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Tourist programme boosts Midlands' coffers
Birmingham Post
|June 19, 2025
BUSINESS and tourism bosses say the West Midlands economy has been boosted by around £120 million as a result of a major programme.
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The West Midlands Combined Authority's (WMCA) Economy, Trade and Tourism Programme has been credited with bringing tens of thousands of visitors to the region as well as creating jobs and training opportunities.
This included £70 million of new business investment with the programme helping more than 250 businesses to find new markets, creating or safeguarding around 12,000 jobs.
Around 11,000 have also benefited from jobs skills training, work experience programmes or studying for new qualifications.
The Major Events Fund helped support 10 events which attracted 300,000 spectators and gave an estimated boost to the economy of £19 million.
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