West Midlands Mayor Andy Street has unveiled plans for a massive global ‘Tech’ festival – and predicted that the region’s booming innovators can help it overtake London in terms of growth.
Andy Street’s Housing Plan for the West Midlands is an ambitious and comprehensive blueprint for providing the homes our region needs, while generating jobs, supporting communities, and protecting the Green Belt.
A long-awaited revamp of the Gracechurch Centre is set to start soon, after Mayor Andy Street secured around £10million in funding to facilitate the scheme.
As the festive season arrives and the longer nights draw in, the wonderful sun-lit success of last summer’s Birmingham Commonwealth Games suddenly seems a million years ago.
One of the things I have set out to do as Mayor of the West Midlands is build a world-class transport system for our region, and Digbeth has often found itself at the centre of this ambition.