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Making it happen Annual General Meeting 2013
Ian Taylor Commercial Director Marketing Birmingham
Making it happen
Wouter Schuitemaker
Investment Director Marketing Birmingham
Making it happen
Strategic projects completed 2012/13
SME fast track projects completed 2012/13
Performance trends
LEP Total jobs
11/12 Total jobs
12/13
Total FDI successes
11/12
Total FDI successes
12/13
Greater Birmingham and Solihull 2,789 5,078 25 49
Heart of the South West 124 4,568 6 11
Oxfordshire City Region 831 3,989 18 17
Sheffield City Region 157 3,730 7 26
South East Midlands 1,090 3,642 29 28
Cheshire and Warrington 1,400 3,277 11 11
Leeds City Region 1,107 3,160 23 33
Liverpool City Region 1,233 2,781 23 23
Coventry and Warwickshire 79 2,506 14 26
Thames Valley Berkshire 713 2,465 46 56
North Eastern 7,354 2,203 43 26
Greater Manchester 9,291 2,166 53 51
Pipeline projects
JOBS
4,750
VICTOR HU
KATHRYN ELLIS
ANDREAS PAULICKS
KAVAN BHANDARY
JOBS
1,370
JOBS
1,346
JOBS
3,068
JOBS
751 JOBS
745
JOBS
120
JOBS
40
GLENN McBRIDE
Pipeline projects
North America Sales Mission
NEW YORK
BOSTON
PHILADELPHIA
WASHINGTON DC CHICAGO
LOS ANGELES
SAN FRANCISCO SALT LAKE CITY
SEATTLE
VANCOUVER
TORONTO
Life Sciences
USA & European Site Selectors
Site selector and attorney George Pretty complimented the city, saying: “Although I have visited Birmingham several times on business, before taking part in the tour last week, I was surprised to see the scale and pace of change playing out across the city. “These are exciting times for Birmingham, driven by the passion, commitment and determination of its civic and business leadership. I have no doubt that Birmingham will continue to thrive as a world-class investment destination, affording expanded economic growth for its people.”
UK Digital campaign
UK Digital campaign
As seen in Birmingham – ASOS e-commerce pioneer and leading online retailer, ASOS seized the opportunity to invest into Birmingham, one of the UK’s largest digital sector talent pools. The company recognised that the city’s growing specialism in e-commerce presented an excellent opportunity to open an office focusing on creating new company websites in growth markets. Pete Marsden, Chief Information Officer for ASOS, said of the expansion in Birmingham: “We are an ambitious company, and are looking forward to settling into what we know is a very ambitious and talented city. Since we started our search for a new office location, our sense has been that Birmingham is a city with the talent, cost effectiveness, physical infrastructure, plans and will to help our business succeed. We’ve been welcomed with open arms and supported through every step by the Business Birmingham team, who we will continue to work with.”
Trends and challenges
Business Catalyst programme 60 INWARD
INVESTMENT REFERRALS
Mobile Investment Fund
Neil Rami Chief Executive Marketing Birmingham
Building our plans for the future
1 IMG-Investment and Marketing Corporation Saxon-Anhalt Magdeburg Germany
2 ABA-Invest Austria
3 BaselArea Basel Switzerland
4 Berlin Partner for Business and Technology Berlin Germany
5 Business Birmingham Birmingham UK
6 IDA Ireland Dublin Ireland
7 CLD Les Maskoutains St Hyacinthe Canada
8 PROEXPORT Columbia Bogota Columbia
9 Rio Negocios Rio de Janeiro Brazil
INVESTMENT PROMOTION AGENCIES OF THE YEAR
1 Berlin Business Location Centre Berlin Germany
2 Business Birmingham Birmingham UK
3 Headquarters Initiative, ABA-Invest Austria
4 Connect IrelandDublin / Kilkenny
Ireland
5 Database of Projects Bogota Columbia
MOST INNOVATIVE FDI-ATTRACTION INCENTIVE PROGRAM OF THE YEAR
1 Birmingham, UK
2 Columbia
3 Czech Republic
4 Edinburgh, UK
5 Le Havre, France
6 Newcastle/Gateshead, UK
7 Washington DC, USA
8 St Hyacinthe, Canada
9 St Mary's County, Maryland, USA
FDI DESTINATIONS OF THE FUTURE
Source: Regional Observatory/ONS Business Register & Employment Survey
Source: Regional Observatory/ONS Business Register & Employment Survey
SOURCE: The Economist Intelligence Unit June 2013
Preparing for the future 2013 and beyond
(1) As per Directors’ Report and Financial Statement s (2) As presented to the Board on 18th September 2013
Making it happen Operational Plans 2013-14
“Birmingham feels like a city that has some big plans and is on the cusp of big things.” Pete Marsden, Chief Information Officer, ASOS.
Making it happen Annual General Meeting 2013
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