This event will examine the progress that Local Enterprise Partnerships have made during their first six months, and the challenges they face in achieving their ambitions in the future. The workshop will hear from local authority and business leaders from the Birmingham and Solihull LEP on their experience of working together in developing and delivering the LEP's agenda, and a leading academic will examine the issues that both the Government and local authorities will need to address to ensure that LEPs can fulfil their role as the main driver of economic growth in their area.