Budget 2012: LEPs get £74m shot in the arm

LOCAL enterprise partnerships in the Midlands were today promised an extra £74m to unlock development in the region.

Chancellor George Osborne announced the extra investment from the Growing Places Fund as part of a package of measures aimed at stimulating growth.

The Growing Places fund is aimed at removing barriers to regional growth by helping to fund developments such as new access roads or energy infrastructure.
Setting out his ambition to make the UK "the best place in Europe to start, finance and grow a bus... You can carry on reading TheBusinessDesk.com for free, but you have reached the maximum number of pages an unregistered user can view. To register for an account, click here or login below...