Built by Sir Alfred Bird in the late 19th century as a factory for the manufacture of his famous powdered custard, the Custard Factory Quarter in Birmingham is now home to more than 140 creative businesses, as well as being the focal point of city?s hip music scene, writes Helena Eagles.

With the aid of GAP funding from English Partnerships, Bennie Gray of the Society for the Promotion of Artistic and Creative Enterprise (SPACE) bought the beautiful but derelict listed buildings ten... more