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<p>Birmingham MP Gisela Stuart is to confront the BBC over its presence in the region amid fears the West Midlands is being eclipsed by the North-west as a media production centre.</p>
<p>Social entrepreneurs with bright ideas that will provide training, employment and independent living opportunities to tackle homelessness are being challenged to bid for a share of a £1.6 million investment fund.</p>
<p>In a bid to combat the effects of significant public sector spending cuts on good causes a new campaign has been launched to increase the amount of inter-trading within the sector.</p>
<p>A group of Thomas Vale employees have raised more than £4,000 with a tandem sky dive for charity.</p>
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Advantage West Midlands chairman Sir Roy McNulty has defended the regional development agency's record and said local government secretary Eric Pickles was wrong to describe it as bloated. "In terms of overheads this is not, as Mr Pickles has been heard to say, a bloated organisation.
It is very lean, particularly by public sector standards," he said.
Entrepreneurs must persist despite difficult economic circumstances, according to Professor Mark Hart, who speaks exclusively to Insider about the future of entrepreneurs in the region.
Professor Hart's Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM), which was released today, reveals that one in five entrepreneurs in the Midlands citing their reason for beginning a business as "out of necessity".
Public services provider Amey is expanding its offices at Colmore Plaza to accommodate the specialist project team that will deliver the £2.7bn Birmingham Highways PFI.
George Osborne used his Emergency Budget to confirm the worst-kept secret of the last few months: that the new government will scrap regional development agencies (RDAs).
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