Companies in the professional services sector across Coventry and Warwickshire have heard how a range of bodies will help them overcome barriers to growth.
The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) held an event in the region with the Coventry and Warwickshire Chamber of Commerce, the Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) and Coventry and Warwickshire First.
The summit was staged at Chamber House and while other sectors may be hitting the headlines nationally, professional and business services were told that they are a key priority in growing the economy.
Firms heard from Chris Tollady and Simon Rowley, both of BIS, as well as from, Jeff Sinclair of UKTI, Louise Wall, regional co-ordinator of Growth Vouchers, Nick Abell, from the LEP, and from Paul Carvell, a board member of the Chamber and chair of Coventry and Warwickshire First.
Both Paul Carvell and Nick Abell emphasised the vital importance that professional and business services companies remain very high on the agenda because they are key to the success of the economy.
Angela Tellyn, partnership manager at the Chamber said: “If they are growing, then that is good for everyone, and they also work with companies in all sorts of sectors. Manufacturing and engineering is attracting the limelight and the Government has made it clear that rebalancing the economy in that direction is important.
“That is why here in Coventry and Warwickshire we have dedicated a strategic group to that sector and work on a daily basis with firms in professional and business services.”
Paul Carvell said: “It’s a crucial sector and we have to make sure that it is a priority when we all look at how we grow the local, regional and national economy.
“The fact we had such important figures here to discuss the sector shows just how important it is.”
Nick Abell added: “Professional service companies are a vital cog in the economic fortunes of this region. If the sector is successful, it bodes well for the whole of the economy in Coventry and Warwickshire.”
