Event Production Services & Stand Building Services

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The West Midlands Growth Company (WMGC) will be coordinating the Midlands UK presence at MIPIM 2020. About MIPIM MIPIM is a four-day real estate event that was established in 1990 and is held in Cannes, France, to meet the most influential players from all sectors of the international real estate industry. The event attracts international industry decision makers, professionals and employers from the property and construction sector, including real estate developers, investors, brokers and lawyers. It brings the entire value chain together and gives unrivalled access to the greatest number of development projects and sources of capital worldwide. MIPIM is a unique exhibition and networking platform to forge deals and is attended by: •26,800 participants •3,800 exhibiting countries •100 countries •6,380 investors •4,100 CEO's and C-Level professionals In 2020 MIPIM will run from 10th - 13th March. For additional information regarding MIPIM please visit www.mipim.com About Midlands UK The Midlands UK is the campaign banner endorsed by the Midlands Engine and comprised of destination partners who have committed to the project in principle including: Birmingham City Council, Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council and GBSELP; City of Wolverhampton Council; Coventry City Council, Warwickshire County Council and Coventry & Warwickshire LEP; Marketing Derby and Derbyshire Economic Partnership; Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council; Invest in Nottingham and Nottinghamshire; Greater Lincolnshire LEP; Leicester City Council and Leicester & Leicestershire LEP; Stoke-on-Trent & Staffordshire; The Marches; West Midlands Combined Authority; and Worcestershire. The project has funding sources including: (i) the private sector - 37%, (ii) local sources such as LA, LEPS etc - 31%, (iii) the Midlands Engine 20% and (iv) DIT 12% About the WMGC The West Midlands Growth Company (WMGC) helps to create new jobs, expand existing businesses and attract new businesses and investment to the region, aligned to the ambitions set out in the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) Strategic Economic Plan. WMGC was established in April 2017. It continues to operate leisure and business tourism programmes, an inward investment programme and its partnership programme. The WMGC has been established in partnership with Local Enterprise Partnerships, local authorities, Growth Hubs, universities and a wide range of businesses across the private sector. It focuses its core activities across Greater Birmingham and Solihull, Coventry and Warwickshire and the Black Country, with the potential and scope to deliver services in a wider Midlands context. The WMGC is owned by the WMCA and its Constituent Members, with governance that heavily involves the private sector in the majority. Its core WMCA and local authority funding will be used to attract significant additional funding from the private sector and other sources, such as future Devolution Deals.