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Region needs more jobs, higher skills and better housing – report

  • 28th February 2019
  • Kevin Johnson
  • Featured, housing, News, Partner Posts, Popular, skills, west midlands combined authority
A new report into economic injustice in Birmingham and the Black Country paints a stark picture about the state of the area, notably in skills and housing. Whilst the story

C4 disappointment must lead to focus on skills and local investment

  • 2nd November 2018
  • Andrew Howell
  • Andy Street, Arts, Cllr Ian Ward, Featured, Opinion, Partner Posts, Popular, Recommended, skills, WMCA
Channel 4’s decision to move to Leeds underlines the need for a long term commitment to creative industries development in the West Midlands, writes Andy Howell in the second part

Location, Location, Location: Leeds wins Ch4 commission

  • 31st October 2018
  • Kevin Johnson
  • Andy Street, Cllr Ian Ward, Featured, News, Partner Posts, Popular, Recommended, skills
Leeds will be the location of Channel Four’s new National HQ as Birmingham misses out. Bristol and Glasgow will be the locations of its two new Creative Hubs, reports Kevin

National scheme to support care leavers launches in Birmingham

  • 26th October 2018
  • Kevin Johnson
  • Councils, Department for Education, Featured, News, Partner Posts, Popular, Recommended, skills
Businesses including Amazon, Rolls-Royce and Barclays LifeSkills have pledged to support care leavers through a landmark government scheme launched to raise their career aspirations and improve their life skills, reports

Review: investment points to success, but skills challenge remains

  • 12th October 2018
  • Kevin Johnson
  • Birmingham University, Featured, News, Partner Posts, Popular, Recommended, skills
Current investment in infrastructure and technology will underpin future economic success in Birmingham, according to a report published today, reports Kevin Johnson. However, the report again highlights issues with skills,

Government reveals Regional Skills Deal

  • 18th July 2018
  • Kevin Johnson
  • Andy Street, Department for Education, Featured, News, Partner Posts, Popular, Recommended, skills, west midlands combined authority, WMCA
A new Skills Deal, which could unlock up to £69million, has been announced by the Education Secretary with the West Midlands Mayor in Dudley today, reports Kevin Johnson.  The Skills

Government reveals Regional Skills Deal

  • 18th July 2018
  • Kevin Johnson
  • Andy Street, Department for Education, Featured, News, Partner Posts, Popular, Recommended, skills, west midlands combined authority, WMCA
A new Skills Deal, which could unlock up to £69million, has been announced by the Education Secretary with the West Midlands Mayor in Dudley today, reports Kevin Johnson.  The Skills

Commissions: will resources follow recommendations?

  • 20th June 2018
  • Hilary Smyth-Allen
  • Andy Street, Featured, Opinion, Partner Posts, Popular, Recommended, skills, west midlands combined authority, WMCA
It is commission reporting season, apparently. Hilary Smyth-Allen, Executive Director of BPS Birmingham, looks at the findings of two WMCA reports and asks whether resources will follow recommendations. Around nine-months

Deal or no deal, professionally speaking?

  • 6th June 2018
  • Hilary Smyth-Allen
  • Featured, Greg Clark, Opinion, Partner Posts, Popular, Recommended, skills
The potential for a ‘Sector Deal’ for the professional services sector and the challenges of doing business in the post-Brexit era are highlighted by Hilary Smyth-Allen, Executive Director of BPS

Street expects pre-summer Skills Deal

  • 20th April 2018
  • Kevin Johnson
  • Andy Street, Devolution, Featured, News, Partner Posts, Popular, Recommended, skills, Think Birmingham, west midlands combined authority, WMCA
Fresh from his return from the Gold Coast, Australia, West Midlands Mayor Andy Street told an audience of Downtown in Business Birmingham members that he’s hopeful that a Skills Deal
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