Earlier this year, with much fanfare, a grand strategy was unveiled for the Midlands Engine. What is that, you ask? Sign Up to be kept in the loop each and every day with our free Business newsletter.

A new Midlands investment hub near Birmingham Airport, overseas trade missions and extra government funding are part of plans to get the so-called 'Midlands Engine' firing on all cylinders. Sign up ...

Jaguar Land Rover has announced that production of the Discovery will move from Solihull to Slovkia. Surely that is a bad sign for the Midlands Engine's claim to be the heart of U.K. manufacturing?

The Midlands Engine is largely powered by the auto industry, but in a week when JLR announced it will shed 1,000 agency jobs in Solihull, dramatising the problems diesel car making will face in an ...

Stoke-on-Trent-based Cars On Screen has secured £40,000 in funding to purchase a DeLorean made famous by the Back To The ...

Chancellor Philip Hammond has published an ambitious multi-million pound Midlands Engine Strategy in an effort for the region to reach its full economic potential. The Chancellor’s Midlands Engine ...

The Maryland Department of Commerce inked an agreement to team up with economic leaders in the U.K.’s Midlands region on life sciences work. The two regions are looking to combine strengths: Maryland ...

The Midlands Engine has a thriving economy supported by many successful organisations, home to many key cyber assets of the UK including, QinetiQ, GCHQ and the National Cyber Security Centre. The ...

The Midlands can be an "engine for growth", George Osborne said as he visited the area as part of his drive to devolve power from Whitehall to England's cities. The Chancellor, who used a day-long ...

Midlands Connect, a sub-national transport body in the UK, has released a £3.5bn plan to improve the region’s rail network. Dubbed Midlands Engine Rail, the programme comprises seven projects, which ...

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