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Transport for West Midlands (TfWM) and the West Midlands Rail Executive (WMRE), are working with rail industry partners including Network Rail and West Midlands Trains, leading the development of three new stations to get passenger services...

When the Metro extension is complete in 2021 passengers will benefit from step-free access to popular attractions including Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, the International Convention Centre and Symphony Hall.

Work to deliver our first multi-story Park and Ride car park facility at Longbridge is now underway.

The proposed new University station will provide flagship facilities to accommodate future rail passenger growth and act as a fitting gateway to the world class hospitals and University campus.

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’.

The Construction Gateway scheme aims to find local, high quality jobs for people wanting to enter the construction sector. With the West Midlands experiencing exceptional economic growth, the construction industry is benefiting from...

Progression Coaches are specialist Jobcentre Plus coaches who focus on supporting young people aged 18-24 into work. Support is tailored to the needs of young people and continues even after they have found work.

Tickets to success for the newly employed.

The West Midlands has been chosen as the UK’s home of 5G testing.

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’.

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.

The Screen Industry Body was launched in October 2019 to boost the West Midlands’ TV, Film and Gaming industries.

Energy Innovation Zones have been designated across the West Midlands to provide commercially meaningful geographic areas for deploying integrated smart energy solutions.

The Industrial Strategy sets out the Government’s long-term plan to boost the productivity and earning power of people in Britain and the West Midlands. Aligning with this is the Local Industrial Strategy, which can build on recent...

Good Gyms is a national programme that teams up joggers with elderly and vulnerable people in local communities.

Change into Action  is a partnership between Birmingham City Council, the Mayor of the West Midlands and the West Midlands Combined Authority aimed at addressing rough sleeping. All donations are kindly received and held by Birmingham...

The West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) Housing First Pilot scheme is designed to tackle the growing issue of homelessness for individuals with multiple and complex needs.

More than 1,000 unemployed young people in the West Midlands will be offered work placements in a bid to cut youth unemployment in the region.

Recognising the need to ensure our working population is supported, we have created the Thrive at Work Commitment to reward employers for improving the health and wellbeing offer to their employees.

The Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games will bring people together, be they athletes from countries far and wide, or communities from across the city and region.

Include Me WM is a regional approach to making the West Midlands an exemplar region for engaging disabled people and people with long term health conditions to be physically active.

People in power don't always understand what young people think and need but West Midlands Combined Authority wants to.

The Inclusive Leadership Pledge was launched by businesses in response to the Leadership Commission’s call to realise a leadership that better represents the diversity of the West Midlands.

An anti-hate crime campaign was produced in early 2019 to tackle hate crime across the West Midlands.