West Midlands Combined Authority Archives

West Midlands Mayor delivers keynote speech at Switchee Summit

|Date: 7 March, 2024

West Midlands Mayor delivers keynote speech at Switchee Summit

Andy Street, Mayor for the West Midlands, gives keynote speech at Switchee Summit to call for change to t ...

Andy Street, Mayor for the West Midlands, gives keynote speech at Switchee Summit to call for change to the future of social housing. One in 11 UK households are in the grip of fuel poverty, according ...

7 March, 2024
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Equans to progress the UK’s first net zero neighbourhood

|Date: 23 January, 2024

Equans to progress the UK’s first net zero neighbourhood

Equans has been appointed by Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council (MBC) to deliver on plans for the UK’s f ...

Equans has been appointed by Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council (MBC) to deliver on plans for the UK’s first Net Zero Neighbourhood. The landmark project in Brockmoor will look to tackle climate chan ...

23 January, 2024
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Citizen is awarded £2.1m to improve the quality of homes in Coventry

|Date: 6 December, 2023

Citizen is awarded £2.1m to improve the quality of homes in Coventry

Citizen has been successful in securing a £2.1m grant from the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) to ...

Citizen has been successful in securing a £2.1m grant from the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) to improve the quality of its homes. The money, which has been allocated by the Government as par ...

6 December, 2023
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Aston University leads winning bid for funds to support businesses work towards net zero

|Date: 30 November, 2023

Aston University leads winning bid for funds to support businesses work towards net zero

An Aston University-led consortium has secured £4.095m in funding from the West Midlands Combined Authori ...

An Aston University-led consortium has secured £4.095m in funding from the West Midlands Combined Authority’s (WMCA) UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) to support businesses in the West Midlands to red ...

30 November, 2023
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New skills partnership aims to upskill 230 West Midlands professionals in retrofit

|Date: 23 August, 2023

New skills partnership aims to upskill 230 West Midlands professionals in retrofit

The West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) has agreed a new skills partnership with The Retrofit Academy ...

The West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) has agreed a new skills partnership with The Retrofit Academy with the aim of fast-tracking the careers of 230 local retrofitters as the region looks to ram ...

23 August, 2023
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Mixed-tenure residential decarbonisation scheme progress commended by West Midlands Mayor

|Date: 21 August, 2023

Mixed-tenure residential decarbonisation scheme progress commended by West Midlands Mayor

Mayor of the West Midlands and Chair of the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA), Andy Street, recentl ...

Mayor of the West Midlands and Chair of the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA), Andy Street, recently visited a street in which more than 60 properties have had their energy efficiency improved t ...

21 August, 2023
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Keepmoat to deliver 4,000 new homes targeting net zero as it becomes new strategic partner of WMCA

|Date: 5 July, 2023

Keepmoat to deliver 4,000 new homes targeting net zero as it becomes new strategic partner of WMCA

Top 10 homebuilder Keepmoat announces it has become the latest strategic partner of the West Midlands Com ...

Top 10 homebuilder Keepmoat announces it has become the latest strategic partner of the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA), with a commitment to build 4,000 additional new homes in the West Midla ...

5 July, 2023
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Orbit welcomes Lord Callanan to showcase energy efficiency improvements for West Midlands’ homes

|Date: 26 June, 2023

Orbit welcomes Lord Callanan to showcase energy efficiency improvements for West Midlands’ homes

Orbit Housing and Stratford-on-Avon District Council recently welcomed Lord Callanan, the Parliamentary U ...

Orbit Housing and Stratford-on-Avon District Council recently welcomed Lord Callanan, the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Energy Efficiency and Green Finance) and representatives ...

26 June, 2023
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Mayor of the West Midlands visits Cookley Works

|Date: 7 February, 2023

Mayor of the West Midlands visits Cookley Works

Andy Street, Mayor of the West Midlands, has been welcomed on site to view the progress of the highly ant ...

Andy Street, Mayor of the West Midlands, has been welcomed on site to view the progress of the highly anticipated Cookley Works scheme, which Platform Housing Group is developing alongside Lovell Part ...

7 February, 2023
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The Retrofit Academy brings fully-funded courses to the West Midlands to help build skilled retrofitting workforce

|Date: 12 September, 2022

The Retrofit Academy brings fully-funded courses to the West Midlands to help build skilled retrofitting workforce

The Retrofit Academy (TRA) is working with Open College Network West Midlands and West Midlands Combined ...

The Retrofit Academy (TRA) is working with Open College Network West Midlands and West Midlands Combined Authority to provide Government fully-funded Level 4 and 5 retrofitting courses, saving learner ...

12 September, 2022
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