Medilink Midlands, a pan-regional strategic alliance between the Medilinks in the East and West Midlands, has recently been established to bring the collective expertise of the two organisations together to preserve the interests of over 1,700 Life Science organisations within the region and stimulate growth to support this vital element of the Midlands economy.

Fifty free memberships for the Greater Birmingham Chambers of Commerce (GBCC) are being offered to start-up Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) firms, a sector which faces a critical skills shortage, following a donation by Millennium Point Charitable Trust.

The University of Birmingham has chosen two additive manufacturing systems from engineering technologies company Renishaw as part of a new centre for custom medical devices.