• The region is the latest to join the Innovate Finance FinTech National Network in recognition of its growing influence in the sector
• Major investment from Goldman Sachs to establish a tech hub in Birmingham signals the region’s influential role in the sector’s ‘levelling up’ agenda
   

New images have been released showcasing 103 Colmore Row, Birmingham’s brand-new tallest office tower.

Groundworks at the site of St Paul’s Quarter, a joint venture development by Galliard Homes and Apsley House Capital, are officially underway. 

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS) today announced that it intends to expand its footprint in the UK by opening a new office in Birmingham. 

House by Urban Splash has been given the green light to deliver 98 homes in the next phase of development at Port Loop; Birmingham’s new island community.

New research from Cushman & Wakefield reveals the purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) market has been remarkably resilient over the last year despite the shadow of Covid-19, as the number of new beds increases and the development pipeline remains strong.

Projects and planners from across the West Midlands are in the running to win at the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) Awards for Planning Excellence 2021, it has been announced.

Midlands based Caitroina McCusker has been appointed as the national leader for education to the government leadership team at PwC UK, and brings experience of leading some of the largest digital transformation programmes in higher education institutions (HEIs) in the UK and globally.

Deborah Cadman, the current chief executive of the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA), has been appointed interim chief executive of Birmingham City Council. 

Hippo Digital, the high-growth design and delivery consultancy, is pleased to announce an investment from Growth Capital Partners (GCP) a private equity firm that specialises in partnering with UK SME fast-growth owner-managed businesses.

HS2’s construction partner for West Midlands and Warwickshire, Balfour Beatty VINCI, is offering young people who are out of work the opportunity to kickstart their career on Europe’s biggest infrastructure project.