourists they’ve become accepted and embraced. And *I* think they’re fab!
(as a side note — if you stand facing them, and look up at the drainpipes along the building to the left, you’ll see amazing sculpted heads at the top of each one which is another awesome curiosity about the street!)