The following are useful links to organisations and websites related to WMCCE and to the Construction Industry:

Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs)

• Birmingham and Solihull with Bromsgrove, Cannock Chase, East Staffordshire, Lichfield and Tamworth (Birmingham Chamber of Commerce Group website)
• Coventry & Warwickshire
• Black Country
• Worcestershire
• Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire
• The Marches

 Regional Development Agencies (to be replaced in due course by Local Enterprise Partnerships)

• Advantage West Midlands
• East Midlands Development Agency
• East of England Development Agency
• South East of England Development Agency
• South West Regional Development Agency
• North West Regional Development Agency
• Yorkshire Forward
• One North East

Welsh Assembly

Constructing Excellence Movement

• Constructing Excellence in the Built Environment
• East Midlands Centre for the Built Environment
• Constructing Excellence East of England
• South East Centre for the Built Environment
• Constructing Excellence South West
• Constructing Excellence Wales
• Centre for Construction Innovation North West
• Construction Sector Network (Yorkshire and Humberside)
• Constructing Excellence North East
• Constructing Excellence Northern Ireland

West Midlands Organisations/Groups

• Business Clusters in the West Midlands - this gives details of existing networks, activities and contacts in 12 growth sectors which are generating high value jobs. 
• Business Link West Midlands
• Government Office West Midlands (merged with GO Network site)
• Improvement and Efficiency West Midlands (WMRIEP)
• Learning & Skills Council West Midlands (LSC) - see Skills Funding Agency and Young People's Learning Agency (related National Organisations)
• Manufacturing Advisory Service - West Midlands
• Regional Observatory
• RegenWM (this organisation has now closed)
• Sustainability West Midlands

Related National Organisations

• ACT-UK
• Building Research Establishment (BRE)
• Modern Built Environment Knowledge Transfer Network (MBE KTN)
• Construction Industry Council
• Construction Skills
• National Refurbishment Centre (NRC)
• Office of Government Commerce (OGC)
• Skills Funding Agency (formerly Learning & Skills Council)
• Summit Skills
• Technology Strategy Board (TSB)
• UK Trade & Investment (UKTI)
• Young People's Learning Agency

West Midlands Regional Higher Education Institutions

• Aston University
• University of Birmingham
• Coventry University
• Birmingham City University
• University of Warwick
• University of Wolverhampton

Professional Institutions and Federations represented in the West Midlands

• Institution of Civil Engineers
• Institution of Structural Engineers
• Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
• Royal Institute of British Architects
• Chartered Institute of Building
• Institution of Highways and Transportation
• Chartered Institution of Water and Engineering Management
• Concrete Society
• Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers
• Civil Engineering Contractors Assocation
• Electrical Contractors Association
• Federation of Master Builders
• National Housing Federation
• Chartered Institute of Housing
• UK Contractors Group