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Chamber heads to France to help secure investment for Coventry and Warwickshire

A leading business organisation in Coventry and Warwickshire is exporting itself to France later this month with one mission – to help attract new investment into the region.

The Coventry and Warwickshire Chamber of Commerce will be part of the CW MIPIM Partnership which promotes investment opportunities at the world’s biggest commercial property show.

MIPIM, which has not been held for two years because of the pandemic, attracts around 30,000 global delegates in France, and Coventry and Warwickshire has had a presence there for more than 20 years.

Tom Mongan, the president of the Chamber, will be part of the delegation going to the event, which is taking place for the first since the Covid outbreak. He said it was an opportunity for the region to showcase itself to the world again as a great place to do business.

Tom said: “Coventry and Warwickshire is an amazing place to do business and that is reflected by the fact that we have some incredible companies right across the patch. “As president of the Chamber, I am proud to be representing the region at this major event and I will be telling everyone I meet that this is the place to be.

“We are the UK City of Culture until the end of May and, soon after that, the Commonwealth Games kicks in which Coventry and Warwickshire is playing a role in. “We have leading-edge businesses, world-class universities and are right at the centre of the country. This is an exciting place to be and this is our chance to tell the world and our chance to attract more investment into our region.”

The Coventry and Warwickshire MIPIM Partnership is made up of private sector companies and public sector organisations from across the area and this is the fifth time the Chamber has attended.

Ajay Desai, International Trade Director at the Chamber, said: “Supporting companies with exports is a major part of what we do on a day-to-day basis but this is a chance to talk to individual geographical areas and strengthen ties. “That can lead to opportunities for businesses in Coventry and Warwickshire but also develop links that can lead to investment in the region.”

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