The Birmingham Economic Review is out now! This year’s report will provide a comprehensive analysis of the city’s economy amid the wider geopolitical landscape, and actionable measures that businesses and stakeholders from across the city-region can take to drive economic growth. Read the full Birmingham Economic Review 2025. Annum Rafique explores how improving the energy … Continue reading “How the West Midlands Is Shaping Sustainable Housing Policy”
Poverty Alleviation in Greater Birmingham: Risks to Watch, Opportunities to Seize
The Birmingham Economic Review is out now! This year’s report will provide a comprehensive analysis of the city’s economy amid the wider geopolitical landscape, and actionable measures that businesses and stakeholders from across the city-region can take to drive economic growth. Read the full Birmingham Economic Review 2025. Dr Gerardo Javier Arriaga Garcia examines the … Continue reading “Poverty Alleviation in Greater Birmingham: Risks to Watch, Opportunities to Seize”
AI Business Demographics and Future Opportunities in Greater Birmingham
The Birmingham Economic Review is out now! This year’s report will provide a comprehensive analysis of the city’s economy amid the wider geopolitical landscape, and actionable measures that businesses and stakeholders from across the city-region can take to drive economic growth. Read the full Birmingham Economic Review 2025. Huanjia Ma discusses how AI has become the … Continue reading “AI Business Demographics and Future Opportunities in Greater Birmingham”
The Changing face of Graduate Jobs in the Greater Birmingham area
The Birmingham Economic Review is out now! This year’s report will provide a comprehensive analysis of the city’s economy amid the wider geopolitical landscape, and actionable measures that businesses and stakeholders from across the city-region can take to drive economic growth. Read the full Birmingham Economic Review 2025. Kostas Kollydas explains how graduate job opportunities … Continue reading “The Changing face of Graduate Jobs in the Greater Birmingham area”
Reimagine Policy: Why Health Inequality Matters for Labour Market Outcomes in the Midlands
In a new blog series, we will be reimagining policy. City-REDI will be giving talented young voices in the West Midlands a chance to shine. First in the series is Nikita Samoylenko, a MSc. Economics Graduate from the University of Warwick. The Independent Investigation of the National Health Service in England, widely known as the … Continue reading “Reimagine Policy: Why Health Inequality Matters for Labour Market Outcomes in the Midlands”
Where Does the Glass Ceiling Begin?
In celebration of International Women’s Day, Maryna Ramcharan discusses how income inequality remains a major challenge in the UK. Previous research has shown that disparities in income distribution are shaped not only by differences between the richest and poorest households, but also by structural inequalities across groups within the labour market. Gender remains one of … Continue reading “Where Does the Glass Ceiling Begin?”
Understanding the Major Challenges Facing UK businesses and the Economy – Evidence Submission
Dr Huanjia Ma recently contributed to a Business and Trade Committee call for evidence on behalf of City-REDI, University of Birmingham. This blog explores his submission. The committee was trying to understand the major challenges facing UK businesses and the economy, including costs, regulation, skills shortages, and investment barriers. This in turn would help support … Continue reading “Understanding the Major Challenges Facing UK businesses and the Economy – Evidence Submission”
Spring Statement Blog 2026
Following 2025 Budget, I noted whether the Chancellor and Government can “sensible their way to prosperity”. Whether the 2026 Spring Statement marks progress towards economic prosperity is still to be seen. But there is, to her credit, a continued commitment by the Chancellor to stability and transparency in economic policy making. Strong and stable version 2.0? There are two stories running in parallel in the 2026 Spring Statement. On the one … Continue reading “Spring Statement Blog 2026”
Reflections on working at City-REDI – Dr Huanjia Ma
This year marks a major milestone for City-REDI as we celebrate a decade of research, impact, and collaboration. Over the past 10 years, we’ve grown from a bold idea into a leading centre for regional economic development, shaping policy and practice across the UK and beyond. To mark this anniversary, we’re launching a special blog … Continue reading “Reflections on working at City-REDI – Dr Huanjia Ma”
Reflections on working at City-REDI – Dr Kostas Kollydas
This year marks a major milestone for City-REDI as we celebrate a decade of research, impact, and collaboration. Over the past 10 years, we’ve grown from a bold idea into a leading centre for regional economic development, shaping policy and practice across the UK and beyond. To mark this anniversary, we’re launching a special blog … Continue reading “Reflections on working at City-REDI – Dr Kostas Kollydas”