Brynels hats and accessories offers hats and a range of accessories; gloves, scarves, earmuffs, hairbands, men ties and cuffslinks.

Opening times: 9.30 - 17:00 Monday to Friday; Saturday 10:00 - 14:00

Located in the main entrance to University Centre opposite the Food Court.

The University of Birmingham online shop| allows you to purchase gifts and souvenir items such as degree congregation DVDs and branded mementos online.

Opening times: Monday to Friday 7:30 - 17:30

Located in the walkway underneath Staff House, Dave's Fruit and Veg Stall offers a wide range of fresh fruit and vegetables every weekday.

Ubuntu Fairtrade Fashion has a stall in University Centre every Monday and Thursday selling top quality fairtrade fashion items.

See the Ubuntu Fairtrade Fashion site| and follow on Twitter| and Facebook| 

• 25^th November - 4 Corners Jewellery
• 1^st December - Select Silver
• 16^th December - 4 corners Jewellery

Muirhead Tower welcomes applications from traders who wish to hire a pitch for the day. Space is allocated in the main entrance opposite Starbucks cafe from 9.00am until 4.00pm Monday to Friday.

Please contact: Erika Malone, Retail Operations Co-ordinator, University Centre, Edgbaston, Birmingham. B15 2TT. 

Tel:- +44 (0)121 414 3362.  Fax:- +44 (0)121 415 8406. Email: E.J.Malone@bham.ac.uk|

Opening times: Monday to Friday 9:30 - 18:00; Saturday 9:00 - 17:00. 

Hairdressers in University Centre; offering styling, cutting, colouring and highlighting.

Tel: +44 (0)121 414 6276 or +44 (0)121 472 5772

Opening times: Monday to Friday 8:45 - 17:30

Rymans stationery offers top brands, a wide range and great value.  Promotions take place throughout the year, offering big savings on essential stationery and accessories.

For further information, please call +44 (0)121 472 0879

Opening times: 7 days a week: 8:00 - 21:00

Not only do we offer a significant range of leading brands, from Heinz to Stella Artois, we also offer our own brand range. All Spar own brand products match the leading brands in quality, at prices that are convenient to you!

For further information, please call +44 (0)121 414 8562

Opening times: term: Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays: 12 noon - 14:00

The Chaplaincy Traidcraft stall stocks a range of food, paper and craft items including tea, coffee, chocolate bars, honey, marmalade, muesli, greetings cards, toilet paper, tissues, earrings, tape measures and more.  We also have the current Traidcraft catalogue and will order goods from it for you, if we haven't got them in stock.

Also see the University Chaplaincy page|.

Opening times:

• Term:
  Monday to Friday (except Wednesday): 9:00 - 17:00
  Wednesday: 9:30 - 17:30
  Saturday: 9:00 - 17:00
• Vacation
  Monday to Friday
  Opening times will be displayed in shop window.
  Closed Saturdays during August

Waterstone's, located in University Centre, is a leading bookseller and offers:

• A wide selection of academic textbooks
• Extensive range of non-academic fiction and non-fiction titles
• All national Waterstone’s campaign offers
• Maps and other related non-book products
• Waterstone’s gift vouchers and book tokens
• Book ordering service

We strive to maintain a welcoming and enjoyable environment in which to browse.

If you would like to find out more, please call +44 (0)121 472 3034

Opening times: Monday to Friday 10:00 - 16:00

The University of Birmingham Barclays branch not only offers a service to students and graduates, but also to staff members of the University and personal customers from the surrounding area. Services include:

• Current account offering with value added features
• Saving and investments
• Share dealing and investment management
• Mortgages
• Loans
• Barclaycard
• Insurance (car, travel, home and student possessions)
• Specialised package and service for students and graduates
• Foreign currency / travellers cheques
• Life cover and pensions
• Online and phone banking

Our personal bankers look after existing and new Barclays customers and our staff pride themselves in giving exceptional customer service. We are here to help with all aspects of banking.

Please call us on any of the following numbers:  +44 (0)845 877 0057 to arrange an appointment, and +44 (0)845 755 5555  for 24 hour banking.

