By Joey Gardiner 2021-03-11T07:00:00+00:00
Housing secretary supports £130m project in Digbeth despite council opposition
The housing secretary has granted permission for a £130m scheme in Digbeth Birmingham after deciding its construction would not prevent delivery of a planned rail upgrade in the area.
The scheme, designed by Darling Associates for mixed-tenure developer Eutopia Homes, will provde 480 homes, a hotel and 16,000sq ft of commercial space on Camp Hill in the city.
Birmingham council had turned down the scheme amid concerns that building it out would prevent works that are needed to allow the planned re-opening of the Camp Hill line in Birmingham, something the council is committed to in its local plan.
Second phase of Binley cycleway in Coventry revealed
The route will link the city centre to University Hospital
05:00, 10 MAR 2021
Updated
A CGI showing the phase two Binley cycleway (Image: Coventry City Council)
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Fears West Midlands is missing out on freeport
Questions have been raised over why the West Midlands hasn t been shortlisted
05:00, 9 MAR 2021
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The Port of Liverpool on the river Mersey, which has been granted freeport status, along with East Midlands Airport, Felixstowe & Harwich, Humber, Plymouth and South Devon, Solent, Teesside, and the Thames - but concerns have been raised that there isn t a freeport in the West Midlands.
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Mar 8, 2021
The latest round of skills boot camps for people looking to get back into employment have begun.
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The boot camps are a key part of the West Midlands Combined Authority’s plans to implement its Digital Roadmap, which sets out five missions to digitise the region, including becoming the UK’s best digitally-connected region and increasing access to digital opportunities by tackling digital exclusion.
Training has begun for nearly 300 local people in the skills local employers need to fill vacancies now and in the future, with further boot camps due to start between now and June.