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The new rapid bus service will offer passengers more reliable journey times due to dedicated lanes, priority at busy junctions and multi-door boarding.

As part of a long-term vision, there are proposals to enhance services to Aldridge, whilst also providing principal enhancements to Infrastructure by reopening Aldridge Station - thus improving connectivity.

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

Tickets to success for the newly employed.

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.

Tickets to success for the newly employed.

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’.

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

This industry body hopes to boost the West Midlands’ creative output by promoting the region as a production base for new content and gaining investment for local projects

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...

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.