£50m Government innovation boost for West Midlands frontier sectors
Record sum to support life sciences, advanced manufacturing and creative tech The West Midlands is the “home of innovation,” regional mayor Richard Parker.
Life Sciences
Tech
Defence
Life Sciences
Warwickshire manufacturer wins first defence and medical contracts after £1m investment drive
Opus International Products is targeting £9m annual revenues as part of a five-year growth strategy A Warwickshire manufacturer of precision-engineered components has secured.
Life Sciences
Partnership Content
Nominations now being received for 2026 Life Sciences Week Awards
Nationally significant programme of health tech events taking place from September 21 to 25 Nominations were declared open today for the 2026 Life.
Life Sciences
Tech
UK sets out pathway for space-manufactured medicines to reach patients
Regulatory clarity and new guidance aim to help firms bring microgravity-produced drugs from orbit to NHS patients The UK government has announced a.
Birmingham
Life Sciences
Birmingham nurse wins top national honour for social care excellence
Lianne Ford recognised at House of Lords reception for her leadership, research and commitment to dignified care A Birmingham-based nurse has received one.
Environment
Life Sciences
NHS receives additional £4m for electric vehicle charging points
DfT says cash is part of ongoing NHS efforts to decarbonise The NHS in England is receiving £4 million to install hundreds of.
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.
Agriculture
Life Sciences
Walsall
Walsall biotech start-up joins government ‘incubator’ scheme
RevoNA Bio creates new disease protection aimed at reducing chemical treatments in agriculture A Walsall-based biotech start-up developing revolutionary plant and animal disease.
Events
Life Sciences
Partnership Content
‘Delivery-focused’ Life Sciences Week 2026 builds on inaugural 2025 programme
Birmingham LSW 2026 ‘preview’ event part of the West Midlands Business Festival The focus of Life Sciences Week (LSW) 2026 is “delivery of.
Life Sciences
Politics
NHS scaling back use of ‘physician associates’ over patient safety fears
Move comes after government review found PAs were being used as ‘substitute’ doctors The NHS has significantly scaled back its use of physician.