Policy paper
City Deal: Coventry and Warwickshire
The City Deal for Coventry and Warwickshire is part of the second wave of City Deals to get the go-ahead from government.
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The Coventry and Warwickshire City Deal sets out to make the most of the advanced manufacturing and engineering sector by:
- establishing a Coventry and Warwickshire Business Support Clearing House to provide a range of bespoke business support services
- providing tailored business support programmes to help support the growth of small and medium enterprises
- create a shared apprenticeship scheme for the sector
- set up a Skills for Growth programme that will tackle skills gaps for small and medium sized enterprises
- design a pan-Midlands supply chain programme that will raise awareness of supply chain opportunities for small and medium sized enterprises in the sector
- enabling the further expansion of the automobile test track and research and development facilities at Fen End in Warwickshire development/innovation facilities in the area
- securing a government commitment to explore further changes to the local planning system with local authorities, in order to speed up planning applications