Built environment leader Arup has teamed up with the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) as an official host for this year’s Engineering Open House Week in Birmingham.

DWF, the global provider of integrated legal and business services, has appointed Tom Rank as a new partner to bolster the Tax and Private Capital team in Birmingham.

• West Midlands is UK’s leading regional location for FDI, seeing its highest performance on record and more projects than Scotland and Wales combined

• Region sees greatest growth in FDI projects in UK, surpassing London and outstripping country’s average by fivefold

• Region bucks national trend, with FDI employment rising by 48% vs a UK decline

• UK regions exceed South East’s FDI performance for the first time

• West Midlands Growth Company (WMGC) records best-ever FDI results for projects and jobs.

A Birmingham-based business outsourcing provider has hosted Mayor of the West Midlands Andy Street as it marks its next phase of growth

Flag carrier Turkish Airlines, has been honored for the eighth time with the Best Airline in Europe award, along with accolades for Best Business Class Catering, Best Economy Class Catering, Best Airline in Southern Europe and Best Economy Class Seat in Europe at the World Airline Awards.

An ambitious project which will see a group of Year 9 pupils in Dudley build a fully working biplane has taken off thanks to a substantial STEM grant from the Millennium Point Trust

• Region experiences huge surge of tourists thanks to high-profile events including Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games 

• West Midlands’ visitor economy now worth record £14.1bn as tourists flock to spend money on region’s retail, culinary and recreational offer 

• Hotel occupancy in Birmingham reaches new heights in summer 2022, with 95% of city’s rooms filled on 6 August 

• 8000+ attendees expected at Manufacturing and Engineering Week, joining eight further industry events at the NEC for the first time
   
• Industry joins forces as Make UK calls for Industrial Strategy to support growth and green transition
   
• Speakers include Nusrat Ghani, Minister of State at the Department for Business and Trade and Stephen Phipson, CEO of Make UK

• Celadon Pharmaceuticals Plc, a UK leader in breakthrough cannabis-based medicines, outlines ambitious growth plans for the West Midlands 
• Mayor of the West Midlands, Andy Street, visits company’s ground-breaking Birmingham-based cultivation and manufacturing facility 

A successful skills and employment partnership which has provided training and jobs for over 1,000 unemployed people since 2016 in Birmingham has been recognised for its impact at this year’s West Midlands Adult Learning Awards.