Prisk meets Midlands LEPs
Business minister Mark Prisk has met with both the Leicester and Leicestershire LEP and the Coventry and Warwickshire partnership, where he discussed their progress in appointing boards and the priorities they hope to address.
The minister also met with small and medium sized businesses in the region to discuss boosting entrepreneurship and how the government can provide a “SME friendly business environment”.
Prisk said: “The local enterprise partnerships I have met today have demonstrated some excellent ideas on how they intend to address local economical imbalances, stimulate local businesses and boost local growth.
“I’ve also had very useful discussions with local businesses about the barriers they are facing which are preventing them from flourishing and what Government is doing to improve market conditions.”
During his time in Coventry, Prisk visited Warwick University, where he had a meeting with regional businesses and Antonio Tajani, vice president of the European Commission responsible for industry and entrepreneurship.
After his meeting with the Leicester and Leicestershire partnership, the minister was due to attend the Leicester Asian Business Awards and silver anniversary dinner, held at Athena Leicester.
