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 Arriaga-Garcia discusses discusses how Greater Birmingham … Continue reading “Innovation for Inclusive Growth in Greater Birmingham, From Pilots to Pipeline”
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Developing Priority Clusters across 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. Johannes Read argues that Birmingham’s economy, like … Continue reading “Developing Priority Clusters across Greater Birmingham”
Ten Years of City-REDI – George Bramley
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 “Ten Years of City-REDI – George Bramley”
Policy Briefing: Understanding the UK’s Rise in Economic Inactivity Since 2020 Across Local Labour Markets
Donald Houston talks though key findings of the report and policy implications of a recent City-REDI paper. The University of Birmingham’s City-Region Economic Development Institute (City-REDI) has published a Research & Policy Briefing paper based on the main findings from a major project that I led funded by the Economic & Social Research Council. The … Continue reading “Policy Briefing: Understanding the UK’s Rise in Economic Inactivity Since 2020 Across Local Labour Markets”
Celebrating 10 Years of City-REDI: Reflections from Elizabeth Goodyear
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 “Celebrating 10 Years of City-REDI: Reflections from Elizabeth Goodyear”
Ten Years of City-REDI – Delma Dwight
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 “Ten Years of City-REDI – Delma Dwight”
Ten Year’s of City-REDI – Liam O’Farrell
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 “Ten Year’s of City-REDI – Liam O’Farrell”
Celebrating 10 Years of City-REDI: A Call to Share, Reflect, and Inspire
October 2025 marks a significant milestone for City-REDI – our 10th anniversary! Professor Rebecca Riley and Professor Anne Green, Co-Directors of City-REDI reflect on the past decade and call for your memories. Over the past decade we have grown from a bold idea into a thriving research institute, dedicated to understanding and shaping inclusive, sustainable … Continue reading “Celebrating 10 Years of City-REDI: A Call to Share, Reflect, and Inspire”
Project Spotlight: Youth transitions to good employment: East Birmingham & North Solihull
In a new series of blogs, we will be reviewing the current and historical work of City-REDI. In the latest blog of the series, we look at City-REDI’S current work with the School of Education at the University of Birmingham leading a pivotal research initiative aimed at examining youth employment prospects in East Birmingham and … Continue reading “Project Spotlight: Youth transitions to good employment: East Birmingham & North Solihull”
Accelerating Place – Based Growth through Innovation: Perspectives from the Conservative Party Conference
On 2nd October, City-REDI / WMREDI, University of Birmingham and Policy @ Manchester co-hosted a fringe event at the Conservative Party Conference on how to accelerate placed-based growth and innovation. Steve Barwick and Fumi Kitagawa reflect on the lessons learnt at the event held in Manchester. The event was chaired by Thomas Pope, Deputy Chief … Continue reading “Accelerating Place – Based Growth through Innovation: Perspectives from the Conservative Party Conference”