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The Midlands Engine is the largest regional economy in the UK outside London and the place that 11 million people call home. Our Midlands Engine partnership spans the heart of the UK. Working at scale, we focus on adding value – tackling the things that really matter in our region to drive prosperity for our communities and businesses.

Together, we make sure the Midlands voice is heard and act as a positive agent for economic, social and environmental change, to benefit every single part of our region. We do this through shared intent, collaborative investment and a strong, unified voice, direct to government.

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Read more about the impact we achieve through pan-regional partnership – our region’s businesses, parliamentarians, local authorities, academics and more, all united by our shared goal of greater prosperity, for every part of our region.

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Who we are

The Midlands Engine is a pan-regional partnership that works to complement the phenomenal activity of our region’s businesses, public sector and world-leading universities – our key stakeholders who, with passion and urgency, are generating added value for the whole of the Midlands, its communities and the wider UK. Working together, in close collaboration and across diverse areas of strength and expertise, we drive pan-regional economic prosperity through concerted investment and long-term commitment.

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What we do

Our pan-regional partnership works to accelerate growth and prosperity for every part of the Midlands. We focus our efforts in the areas that evidence and data tell us our region need most, convening, connecting and acting as a focal point to drive economic growth – for the greater benefit of our people, places and businesses.

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Our leadership

The Midlands Engine partnership is guided by a clear, fair and transparent decision-making framework, with representation on our different Boards from right across our partnership and our region.

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Green Growth

Nov 30 2023

East Midlands Zero Carbon Innovation Centre gets Green Light

Major new plans for a multi-million pound East Midlands zero carbon innovation centre - aiming to transform cutting edge green research into commercial products - have been unveiled by East Midlands Freeport.

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Green Growth

Nov 30 2023

Derbyshire-based funding scheme for green innovation scoops national award

A programme that supports organisations to develop green energy and carbon reduction schemes in Derbyshire has won a category at this year’s Innovation Awards.

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Economic Opportunities

Nov 27 2023

Universities across the Midlands announce new international campaign to attract global R&D investment to the UK

To coincide with this week’s UK Global Investment Summit, the Midlands Engine Partnership, Midlands Innovation and Midlands Enterprise Universities have today [27 November] launched an innovative new campaign to drive international investment into research and development across the Midlands.

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