Useful links: economy and labour market

Birmingham Community Safety Partnership: a local partnership of organisations undertaking crime reduction activities within Birmingham
Birmingham Library Service: a range of online services and details of Birmingham libraries
Birmingham Voluntary Service Council: BVSC is an independent charity, working with and on behalf of voluntary and community organisations in Birmingham
BPS Birmingham: a private sector membership organisation which represents businesses from the professional, financial and business support sectors in the Birmingham area
Business at the Library of Birmingham: the library’s free information, advice and planning service for starting up growing and developing businesses
Business Support: initiatives and services offered by the council to encourage businesses into the area and support existing businesses
Employment Access: matches Birmingham’s unemployed jobseekers to employer’s recruitment needs
Economic zones: six economic zones established to maximise opportunities for economic growth in Birmingham
Birmingham City Centre Enterprise Zone: 26 sites across the city centre offering growth potential
Birmingham Public Health: health profiles of Birmingham, its wards and constituencies
Greater Birmingham Chambers of Commerce: a membership organisation for local businesses offering a range of services and events
Meet Birmingham: promotes the City as a conference and events venue
Visit Birmingham: the official tourism site for Birmingham

The Bank of England: a range of publications on aspects of the national economy
Companies House: incorporates and dissolves limited companies and stores company information delivered under the Companies Act
Core Cities Group: draws together the city councils of Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle, Nottingham and Sheffield to develop a vision of the distinctive role that big cities must play in national and regional economic development
Greater Birmingham and Solihull Local Enterprise Partnership (GBSLEP): a partnership of businesses, local authorities and universities which supports private sector growth and job creation
National Online Manpower Information System (NOMIS): official labour market statistics down to SOA level
Neighbourhood statistics: official statistics at a local level
West Midlands Combined Authority: 17 local authorities and three local enterprise partnerships working together to move powers from Whitehall to the West Midlands and locally elected politicians.

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