Making it happen Annual General Meeting 2013

Ian Taylor Commercial Director Marketing Birmingham

Making it happen

Wouter Schuitemaker

Investment Director Marketing Birmingham

Making it happen

Strategic projects completed 2012/13

SME fast track projects completed 2012/13

Performance trends

LEP Total jobs

11/12 Total jobs

12/13

Total FDI successes

11/12

Total FDI successes

12/13

Greater Birmingham and Solihull 2,789 5,078 25 49

Heart of the South West 124 4,568 6 11

Oxfordshire City Region 831 3,989 18 17

Sheffield City Region 157 3,730 7 26

South East Midlands 1,090 3,642 29 28

Cheshire and Warrington 1,400 3,277 11 11

Leeds City Region 1,107 3,160 23 33

Liverpool City Region 1,233 2,781 23 23

Coventry and Warwickshire 79 2,506 14 26

Thames Valley Berkshire 713 2,465 46 56

North Eastern 7,354 2,203 43 26

Greater Manchester 9,291 2,166 53 51

Pipeline projects

JOBS

4,750

VICTOR HU

KATHRYN ELLIS

ANDREAS PAULICKS

KAVAN BHANDARY

JOBS

1,370

JOBS

1,346

JOBS

3,068

JOBS

751 JOBS

745

JOBS

120

JOBS

40

GLENN McBRIDE

Pipeline projects

North America Sales Mission

NEW YORK

BOSTON

PHILADELPHIA

WASHINGTON DC CHICAGO

LOS ANGELES

SAN FRANCISCO SALT LAKE CITY

SEATTLE

VANCOUVER

TORONTO

Life Sciences

USA & European Site Selectors

Site selector and attorney George Pretty complimented the city, saying: “Although I have visited Birmingham several times on business, before taking part in the tour last week, I was surprised to see the scale and pace of change playing out across the city. “These are exciting times for Birmingham, driven by the passion, commitment and determination of its civic and business leadership. I have no doubt that Birmingham will continue to thrive as a world-class investment destination, affording expanded economic growth for its people.”

UK Digital campaign

UK Digital campaign

As seen in Birmingham – ASOS e-commerce pioneer and leading online retailer, ASOS seized the opportunity to invest into Birmingham, one of the UK’s largest digital sector talent pools. The company recognised that the city’s growing specialism in e-commerce presented an excellent opportunity to open an office focusing on creating new company websites in growth markets. Pete Marsden, Chief Information Officer for ASOS, said of the expansion in Birmingham: “We are an ambitious company, and are looking forward to settling into what we know is a very ambitious and talented city. Since we started our search for a new office location, our sense has been that Birmingham is a city with the talent, cost effectiveness, physical infrastructure, plans and will to help our business succeed. We’ve been welcomed with open arms and supported through every step by the Business Birmingham team, who we will continue to work with.”

Trends and challenges

Business Catalyst programme 60 INWARD

INVESTMENT REFERRALS

Mobile Investment Fund

Neil Rami Chief Executive Marketing Birmingham

Building our plans for the future

1 IMG-Investment and Marketing Corporation Saxon-Anhalt Magdeburg Germany

2 ABA-Invest Austria

3 BaselArea Basel Switzerland

4 Berlin Partner for Business and Technology Berlin Germany

5 Business Birmingham Birmingham UK

6 IDA Ireland Dublin Ireland

7 CLD Les Maskoutains St Hyacinthe Canada

8 PROEXPORT Columbia Bogota Columbia

9 Rio Negocios Rio de Janeiro Brazil

INVESTMENT PROMOTION AGENCIES OF THE YEAR

1 Berlin Business Location Centre Berlin Germany

2 Business Birmingham Birmingham UK

3 Headquarters Initiative, ABA-Invest Austria

4 Connect IrelandDublin / Kilkenny

Ireland

5 Database of Projects Bogota Columbia

MOST INNOVATIVE FDI-ATTRACTION INCENTIVE PROGRAM OF THE YEAR

1 Birmingham, UK

2 Columbia

3 Czech Republic

4 Edinburgh, UK

5 Le Havre, France

6 Newcastle/Gateshead, UK

7 Washington DC, USA

8 St Hyacinthe, Canada

9 St Mary's County, Maryland, USA

FDI DESTINATIONS OF THE FUTURE

Source: Regional Observatory/ONS Business Register & Employment Survey

Source: Regional Observatory/ONS Business Register & Employment Survey

SOURCE: The Economist Intelligence Unit June 2013

Preparing for the future 2013 and beyond

(1) As per Directors’ Report and Financial Statement s (2) As presented to the Board on 18th September 2013

Making it happen Operational Plans 2013-14

“Birmingham feels like a city that has some big plans and is on the cusp of big things.” Pete Marsden, Chief Information Officer, ASOS.

Making it happen Annual General Meeting 2013