Advantage West Midlands is the regional development agency (RDA) for the West Midlands. We are one of the nine RDAs in England established to transform the English regions through sustainable economic development.

Solutions for Business - ART is a finance for business product, funded in part by the Solutions for Business portfolio of publicly funded business support.

Birmingham City Council are part funders of ART providing loan finance so that businesses in Birmingham can access the finance they need.

Be Birmingham is the local strategic partnership for Birmingham that brings together partners from the business, community, voluntary, faith and public sectors to deliver a better quality of life in Birmingham.

Business Link West Midlands is a free business advice and support service, available online and through local advisers.

European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) helps stimulate economic development and regeneration in the least prosperous regions of the European Union (EU).

The Community Development Finance Association in the trade body for CDFI's in the United Kingdom.

The Fair Finance Consortium members operate throughout the West Midlands and is a collaboration of independent not for profit financial services providers.