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New People Mover Between Birmingham Airport and the HS2 Interchange station

Artists have shown new visuals displaying the 1.4-mile-long route which will operate using 20-metre-long carriages.  The artist impressions display the people-mover positioned at a HS2 interchange Solihull, over Pendigo Lake near Resort World in Birmingham and also the new upcoming maintenance facility.  The plan will be discussed in further detail at a […]

New tea launched in honour of Duncan

The Mayor of Dudley has today launched a brand new Black Country cuppa in memory of Dudley’s footballing legend Duncan Edwards. Brew Number 6’ has been named after the iconic number 6 shirt the Busby Babe wore for both Manchester United and England. The Duncan Edwards Foundation, spearheaded by Rose […]

Baby one more time!

Nicola Wenlock’s days tend to be full of meetings and report writing but she swapped this for a chat over nappies, birth plans and breastfeeding with mums as she went back on to the maternity ward for the day. Nicola began her NHS career in 1989 as a student nurse  […]

UK Productivity Gap set to Persist as Seven in Ten Small Firms Hold Back Investment 

  Full Q2 Small Business Index (SBI) published shows investment intentions at two-year low  More than a third of firms say access to right staff is a major barrier to growth   Number of business owners describing new credit as “unaffordable” hits four-year high  Small firms are struggling to expand, hire and raise productivity […]

Lack of Diversity in Birmingham Courts

Following the recent Census of Judges published by the Ministry of Justice, the continued lack of diversity within court has been highlighted. The “white, middle-class, middle-aged, male” courtrooms do not reflect the diverse communities they serve, according to Lady Hale, who stated that we should be ashamed of the inequality […]

BT and Indian Institute of Science kick off new phase of UK-India research collaboration

Image caption: Professor Tim Whitley, BT’s MD of Research, joins Professor Anurag Kumar, Director, IISc & Professor B. Gurumoorthy, Chief Executive, Society for Innovation and Development (SID), at the opening of the BT India Research Centre.  BT and the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), one of India’s leading research institutions, today kicked off a new phase of […]