Manufacturers join forces to secure £25m

Posted on 8 Nov 2011 by The Manufacturer

Four Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) from across the country have benefited from making a joint bid for Regional Growth Funding under a new finance model - Business Birmingham.

The LEPs include Black Country, Coventry and Warwickshire, Greater Birmingham and Solihull and Liverpool City Region. The alliance successfully bid for a £25m Regional Growth Fund (RGF) grant, which will provide funding for suppliers in the advanced engineering supply chain. This is the first time a group of LEPs have made a joint application for…

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