{"id":1096482,"date":"2026-07-18T08:00:35","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T08:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1096482\/"},"modified":"2026-07-18T08:00:35","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T08:00:35","slug":"work-begins-on-birmingham-bullring-link-street-shop-as-new-experience-moves-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1096482\/","title":{"rendered":"Work begins on Birmingham Bullring Link Street shop as new &#8216;experience&#8217; moves in"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Work has begun transforming an empty unit on Link Street, the stretch of shops that connects Bullring and Grand Central.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Signs have gone up at the empty unit beside jeweller Warren James, stating &#8216;something exciting is baking&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">It says that a company called &#8216;Ready Steady Make It&#8217; is moving in, with little illustrations of mixers, rolling pins and ingredients suggesting we might be getting a new venue in which to try our hands at whipping up cakes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Read more: <\/strong><a data-ylk=\"slk:Much missed little Birmingham bakery to make a comeback after months without a city home;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;outcm:mb_qualified_link;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/uk.news.yahoo.com\/much-missed-little-birmingham-bakery-060500204.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Much missed little Birmingham bakery to make a comeback after months without a city home<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">While the website is yet to be populated with information, and the social media pages have not been used, the signage does say that it will an experience.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;A new baking experience event for friends, couples, parties and team days,&#8221; the sign reads.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The website says that the venue will be opening in autumn, adding: &#8220;We&#8217;re mixing up something brand new in <a data-ylk=\"slk:Birmingham;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Birmingham<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Ready Steady Make It signs go up in Link Street between the Bullring and Grand Central\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"810\" height=\"540\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/birmingham_live_117\/158903312be26fc9b555e2a3ad93a2d6.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Ready Steady Make It signs go up in Link Street between the Bullring and Grand Central -Credit:Kirsty Bosley<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">But if it is a baking experience, then Birmingham does already have one of those &#8211; it&#8217;s down in <a data-ylk=\"slk:Digbeth;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/digbeth\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Digbeth<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Big Bake Birmingham has five UK venues, including one on Floodgate Street.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">There, visitors bake goodies in pairs under the watchful eye of a head baker.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">There are 12 bake stations and everything is provided for those who want to take part in fun, Great British Bake-off style cookery.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Passers-by on Link Street have been invited to sign up to hear more about Ready Steady Make It, so we hope to hear more on the plan for it soon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">When it&#8217;s open, it will join the likes of Lane 7 and Toca Social, both fun leisure spaces that have a presence on Link Street.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This week, new Grand Central restaurant Sushi Tachi took down hoarding near Link Street revealing its new frontage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The sushi joint will open to customers on Monday, July 20.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In a statement, it said: &#8220;London, we love you, but it&#8217;s time to take this show up the M40!<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;We are incredibly hyped to announce that we are officially opening our first-ever shop outside of the capital.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;On July 20, we&#8217;re setting up home right in the heart of Birmingham at Grand Central!<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Whether you&#8217;ve been a fan from afar or are about to discover your new obsession, we can&#8217;t wait to welcome you.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Work has begun transforming an empty unit on Link Street, the stretch of shops that connects Bullring and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1096483,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,748,9316,393,299293,4884,299295,299296,16,15,299294],"class_list":["post-1096482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-birmingham","tag-birmingham","tag-britain","tag-bullring","tag-england","tag-grand-central","tag-great-britain","tag-link-street","tag-ready-steady","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-warren-james"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116939931572805634","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1096482","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1096482"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1096482\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1096483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1096482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1096482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1096482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}