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Meet the Buyer - Towards a low carbon Global Economy - London, 25th June 2008
Meet buyers from five continents, all in one day, across new energy, environmental technologies, and carbon finance.
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The West Midlands air links
Located at the centre of the UK, the West Midlands provides easy access to all parts of the UK and the world beyond. With Birmingham international airport, the region links with all the major European business destinations.
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Average drive times from Birmingham to all major UK cities
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The West Midlands Region - Clusters & Investment
The West Midlands is a truly international location with a track record of offering a welcoming environment for overseas owned companies to grow and prosper. At the economic heartland of the UK, and with a diverse economy, its strengths lie in Business and Professional Services, Food and Drink, Manufacturing, and ICT. There are presently over 2,100 overseas companie from 40 different countries in the West Midlands and these companies employ around a quarter of a million workers. These include names such as IBM, Oracle, Fujitsu, Peugeot, BMW, Delphi, Denso, Müller Dairies, Epson and Danone.
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The West Midlands Region - European Contacts
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The West Midlands Region - Location
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Real Lives, Real Issues – A State of the Region 2007 – December 2007
It my pleasure to introduce the 2007 Update to the Real Lives, Real Issues, our State of the Region Report for the West Midlands. This is the third and final update to the first full state of the Region Report published in 2004, which described some of the key policy issues facing the Region, the relationship between them, and the research challenges arising from the need to understand them. Previous updates have followed up some of the key issues within the Region which were identified in the full report, strengthening and broadening our analysis of them. These have covered attitudes and perceptions, skills transport, culture, the knowledge economy and issues for the rural parts of the Region.
Source: West Midlands Regional Observatory
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The economic impact of migrant workers in the West Midlands - November 2007
There has been a rapid growth in net migration to the UK in recent years. The research reported here was undertaken to address a gap in understanding of the size and profile of migrant workers and their motivation for location in the West Midlands region. It was also designed to assess labour market and economic impacts of migrant workers and implications for skills and training provision.
The report combines findings from a desk-based study (published separately) and analysis of secondary data sources (covering the period from 2001 to 2006/7) with primary research (undertaken in 2007) encompassing:
• a quantitative survey of 223 employers of migrant workers in the West Midlands (hereinafter referred to as the West Midlands Migrant Worker Employer Survey)
• a qualitative survey of over 40 third-party organisations involved with supporting migrant workers
• a quantitative survey of 712 migrant workers in the West Midlands (referred to as the West Midlands Migrant Worker Survey); and
• a qualitative survey of migrant workers using 8 mini focus groups.
Source: West Midlands Regional Observatory
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UK Exports in goods and services and outward FDI to emerging markets (August 2007)
In order to identify the opportunities that exist and the barriers that UK companies face in trading with the emerging Asian economies, the ATF Secretariat at UK Trade & Investment set up a research project to analyse the structure of UK exports to Asian markets.
The aim of this research project was to:
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investigate the match between the UK's strengths and import demand in emerging markets
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compare the export performance of the UK against that of our key competitors
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on the basis of the econometric work, make some projections of possible future changes.
Source: UK Trade & Investment (Asia Task Force)
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How to access UK expertise in Public Private Partnerships
The UK Government is firmly committed to modernising the delivery of its public services. The public expects to receive the best value for money coupled with the highest quality of services.
Public Private Partnership (PPP) is a process which has been extensively adopted by the UK Government to satisfy this need. Through the development of purpose designed and well maintained facilities it has proved consistent in delivering value for money. Between 10 and 15 per cent of public expenditure in the UK is now delivered under PPP based contracts. These contracts are based on long-term partnerships between the public and the private sector.
Source: UK Trade and Investment
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UK Inward Investment 2005/2006 - Report by UK Trade & Investment
The report demonstrates that the UK continues to be the popular choice of location for foreign direct investment in Europe. The number of new jobs created is encouraging and a vital contribution to our continuing prosperity. We are now in our tenth year of uninterrupted economic growth and this is the tenth successive year our economy has outpaced those of the Euro area.
The UK’s economic stability, our commitment to free tradeand our culture of scientific discovery and innovation are key contributors to this. These successes are also in no small part due to the work of UKTI and its private and public sector partners throughout the UK in promoting the UK around the globe, and attracting inward investment. But in the face of global challenges there can be no room for complacency. As well as winning new investment we need to build on existing investment in the UK – nearly a third of this year’s investment projects are expansions.
Source: UK Trade & Investment
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UK Food and Drink Sector meets greenhauose gas targets
The UK Government today published agreements it has made with industry organisations - including those in the food and drink sector - on targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
In the main the targets furthet reduce the amount of CO2 emissions each sector is allowed to produce from manufacturing activities before having to purchase credit under the EU's Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS).
The industry organisations include associations that represent brewers, bakers, meat processors, dairy companies, along with general beverage and food makers.
Source: Food and Drink Europe
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