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On a normal Saturday thousands of Brummies would be making plans for a night out with friends on Broad Street, the city’s nightlife hotspot famous for its noisy pubs and nightclubs.

By midnight the dancefloors of clubs like Pryzm – Birmingham’s biggest – would be packed. “People congregate on Broad Street and go through the bars and, every Saturday night without fail, we’ll end up with 2,500 to 3,000 people coming through our doors,” explains Peter Marks who runs Deltic, the UK’s biggest nightclub operator, which is behind Pryzm.