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Mayor Richard Parker

12 December 2025

New qualifications in MedTech to tackle 145,000 skills shortage

Pioneering new qualifications will help plug skills gaps in the UK’s booming medical technology (MedTech) sector – easing NHS pressures by boosting...

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11 December 2025

Investment Zone funding to create hundreds of cutting-edge manufacturing jobs

The Mayor chaired a meeting of the region’s flagship Investment Zone Board today (Thursday, December 11) when funding was approved to get four...

Beccy Marston and Mayor Richard Parker stood in front of a wall of CCTV screens

10 December 2025

£36m boost for cycling and walking

Mayor Richard Parker has secured funding to invest in active travel projects to get more people cycling and walking across the region

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08 December 2025

West Midlands Business Festival 2026 line up revealed

Thousands of small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) and the wider business community will come together between February 2 and 13 to support and...

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Phase 1: East Birmingham to North Solihull tram extension

Phase 1: East Birmingham to North Solihull tram extension

How the Mayor has secured funding for the project – which will kickstart Birmingham’s huge Sports Quarter regeneration project – has been made available as part of a £2.4 billion Government boost to the West Midlands transport network.