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Over £160 million grant support processed for local businesses
Category: Responding to City needsBirmingham City Council’s rapid Covid-19 response to ensure financial support for local businesses impacted by the pandemic
Sustaining public services through the Covid-19 crisis with …
Category: Responding to City needsA timely digital transformation program has helped Birmingham City Council to keep serving a community of 1.1 million through the…
New tech solution enable democratic business continuity during …
Category: Responding to City needsBirmingham City Council’s IT & Digital Service develops bespoke technical solution that enables the democratic process to continue…
Work starts on 300km autonomous vehicle test route
Category: Partnerships & CollaborationA 300km Midlands Future Mobility test environment – spanning from Coventry to Birmingham – will see autonomous vehicles trialled…
Birmingham CC’s response to COVID-19
Category: Responding to City needsWe have worked closed with the NHS, universities, schools and businesses across Birmingham to prepare for significant changes ahead,…
How has the UK lockdown affected air pollution in Birmingham?
Category: Responding to City needsCllr Waseem Zaffar, Cabinet Member for Transport and the Environment, looks at the impact of the UK lockdown on air pollution levels…
UKRI open call for research and innovation ideas to address COVID-19
Category: Responding to City needsThere is no closing date – proposals can be submitted at any time.
WM5G dispels 5G health myths and condemns attacks on telecoms …
Category: Partnerships & CollaborationWest Midlands 5G stands united with the NHS, scientists, WHO, the UK Government and others in condemning the false 5G health risk…
Support for businesses during the Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Category: Responding to City needsIn March 2020, the Government announced it would provide Birmingham City Council with £230 million to deliver financial…
Official Press Release: Accelerating the benefits of 5G
Category: Regrowing the CityWest Midlands 5G awards O2 contract to launch UK’s first 5G accelerators in three major cities - over 2,000 businesses to benefit!
Supporting Birmingham businesses through the coronavirus outbreak
Category: Responding to City needsBirmingham City Council has stepped up efforts to help small businesses in Birmingham meet the coronavirus challenge.
Progressing Birmingham's Regional Action Plan
Category: Partnerships & CollaborationBirmingham’s Regional Action Plan (RAP) was implemented as part of the PURE COSMOS project, it continues to support…