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MIPIM 2017: How Birmingham, Solihull and the Black Country plan to impress at the international property show

MIPIM 2017 could see millions of pounds of investment flood into Birmingham, Solihull and the Black Country

MIPIM 2017 could see millions of pounds of investment flood into Greater Birmingham, Solihull and the Black Country according to local enterprise partnership (LEP) leaders.

LEPs from across the Midlands have joined forces with leaders from the public sector and business community to showcase their wares at this year’s four-day international property conference in Cannes - from 14 to 17 March.

Around 60 delegates in total will attend the four-day conference in France.

Why Greater Birmingham and Solihull economy is key

Steve Hollis, chairman of the Greater Birmingham and Solihull LEP (GBSLEP), said that having the biggest ever presence at MIPIM will really show the world the Midlands region means business.

An artist's impression of the new Paradise, next to Chamberlain Square(Image: Handout)

The Midlands Pavilion brings together around 60 partners from Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire with those from the wider West Midlands in a real show of force.

Mr Hollis said: “The bottom line is our delegation needs to see lots of pounds and dollars coming into the Midlands.

“If you look at the scale of what others are doing, you can see we will have the biggest exhibition there of all the º£½ÇÊÓÆµ groups.

"What we really want to demonstrate is the sheer scale of the Midlands’ economy which is bigger than countries such as Denmark and Greece with a GVA of around £23 billion.