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A diverse group of adults sits in a community meeting, listening and talking in a welcoming room with “Carer Friendly Communities” and “Max Card” posters.

01 October 2026

Unpaid carers first to benefit from Mayor and Big Issue’s social enterprise growth fund

The investment into Forward Carers is one of the first to be confirmed through the partnership with Big Issue Invest, which has already reached its...

A speaker at the Regional Investment Summit 2025 in West Midlands stands at a podium decorated with a British flag backdrop.

30 September 2026

Mayor Richard Parker to set out West Midlands' next chapter of growth at inaugural summit

Senior business, political, academic and civic leaders will gather in Coventry next week to hear how investment in homes, businesses, jobs, skills and...

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23 September 2026

New plan to keep West Midlands Combined Mayoral Authority working

West Midlands Combined Authority is one of over 200 Vanguard organisations helping build Britain's first Workplace Health System. The Workplace Health...

Tim Balcon, chief executive officer, Construction Industry Training Board (CITB), Richard Parker, Mayor of the West Midlands, Andy Hill, chief executive, The Hill Group

21 September 2026

New construction skills academy planned for the West Midlands

West Midlands Combined Authority and the Construction Industry Training Board partner to develop National Skills Academy for Construction.

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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.