Some links for you:

• Media Talent Bank | Tales of the Times – Graphic Design Freelancer Russell Hall shares his first-hand experiences of the current recession.
• Digital Marketing Masterclass – Eventbrite – Tuesday, May 12, 2009 from 7:00 AM – 10:00 AM. Event put on by Fullrange Media at Fazeley Studios. £99
• E-business adoption in the West Midlands 2008 « West Midlands Regional Observatory – Really interesting survey on adoption of IT by businesses in the West Midlands. Birmingham trailing it seems.
• Birmingham Central: Lack of investment in City's investment service? – "Locate in Birmingham needs to be banging the drum loudly for the city and with a large creative sector we need to be selling it in a way that shows we are a 21st century creative city."