Taking place ahead of Staffordshire Day which falls on Sunday May 1, the marketplace event featured over 20 businesses from Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent.

Lord Taylor of Holbeach, Midlands Engine Champion for the Visitor Economy, joined Lincolnshire delegates including Jo Hardy, LEP Director and Business Operations Manager at Hardys Animal Farm, Lydia Rusling, Assistant Director for Economic Growth

Rt Hon Robert Jenrick MP (Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, and Midlands Engine Ministerial Champion) joined fellow parliamentarians and Midlands Engine Chairman Sir John Peace at the first Annual General Meeting of

On Thursday 13th May, Lord Taylor of Holbeach convened a second meeting of the Midlands Engine APPG Visitor Economy Subgroup.  The meeting took place virtually and was addressed by Nick de Bois, Chair of Visit England. 

On Tuesday 20 April, Baroness Burt of Solihull chaired a meeting of the Midlands Engine APPG specifically focused on the skills agenda and skills provision in the region. 

Rt Hon Robert Jenrick MP (Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, and Midlands Engine Champion) joined fellow parliamentarians at the first Midlands Engine All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) meeting of 2021.