Coventry

Transport for West Midlands is currently working to create one of the world’s most advanced environments for autonomous vehicle testing.

Transport for West Midlands has worked with Coventry City Council on adding capacity to the existing 330 parking spaces at Tile Hill.

The Coventry Station Masterplan project will transform the current Grade-II listed railway station, which is virtually unchanged since it opened in 1962 and now operating beyond passenger capacity.

There are multiple on-going projects happening in Coventry as a way of improving the travel network.

The Connecting Communities programme is about connecting local communities to local jobs and opportunities. Support is available to help people find and secure the right job, apprenticeship or traineeship. For those already in work, the...

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...

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’.

In August 2019, the WMCA took over responsibility for the Adult Education Budget (AEB) and how it is delivered. For the year 2020/21 this budget entails £128m.

A £31m funding package to help Coventry get ready for its role as the UK City of Culture 2021 has been given the go-ahead by the West Midlands Combined Authority.

Drivers in the West Midlands could be paid ‘credits’ to ditch their personal vehicles as part of a strategy to tackle congestion in the region.

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.

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’.

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...

Transport for West Midlands is currently working to create one of the world’s most advanced environments for autonomous vehicle testing.

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

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.

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.