"Birmingham is not ‘leading the way’. Rather we need a turnround. As more than one in three jobs (39%) are in the five ‘big hitters’ (London, Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds and Liverpool), the turnround of the UK’s largest cities will be critical to the national recovery. The right ingredients to succeed are, the report continues, having a strong private sector (we don’t), high levels of entrepreneurship (we don’t), a highly educated workforce (we don’t) and large shares of knowledge-intensive jobs (we don’t). — as do Brighton, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Milton Keynes and Reading."

Turnround of UK largest cities critical to the national recovery - Birmingham Post - News Blog