Area Focus: Coventry - Mid Warks - North Warks - North Warwickshire has a big part to play in economic growth

Businesses in the north of Warwickshire can help to shape plans for the region’s economy – whatever the political landscape – a meeting has heard.

Coventry and Warwickshire Chamber of Commerce held its latest North Warwickshire Local Business Forum at the Weston Hall Hotel in Bulkington.

Representatives from a range of businesses – as well as local authorities –were in attendance and were asked to rank some of the priorities for the economy to help feed into a manifesto for the region that is being produced by the Chamber to release later in the year.

It comes at a time when the Government is looking to devolve more powers to the regions and Sarah Windrum, chair of the Local Business Forum, said businesses had a big role to play.

She said: “There is a drive to move power out of Whitehall and into the regions and that is coming to Warwickshire.

“How exactly that might look is yet to be decided but we know that across Warwickshire, District and County Councils