West Midlands Mayor urges businesses to back £150m nature recovery plan

Stuart Stone
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Region's biggest ever fundraising drive launched to attract millions of pounds into nature recovery projects

The Mayor of the West Midlands has launched the region's largest ever fundraising drive, in a bid to secure millions of pounds from the private sector to deliver a wave of new nature projects. The West...

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