Investment

Plans to create a major new industrial park in Coventry and provide a multi-million-pound boost to the local economy have been submitted to the city council.

An international manufacturing group is revving up its UK operations with a £1 million expansion of its headquarters in Rugby, creating new jobs for the region.

A special new facility set to open this month is expected to drive the future profits of Jaguar Land Rover – by calling on its history.

Plans have been announced to create a new £20 million Eco Riverside Business Park in Coventry as part of an ambitious plan to create a major new heritage trail in the city.

Coventry and Warwickshire’s two universities and their continued development will be the focus of a major European event this month.

The University of Warwick and Coventry University are investing more than £1 billion over the next five years on a range of academic, commercial and accommodation buildings.

That investment in facilities has played a key part in the two universities winning a string of awards which saw the Sunday Times/Times University of the Year and Modern University of the Year awards won by two institutions in the same city for the first time in their history.

Plans to develop a new £31 million Creative Quarter in Leamington – building on the town’s strengths as a centre of creative industries and national Silicon Spa reputation – are to be showcased at a major European property event.

The transformation of two of Coventry’s most famous businesses – and the birth of a key new organisation – were spelled out at a meeting of business leaders.

The regeneration of a key area of Coventry city centre has taken a major step forward.

Developers Complex Development Projects and Unite Group plc have submitted a planning application for the first phase of the project on land in Hales Street adjoining the River Sherbourne.

The first artist impression of the new £73m Bishop Gate student accommodation development has been released by Coventry University and Barberry Developments.

Kevin Maton – Coventry City Councillor – cabinet member for Business Enterprise and Employment

This is my first visit to MIPIM as part of the Coventry and Warwickshire MIPIM Partnership, and my first impressions are certainly that it is bigger than I expected.