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. 

Birmingham Airport has been crowned UK Best Airport two nights running by its customers and airlines.

The first eight firms and tech communities chosen to take part in Velocity Birmingham, a new state-of-the-art FinTech hub, have today been unveiled by the Investment Association (IA).

Sports students at the University of Wolverhampton will benefit from enhanced employment opportunities through a new partnership with a leading professional body.

The University of Wolverhampton’s Walsall Campus is to host Team Wales for the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games. 

Birmingham City University has been named the winner of a prestigious Queen’s Anniversary Prize in recognition of its School of Jewellery’s proud history of innovation spanning over 130 years.

Nearly 17,000 homes were built in the West Midlands last year, meaning the number of homes constructed in the region has more than doubled in the last eight years.

Birmingham’s largest development project, Paradise, has handed over its first completed building to office occupier PwC.

The University of Wolverhampton is launching a new research centre that will focus on the application of science to the products made by local companies.

Plans for an ambitious new City Learning Quarter in Wolverhampton have been given the green light by the council’s planning committee.

Birmingham Airport has today (7/11/19) announced its commitment to become a net zero carbon airport by the year 2033, prioritising zero carbon airport operations and minimising carbon offsets.