{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/62d9322562e8610013dde948/62d936952819200012785735?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Megatrends in the West Midlands - Business and operations","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/cover/1658401139433-8ff49a4739d61e6701ef438da76a10dd.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>In this episode of the City-REDI / WMREDI, University of Birmingham podcast, we look again at megatrends in the West Midlands.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Alice Pugh, City-REDI / WMREDI Policy and Data Analyst talks to Henrietta Brealey, Chief Executive Officer, Greater Birmingham Chambers of Commerce about business and operations in the West Midlands. They discuss some of the megatrends accelerated by Covid-19, including:</p><p><br></p><ul><li>Hybrid working and its impact on productivity, innovation and footfall in city centres.&nbsp;</li><li>The need for city centres to adapt to the rise of online shopping.&nbsp;</li><li>The impact of automation and digitisation on business and its workforce.&nbsp;</li><li>Supply chains and the rise of online attacks.&nbsp;</li><li>Climate change and the green agenda.&nbsp;</li></ul><p><br></p><p>This podcast is part of a larger project looking at Megatrends in the West Midlands. Megatrends are major movements or patterns or trends that are having a transformative impact on business, economy, society, cultures and personal lives. The project examines some of these megatrends in a series of <a href=\"https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/city-redi/wm-redi/megatrends-in-the-west-midlands.aspx\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">provocations, podcasts and a report</a>.</p>","author_name":"Stuart Mitchell"}