vacancy on Birmingham Dailyhttps://birminghamdaily.co.uk/tags/vacancy/Recent content in vacancy on Birmingham DailyHugo -- gohugo.ioen-usMon, 06 Apr 2026 05:41:00 +0000'It's Like a Warzone': Birmingham Restaurant Owner Speaks Out on City's Forgotten Quarterhttps://birminghamdaily.co.uk/its-like-a-warzone-birmingham-restaurant-owner-speaks-out-on-citys-forgotten-quarter/Mon, 06 Apr 2026 05:41:00 +0000https://birminghamdaily.co.uk/its-like-a-warzone-birmingham-restaurant-owner-speaks-out-on-citys-forgotten-quarter/Erminio Shahmani, owner of the Italian restaurant La Galleria, has been steadfastly running his business in Birmingham’s city centre for nearly a decade. Yet, he describes the area around New Street Station and Ethel Street—where his restaurant is located—as a “dead area” plagued by closures and neglect. Since launching La Galleria in 2014, Erminio has witnessed the neighbourhood deteriorate. Once a lively street, it is now dotted with vacant shops and overshadowed by delivery cyclists congregating outside his door, serving other take-away businesses.