Our creative and cultural industries – media, arts, online, music – are collectively bigger than construction in this city (that’s a great fact we used in the bid team and final pitch).
Incredibly, there is no-one to speak for us on the Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) – almost as incredible as the lack of female members but we warned you about this male, pale and stale phase creeping up on ya me old hearties.
A lucrative and dynamic sector that is developing in markets across the world will remain uncharted waters as far as local strategic development is concerned.
Beyond the nautical references, Ammo Talwar from Punch has a serious point to make in his Birmingham Post column.