Press Release News & Updates
A ‘Tech Commissioner’ is set to be appointed to help supercharge the West Midlands by helping to build a forward looking, technologically advanced economy that harnesses big data to improve public services and drive business.
The Woodland Trust has delivered a major boost for communities across the region by providing nearly £300,000 to ramp up tree planting and help the West Midland Combined Authority (WMCA) tackle climate change.
A far-reaching blueprint setting out what is needed to level up the region was launched by the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) today (Monday Oct 3) at the Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham.
Tens of millions of pounds invested by the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) in land and regeneration schemes have seen more than 12,000 jobs created and 8,000 new homes on site, most of them on disused industrial land, figures have shown.
- 27th September 2022
More than £2.5 million has been secured for the region’s flagship Housing First project to continue supporting hundreds of people who had previously been sleeping rough.
- 24th September 2022
A new book examining the links between China and the Western countries by Dr Yeow Poon and Bill Good
Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng also revealed that the Government plans to fast-track a number of vital transport schemes in the region to ensure work gets underway before the end of 2023.
- 9th September 2022
Quotes frim WMCA leaders about the late Queen's death
- 5th September 2022
“Lakeside Live”, Walsall Arboretum Bank Holiday Monday 29 August 2022.
- 2nd September 2022
Residents across the West Midlands are being encouraged to reach out for support in helping to cut their fuel bills before the colder months and weather return.