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Visitor numbers soar in Birmingham
Visitor numbers have soared in Birmingham and the West Midlands, putting the region on the brink of a “triumphant return to the…
Innovate UK Smart Grants: Oct 2019 - Jan 2020
Smart is the new name for Innovate UK’s ‘Open grant funding’ programme - now open for registrations.
Birmingham welcomes Indian counterparts
Today we welcomed over 40 senior civil servants from the Government of India to Birmingham to share knowledge and best practise .
AI firm Sidetrade creates new career path for young people in the …
Sidetrade (Euronext Growth: ALBFR.PA), theA I-powered B2B customer platform, today announced the launch of The Code Academy in…
BDC supports developments for SMES using data!
Category: Transforming ServicesThe event aimed to provide an opportunity to roundup the work of the BDC, and use the successes of the project to provide a standard…
Birmingham Tech Week
Birmingham prepares to welcome the inaugural Birmingham Tech Week, taking place on 7th – 13th October 2019.
BGF to teach B'ham businesses key to growth
BGF, the UK and Ireland’s most active investor in growing businesses, will join leading marketing technology company HubSpot to…
5G is coming to the West Midlands
The West Midlands Combined Authority has been successful in winning the Urban Connected Communities’ national competition to be the…
5 reasons Birmingham’s tech scene is so exciting
Did you know that Birmingham has more miles of canals than Venice, that it was the birthplace of the Balti, or that it has a…
You're invited to the Industry and Policy: Development through Data
After a really exciting three years, the EU funded ERDF project Big Data Corridor (BDC) project comes to a close and to celebrate it's…
Birmingham City Council's IT has returned in-house!
Today (1 August 2019), the longstanding contract between Birmingham City Council (BCC) and Capita has largely ended, with most service…
Air pollution in Birmingham 'shortens lives of children by half a …
Primary school children who grow up in Birmingham could lose half a year of their lives due to illegal levels of air…