Quick Facts

• Birmingham's air, road and rail connections provide access onwards to 400 million people in the rest of Europe
• There is a labour force of approximately 1.5 million people in the immediate urban area
• Birmingham has the second highest retail spend in the UK
• 100,000 people in Birmingham are employed in financial and business services
• Major city centre projects totalling more than £10 billion will create an estimated 40,000 jobs
• Birmingham was the first 'BT wireless city' and features the UK's first ever openly accessible free information zone, birminghamfiz