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The Government’s rollout of superfast broadband has now reached more than one million homes and businesses across the UK, Culture Secretary Sajid Javid, announced today.

With the help of BIS, SMMT and the Automotive Council, Finance Birmingham has launched a National Tooling Funding Programme.

The launch was officially made by Michael Fallon, the then Minister for Business, at the Meet the Buyer event at Excel London on June 25, 2014

Around 110 businesses in Coventry and Warwickshire were given advice on submitting high quality applications for a slice of a multi-million pound government funding scheme.

Employers are to be urged to sign-up to a work experience charter to improve the standard of placements for students at a meeting organised by the Coventry and Warwickshire Local Enterprise Partnership (CWLEP).

AN ANALYSIS OF LOCAL ENTERPRISE PARTNERSHIPS’ PLANS

Jonathan Browning, chairman of the Coventry and Warwickshire Enterprise Partnership, welcomed the announcement of the positive GDP figures.

He said: “We have got very positive soundings from a broad range of sectors that the economic picture has improved and is continuing to improve.

Coventry and Warwickshire Local Enterprise Partnership has helped to create nearly 2,500 new jobs through inward investment across the area in 2013/14.

Coventry and Warwickshire will receive a multi-million pound boost from a new initiative to help develop vehicles of the future.

Heathrow, the UK’s only hub airport, has announced a competition where the public can vote for their favourite British region to receive £1m worth of free advertising at the airport with VisitBritain.

Project update from CSW Broadband on bringing faster broadband to rural areas

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