First-class offer in the second city

John Rimmer

15-Jul-2006

Birmingham airport is building a retail offer to rival any at the UK's bigger locations. Operated by Alpha Retail, the airport's new tax-free store in terminal one signals a change of commercial strategy for landlord Birmingham International Airport Ltd. John Rimmer visits the second city

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As the change in ownership of the UK's biggest airports prompts debate over the future of airport retail in the country, one regional hub is putting commercial development at the

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