About The Centre for the New Midlands
The Centre for the New Midlands CIC is an independent, not-for-profit think tank focussed on the development and dissemination of new ideas to enrich the lives of the region’s citizens and to enhance political discourse across the area.
Through our collaboration with industry and academia, we will discover new solutions to the region’s biggest social and economic challenges to shape a New Midlands.
We are apolitical; dedicated to the generation of new ideas thanks to evidence based research and we are fully committed to making the Midlands a ‘better’ place to live, work, study, invest and play in.
We do hope that you enjoy learning more about what we hope to achieve through our work and would love to have you on board. Thank you for visiting the Centre for the New Midlands.
The Good…
As of 2018
Making it the export capital of the United Kingdom
An increase of 2.6% (+3.4m) over the past year
The Bad and the Ugly…
An increase of 10.9% across the region versus 7% increase across England
are in the most deprived 10% of neighbourhoods nationally
11% of the region’s population vs UK level of 8% - however this figure is decreasing faster than the UK average (-2.5% vs 0.2%)
We Want You to help us shape a New Midlands
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We want to invigorate debate across the region about how we can build a stronger, more prosperous region. We ask that you comment on and share the articles that you find interesting
View MoreOur work is funded thanks to the generosity of our donors and the individuals and organisations who support our research. We believe in collaboration and want to work with people and teams who share our mission to build a 'New' Midlands
View MoreWe are actively looking for new research on the biggest issues facing the West Midlands and want to support and publish the work of early career researchers (in particular). Get in touch today!
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