Mat Danks

Mat Danks

Columnist
Mat is a communications specialist with experience in political campaigning and a passion for niche sporting endeavours, including non-league football and village cricket.
Birmingham Culture Events

Birmingham Restaurant Festival returns for fifth year with Michelin-starred line-up

City’s month-long culinary celebration at 29 venues with more to be announced Birmingham Restaurant Festival will return for its fifth consecutive year this

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Transport

East Midlands’ tap-and-go travel system central to national transport overhaul

City regions’ Ride app held up as gold standard as new powers handed to local leaders The East Midlands has been held up

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Jobs Tech

UK Space Agency launches nationwide internship programme to boost space workforce

Calling all budding space scientists and engineers The UK Space Agency has unveiled Skills for Space – a new internship programme designed to

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Life Sciences Warwick

£6m new laboratory and research hub at University of Warwick

Major investment in the life sciences infrastructure of the West Midlands  A £6 million project is transforming a 1970s research facility at the

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Business News Development Dudley

Apprenticeships to power West Midlands construction boom

Chance for young people to earn while they learn Thousands of extra construction workers will be needed across the West Midlands in the

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Business News Dudley Jobs Tamworth

MET Recruitment launches new professional services division

The Dudley- and Tamworth-based consultancy brings in Lynn Campbell to head up new department A fast-growing Midlands recruitment firm has made a statement

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Life Sciences Solihull

Solihull clinic launches Midlands’ first prostate cancer MRI screening service

A Solihull diagnostic clinic has launched what it says is the Midlands’ first comprehensive MRI-based screening service for prostate cancer, offering men earlier

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Birmingham Culture People Sport

Birmingham young people to lead three new community projects thanks to Commonwealth Games legacy funding

£12,000 from United By 2022 Young Brummies are set to launch three new community initiatives after receiving £12,000 from United By 2022, the

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AI Birmingham Crypto Tech

Tech firm taps crypto payments trailblazer to lead AI innovation drive from the regions

Birmingham-based tech boffins Greater Things have handed the keys to their next chapter to fintech and crypto payments pioneer Oliver von Landsberg-Sadie, appointing

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Birmingham Crime Politics

Birmingham MPs secure uplift in community police provision

Preet Gill and Al Carns were among local leaders calling for action Birmingham is set for a significant increase in neighbourhood policing, with

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