A brace of business bodies set up under the Coalition Government to support investment and job creation in the West Midlands have closed down.
Most of the services provided by Black Country and Coventry and Warwickshire local enterprise partnerships (LEPs) will now be administered by West Midlands Combined Authority.
The move comes after the Government's announcement in last year's Levelling-Up White Paper that all 38 LEPs in England were to integrate into their local democratic institutions.
