Archive: July, 2011

Birmingham City Centre Enterprise Zone gets Government green light

Posted by lepadmin - July 28, 2011 - Enterprise Zone, Newsroom

Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, paid a welcome visit to Birmingham today to announce the Government’s approval of the Birmingham City Centre Enterprise Zone bid. The Greater Birmingham & Solihull Local Enterprise Partnership’s (GBSLEP) establishment of an Enterprise Zone will be estimated to create 40,000 new jobs and generate £2.8 billion into the regional …

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GBSLEP signs off its support for high speed rail network

Posted by lepadmin - July 20, 2011 - Newsroom, Transport

The Greater Birmingham & Solihull Local Enterprise Partnership has underlined its support for high speed rail in its response to the Department for Transport’s national consultation on the proposed High Speed Two rail network. Following a board meeting on July 20 2011, the LEP has written to the DfT pledging its full support for the …

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