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Just Say No

Last week Birmingham International Holdings announced that they would be holding an AGM on December 23 to decide on resolutions including the re-election of Peter Pannu as director of the beleaguered company.

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Carson and Pannu: Still in effective control?

Carson Yeung once again became the largest shareholder in Birmingham International Holdings yesterday, converting 2.7billion shares from his debt conversion bond to give him an additional 27.89% stake in the company.

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Which way to jump

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On Saturday I attended the Blues Trust AGM at the Fusion Centre, Digbeth. Although the AGM is (as a Trust board member confirmed to me) a procedural matter and less important than the recent open meeting, there was still a chance to hear what was happening with them.

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Positive on the Pitch…

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The first match of Gary Rowett’s reign as Birmingham City manager yesterday ended as a goalless draw in what was seen as a much more positive performance following the 8-0 humiliation the week before. It was the first clean sheet for Blues since the home win against Brighton in the middle of August and the first away clean sheet since the 2-0 win over Charlton at the Valley in February.

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The New PP

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Panos Pavlakis met with fans of Birmingham City last week in an informally arranged fans forum designed to build links and to aid communication. This follows the departure from the maangement structure of BCFC of Peter Pannu, who was less well known for being forthcoming with fans groups.

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The Accounts and Pannu

This week has been a busy week for Birmingham International Holdings with the release of the accounts for the year ending 2014 and with the news that Birmingham City FC have ended the service contract of Acting Chairman Peter Pannu. I’ve put together some analysis of both having had chance to read and digest both announcements.

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Postcards from HK: Visiting Asia Rays

There has been a lot of talk of late about the future role of Peter Pannu at BIH as his consultancy and managerial contracts draw to a close at the end of this month. With that in mind, we paid a visit to the registered head office of Asia Rays Ltd yesterday to see if we could get some answers.

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Postcards from HK: The Book

As I’m back in Hong Kong for a short period of time I thought that I would resurrect this series and give you some snapshots of what is happening out here. As it’s 12:30am and I’ve been here an hour I can’t really talk much about what I’ve found out but I can share some plans with you.

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BIH Announce Board Meeting

Birmingham International Holdings have today announced that there will be a board meeting on September 30 to discuss among other things the accounts for the year ending 2014.

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Another Defeat for Blues – But Maybe a Silver Lining

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Birmingham City lost to Sheffield Wednesday 2-0 last night leaving them in 20th place in the SkyBet Championship with just six points from seven games. Second half goals from Stevie May and Jeremy Helan were enough to sink Blues who by most accounts had had a good first half.

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