Opening times:

• Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday: 9:30 - 15:30
• Wednesday 10:00 - 15:30

Opening times: Monday to Friday: 8:45 - 17:30

At Lloyds TSB, service is our number one priority. There are two branches at The University of Birmingham, including 6 till positions, 5 cash point machines. We offer the following services:

•   Banking
•   Insurance
•   Finance

For further information, please call +44 (0)845 300 0000

Opening times:  Monday to Friday: 8:45 - 17:30

Off the Wall, located at University Centre, offers a range of products and services:

•   Greeting cards and gifts
•   Full Royal Mail services
•   International phone cards
•   Fax Bureau for sending and receiving faxes
•   Dry cleaning agent
•   Photo processing

For further information, please call +44 (0)121 414 4885

Opening times:

• Monday to Thursday: 9:00 - 18:00
• Friday: 9:00 - 16:00

SW Optics, located in University Centre, offers eye examinations, quality products and a high level of service in a relaxed and friendly environment.

• Dispenses value and designer spectacles with high quality single vision and multifocal lenses.
• Fit and supply a range of contact lenses.
• Supply safety eyewear and prescription swimming goggles.

Free eye tests:

•  For all those under 16 years of age.
•  Under 19 years of age and in full time education.
•  Over 60 years old.
•  Diabetics.
•  Receiving benefits.

For further information, please call +44 (0)121 414 2714

Opening times: 

• Monday to Friday 9:00 - 18:00
• Saturday: 9:00 - 16:00
• Vacations: flexible opening

A range of sportswear and equipment including: UoB, UBSport and Kukri branded casualwear. Also available is the custom kit design service for your club, society or departmental group.

You can also buy Kukri's official UoB and UBSport merchandise online|.

Opening times: 10:00 - 18:00 Monday to Friday

19 Gales Farmhouse foods is a family run business excelling in luxury hand-made pies.  All our pies are made at the family farm using natural ingredients either grown on the farm or sourced locally.

Our famous steak pies are brimming full of hand selected and trimmed British Beef, topped with a light mouth-watering pastry, which ensures a perfect pie of the highest quality.

The apples for the Bramley pies are hand cored and slowly cooked to retain the superior Bramley apple taste.

Our pies are made using our own natural water supply and have 9 days life in them.

We pride ourselves on having total traceability in our pies and our bakery on the farm is strictly run under the HACCP scheme

Our succulent beef is raised on our farm, and is free roaming grass fed beef.  The beef is allowed to mature for 21 days to ensure a superior flavour, whilst also allowing the beef to be extremely tender.

We have enjoyed great publicity in recent months ranging from an article in the BBC Good Food Guide and also the Daily Mirror .19 Gales have also won awards at the Guild of Fine Food Awards, and is a regular supplier of several different retail outlets ranging from Harrods of London to Webbs of Wychbold.

Opening times:

• Monday to Saturday 10:00 - 17:00
• Sunday: 12 noon - 17:00
• We only close on Good Friday, Christmas Eve to Boxing day and New Year's Day

The Barber Institute of Fine Arts, declared 'Gallery of the Year' by the Good Britain Guide 2004, is one of the world's finest small galleries. See the Barber Institute website| for  details of our temporary exhibitions, our regular concert programme, and all the additional lectures and family events that take place throughout the year.

The Gallery Shop features prints and stationery, based on The Barber’s collection, as well as a large selection of books on art and art history.

If you would like to find out more, please call +44 (0)121 414 7333.

Admission to the permanent collection and all exhibitions is free.

Opening times: 

• Monday to Friday: 8:00 - 22:00
• Saturday: 10:00 - 20:00
• Sunday: 11:00 - 18:00
• Vacation: Monday to Friday 9:00 - 16:00

Costcutter located on The Vale, is open 7 days a week and sells a wide range of groceries, frozen food and chilled foods, confectionery and newspapers, sandwiches, snacks, ice cream, alcohol and tobacco.

Special offers are always available at Costcutter offering value for money at your convenience.

For further information, please call +44 (0)121 257 4355

Opening times:  Monday to Friday 9:30 - 17:30

The shop offers a range of services and products:

• Mobile phones and accessories
• Express mobile phone repairs
• Phone unlocking
• ipod accessories