Today, Birmingham is a vibrant, thriving and cosmopolitan city. Its enviable central positioning means it offers excellent and unrivalled domestic, European and international transport links.
- A large and diverse skilled workforce base - 2.8 million within a 40 minute drive time
- £11.4 million regeneration programme up to 2010
- Home to over 31,000 companies
- Home to Europe’s largest in-door regeneration project - the £1 billion Bullring shopping centre
- In the past twenty years, £9 billion has been spent on regenerating the city
- Home to the largest financial and creative districts outside London
- Birmingham generates more wealth than Glasgow, Manchester and Leeds and manufacturing in the city accounts for 25% of British exports
- An estimated 17.3 million day visitors came to Birmingham in 2004, spending over £509 million
For further information on working and living Birmingham, please click on the relevant link below:
Locate in Birmingham, the city’s inward investment service, provides assistance for those looking to expand or relocate businesses in Birmingham.
Birmingham Economy details statistics and facts on the city’s economic strategy and trends.
Birmingham City Council provides detailed information on the city for locals, tourists and the business community.
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