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Steve Hollis, GBSLEP Chair comments on the Midlands Engine Strategy…
“We welcome the launch of the Government’s Midlands Engine Strategy and the recognition that the region is essential to our national economic success.
“A focus on connectivity, skills, enterprise and innovation, trade and investment and quality …
Greater Birmingham & Solihull LEP named top core city LEP for economic growth…
Growth of 4.7% compared to the UK’s 2.6% average
Output totalled £44.5bn, up £1.99bn on 2014
Greater Birmingham & Solihull has been revealed as the top core city LEP for economic growth, according to new figures from …
£9.7m manufacturing support package launched to unlock SME potential in the West Midlands…
SME manufacturers in the West Midlands have been given a major boost this week with news that a new £9.7m business support initiative is officially live and looking to support thousands of companies.
The Manufacturing Growth …
Pentalver makes a £5million investment with Briggs Equipment…
Pentalver has announced a further investment in its materials handling resources after concluding a new £5 million deal with asset management and engineering services specialist Briggs Equipment.
One of the UK’s foremost providers of container-related services, Pentalver is adding …
Mills & Reeve advises PayPoint on £26.5m mobile payments business sale…
Leading national law firm Mills & Reeve has advised PayPoint plc on the £26.5 million sale of its mobile payments business to Volkswagen Financial Services AG.
New £1 million ‘Alpha Works’ co-working hub set to fuel Birmingham’s start-ups from new heights…
As Birmingham experiences the more start-up growth than anywhere else in the UK, the delivery of a first-of-its-kind co-working space is set to galvanise the city’s pool of entrepreneurial talent.
£1m order boom casts a bright future for Black Country foundry…
A Willenhall foundry is celebrating a significant contract haul after securing more than £1m of new orders in the last six months.
Conigital Group at Innovate UK 2016 showcasing the driverless revolution…
More than 2,000 of the UK’s leading innovators, business leaders and investors attended the two-day event in Manchester alongside the Innovate UK chief executive Dr Ruth McKernan and Keith Clark, Secretary of State for Business, …
AME boss named as ‘Manufacturing Exemplar’ for boosting industry skills…
Helping develop the UK’s first ‘Faculty on the Factory Floor’ has seen a Coventry-based engineering specialist named as one of the ‘Top 20’ manufacturing professionals in the country.
Carl Perrin, Director of the Institute for Advanced …
£500,000 investment proves a prefect 35th birthday present for Avanti…
One of the Black Country’s best-known manufacturers and retailers of kitchens, bathrooms and bedrooms is celebrating its 35th year in business in style by completing a £500,000 investment drive.
Avanti has spent the largest sum in …
Marches Growth Hub celebrates first anniversary…
More than 15,600 people have turned to the Marches Growth Hub to help start or grow their business since it launched one year ago, it was revealed today.
Developed by the Marches Local Enterprise Partnership, the …
Coventry automotive supplier Brose UK taps into domestic growth with record £195m sales haul…
Achieving world class quality and delivery performance is helping a UK automotive supplier experience record growth.
Brose UK, which produces window regulators and seat structures for a number of global carmakers, has enjoyed a major surge …
Mike Ashton to Step Down as Chamber CEO…
Mike Ashton, Chief Executive of Herefordshire & Worcestershire Chamber of Commerce, has announced his planned retirement and will step down as Chief Executive on Friday 31 March 2017. Mike became CEO in May 2007 and …
Potential £5 million Manufacturing Assembly Network with strategic outsourcing…
The Manufacturing Assembly Network (MAN) is looking to target more than £5m of new contract opportunities after launching a new cluster to tap into the demand from larger companies for greater levels of strategic outsourcing.
Mec …
Midlands set for £19.3m boost from Conservative Party Conference…
Theresa May’s first conference as PM to bring significant economic impact to region. Hotel occupancy in Birmingham to peak at 98.2% as Birmingham welcomes fifth Conservative Party Conference and 13th political event since 2008
The Midlands stands …
JQ Fusion events following earlier success…
Following on from the resounding success of the first two JQ Fusions events in August and September, the JQBID is pleased to announce its programme for the remainder of 2016.
Bringing the best of what the …
Birmingham leads Midlands in foreign investment…
Significant investment by foreign businesses in Greater Birmingham & Solihull has resulted in a 188% increase in projects since 2011, according to the latest Department for International Trade figures released.
Despite the pre-EU referendum unease of …
Businesses less optimistic about economy since Brexit…
As the Bank of England cuts interest rates to an historic low and downgrades the UK’s growth prospects, the latest Business Barometer from top 40 accountants Bishop Fleming reveals a collapse in confidence amongst companies …
SME cyber threat warning…
SMEs in the East Midlands are being urged to safeguard against the threat posed by increasingly sophisticated cyber attacks like Malvertising. The warning follows research that has found 74% of small businesses in the region …
