National tourism agency VisitBritain is gearing up to welcome more than 120 international travel buyers for a series of educational visits across Britain, as part of its flagship ‘Showcase Britain 2024’ trade event.

Nine cultural and sporting events set to take place in the West Midlands have shared £3 million of Commonwealth Games legacy funding to help bring hundreds of thousands of people together in the region.

The organisers of the World Sport & Business Summit 2024 are delighted to unveil the official logo for the prestigious event, set to take place in Birmingham, West Midlands. This unveiling marks a significant milestone in the lead-up to the Summit, where the worlds of sports and business will converge from April 7 to 11 to exchange ideas, reconnect and make new contacts.

Leading business outsourcing provider Sigma Connected has appointed experienced insurance specialist Susan Young as Director of Insurance Services as part of its ambition to grow in the sector.

Waters Corporation’s new facility at St Modwen’s Longbridge Business Park has reached practical completion.

Business outsourcing provider Sigma Connected has announced the appointment of Lesley Avinou into the newly-created role of Group Director of Client Partnerships.

Birmingham-based asset management company, Switch Hospitality Management Ltd, is continuing to report strong post-pandemic results, as its flagship hotel and events space, Park Regis Birmingham, exceeds pre-pandemic performance.

• West Midlands heads to Europe’s biggest real estate conference
• Regional figureheads will showcase innovation-led investment opportunities to over 40k people from around the world
• West Midlands joins London, Manchester, Newcastle and Bristol & Bath as part of UK Cities & Partners Pavilion, showcasing scale of UK opportunity

• New research for 2022 highlights that West Midlands hosted four-fifths (78%) of the number of conferences and meetings held pre-pandemic, compared with 73% in the rest of the UK
• West Midlands welcomed 8.3million delegate visits in 2022, contributing £1.9billion to the regional economy
• Meetings industry in the West Midlands currently supports 43,000 full-time equivalent jobs

The finalists for the 2024 West Midlands Tourism Awards have been shortlisted, with 35 of the region’s top tourism businesses competing in 14 categories.  

Passenger tram services on the new West Midlands Metro extension in Wolverhampton City Centre are set to begin from this Sunday, 17 September.