All entries located in West Midlands (United Kingdom), newest first. tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:en:en/regions/west-midlands 2026-09-09T06:00:00Z Eurotrack tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:f4de9cb6:en 2026-09-09T06:00:00Z

Betting operator bet365 plans to cut about 340 jobs, around 3% of its global workforce: about 300 at its Stoke-on-Trent headquarters and about 40 across its Malta and Gibraltar sites combined. A voluntary redundancy programme comes first before compulsory redundancies are considered; the company cites a highly competitive environment and higher regulatory and tax costs. Since April 2026 the UK tax on online casino games has been 40% instead of 21% (iGamingCapital, 9 Sep 2026). — Source: https://igamingcapital.mt/bet365-to-cut-340-jobs-acros-malta-gibraltar-and-uk-in-major-restructuring/

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:6f779eb1:en 2026-07-16T06:00:00Z

Caribbean restaurant chain Turtle Bay is closing four sites (Solihull, Walthamstow, York, Middlesbrough) under a creditor-approved CVA (Company Voluntary Arrangement); around 76 employees are affected. Second source: MSN/PA. — Source: https://www.thesun.co.uk/money/39780596/major-restaurant-chain-four-sites-closed/

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:8b05150f:en 2026-04-07T06:00:00Z

On 7 April 2026 the three newly built stations Moseley Village, Pineapple Road and Kings Heath on the Camp Hill line between Birmingham New Street and Kings Norton (south Birmingham) opened to passengers - the first resumption of local service since the line closed in 1946, an 80-year gap. West Midlands Railway plans a half-hourly daytime service (three trains per hour in late evening); around 35,000 passenger journeys were recorded through the new stations in their first three weeks. A future scheme ("Bordesley Chords") is planned to additionally link the route to Birmingham Moor Street. — Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camp_Hill_line

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:705f43a9:en 2026-04-05T06:00:00Z

The roughly 1.7 km extension of the West Midlands Metro branches off between the Bull Street and Corporation Street stops and opened on 5 April 2026 with two new stations, Albert Street and Millennium Point. Between Albert Street and Millennium Point trams run on battery power since the overhead line ends there — a temporary terminus until track can be laid to the HS2 Curzon Street station. This construction phase cost around £245m (including £18m for the interim battery section); the planned continuation to Digbeth Coach Station is part of a wider project budgeted at over £350m. — Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Midlands_Metro

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:b0b8e8ec:en 2026-03-19T06:00:00Z

The Willenhall and Darlaston stations in the Birmingham area, closed since 1965, were due to see passenger trains again in March 2026 once the rail regulator ORR gave its expected clearance. They belong to a modernisation project covering five stations that costs GBP 185 million (EUR 215 million), paid for with GBP 126 million from the Department for Transport and partial budgets from the regional government and local bodies; the three other stations, Moseley Village, Kings Heath and Pineapple, were planned for April and are to get a half-hourly service. According to Transport for West Midlands, Willenhall and Darlaston opened on 19 March 2026, with GBP 85 million spent on the two stations (LOK Report, 17 Mar 2026; Transport for West Midlands). — Sources: https://www.lok-report.de/news/europa/grossbritannien/65868-grossbritannien-fuenf-bahnstationen-im-grossraum-birmingham-werden-demnaechst-wieder-fuer-den-vorortverkehr-geoeffnet.html · https://www.tfwm.org.uk/who-we-are/what-we-do/rail-projects/willenhall-and-darlaston-railway-stations/