Useful links: economy and labour market
´ºÓêÖ±²¥ organisations
- : a local partnership of organisations undertaking crime reduction activities within ´ºÓêÖ±²¥
- ´ºÓêÖ±²¥ Library Service: a range of online ´ºÓêÖ±²¥ and details of ´ºÓêÖ±²¥ libraries
- : BVSC is an independent charity, working with and on behalf of voluntary and community organisations in ´ºÓêÖ±²¥
- BPS ´ºÓêÖ±²¥: a private sector membership organisation which represents businesses from the professional, financial and business support sectors in the ´ºÓêÖ±²¥ area
- Business at the Library of ´ºÓêÖ±²¥ : the library’s free information, advice and planning service for starting up growing and developing businesses
- Business Support: initiatives and ´ºÓêÖ±²¥ offered by the council to encourage businesses into the area and support existing businesses
- Employment Access: matches ´ºÓêÖ±²¥’s unemployed jobseekers to employer’s recruitment needs
- Economic zones: six economic zones established to maximise opportunities for economic growth in ´ºÓêÖ±²¥
- ´ºÓêÖ±²¥ City Centre Enterprise Zone: 26 sites across the city centre offering growth potential
- ´ºÓêÖ±²¥ Public Health: health profiles of ´ºÓêÖ±²¥, its wards and constituencies
- : a membership organisation for local businesses offering a range of ´ºÓêÖ±²¥ and events
- : promotes the City as a conference and events venue
- : the official tourism site for ´ºÓêÖ±²¥
Other sources of information
- : a range of publications on aspects of the national economy
- : incorporates and dissolves limited companies and stores company information delivered under the Companies Act
- : draws together the city councils of ´ºÓêÖ±²¥, 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
- (GBSLEP): a partnership of businesses, local authorities and universities which supports private sector growth and job creation
- (NOMIS): official labour market statistics down to SOA level
- : official statistics at a local level
- : 17 local authorities and three local enterprise partnerships working together to move powers from Whitehall to the West Midlands and locally elected politicians.