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Masterplan to create 100 000 jobs

Engineering consultancy Arup has called for the Government to use infrastructure projects to drive economic growth, as it publishes a new regional masterplan.

By Jamie Hailstone | 26 June 2013

Engineering consultancy Arup has called for the Government to use infrastructure projects to drive economic growth, as it publishes a new regional masterplan.

The UK Central plan, which was commissioned by Solihull MBC and the Greater Birmingham and Solihull Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP), aims to create 100,000 jobs by 2040.

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