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BCIMO Family Day Gold Sponsor Spotlight: West Midlands Metro & Construct 3D
BCIMO is excited to announce a further two of its Gold Sponsors for its upcoming Family Day on Saturday, May 17, 2025. This event is part of the nationwide Railway 200 celebrations, marking 200 years since the opening of the Stockton and Darlington Railway in 1825,...
My Work Experience at BCIMO – By Jessica Evans, Year 12 Student
Hello, I’m Jess, a Year 12 student at Q3 Academy in Tipton, where I am studying History, Law, and Criminology. As part of our personal development, we are required to complete a week of work experience in a field that aligns with our future career ambitions. When I...
ORR Gets on Track to Success with BCIMO Track and Civils Training Course Visit
BCIMO was delighted to welcome the Office of Road and Rail (ORR) to the Very Light Rail National Innovation Centre recently, as part of their week-long introduction to civils and track/trackside training course, part of their railway technical training programme for...
BCIMO Drives Regional Innovation with Two Events at the Very Light Rail National Innovation Centre
BCIMO's Very Light Rail National Innovation Centre in Dudley has recently been at the heart of regional innovation, hosting two significant events that showcased both the borough's entrepreneurial spirit and the future of transport technology. Following close on the...
BCIMO Family Day Gold Sponsor Spotlight: Eleven10Creative & Rail Business Daily
BCIMO is excited to announce two of its Gold Sponsors for its upcoming Family Day on Saturday, May 17, 2025. This event is part of the nationwide Railway 200 celebrations, marking 200 years since the opening of the Stockton and Darlington Railway in 1825, which...
Clean Futures Accelerator Cohort Two Concludes with Demo Day at BCIMO
On Tuesday 25 February 2025, eight innovative SMEs showcased their unique solutions for decarbonisation in the transport sector at BCIMO’s dedicated facility, the Very Light Rail National Innovation Centre. They were welcomed by an exclusive group of industry partners...
West Midlands SMEs Engage in Supply Chain Growth at ‘Meet the Buyer’ Event at BCIMO
An exclusive ‘Meet the Buyer’ event was held at the Very Light Rail National Innovation Centre (VLRNIC) earlier this month and welcomed more than a hundred regional SMEs to connect with and develop new supply chains as part of the West Midlands Combined Authority and...
Excitement Builds Ahead of Clean Futures Cohort 2 Demonstration Day
It’s been an incredibly busy few months for both the BCIMO team and the ten SMEs on Cohort 2 of the Clean Futures Accelerator programme, but it’s also incredibly exciting to see the culmination of their hard work as they put the final touches to their demonstrations…...
Pete Waterman OBE’s Railway Journey
Last week, BCIMO announced the addition of Railway Benefit Fund as one of the charities being supported by its Family Day on the 17th May, and that its President, Pete Waterman OBE, will be opening the event. In this week’s article, they talked to Pete about his own...
Railway Benefit Fund’s President Pete Waterman OBE Joins BCIMO’s Family Day Line Up
To celebrate 200 years of the modern railway, as part of the Railway 200 national celebration, BCIMO are holding a Family Day for charity on 17th May. They are delighted to announce that, in addition to their four initial charities, they will also be raising money for...
New Year, New Us…P! Driving Innovation Across the Rail Industry
In the two years since the Very Light Rail National Innovation Centre (VLRNIC) opened its doors, rather a lot has happened. Both the technical and commercial facilities on site have been developed, new products and services have been launched and, more so, flourished....
Merry Christmas… and a Happy New Year from #TeamBCIMO
So here we are, looking forward to putting work away just for a little while… to relaxing and spending time with the people we love. But as the festive spirit well and truly sets in, it’s the perfect time to take a look back at the highlights of what has been an...
Service Please! Launch of a New Hydrogen Trams-as-a-Service Working Group
As the imperative for cleaner and thus greener transport continues apace, the exploration of potential solutions becomes ever more important, including a range of options for propulsion to ensure sustainability of both source and supply. The discussion opened this...
Harnessing the Power of Joint Effort to Enhance Collaborative Innovation
In innovation, collaboration is the new ‘competition’. The way in which challenges are faced and opportunities are taken; in which businesses grow, sectors grow and, ultimately, economies grow through the real synergy of ‘joint effort’. But finding the right...
Walk Through the VLRNIC with an In-Depth Look at Family Day
In mid-September, BCIMO were delighted to formally announce their celebration of the Railway 200 anniversary with a Family Day – both to welcome a range of visitors from the local community and the rail community to the Very Light Rail National Innovation Centre, and...
All Change for Skills and Employment at Festival of Change
With skills not just important to young people embarking on their career path, but to the development of a strong regional economy for the future, getting the right support and making the right connections to do so is essential. This week, BCIMO was proud to host a...
Made in Dudley, Sold to the World, Welcomed to BCIMO
As part of International Trade Week and a series of events being delivered by the UK Export Academy in partnership with Dudley Council, BCIMO hosted a busy event at the Very Light Rail National Innovation Centre focused on introducing the broad range of support...
Cross-Sector Inspiration & Collaborative Innovation for Future Technology
In October, BCIMO explored the first of its framework for innovation ‘cogs’, looking in-depth at challenges and opportunities within the rail industry, and how its new Commercial Investment Hub model will aim to facilitate innovation. This month it highlights the role...
Lightning-Fast Connectivity with Blu Wireless Tunnel Testing
Blu Wireless Technology Ltd, a Bristol-based company specialising in the development of high-performance wireless communication solutions, spent time at the Very Light Rail National Innovation Centre (VLRNIC) earlier this month testing their LightningBlu technology in...
BCIMO Welcomes New Business Development Director
The team is delighted to welcome a new member this month as Steve McBride joins the organisation as Business Development Director. Steve has held senior positions in the rail industry across the train manufacturing, rolling stock maintenance and leasing sectors for...
Facilitating Rail Innovation via the Commercial Investment Hub
In August, BCIMO introduced its framework for innovation; a model with four interdependent cogs – representing its core areas of focus – that must turn together for new, emerging and existing industries to flourish. Over the next two months, each cog will be explored...
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