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9 Development of the new City College Coventry Advice
Centre. This provides support for young and unemployed
people to acquire skills for employment and for marginalised
groups to acquire basic skills, especially English and maths
9 Development of new business start-up facilities at Venture
House in Stratford-upon-Avon by converting an existing
local authority building into a state-of-the-art facility
9 Delivery of the Coventry city centre road access project
that will unlock housing growth, support retail regeneration
and city centre employment accessibility
9 New facilities at FE Colleges to deliver skills as demanded
by local employers. The Growth Deal will invest in skills
training to increase the number of technically trained
people to meet the continuing demands from existing
and future local employers in the advanced manufacturing
and construction sectors
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9 A45 Coventry Rapid Transit - contribution to a series of
targeted improvements at junctions along the A45 from
the A46/A45/A444 Stivichall junction through to the A45
9 Capacity Improvement in the A444 corridor at the Coton
Arches roundabout in Nuneaton, which will facilitate housing
and employment growth (including at the flagship Bermuda
Park employment site) and improve access to Nuneaton
Town Centre
9 Transport Design Centre (NTDC) - development of a
National Transport Design Centre at Coventry
University Technology Park
9 Development of the newWarwickshire College Trident
Apprenticeship Centre. This investment has enabled the
college to purchase new equipment and refurbish college
buildings, which will provide additional apprenticeship
training in advanced manufacturing and engineering
9 A new centre to deliver R&D activities developing new steel
products that will service key sectors such as Automotive,
Aerospace, Rail, Defence and Energy