LEPs

GBSLEP sets up ladder for 1,000 apprentices

• 26th September 2018
• Kevin Johnson
• Andy Street, Featured, GBSLEP, LEPs, News, Partner Posts, Popular, Recommended

The Greater Birmingham and Solihull Local Enteprise Partnership (GBSLEP) holds its an annual conference this morning, launching what it describes as new ways for businesses to influence region’s economic growth.

Midlands Engine £250M Fund on roadshow rollout

• 21st March 2018
• Kevin Johnson
• Black Country LEP, Featured, GBSLEP, LEPs, News, Partner Posts, Popular, Recommended

300 business leaders and financial experts gathered at Millennium Point yesterday for the Midlands Finance & Investment Summit in the latest stage of the roadshow to promote the Midlands Engine Investment Fund,

Send for Allardyce! We’re topping the wrong league tables

• 22nd February 2018
• Chris Game
• Andy Street, Centre for Cities, Featured, LEPs, Partner Posts, Popular, Recommended, west midlands combined authority, WMCA

As you’ll have noticed, it’s the awards season. We’ve had the BAFTAs and the Brits, there’s the Oscars on March 4th, and climactically, just four days later, it’s the Birmingham

Inclusivity or productivity – or both?

• 22nd February 2018
• Beverley Nielsen
• Andy Street, Featured, LEPs, Opinion, Partner Posts, Popular, Recommended, skills, west midlands combined authority, WMCA

Increasing labour productivity has been the holy grail of government policy for many years. Despite a 0.9% increase to September 2017 we have so far failed to regain pre-financial crisis

Tim Pile announced as the new Chair of GBSLEP

• 12th October 2017
• Kevin Johnson
• Andy Street, Featured, GBSLEP, LEPs, News, Partner Posts, Popular, Recommended

The Greater Birmingham and Solihull Local Enterprise Partnership (GBSLEP) has appointed Tim Pile as its new Chair today (Thursday 12th October). Mr Pile is the former Chair and Chief Executive

Midlands Engine – what is really under the bonnet?

• 14th March 2017
• Kevin Johnson
• Andy Street, Cllr John Clancy, Devolution, Featured, LEPs, Opinion, Partner Posts, Popular, Recommended, Sajid Javid

The Midlands Engine Strategy, published last week, has been warmly welcomed by most business leaders and politicians. As MIPIM delegates order up another bottle of champagne on the yachts, with

Booming Birmingham – all on the rise?

• 1st February 2017
• Hannah Green
• Birmingham, Centre for Cities, Deloitte, Featured, GBSLEP, LEPs, News, Partner Posts, WMCA

The ‘Booming Brum’ mantra was given a boost yesterday with news of more cranes and tourists, but economic and social challenges await the region’s first Mayor, writes Hannah Green.  Chamberlain Files recently

Report says EU trade vital, but Birmingham lags in export league

• 30th January 2017
• Kevin Johnson
• Centre for Cities, Featured, LEPs, News, Partner Posts, Popular, Recommended

EU trade deal must be Government’s top priority in Brexit negotiations, according to a new report which shows the EU is biggest export market for 61 of Britain’s 62 cities. 

PM ‘steps up’ with ‘modern’ industrial strategy

• 23rd January 2017
• Kevin Johnson
• Featured, Greg Clark, LEPs, News, Partner Posts

In between avoiding questions about a failed Trident missile test and preparing to visit the new President of the United States of America, Prime Minister Theresa May and her Business Secretary

Booming Brum: Read all about it, bumper edition…

• 19th January 2017
• Kevin Johnson
• Birmingham City council, Cllr John Clancy, Councils, Featured, GBSLEP, LEPs, News, Partner Posts

From Birmingham to London’s Lancaster House; from Qatar to Davos, it seems as if some invisible force decreed it would be Economy Week. With the release of official data and