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. Donald Houston explores Greater Birmingham’s long‑term labour … Continue reading “Taking the Long View of Greater Birmingham’s Labour Market”
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How the West Midlands Is Shaping Sustainable Housing Policy
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”
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”
Increased understanding of Health Tech sector in West Midlands through WMHTIA
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. WMHTIA is transforming how the West Midlands identifies, … Continue reading “Increased understanding of Health Tech sector in West Midlands through WMHTIA”
Optimising the West Midlands Health Technology Innovation Ecosystem
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. Innovation Accelerator pathfinder funding announced in the … Continue reading “Optimising the West Midlands Health Technology Innovation Ecosystem”
Bridging the Innovation Gap: Why Innovation Intermediaries matter for place-based growth
The University of Birmingham’s City-Region Economic Development Institute (City-REDI) has published a new Research & Policy Briefing paper examining the role of innovation intermediaries in shaping regional and national innovation systems. The research underpinning the briefing was supported by funding from Research England Development (RED) Fund. The briefing draws on a mixed-methods research project led … Continue reading “Bridging the Innovation Gap: Why Innovation Intermediaries matter for place-based growth”
West Midlands Economic Impact Monitor – 10th December 2025
Global Trends The OECD found that the global economy in 2025 has been more resilient than expected, supported by better financial conditions, AI-driven investment, and macroeconomic policies. The OECD finds significant risks remain including weakening labour markets, potential financial instability (non-bank institutions, crypto volatility), trade barriers, and fiscal pressures that could raise bond yields and … Continue reading “West Midlands Economic Impact Monitor – 10th December 2025”
West Midlands Economic Impact Monitor – 29th October 2025
International instability, uncertainty and protectionism continued to impact not just the global economy but the UK economy, with current and future business activity in decline, as a result of reduced confidence in the consumer markets globally. Prices continue to rise nationally, with consumer price inflation CPI rising 3.8% in the year to September 2025. Global … Continue reading “West Midlands Economic Impact Monitor – 29th October 2025”