Press Release News & Updates
- 22nd November 2023
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt today (Wednesday November 22) handed the West Midlands a major economic boost in his Autumn Statement unveiling plans for an Investment Zone
- 17th November 2023
A region-wide plan setting out a raft of measures to significantly improve air quality and the health of local people has been launched by the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) today (Friday, November 17).
ZF Group presented its artificial intelligence (AI)-based track and driveline monitoring system, connect@rail, at the UK Tram Summit, held in Birmingham.
- 27th October 2023
A ‘Deeper Devolution Deal’ between the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) and the government has been ratified, marking a major shift in power, funding and responsibility from Whitehall to the region.
- 27th October 2023
Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden has reconfirmed the Government’s plan to open another major civil service hub in the West Midlands.
- 26th October 2023
Birmingham Hippodrome Theatre Trust has today, (Thu 26 Oct) announced Catherine Mallyon as its new Chair.
The region’s technology sector is booming to such an extent that many businesses are struggling to recruit enough skilled people, the mayor heard during a meeting at a top West Midlands tech firm.
A survey of more than 3,000 people across the UK has found little appetite for abandoning Phase 2 of the high-speed rail line between Birmingham and Manchester.
The first directory listing all of the business support and help available to the thousands of freelancers working in the region has been launched by the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA)
- 29th September 2023
Legal & General’s Director of Levelling Up, John Godfrey, has today been announced as interim Director of Housing, Placemaking and Regeneration at the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA).