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- What Is A LEP
  
  “..locally-owned partnerships between local authorities and businesses, playing a central role in determining local economic priorities...”
- Our Strategy
  
  “...removing barriers to growth, creating jobs across Coventry & Warwickshire, showcasing the area as a great place to grow a business...”
- Who's Involved?
  
  “...a proactive and dynamic public and private sector partnership”
- Get Involved
  
  “...consultation, Business groups, events and social media, your chance to discuss your barriers to growth...”
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BUSINESS GROUPS
- Planning
  
  “ Influencing policy and creating the spatial framework to encourage growth ”
- Funding and Access to Finance
  
  “ Identify barriers to businesses in Coventry & Warwickshire in accessing finance by segmenting the overall business finance market and understanding the differing issues relating to start-up, renewal of existing facilities and financing growth. ”
- Skills
  
  “ To develop local strategies that will ensure the provision of specific skills that are and will be required to support job creation and future economic growth and also develop strategies to help fill current vacancies in the job market. ”
- Low Carbon
  
  “ To develop a vision/strategy for a ‘low carbon future’. Priorities of the Group are; Low Carbon Mobility, Retrofit of housing stock leading on Green Deal initiatives and Smart Networks. ”
- High Value Manufacturing
  
  “ Opportunities presented by genuine supply chain collaboration and exporting are a strong theme. Access to finance and skills challenges are also a priority, helping businesses to become “investment ready”. ”
- Transport
  
  “ To act in an advisory capacity to the LEP Board on all transport matters (strategic and otherwise) and identify the transport priorities (led by economic criteria) to support the aims and objectives of the LEP. ”
- Small and Medium Businesses
  
  “ Aiming to develop and approve an SME Engagement Plan ”
- Inward Investment
  
  “ The purpose of the group is to develop the sub regional offer in terms of promoting all the great reasons why business should invest and grow their business in Coventry and Warwickshire. ”
KEY SECTORS
- Intelligent Mobility
  
  “The convergence of transport and communications”
- Advanced Engineering
  
  “Leading the way with technology and innovation”
- Low Carbon Vehicles
  
  “Building on our automotive heritage”
- Digital Technology
  
  “UK hub for Serious Games, a global leader in smart spaces”
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Advanced Engineering

Advanced Engineering

Leading the way with technology and innovation

Coventry and Warwickshire is renowned for its advanced engineering. Many technology companies based here have been at the forefront of using new materials and developing them into innovative products.

Warwick Manufacturing Group (WMG) is to be part of the Government's first technology and innovation centre. Professor Bhattacharyya is the Chairman and founder of WMG. He has published extensively in the field of manufacturing and is advisor to many companies and organizations around the world.

We are part of an advanced manufacturing supply chain – a fund of £125m has been established with the aims of helping existing supply chains grow and achieve world class standards while encouraging major new suppliers to set up and manufacture in the region.

NEWS

RETA event hailed a success

02.05.2013
In excess of 70 businesses attended the RETA event at Coventry University’s Engineering and…

Expressions of interest sought

29.04.2013
Warwickshire County Council, on behalf of Coventry and Warwickshire Local Enterprise Partnership,…

Dr Bryan Jackson (Unipart), Carol Burke (Unipart), Mark Prisk MP, Andy Davis (Unipart), Sir Peter Rigby (CW LEP) and Martin Yardley (CW LEP) at Unipart Eberspächer in Coventry

£4.8 million Growing Places funding for region

25.04.2013
Ten companies across Coventry and Warwickshire are to receive £4.8 million from a national funding…

CASE STUDY

Research Collaboration – How local small businesses can benefit

EnginSoft UK were looking at ways to access new projects and research activity that could potentially…

Securing extra capital to double production capacity and create new jobs

A Warwickshire specialist engineering firm required a £2.5m commercial mortgage to secure the…

Switching banks brings specialist expertise and adds value

Due to a rapid growth in the last two years together with the need to hold increased stock, which…

USEFUL LINKS

Relocate in Coventry

Information from Coventry City Council about locating your business or expanding your business within…

WMG: Innovative Solutions

WMG are a department of the University of Warwick which was set up over 30 years ago. …

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Good businesses will always find a way to develop and grow
Brian Colquhoun, Yorkshire Bank

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Through the LEP Low Carbon Task Force, we are working to ensure that everyone - dependent on individual circumstances - can access funding to help lower their energy bills and reduce CO2
Cllr Alan Cockburn, LEP Board Member

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The work we're doing with the LEP to grow the low carbon sector in Coventry and Warwickshire which could create thousands of new jobs in the next few years in areas such as building sustainable homes, refitting existing homes and designing and building low carbon vehicles
Councillor Linda Bigham, Cabinet Member for City Development

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High-skilled, high-value manufacturing and engineering should be a central part of our long-term future
David Cameron

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Coventry & Warwickshire LEP has a high profile and very good connections at Westminster and we will be ensuring that lobbying continues
David Tucker, LEP Transport Focus Group

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Engineering underpins every aspect of our lives. As the bridge between scientific discovery and commercial application, engineering feeds and clothes us and enables us to work, travel and communicate
Lord Browne, former CEO of BP