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May 1 2024
This week the Government has launched Help to Grow: Management Essentials, a new, free, bite-sized online course to help small businesses grow.
Read moreWorking in partnership with regional firms and public sector bodies, we focus on tackling the things that really matter in our region to drive prosperity for our communities and businesses.
Our members include 18 local authorities and the West Midlands Combined Authority, nine local enterprise partnerships and our region’s 20 world-class universities. We also work with a rapidly growing number of private sector partners, collaborating and investing together to achieve our shared aims for regional success.
Together, we make sure the Midlands voice is heard and act as a positive agent for economic, social and environmental change, to benefit every single part of our region. We do this through shared intent, collaborative investment and presenting a strong, unified voice, direct to government.
The Midlands Engine Investment Fund (MEIF) aims to transform the finance landscape for smaller businesses in the Midlands, helping to realise our region’s potential to boost economic growth through enterprise.
Supported by the European Regional Development Fund, the MEIF provides commercially focussed finance through small business loans, debt finance, proof of concept, and equity finance funds.
It is a collaboration between the British Business Bank and ten local enterprise partnerships (LEPs) in the Midlands region.
MEIF provides over £300m of investment to boost small and medium business (SME) growth in the Midlands.
The Mental Health and Productivity Pilot collaborates with a range of partners to provide an evidence-informed, cost-effective and sustainable resource that supports mental wellbeing at work, reduces the stigma associated with poor mental health and aims to increase productivity.
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Latest News
May 1 2024
This week the Government has launched Help to Grow: Management Essentials, a new, free, bite-sized online course to help small businesses grow.
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Mar 28 2024
Funding of £10,000 for an innovative new research project that will help universities integrate Artificial Intelligence (AI) into their art and design education programmes has been secured by the Nottingham School of Art & Design at Nottingham Trent University in partnership with Chelsea College of Arts (University of the Arts London), Liberty Fabrics, and Norwich University of the Arts.
Read moreGreen Growth
Mar 5 2024
Midlands Engine partners came together to launch the Midlands Forest Network (MFN), a partnership that seeks to bring about new opportunities and investment for the protection, restoration and creation of woods and trees in the Midlands
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