Coventry & Warwickshire

Regional Statistics

The Coventry & Warwickshire area has had huge success with businesses registering for Made Smarter.

102 businesses joined the scheme in Phase 1 and 2. 22 firms were successful in receiving a total of more than £403,000 in grants to introduce digital technology, which led to the sub-region’s economy being boosted by over £22.5m in GVA.

Craig Humphrey, CEO of Coventry and Warwickshire Growth Hub, said: “The GVA figures underline the tremendous impact that Made Smarter is having on driving forward our area’s economy.

“The grants are helping manufacturing and engineering businesses with funding to introduce digital hardware or software to boost their productivity as well as helping companies to access specialist advice and attend digital transformation workshops.”

“The Made Smarter programme has had a real impact on companies wishing to adopt new technologies in their everyday business process.

It has proven to affect the bottom line positively, given greater sustainability, and allowed the workforce to Work Smarter. The impartial advice from business and digital experts has been greatly received by companies in a variety of sizes and sectors.”

Paul Sullivan, DTS for Coventry & Warwickshire.