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Our new Digital Inclusion Champion, Martha Lane Fox, commissioned PriceWaterhouseCoopers to conduct research highlighting the scale of the economic and social impact Internet access can have in the UK. More - The true cost of not having the Internet?

Have your say on the Birmingham Gateway Project, the re-development of Birmingham's main railway station, New Street. More - New New Street Station public consultation

An annual survey of 500 of Europe's largest companies published by Cushman and Wakefield, names Birmingham Birmingham, UK as the best performing city this year moving up seven places to be named as the 14th best European city for business. More - UK's best performing city = Birmingham!

A lot's been made by the mainstream media about the decision to screen an England international football match - a World Cup qualifier no less - exclusively on the Internet. More - England's next international match on the Internet

Digital Birmingham together with AWM, Digital Media COG and Projects in Motion ran a successful workshop bringing together potential local television broadcasters, operators and television channel creators and news gathering agencies to debate the opportunities on potential collaborations for local television in the West Midlands as well as contribute to a collective regional response to the DCMS consultation on Sustainable Independent News. More - Birmingham's response to TV consultation

Approval has been given for construction to start on innovITS – ADVANCE, a new UK centre for the development of intelligent transport innovations. Based at Nuneaton, Warwickshire, this world-class technical facility is the result of a unique collaboration between innovITS, MIRA and TRL, with £6.5 million funding support provided by Advantage West Midlands. More - ADVANCE

Read more about the European Commission's plan to set out rules around state aid and its disconnected citizens. More - Digital Europe