Monthly Archives: February 2016

How is our economy changing?

People who know me know that I am a sucker for time series graphs. They say so much more than just the plain data. Bearing that in mind…the ONS recently released latest figures on nominal GVA for each Local Enterprise Partnership area – and helpfully split the data up into broad Industrial categories – hence […]

Co-working Spaces in Birmingham

I am interested in the rise of co-working/collaborative spaces in Birmingham over the last few years. I thought it would good to produce a list of these spaces. Here it is. The Moseley Exchange This was the first co-working space in Birmingham and remains popular. This sprang out of the Moseley Community Development Trust and it hosts […]

How Digital is Birmingham’s Economy

The Tech Nation 2016 report has just been published recently and I thought I would take a quick look to see how it rated Birmingham and the importance of Digital to the City. This report by TechCityUK and NESTA is much better than last years one as its geography is based on travel to work […]