Concerns over idea to form big 'city region'.BUSINESS leaders in Coventry Coventry, city, England Coventry (kŏv`əntrē, kŭv`–), city (1991 pop. 318,718) and metropolitan district, central England. Coventry is an industrial center noted for its automobile production. are concerned about a proposal for the city to be swept into a huge "city region" based around Birmingham Birmingham, cities, United States Birmingham (bûr`mĭnghăm') 1 City (1990 pop. 265,968), seat of Jefferson co., N central Ala., in the Jones Valley near the southern end of the Appalachian system; founded and inc. . They are nervous about the idea by a think tank close to new Labour. The Institute of Public Policy Research is suggesting a directly-elected mayor to run economic development, skills, regeneration Regeneration (biology) The process by which an animal restores a lost part of its body. Broadly defined, the term can include wound healing, tissue repair, and many kinds of restorative activities. and transport for a huge region with a population above three million. Alan Durham, membership director of the Coventry and Warwickshire Chamber, which represents around 2,300 businesses, said they were waiting to hear full details. He said: "We're not going to pre-judge anything. There could be value in it for Coventry. But I know a lot of businesses in our area would be concerned that it didn't become a very Birmingham-centred set up. "We have a lot of questions about what the implications would be." |
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