I rarely need to hire equipment for events but if I ever do in Birmingham again it will be from…read morehere. Amazing service. I decided to hire a hazer and two blue lights for a recent event and they came on time and even had an upgrade if two blue lights instead of one to give extra effect. They also did not charge a penny for delivery and everything was dropped off and collected exactly as specified. If you are looking for a great hire company with reasonable proces and superb service Birmingham Sound Hire is the place to look first.

From the owner: Hi there - we hire you sound equipment in the Birmingham surrounding areas.Easy to use DIY Ipod…read morepackages that work with phones lap tops I pads and Ipods - We are open everyday including saturdays and sunday. we do your sound for birthdays wedding engagements christenings conferences bands and DJ's A complete delivered set and collected service

Mobile alternative: 07973 - 779795…read more This came to me via third level recommendation. Never quite sure if what someone else thinks is great will meet your own expectations. Lek Sansom was fantastic. She came with all the cooking utensils, used one of my saucepans. Food had already been prepared, and needed cooking. She was due to arrive at 7 pm, but arrived at 6:45 pm. Not a problem. She tended to find things for herself around the kitchen if she needed anything. Lek provided porcelain serving dishes for the curries, and these came with stands with candles which kept the food warm. This was a dinner party for 8 people. I had to choose three starters and 4 mains, and it was served with boiled rice and spicy noodles. Priced at £25 per head. I chose the following: Starters - King Prawns in Tempura Flour* Spare Ribs in Garlic Chicken Satay** [* Served with Sweet Chilli Sauce - ** Served with Peanut Sauce] All fantastic. Mains - Beef in Red Curry and Coconut Milk Chicken in Green Curry and Coconut Milk Pork Red Paenang Curry with Coconut Milk Stir Fry Vegetables with Cashew Nuts and Spring Onion See website for more choices, plus she does a buffet style too. Lek served the food, cleared for the next course, and washed up. Plus cleaned down the cooker and the splash back too. An absolute perfect server to go with the great food. There was still plenty left over, which Lek found boxes in our cupboards to transfer the food, to let cool and then place in the fridge. The kids sampled it all the next day for Sunday dinner. My son wanted some leftover so he could take the vegetable stir fry to school and eat cold!!!! Unfortunately, we all ate the lot.... Highly recommended.

We hired J B Balloons to source the materials and decorate our venue for a 20s themed birthday…read moreparty - we were not disappointed! The room was elegant and matched our theme perfectly. Would definitely recommend and will be using again in the future - thank you so much

Inside this shop is an array of balloons for parties and other occasions. They cover products in…read moremany different colours, shapes and sizes for all the key birthday ages, (16, 18, 21, and all the decades), and for weddings, anniversaries, blessings, etc. For those planning a themed party, JB Balloons stock cutting-edge foil balloons in intricate shapes, such as tiki statues and hula girls for a Hawaiian party, or sombreros and pinatas for a Mexican gathering, amigo. When I'm in there, a customer is discussing on order of balloons with the owner. 'Yeah, you want just a bit of (Aston) Villa colours in there. Not so it's in your face, no. A bit subtle, yes. So, we'll have them mainly in metallic and say 6 of each claret and blue. Yes' The owner then asks the client to email him some photos of the birthday venue so he can make sure that enough balloons have been orders to suitably deck the place out. That's service for you. There's also a small section for fancy dress, with a strong Hawaiian theme with plastic grass skirts and plastic flower bikinis. If you are planning a party, plan it with JB.

Dream Cakes are a lovely little independent business that makes everything themselves, from the…read morecakes to the icing, the staff are highly talented and creative. They make amazing little characters and people look-a-likes out of icing to suit every occasion. The shop is full of photographs of previous creations, revealing exactly how the store owners can capture people's imaginations. I've been in there to get a cake made from my Grandad's 90th Birthday, and they developed an amazing little figure of my Grandad doing his gardening. Additionally, you can choose exactly what type of cake you want, so you don't have to stick to the typical sponge. I bought fruitcake for my Grandad, which was then decorated accordingly. By the time it's decorated, you really feel bad eating this piece of artwork, but obviously, the freshness and flavour tastes as good as it looks. By far the greatest cake makers in Birmingham, Dream Cakes are well worth a visit, especially if you want to make someone's birthday that little bit more special.

This place is absolutely wonderful! The cake tasted as amazing as it looked!! Definitely recommend!…read moreX

Located on Station Road in Solihull, Osborne's is a very good stationers, albeit not with the most…read moreconvenient location. The selection is huge, and extremely impressive for a non chain store, and the prices are more than competitive with the likes of Smiths and Ryman's. In fact, many of their items I've found to be cheaper than the equivalents in the latter store, so if you're a glutton for saving literally pennies on your stationary, Osborne's is the place for you. They also have plenty of great deals on at any given time, such as £2 for a lever arch file, or 2 for £2 on shorthand notebooks (the one I'm writing this very review in!).