Ambitious plans for a major multi-million-pound city living development at the heart of City of Wolverhampton have moved onto the next stage.

Aston Law School, part of Aston University’s Business School in Birmingham, has welcomed Jonathan Fortnam as its new Dean.

Local entrepreneurs from some of the region’s fastest growing businesses took centre stage on Monday 23 September at an event organised by the Greater Birmingham and Solihull Local Enterprise Partnership (GBSLEP), to celebrate start up business success across Greater region.

HS2 will free up enough space on the existing railway network to improve rail services for 35 stations across the West Midlands region, technical analysis by Sub-national Transport Body Midlands Connect has revealed for the first time. 

West Midlands 5G (WM5G), a new organisation set-up by the region to deliver the first region-wide 5G testbed, has hosted a series of exciting 5G demonstrations in partnership with Birmingham City University and global telecommunications giant Ericsson.

A £126m battery facility to keep the West Midlands at the forefront of the automotive industry has been supercharged by an £18m grant from the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA).

The Manufacturing Technology Centre is giving entrepreneurs, technologists and inventors the chance to pitch their innovative ideas on factory digitalisation to the UK's manufacturing decision makers.

PwC’s Transaction Services (TS) team completed market leading transformational transactions with a combined value in excess of £1.1bn across the Midlands region in 2019. 

Last week, I had the pleasure of visiting the University of Warwick for the annual British Science Festival. 

One year after the West Midlands was selected by the UK government to lead the country’s first multi-city 5G testbed, a discussion was held among tech industry experts to explore the uses for 5G and how the technology is set to evolve across the region. 

Plans to fund up to £20m for the UK Central Hub in Solihull alongside the HS2 development have been given the green light by the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA).

A Regional Tourism Strategy to grow the West Midlands’ visitor economy by more than £1 billion has launched today (18th September 2019). It also aims to create a further 19,000 jobs for the region.

More than 4,000 new homes are set to be built across the West Midlands thanks to a landmark deal between the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) and Lovell Partnerships.

10th September 2019: Birmingham prepares to welcome the inaugural Birmingham Tech Week, taking place on 7th - 13th October 2019.

New figures from the Office of National Statistics show the West Midlands economy grew faster than anywhere outside London between 2012 and 2018.

A new degree course aimed at encouraging students from a wide range of backgrounds to pursue a career in healthcare has been launched by the University of Wolverhampton.

Wolverhampton’s first phase of BP Chargemasters have been installed to encourage more electric vehicles in the city. 

New regional awards celebrating the success of the West Midlands’ £12 billion tourism industry have been launched and are open for entries.

There's a chance to catch not one but four exhibitions at the Red House Glass Cone at this year’s International Festival of Glass.

City of Wolverhampton Council will submit a detailed planning application for the ambitious new City Learning Quarter early next week and computer-generated images of how the scheme will look have been released for the first time.