Our creative and cultural industries – media, arts, online, music – are collectively bigger than construction in this city (that’s a great fact we used in the bid team and final pitch). Incredibly, there is no-one to speak for us on the Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) – almost as incredible as the lack of female … [Read more…]
The other day I went along to a meeting at Birmingham Chamber of Commerce to see what’s being done about forming the new Local Enterprise Partnerships (you may recall I mentioned these the other week). I might write up the event sometime, but I’ve got a feeling that things will have moved on again before … [Read more…]
If you’ve ever been involved in anything that Advantage West Midlands (this region’s RDA) has supported (and I’d be surprised if you haven’t in some way or other) then this is relevant to you, even if, on the surface, it might seem turgid, overly political and dull. You may have heard of the government’s plans … [Read more…]