Birmingham has once again joined forces with the German city of Leipzig to develop new ways of driving growth and innovation for small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). As part of the Mayor of Leipzig’s visit to Birmingham, marking the 25th anniversary of partnership between the cities, […]

International Synergies is heading to Birmingham’s twin city of Milan later this week to present at Emerging Industries – A New Engine for Growth conference. The conference is organised by Regione Lombardia, with support of Éupolis Lombardia, in cooperation with European Commission’s Directorate – General for […]

Latin America economic growth is forecast to be one of the strongest globally, rising from close to 3% in 2015 to an expected 3.6% in 2019.  Brazil (growth projected to increase to 3.5% by 2019), Chile (4.5% by 2019) and Colombia (4.6% by 2019) are […]

As part of European SME Week – an EU campaign to promote enterprise across Europe in line with the Small Business Act for Europe – an event is taking place in the West Midlands for businesses to present the opportunities on offer in Europe. This is for all businesses […]

Interreg Europe Project Manager for Urban M, Laura Veart, explains how Birmingham is leading the way and benefiting from a host of maker space knowledge from across Europe. Urban M focuses on supporting local public authorities to make changes in their policies around collaborative maker spaces – collaborative workspaces […]

Why is the Urban M project of interest to you/ to your organisation?   In my role as Interim Head of Employment and Skills, I am always keen to support projects which address one of our city’s most important challenges:  the low skill level in […]

We are pleased to announce that Distinctly Birmingham will be supporting Waterfront’s Transport-Led Development in the Midlands 2017, which takes place in Birmingham on the 14th November. Since the release of Midlands Connect’s 25-year strategy, HS2’s Royal Assent and the election of the West Midland’s […]

The meeting with the Jamaican High Commissioner is taking place in Birmingham on 23rd March 2017 in the City Council House from 6.30pm to 8.30pm. George Ramocan, Jamaican High Commissioner, will welcome attendees and discuss the role of the Economic Growth Council. This will be […]

The Jamaican High Commissioner meeting is taking place in Birmingham on 23 March 2017. The meeting will take place in the City Council House from 6.30pm to 8.30pm. George Ramocan, who is the Jamaican High Commissioner, will welcome attendees, talking about the role of the […]

Birmingham City Council has appointed Origin Sports Group to carry out a feasibility study for the Commonwealth Games 2026 in the first quarter of this year. A final document is due by April 2017. The study’s cost is capped at £170,000, of which the Greater […]