A pioneering initiative to promote, inspire and encourage good design across the West Midlands was officially launched Thursday Jan 23.

City of Wolverhampton Council has submitted a bid for £20million to the government’s Future High Streets Fund to help deliver its ambitious city centre vision.

Updated designs for the two new high speed rail stations in the West Midlands have been unveiled, with HS2 aiming to create two of the most environmentally-friendly railway stations in the world.

The West Midlands has won praise as a leading business tourism destination from UK-based event organisers in the annual British Meetings & Events Industry Survey (BMEIS).

City of Wolverhampton Council has launched a draft climate commitment to lead a whole city approach to address the global climate emergency and work towards becoming a carbon neutral city.

Leading UK property investment and development company SevenCapital has appointed Damien Siviter in a newly formed position of Group Managing Director

Local experts from the West Midlands are being encouraged to apply for a position on the new Regional Board for Tourism

The development of the West Midlands as one of the UK’s leading digital tech clusters took another step forward today with the submission of a planning application for Enterprise Wharf, a new 120,000 sq ft building at the Innovation Birmingham Campus.

More than £3m will be invested to create a new virtual reality hub in Birmingham to help create jobs and drive economic growth.

For the first time, senior leaders from the West Midlands’ three major cities collectively promoted the region’s investment opportunities as part of a sales mission to China last month.

The shortlist for 2020’s inaugural West Midlands Tourism Awards has been announced, with 43 finalists vying for prizes in 15 categories.