Investment Enterprise and Employment

In response to the current difficult trading conditions, Birmingham City Council has launched a series of vital new programmes to help businesses and entrepreneurs weather the worst effects of the recession, thereby enabling them to be well positioned for when the economy improves.

Funds for the £31m package have been secured through Birmingham City Council, the Working Neighbourhood Fund, the European Regional Development Fund, and delivered through a number of key partners (Business Link West Midlands, Birmingham Chamber of Commerce, Aston University, Birmingham University and the Birmingham City University, Digital Birmingham, the Black Country, Birmingham & Solihull Lifelong Learning Network). The package applies to both start up and existing small to medium enterprises.

The newly launched initiatives include:

The Retail Development Programme
Business Development Grants
Loans to Businesses
Prince's Trust
Innovation Advisers
Coaching Would be Entrepreneurs
Business Rates Hardship Fund
Design Space
Higher level skills training

Please click on the links above or the tabs at the bottom left of this page to find out more about these initiatives.

Contact Us

Telephone: 0121 303 2462

Useful Links
www.birmingham.gov.uk/backingbirmingham
Be Birmingham
ART
Arrow
Prince's Trust
European Regional Development Fund
Advantage West Midlands
Business Link West Midlands
Solutions for Business