Midlands Engine 2015 - 2025

For a decade, the Midlands Engine brought together partners from across our region to champion the UK’s second largest regional economy.

Though this website is no longer updated and the Midlands Engine has ceased operations, it remains a valuable archive of the reports, insights and evidence developed through that collaboration – spanning the key sectors that drive economic growth.

Thank you to all our partners for your support, commitment and shared ambition. We hope the spirit of collaboration that defined the Midlands Engine – working across political, institutional and geographic boundaries – will continue to shape the future of our region.

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    Economic Opportunities

    The Midlands Growth Story: a showcase of regional collaboration and opportunity

    At the end of 2024, the Midlands Engine launched the Midlands Growth Story - a vital tool to support our region in driving sustainable economic growth and prosperity.

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    Continuing programme of work

    Ministers and Midlands universities launch £3m campaign to attract global R&D investment and drive economic growth

    *The Invest in UK University R&D Campaign will be continuing, carried forward by the team at Midlands Innovation.* A groundbreaking coalition of seventeen universities from the Midlands launched a £3m international campaign to attract inward investment into R&D, innovation and science – leveraging their global connections to drive...

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    Continuing programme of work

    Place-Based Prosperity report sets out roadmap to unlock institutional investment for Midlands growth

    Institutional investors have a unique opportunity to play a pivotal role in shaping the Midlands’ future prosperity.

  • Outside view

    Continuing programme of work

    Blog: The Midlands Engine may have hosted partners for the last time, but driving investment into the region goes on

    The Midlands Engine has returned from another successful year in the Leeds sunshine at UKREiiF. The marquees may get packed down and the blue rectangle logo retired, but it is clear that the legacy of our inward investment work will live on.  It was the fourth – and...

Invest in Midlands Clusters

Roadmap for institutional investment

Flagship policy white papers

£50bn in investment opportunities

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    The Midlands Investment Portfolio

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    Economic Opportunities

    Blog: Unlocking opportunities for growth and investment in the Midlands

    A region ready for growth The Midlands is at a pivotal moment. With the right investment and strategy, the region has the potential to accelerate growth, close its well-evidenced productivity gap and create new opportunities for businesses and communities alike. Yet, despite significant strengths in advanced manufacturing, energy,...

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    Green Growth

    Blog: How the Midlands can power the UK’s clean energy revolution

    Energy security has never been more urgent. In recent years, the UK has seen escalating challenges, from global geopolitical crises to rising energy prices. It is the Midlands, home to innovative industries and a strong manufacturing base, that is playing a major role in tackling these issues with...

  • Clusters in the Midlands

    Continuing programme of work

    Clusters blog: Looking back on a month of diving into some of the biggest growth opportunities in the Midlands

    The Midlands Engine convened a series of Cluster roundtables - exploring the investment potential of some of the biggest clusters in our region - from aerospace and space technologies, to nuclear and cyber and defence.

  • Outside view

    Continuing programme of work

    Blog: The Midlands Engine may have hosted partners for the last time, but driving investment into the region goes on

    The Midlands Engine has returned from another successful year in the Leeds sunshine at UKREiiF. The marquees may get packed down and the blue rectangle logo retired, but it is clear that the legacy of our inward investment work will live on.  It was the fourth – and...

Thought leadership

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    Place-based investment

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    Megatrends in the Midlands

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    Green & Hydrogen Jobs

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    Access to green finance

invest in midlands R&D

  • George Freeman MP, Chi Onwurah MP, Lord Harrington, Dr Helen Turner and campaign director, Alex Favier standing before a background emblazoned with the words 'Invest in UK University R&D'

    Invest in UK University R&D Investment Campaign

observatory

  • Global Market Trends

    Access Observatory data until May 2026

Convening partners from across sectors

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    The Food White Paper

  • Prof. Martin Freer presenting the Energy Security White Paper at the Midlands Engines Economic Briefing_Credit Chris Vaughan

    The Energy Security White Paper

Impact

Midlands Engine Observatory
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Midlands Engine Observatory economic impact reports

Impact

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Events organised, facilitated or supported over a decade

Impact

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Public, private and academic sector partners

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Midlands MPs engaged and supported

A decade of our chairman, Sir John Peace, representing our region

Sir John Peace giving a speech at UKREiiF 2023
Sir John Peace, Professor Aleks Subic and Satnam Rana-Grindley Midlands Economic Insights

Impact

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Years of leadership from one of the region’s biggest champions

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Thank you to our partners for all your support over the last 10 years