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This working brief analyses some of this data to highlight features of the top 100 group of firms in Coventry and Warwickshire LEP, and to explore their distribution in the area.

The latest rolling 12-month plan of Coventry, Solihull and Warwickshire Superfast Broadband has now been updated on the website, showing an additional 77 cabinets being brought into the rollout.

Employers across Coventry and Warwickshire have been urged to sign up to two initiatives to help young people gain valuable work experience.

DBIS are currently developing a case for additional capital money for Growth Deal. If successful that would be announced in the Autumn Statement (scheduled for 3 December). The money would come from underspends in other government departments and requires the approval of HM Treasury.

Coventry and Warwickshire LEP (CWLEP) is anticipating that in the next few weeks they will be asked to apply for funding for the 2016/17 Growth Deal. The timeline of this will be very tight with Growth Deals expected to be announced early in 2015.

A  Growth Deal which could be worth more than £100 million to the local economy has officially been signed between the government and the Coventry and Warwickshire Local Enterprise Partnership (CWLEP).

We are about to go out to tender for additional coverage under the additional funding that we have been awarded.

As part of the process we have already asked the suppliers where they intend to provide superfast broadband by the end of 2017.

One of the UK’s top plating and metal finishing companies is expecting to double its turnover and its staff after receiving a government grant to help with expansion plans.

An automotive company is gearing up for the next chapter in its history by diversifying and expanding its premises on the outskirts of Coventry.