Independent report recognises AWM achievements
The efficient work of Advantage West Midlands has been highlighted again in an independent report by Government spending watchdog the National Audit Office. |
New evidence identifies rural employment needs
The economic recovery of rural West Midlands is at risk due to high levels of public sector employment, evidence gathered by Advantage West Midlands shows. |
Growth of West Midlands economy accelerated in July
Business conditions improved in the region's private sector economy during July, according to data in the West Midlands Purchasing Managers Index (PMI). |
Leading lights invited to bridge the gap in electronics manufacture
Leading electronics businesses were invited to get ahead of the game on the research and development front at an event held by the Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC) at Ansty Park, Coventry. |
Breaking down language barriers with a pocket picture guide
A £20,000 loan obtained through Advantage West Midlands (AWM) funding means business is booming for an ex-British Army soldier who has developed a pocket-sized 'Esperanto in pictures' type guide. |
World Blind Football Championships launched in Hereford by Paralympics legend
Chris Holmes, Director of Paralympic Integration for the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG), joined members of the West Midlands Leadership Group for the 2012 Games this week at the IBSA World Blind Football Championships in Hereford. |
Redundancy project turns adversity into triumph
A scheme to help people facing redundancy in the North Staffordshire area has been so successful it is now being rolled out across the whole of the region. |
Tree-mendous interest in woodfuel business
More than 700 farmers and woodland owners in the West Midlands are interested in turning their unmanaged trees into cash. |
Powerful guiding coalition crucial to LEP success and stronger West Midlands economy
A powerful guiding coalition led by business and local authorities is crucial if the new Local Enterprise Partnerships are to prosper and succeed in creating a stronger West Midlands economy. |
Advantage West Midlands is a top performing RDA
An independent report published today gives Advantage West Midlands the maximum score for its performance - making it one of only two regional development agencies in the country to have achieved the maximum rating. |
Investment secures nearly 1,000 jobs for the region
Nearly 1,000 jobs have been attracted to the West Midlands region and a further nearly 400 jobs safeguarded in the past year thanks to the work of the Advantage West Midlands inward investment team. |
New hotel for former colliery site
Whitbread PLC is set to invest approximately £4.5 million to develop a new Premier Inn and Table Table restaurant at Towers Business Park in Rugeley. |
West Midlands output and new orders continue to grow
West Midlands output and new orders continued to grow in June but rate is slowing. |
£130 million world-class Manufacturing Technology Centre work on track
The building of a technology centre that will help put the Midlands in the forefront of global manufacturing research is on schedule to open next Summer. |
Innovative US batteries business chooses Keele for new European base
A high tech US battery specialist is setting up its new UK and European base at Keele University Science Park, bringing high tech jobs and green industry to the West Midlands. |
High Speed Rural Broadband becomes reality as new pilot launched at RRZ Conference
A new project aimed at improving rural broadband for 40,000 people and more than 2500 businesses in the rural West Midlands was launched last Friday. |
Biosensor innovation could transform lives of lung disease sufferers
The lives of millions of people with chronic lung diseases could be transformed by an invention that is being tested in Stoke-on-Trent as a result of a unique partnership and the regional sensors innovation programme. |
New £18m business growth fund officially launched
A new £18m investment fund designed to kick start and support growing businesses in the West Midlands has been officially launched |
Birmingham Gateway progress revealed
The transformation of Birmingham New Street station is underway and, after the Government reiterated its support for the project in the emergency budget, the key backers of the Gateway project visited the site to see how work is progressing |
New tenants move in to Shropshire Food Centre
The first two tenants have moved into the state-of-the-art Shropshire Food Enterprise Centre, designed specifically to help boost the region's £7billion a year food and drink economy. |
Work begins on unique 2.28m pound auto powertrain testing facility for region
Work has begun on a unique £2.28m Vehicle Energy Facility for the Region which will be the UK's only hybrid powertrain testing facility not owned and operated by an individual automotive company. |
World's newest automotive design studio opens at MG in Longbridge
Dr Richard Hutchins, deputy chief executive of Advantage West Midlands (AWM), officially opened the new SAIC design studio at Longbridge, near Birmingham, today - the home of MG car manufacture. |
3 per cent campaign to boost self-employment fortunes for 5000 young people
A new initiative aimed at reducing youth unemployment and creating up to 5000 new young entrepreneurs was unveiled in Birmingham. |
Wolverhampton's transport future on a solid footing
This was the moment when Wolverhampton's former bus station ceased being just a demolition site and work began on the actual construction of the world class facility that will replace it. |
Black Country jobseekers get ticket to employment
Jobseekers in the Black Country are being given an extra boost in their bid to get back to work thanks to a new scheme launched on June 8. |