Question follow-through · 50127
New Businesses: Aldridge-Brownhills
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the high growth accelerator programme in the West Midlands on the number of new SMEs created in Aldridge-Brownhills constituency.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 6 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 8 May 2025
- Answer
- 12 May 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
6 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the high growth accelerator programme in the West Midlands on the number of new SMEs created in Aldridge-Brownhills constituency.
8 May 2025
Target answer date
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12 May 2025
Answer published
The High Growth Accelerator is a great example of locally led business growth delivered by the West Midlands Combined Authority through Business Growth West Midlands. Last year’s pilot saw fifty SMEs on track to boost investment and turnover by £20m with ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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