Regional Support

Helping regions unlock growth, investment and opportunity

We work with local authorities to turn regional priorities into practical delivery — building local capability, attracting public and private investment, and creating routes to market for high-potential businesses to grow.

By connecting government, industry, investors and innovators, we help places unlock their economic potential and deliver growth that lasts.

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Unlocking the conditions for growth

Capacity

Build the capability to deliver growth

Strengthen the evidence, expertise, partnerships and delivery capacity needed to turn regional priorities into action and deliver long-term growth.

Capital

Turn regional potential into investable opportunities.

Identify high-potential sectors, businesses and projects, develop stronger investment propositions and connect opportunities with public and private capital.

Customers

Create demand and routes to market.

Connect businesses with buyers and use procurement, infrastructure investment and major regional projects to create demand for innovation and strengthen local supply chains.

How we help regions to deliver growth

Regional growth programmes
- We use growth diagnostics, economic analysis, business and cluster mapping, market assessments and investment pipeline reviews to identify where intervention can create the greatest impact.
Accelerators
- We connect businesses with expertise, partners, investors, customers and opportunities to demonstrate and commercialise their solutions.

Innovation procurement
- We help public bodies use procurement strategically to solve local challenges, create demand for innovation and give businesses new routes to market.

Investment support
- We help shape infrastructure, regeneration and capital projects into investable propositions, while connecting major investment to innovation, businesses and local supply-chain opportunities.

Why work with us

Regional growth in action

Many regions need stronger pipelines of investment-ready businesses, projects and growth opportunities.

In the West Midlands, we have supported regional growth through accelerator programmes, cluster development activity and investment-focused initiatives, helping strengthen the region’s innovation ecosystem

£22m economic and social value generated
£103m in contracts secured
157 jobs created
Creation of the Logistics & Distribution Cluster

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Recent projects

Project

Innovation Procurement Empowerment Centre (IPEC)

The Innovation Procurement Empowerment Centre helps public authorities unlock better, faster, greener and more cost-effective outcomes by using procurement as a tool to bring in innovation.

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Project

DIATOMIC

DIATOMIC (Digital InnovAtion TransfOrMatIve Change) is designed to accelerate place-based innovation in the West Midlands, harnessing the region’s existing international relationships through a series of targeted initiatives.

Project

Clean Futures

Clean Futures is supporting the West Midlands’ transport sector as it transitions from fossil fuels to clean technologies. The programme is also driving regional economic growth by accelerating the route to market for SMEs in the sector.

As devolution gives places greater power to shape their future, we help regions strengthen their business base and turn economic potential into lasting growth.

Alan Welby, Built Environment & Local Growth Managing Director,

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Ready to unlock growth in your region?

Whether you’re looking to build capability, attract investment or support business growth, we can help turn regional ambitions into practical delivery.

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