Andy Street launching his plans for FutureFest at Jaguar Land Rover's state-of-the-art £1 billion Engine Manufacturing Centre (EMC) in Wolverhampton

West Midlands mayor Andy Street unveils plans for a massive global ‘Tech’ festival to overtake London in terms of growth

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. ‘FutureFest’ will supercharge and provide an ambitious global showcase for the West Midlands Tech sector, he claimed, which is worth over £15.3 billion and…

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(L-R): Andy Street, Mayor of the West Midlands and Chair of the WMCA, Ed Bradburn, FDC Investment Director, Rob Watts, Development Manager at Chancerygate, and Dan Powers, Project Management Director at the newly completed Holbrook Park in Coventry

Nearly 500 jobs to be based at new Coventry business park following £24m investment

Nearly 500 jobs are set to be based at new Coventry business park following £24m investment, it has been revealed. Work to transform part of the former Meggitt aerospace site in Coventry into a new business park featuring hundreds of jobs has been completed “thanks to a multi-million-pound investment,” the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) announced.

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An artist rendition of what Coventry's City Centre South may look like once completed

£12.24 million approved by WMCA for new mixed use regeneration scheme in Coventry

A huge part of Coventry city centre is one step closer to regeneration after an additional £12.24 million has been approved by the West Midlands Combined Authority to unlock a “strategically important” housing development, say planners. The money will reportedly be used to unlock the Coventry City Centre South scheme, and help transform outdated areas…

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