Midlands claims £5.7bn MIPIM boost

The Midlands UK delegation at MIPIM 2018, held in March in Cannes, says it attended £5.7bn worth of face-to-face meetings with potential investors and partners during the event – an increase of 104% on the previous year.

Senior private and public sector leaders from across the region took part in nearly 1,000 meetings with international investors, asset managers and venture capitalists throughout the event in March, up from 850 meetings in 2017. The monetary value of the projects discussed at the meetings more than doubled from the previous year (£2.8bn).

To date, 44 partners have signed up to attend MIPIM 2019 as part of the Midlands UK delegation – including platinum partners Court Collaboration, Berkeley St Joseph and Birmingham Airport.

Sir John Peace, Chairman of the Midlands Engine, said: “MIPIM is hugely important for the Midlands as it helps our partners to attract investment, generate jobs and stimulate economic growth. We can use MIPIM as a platform to present the region’s most important development schemes to thousands of delegates in just four days. With potential investors located across all parts of the world, face-to-face meetings at MIPIM provide a rare opportunity to engage directly with this valuable audience.

“MIPIM has historically proved to be highly successful for both the public and private sectors – demonstrating how collaboration can help to secure investment and profile for the Midlands and its ongoing transformation.”