A new two-screen independent cinema is being built in East Staffordshire after securing support from the Growing Places Fund. The Red Carpet Cinema is an independent cinema and café focusing on intelligent mainstream and art house films at Barton Marina near Barton-under-Needwood. Set to open in August and create 32 jobs, the cinema is the …
Read MoreThe Greater Birmingham & Solihull Local Enterprise Partnership Annual Report for 2012-2013 is now available for download. Published in June 2013, the report summarises the work of the LEP and outlines future plans. Download the GBSLEP Annual Report 2013
Read MoreSpeaking following today’s Comprehensive Spending Review announcement by the Chancellor of the Exchequer - in which £10 billion was allocated to the Single Local Growth Fund over five years, alongside existing £5 billion of ERDF - Andy Street, Chair of the Greater Birmingham & Solihull Local Enterprise Partnership said: “In the context of the sums …
Read MoreAn ambitious masterplan which outlines how the area around the NEC and Birmingham Airport could be developed to create 100,000 jobs and boost GDP by as much as £19.5 billion launched today. The masterplan for UK Central (UKC) explains the vision of Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council and the Greater Birmingham & Solihull Local Enterprise Partnership …
Read MoreA £20 million funding programme to help supply chain companies develop, grow and diversify within the green sector in the West Midlands has launched. The Green Bridge Supply Chain Programme is available to businesses in the local enterprise partnership areas of Greater Birmingham & Solihull, Black Country, Coventry & Warwickshire, The Marches, Staffordshire & Stoke-on-Trent …
Read MoreThe Greater Birmingham & Solihull Local Enterprise Partnership has welcomed news that three sites in the Birmingham City Centre Enterprise Zone have been selected for investment. As part of the Local Infrastructure Fund, the Department of Communities and Local Government has given outline approval to lend applicants the funds for three key sites. The Birmingham …
Read MoreThe 11 Local Enterprise Partnerships chosen to champion the ‘Better Business for All’ scheme, and the two pathfinder LEPS have met for the first time in to discuss their successes and share best practice. Business organisations and regulators got around the table in Birmingham to discuss initiatives and explore promising avenues for the future. The …
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