PwC Birmingham has welcomed a record 165 new graduates and school leavers to its Birmingham office this month, including graduates, higher apprentices and business placement student.

Birmingham Airport has been named as the best large airport in the country outside of London in Which? Travel’s 2019 Annual Airport Survey. Which? surveyed 4,499 of its members, looking at more than 6,000 airport experiences, highlighting the best and worst airports across the UK. 

Andy Street, Mayor of the West Midlands, has officially opened engineering, architecture and construction company Burns & McDonnell’s new expanded office in the heart of Birmingham. 

Dozens of towns and cities across the UK could benefit from Midlands Engine Rail, a £3.5 billion improvement programme to transform the region’s rail network, launched today by Sub-national Transport Body Midlands Connect.

West Midlands 5G Limited (WM5G), a new organisation set-up to deliver the UK’s first region-wide 5G testbed, has appointed Ninder Johal, a Deputy Lieutenant of the West Midlands, as one of its new non-executive directors.

A German-owned company which helps to reduce the number of electronic items that are scrapped each year has opened a UK office in Coventry.

West Midlands 5G (WM5G), a new organisation set-up to deliver the first region-wide 5G testbed, will host a series of demo events this September (10-12) known as WM5G Demos in partnership with Birmingham City University and global telecommunications giant Ericsson.

Preparatory works have started on phase one of City of Wolverhampton Council’s ambitious Westside Link scheme.

To mark its 30-year anniversary, leadership experts Common Purpose UK, are offering 30 free bursary places on their leadership programmes. 

The City of Wolverhampton Council boasts several prestigious nominations as finalists in the Association for Public Service Excellence (APSE) Service Awards 2019, for its outstanding work serving residents across the city.

Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight, Birmingham-born actor Adil Ray and Coventry’s Debbie Isitt, who created the Nativity film franchise, will be part of a new taskforce to supercharge the West Midlands’ screen industry, it was confirmed today.

The region welcomes a record of 131 million visitors in 2018, a 2.6% increase with international sporting fixtures, popular cultural festivals and global TV successes draw crowds. 
 

Birmingham is set to become home to the UK’s most landlocked wave park after plans for a new £25 million facility were revealed on 30th August.