Advantage West Midlands, the regional development agency

Advantage West Midlands is one of nine Regional Development Agencies (RDAs) established by the Government in 1999 to transform England's regions through sustainable economic development.

Within this remit, Advantage West Midlands role in the West Midlands is to help transform the regional economy by connecting need and opportunity to create a better place in which to invest, work, learn, visit and live.

Their vision:
‘The West Midlands is recognised as a world class region in which to invest, work, learn, visit and live and the most successful in creating wealth to benefit all of its people’