An innovation district should be created in Birmingham by the UK Government to boost the so-called new economy, according to a major new study out today.
Economic think tank Centre for Cities says the Government should seize the opportunities posed by the city's growing tech sector after Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announced plans to make Britain the "world's next Silicon Valley" in his autumn statement last month.
In its new report, entitled 'At the frontier: The geography of the UK's new economy', the think tank calls on MPs to combine these ambitions with the levelling up agenda and prioritise building advanced tech clusters here and also in Manchester and Glasgow.
