Chris Smith

MD+Founder of independent,West Midlands,not-for-profit think tank, focussed on development of new ideas to enrich the lives of the region’s citizens.Views own!

[Chris Smith @TheNewMidlands]

Want to help shape new ideas for the #WestMidlands? We want you and your organisation to join our new regional networking group - 'Reimagining the Region'

https://t.co/4S7x6TWpOY #thinktank #regions #Covid #BuildBackBetter #midlands #devolution #Coventry #Birmingham #ideas

[Chris Smith @TheNewMidlands]

@RudolphN17 CPs valuation is understood to be around £85 million slightly higher than our initial expectations. Ha ha. Sounds like us tbf. £5 million and Richarlison...payment over 5 years

[Chris Smith @TheNewMidlands]

Thank you Stephen Webb for this absolute gem @RomeshRang

[ITV News Central @ITVCentral]

Senior Birmingham City councillor Waseem Zaffar dies suddenly aged 44 https://t.co/WyXJFYU4ob

[Chris Smith @TheNewMidlands]

@RichParkerLab @Edgbaston Need I say anymore....www.beyondthesport.co.uk

[Chris Smith @TheNewMidlands]

Truly vomit inducing. Get a grip @FIFAcom. Sycophancy on a truly global stage.

[Fabrizio Romano @FabrizioRomano]

🚨 USA President Donald Trump wins the inaugural FIFA Peace Prize. 🏆✨

[Chris Smith @TheNewMidlands]

@zarahsultana As a family, we recently visited Calais and the bus system around the port and the town was free. It was a decent enough system but someone obviously has had to pay for it - assuming the port itself or the ferry companies?? Not sure how you roll that out with an enormous tax bill

[Chris Smith @TheNewMidlands]

Wow. I'm sure having some time back in parents' days is all very welcome but my understanding of this policy was that it was all about giving children (who were going to school hungry) food to start their days in a way their parents couldn't afford to support? Strange video again

[Department for Education @educationgovuk]

What would you do with an extra 30 minutes in your day? 🤔

Free breakfast clubs are transforming mornings for 500,000 children - that's 95 precious hours back each year while children get a nutritious start to their day.

Part of our Plan for Change ✨

[Chris Smith @TheNewMidlands]

Beyond the Sport: Investing in People, Purpose and Place - https://t.co/Lpl26xT5f7

[Simon Clarke @SirSimonClarke]

This Watermelon is crushing Britain.

What you’re about to see should terrify every taxpayer...

[PHTA Ltd @PHTA_Ltd]

Last week at PHTA!

🧪 @gino_prof presenting at Clinical Immunology Services' inaugural IVD Innovation & Adoption Conference
🏏 A day at Edgbaston Stadium for @TheNewMidlands #CFP25
🔬 Visit from our local MP @AlistairCarns

Learn more about our work 👉 https://t.co/adH54giGdq

[Adam Tranter @adamtranter]

Today, the Government launches plans to fast-track driverless vehicle trials in the UK.

One of the companies involved says London presents a big challenge:

“It has seven times more jaywalkers than San Francisco.”

Except… it doesn't. 🧵

[Edgbaston Stadium @Edgbaston]

Edgbaston has been granted planning permission by Birmingham City Council for a major ground redevelopment project that will include a new on-site hotel.

Planners unanimously approved the £42-million scheme today and work is expected to start in September.

#Edgbaston | Story ⬇️

[Jon Sopel @jonsopel]

This is so nuts. The president sits at his desk in the Oval Office while Elon Musk stands answering questions with a small kid on his shoulders. I mean. Where to begin

[Department for Business and Trade @biztradegovuk]

📣 NEWS: US firm Knighthead Capital Management has invested £100m into a regeneration project in East Birmingham, creating a new stadium, commercial spaces & generating thousands of new jobs for the region 👉 https://t.co/QAxCRBgcoh

@jreynoldsMP #UKIndustrialStrategy

[Coventry City Council @coventrycc]

City Arcade will be closed from 27 January, with no pedestrian access from Queen Victoria Street through to Shelton Square.

As part of the closure, hoarding will be installed.

The closure is a major step for the City Centre South Scheme.

[Tom Calver @TomHCalver]

Many stats regarding London’s overseas social tenants conveniently ignore the fact that most have been here decades

But that doesn’t mean our social housing - already strained - is immune from the pressure of a large influx of refugees

My column 👇

https://t.co/qhnNcoX3W0

[David Frost CBE, DL @dsfrost]

The Sunday Times - Hundred Tech. Britain’s fastest growing Tech Companies. Not good reading if you are interested in the future of the West Midlands.

https://t.co/rWdquJyiMD

@MayorWestMids @WestMids_CA @LunarSoc @TheNewMidlands

[Ed Conway @EdConwaySky]

Not good. Worse than expected (consensus forecast was actually for a 0.4% rise). And means it's now not implausible that the UK economy contracted in Q4.

[Ed Conway @EdConwaySky]

🚨UPDATE
The implosion of the UK chemicals sector continued in Nov, according to this morning's data. Cumulative fall in output since 2021 is now 38% 👇
It's further evidence of continued UK deindustrialisation, in the face of high energy prices

[Hollie Whittles 💜 @FraggleWorks]

Delighted to go to the @TheNewMidlands Winter Reception at the Houses of Parliament last night, hosted by Rachel Taylor MP and Saqib Bhatti MBE, in order to reflect on the achievements and successes of 2024.

#CNM #thinktank #digitalskills