Overview
- Hines and Woodbourne Group committed £400 million to the Birmingham Knowledge Quarter within the West Midlands Investment Zone.
- Blackstone announced a £200 million programme to modernise the NEC over the coming years.
- The West Midlands Combined Authority confirmed £75 million to train 12,000 people in construction trades plus £40 million to deliver 1,000 social rent homes.
- Birmingham Airport set out a £300 million, four‑year upgrade covering baggage systems, immigration, retail space and airfield improvements.
- Knighthead and Birmingham City FC named Heatherwick Studio and MANICA as designers for a proposed 62,000‑seat stadium within the previously announced Sports Quarter plan.