Birmingham

Before Covid-19 Birmingham’s economy had been performing relatively well and accelerating. It had higher GDP growth than the UK and European city averages in three of the last five years and the highest population growth in the UK outside of London. Its strength in the professional & other private services sector, which accounts for roughly a quarter of regional output, is one of the underlying factors that has been driving the healthy economic performance since the Global Financial Crisis. Only the South East and London have a larger share of GVA in this sector.