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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...”
NEWS
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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NEWS

Expressions of interest sought

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

£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…

AMSCI gives CW LEP manufacturers a £19 million supply chain boost

28.03.2013
A £19 million programme to support and strengthen companies in the automotive and aerospace…

Minutes

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Access to Finance - Meeting Minutes - 18/11/2011

18th November 2011 @ Yorkshire Bank’s Offices – Ricoh Arena Read more

Access to Finance - Meeting Minutes - 19/01/2011

19th January 2011 @ Ricoh Arena in Coventry Read more

Access to Finance - Meeting Minutes 09/06/2011

9th June 2011 @ Ricoh Arena in Coventry, Read more

Access to Finance - Meeting Minutes - 23/03/2012

23rd March 2012 - 8.00-9.30am Read more

Access to Finance - Meeting Minutes - 18/07/2011

18th July 2011 @ Wright Hassall’s offices – Leamington Spa Read more

Access to finance - Meeting Minutes - 18/02/2011

18th February 2011 @ Ricoh Arena in Coventry Read more

Access to Finance - Meeting Minutes - 16/12/2012

16th December 2011 - 8.00-9.30am Read more

Access to Finance - Meeting Minutes - 01/04/2011

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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