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An innovative design and manufacturing company in Coventry is diversifying, creating jobs and buying new premises after receiving a major grant from the Regional Growth Fund (RGF).

A new incubator facility for start-up gaming companies and micro enterprises has been opened in Leamington to encourage further inward investment.

Coventry and Warwickshire’s potential is outweighing its current performance, a major conference has heard.

The Coventry and Warwickshire Growth Hub has made a key appointment in its drive to help business.

A report published by the Trades Union Congress outlines its concerns about the operation of the LEPs. This working brief provides a short summary of the report highlighting some key messages for those involved with the Coventry and Warwickshire Local Enterprise Partnership.

The Department for Business, Innovation & Skills currently has two new government grant schemes for employers, which provide a 50% cash match for improving the engineering skills in their workforce.

These are:

-£10 million to improve engineering careers

Key Features

Hundreds of students will have the opportunity to sample a wide range of future careers at the first sub-regional jobs, apprenticeships and careers fair for a decade.

To ensure that the LEP area committee is fully representative of local partnerships this call for committee members is seeking individuals (in a non-remunerated capacity) that are able to represent partner groups from the following sectors:

Coventry and Warwickshire’s rising popularity as a tourist destination will be celebrated at a new awards event.