Birmingham Digital & Culture Projects
5G Testbed in Birmingham
The West Midlands has been chosen as the UK’s home of 5G testing.
Digital Retraining Fund in Birmingham
With an estimated 1.5 million UK jobs at risk from automation in the coming decade, we have set up a £5m Digital Retraining scheme to ensure our region has the right skillset to ‘beat the bots’.
Culture and Creative Economy
These are exciting times for culture in the West Midlands with major events giving the region a golden opportunity to showcase a resurgent, diverse and confident West Midlands to the world.
Screen Industry Body
The Screen Industry Body was launched in October 2019 to boost the West Midlands’ TV, Film and Gaming industries.
Create Central
Create Central is a private-sector-led industry body established by the West Midlands Combined Authority to oversee the economic growth of the creative industries.