It Starts Here
Where ambition becomes action.
The West Midlands has a long history of turning new ideas into things that change the world.
Today, that same inventive spirit drives businesses and people across the region, bringing together talent, research and industry to make ambitious ideas happen.
Discover the stories behind the breakthroughs.
The West Midlands’ drive for innovative, meaningful change has already allowed us to make breakthroughs that carry a global impact. the pace of change is relentless, and innovation is more than a goal; it’s a way of life.
Faster Horse
What if there was a better way?
What if an electric motorcycle could charge from any plug socket? What if detecting bladder cancer could start with a sample?
Across the West Midlands, businesses are challenging assumptions, asking different questions and finding new ways to solve problems.
Meet five businesses reimagining what’s possible and discover why it’s happening here.
More stories from It Starts Here
From cleaner energy to life-changing science, explore how West Midlands businesses are developing ideas and technologies with an impact far beyond the region.
The Green Power Revolution
Coventry | Future Mobility
Maeving’s Electric Revolution
Explore how Maeving, the UK’s first electric motorcycle manufacturer, found its perfect home in the West Midlands. From local supplier partnerships to vital funding, discover how the West Midlands is driving the future of sustainable transport through Maeving’s innovative electric motorcycles.
Re-engineering Nutrition
Birmingham | Life Sciences
The West Midlands gave Rem3dy Health the ecosystem to scale fast.
Discover how Rem3dy Health was able to drive personalisation and significantly reduce the time between product innovation cycles by utilising strengths found here in the West Midlands, and explore how the manufacturing bases and supply chain networks can benefit industries beyond what might be thought possible.
Indestructible Connections
West Midlands | Advanced Manufacturing
The institutional model he built still underpins the region’s competitiveness today.
Learn about how Professor Lord Kumar Bhattacharyya designed and ideated the idea that built one of the region’s key strengths, and explore our mature, proven partnership between academia, government and global manufacturers.
Game-Changing Tech
Wolverhampton | Business and Professional Services
Just Right For Goldilock
Discover how Goldilock, a cutting-edge cyber security firm, found the perfect home in the West Midlands surrounded by top talent and state-of-the-art facilities. Learn how this innovative hardware-based company is making waves in the cyber security landscape while benefiting from the West Midlands’ unique strengths in engineering, research, and connectivity.
Life-Changing Science
Coventry | Life Sciences
Medherant Sticks To Success
Discover how a pioneering life sciences company thrives in the West Midlands, where academia and industry seamlessly connect. Learn how the region’s strengths in polymer research and innovation have been crucial to Medherant’s development of cutting-edge transdermal drug delivery solutions.
Next-Generation Services
West Midlands | SuperTech
SuperTech’s Disruptive Success.
Explore how the West Midlands is leading the charge in disruptive technologies like FinTech, PropTech, and LawTech. Learn how companies in the region are navigating the fast-changing landscape of AI and digital solutions to stay ahead.
Powering a Nation
Coventry | Clean Energy
UKBIC’s trailblazing green futures.
Explore how the West Midlands is supercharging the future of electrification, and discover how companies in the region are already building on the promise of net zero with innovative solutions to some of the nation’s toughest challenges.
Accelerating Change
Birmingham | Life Sciences
The West Midlands’ growing Life Sciences sector.
Explore how the Precision Health Technologies Accelerator (PHTA) is bolstering the region’s Life Science scene. Learn about the unique strengths the West Midlands possesses that makes it stand out among it’s competitors.
Speeding Ahead
Birmingham | FinTech
Fastcheck has found success closer to home.
Explore how the West Midlands’ booming FinTech sector has secured companies like Fastcheck a fast pass to success. Discover their story of setting roots in the region, and the strengths the FinTech scene offers companies to new entrants.
Innovative Business
Warwick | Business and Professional Services
Warwick Business School is globally top 20.
Explore how the West Midlands’ universities are producing talent and demographics always orienting toward business and professional services, and find out how the research led business school in the region has been building bridges with the private sector.
Greener Futures
West Midlands | Future Mobility
Carving the region’s future in mobility.
Explore how the West Midlands has a rich heritage as the nation’s automotive heartlands, why it’s set to be a key player in the push toward key targets, and where the private sector will play a vital role.
The Green Power Revolution Starts Here
West Midlands | Low Carbon
Carving the region’s future in mobility.
Discover how the West Midlands is driving the future of clean transport and electrification, bringing together pioneering manufacturers, world-class research and advanced battery technology to develop, test and scale the innovations powering a cleaner future.
Life Changing Science Starts Here
West Midlands | Life Sciences
We’re not content to rest on our history but determined to pioneer.
Discover how the West Midlands brings together world-class research, clinical expertise and ambitious businesses to turn scientific ideas into innovations that improve lives – and why the region is becoming a powerful place to develop, test and commercialise life-changing science.
Why the West Midlands?
Discover the talent, expertise and opportunities that make the West Midlands a place for businesses to innovate, invest and grow.
