Booming Birmingham is a model for growth Richard Parker While most regions are witnessing declining growth, the West Midlands is bucking the trend, with Birmingham smashing records for attracting FDI, says mayor Richard Parker Today, the new Government will use the King’s Speech to put economic renewal at the heart of its legislative agenda and commit to hand power back to local leaders. There [...]
Overseas investment in West Midlands soars but other regions lag behind Economics The West Midlands recorded a 72 per cent increase in overseas investment projects last year, creating almost 7,000 jobs.
Plans worth £5bn to create 30,000 jobs given the green light INVESTMENT Plans that could create more than 30,000 new jobs and attract billions of pounds of private investment to the West Midlands have been given the green light.