The West Midlands is the only place in the º£½ÇÊÓƵ with an
Two of Britain’s big four banks were founded in Birmingham – Lloyds in 1765 and Midland in 1836 Â
Employment in motion picture, video and television programme related activities has increased by more than 150 per cent since 2009 – more than any other core English city
Birmingham is the home of high-speed rail in the º£½ÇÊÓƵ, with the coming to the city and the H also part-based here
There are 10,000 SMEs in the West Midlands
Greater Birmingham has the largest regional financial and professional services hub in the º£½ÇÊÓƵ, employing nearly 220,000 people in over 21,000 companies, and bringing £15 billion into the region
makes driveshafts for almost half of the cars being made in the world
Birmingham is home to the representing over 4,000 individuals in 130 practices
The (NEC) and (ICC) host more than 200,000 conferences and 320 exhibitions every year
Electro-plating was invented in Birmingham by John Wright in 1840
More than a quarter of the º£½ÇÊÓƵ’s computer games workforce is based in Greater Birmingham
The first of the famous first opened in Perry Barr, Birmingham in 1930
There are six universities and 18 further education institutions located in the region
The shopping centre draws in more than 40 million customers a year
Birmingham is the youngest city in Europe, with under 25s accounting for nearly 40 per cent of its population.
There are more than 500 s, more than any other º£½ÇÊÓƵ region, and the city is the largest clinical trials base in Europe outside Oxford
Something like 40 per cent of the º£½ÇÊÓƵ’s jewellery is produced in the city’s
More than 34,000 people are employed in Birmingham’s
The pneumatic tyre was invented in Birmingham by John Dunlop in 1888
l, the world’s first exhibition hall, opened in 1850 on the site now occupied by The ICC
