• West Midlands awarded second place in fDi Intelligence’s Large European Regions of the Future 2024 – FDI Strategy 

• Paris Region took home the top spot, with Catalonia crowned in this category in previous years 

• West Midlands is UK’s leading region outside of London for attracting foreign investment and the country’s fastest-growing FDI hotspot  

Flexible & Family Friendly Working All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) was launched in the House of Commons on 6th of February 2024. The APPG will focus on championing flexible working policies that support families across the country to remove the barriers that people with caring responsibilities face in the workplace.

Woodbourne Group has made significant additions to its senior management team to spearhead its life science expansion plans.

Tickets are now available for the 2024 West Midlands Tourism Awards, the annual celebration of the region’s tourism scene. The winners will be revealed on 20th March at Bear Grylls Adventure, located on the National Exhibition Centre campus in Solihull.  

A leading UK BPO provider is celebrating the success of a long-term partnership with a South African based organization, which has helped secure jobs for hundreds of unemployed youths from socially and economically disadvantaged backgrounds.

Global engineering consultancy Arup has officially opened its new Midlands base - one of its five largest global hubs - at Paradise Birmingham’s One Centenary Way, welcoming clients and contacts to mark the occasion. Arup was a major contractor to Birmingham City Council supporting it to deliver the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, helping to deliver the Alexander Stadium, transport and infrastructure improvements city wide, as well as the Perry Barr masterplan, and the Sandwell Aquatics Centre.

Leading British television producer Spun Gold TV (a 53 Degrees Global company) is moving to a new headquarters in Birmingham., as the company prepares to celebrate its 20th anniversary this year. 

We are thrilled to announce the launch of partnership opportunities for the West Midlands Tourism Awards 2024

National tourism agency VisitBritain is gearing up to welcome more than 120 international travel buyers for a series of educational visits across Britain, as part of its flagship ‘Showcase Britain 2024’ trade event.

Nine cultural and sporting events set to take place in the West Midlands have shared £3 million of Commonwealth Games legacy funding to help bring hundreds of thousands of people together in the region.

The organisers of the World Sport & Business Summit 2024 are delighted to unveil the official logo for the prestigious event, set to take place in Birmingham, West Midlands. This unveiling marks a significant milestone in the lead-up to the Summit, where the worlds of sports and business will converge from April 7 to 11 to exchange ideas, reconnect and make new contacts.