The Birmingham Economic Review is out now! It provides a comprehensive analysis of the city’s economy as we emerge from a period of high inflation and local, regional, and national elections and actionable measures businesses and stakeholders from across the city-region can take to drive economic growth. Read the full Birmingham Economic Review 2024. David … Continue reading “Birmingham Office Market: Resilience, Sustainability, and Shifting Demand”
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Birmingham’s Bright Future: Investment, Skills and Opportunity
The Birmingham Economic Review is out now! It provides a comprehensive analysis of the city’s economy as we emerge from a period of high inflation and local, regional, and national elections and actionable measures businesses and stakeholders from across the city-region can take to drive economic growth. Read the full Birmingham Economic Review 2024. Birmingham … Continue reading “Birmingham’s Bright Future: Investment, Skills and Opportunity”
Boosting Health and Productivity: The Role of Birmingham’s Workplaces
The Birmingham Economic Review is out now! It provides a comprehensive analysis of the city’s economy as we emerge from a period of high inflation and local, regional, and national elections and actionable measures businesses and stakeholders from across the city-region can take to drive economic growth. Read the full Birmingham Economic Review 2024. Birmingham’s … Continue reading “Boosting Health and Productivity: The Role of Birmingham’s Workplaces”
Driving Innovation: How the West Midlands is Powering Business Growth
The Birmingham Economic Review is out now! It provides a comprehensive analysis of the city’s economy as we emerge from a period of high inflation and local, regional, and national elections and actionable measures businesses and stakeholders from across the city-region can take to drive economic growth. Read the full Birmingham Economic Review 2024. Avalon … Continue reading “Driving Innovation: How the West Midlands is Powering Business Growth”
Powering Net-Zero: How Universities and Regions Can Transform Together
Amal Umar (BSc Global Environmental Change & Sustainability) presents the outcomes of the University’s Summer Sustainability Internship at City-REDI. Amal summarises the findings of her work – decarbonisation pathways in the City of Birmingham and the West Midlands region and what the University of Birmingham can do and must do to achieve the goal. Two … Continue reading “Powering Net-Zero: How Universities and Regions Can Transform Together”
Devolution and Civil Service Expansion in the West Midlands: A New Era of Local Governance
The Birmingham Economic Review is out now! It provides a comprehensive analysis of the city’s economy as we emerge from a period of high inflation and local, regional, and national elections, and actionable measures businesses and stakeholders from across the city-region can take to drive economic growth. Read the full Birmingham Economic Review 2024. The … Continue reading “Devolution and Civil Service Expansion in the West Midlands: A New Era of Local Governance”
Meet Dr. Gerardo Arriaga-Garcia: Advancing Inclusive Innovation at City-REDI
Hello! I’m Dr. Gerardo Arriaga-Garcia, and I recently joined City-REDI, Business School, as a Research Fellow. My work focuses on fostering inclusive innovation and bridging socio-economic gaps through evidence-based research and policy development. It’s a journey I’m deeply passionate about, and I’m thrilled to bring my experience and ideas to this dynamic research centre. A … Continue reading “Meet Dr. Gerardo Arriaga-Garcia: Advancing Inclusive Innovation at City-REDI”
Engaging Universities in ‘Pride in Place’ and Levelling Up
In June, Rebecca Riley, Anne Green and Des McNulty published a paper, Engaging universities in ‘Pride in Place’ and levelling up. In this blog we look back at the Universities and Region Forum: Universities, Pride in Place and Levelling Up policy briefing, on which the paper was based. The Levelling Up White Paper from 2022 … Continue reading “Engaging Universities in ‘Pride in Place’ and Levelling Up”
The WMREDI Story: Insights From Danielle Dale
In her new role as Executive Assistant for Professor Rebecca Riley, Danielle Dale blogs about attending the launch event of the WMREDI Story. I am really enjoying being an Executive Assistant for our Deputy Pro Vice Chancellor for Regional Engagement, Professor Rebecca Riley (Bec). Bec co-directs our City-REDI research institute. Recently, I attended the West … Continue reading “The WMREDI Story: Insights From Danielle Dale”
Academic-Policy Engagement: A Model for Delivering Place-Based Missions?
On 23 September, the Heseltine Institute, City-REDI (City-Region Economic Development Institute), and the Yorkshire and Humber Policy Engagement and Research Network (Y-PERN) hosted a roundtable fringe event at the Labour Party conference in Liverpool to explore how universities can contribute to place growth. This blog was first posted on the Heseltine Institute blog site, by … Continue reading “Academic-Policy Engagement: A Model for Delivering Place-Based Missions?”