| Title | Client | Job Description | Sub Contractor | YEAR | TYPE | JOBTYPE | SUBTYPE | Region |
| Astco Grant Application | Benson Group Plc | Advice and assistance on grant for new equipment from DTI leading to award of o92K | 1994/95 | F | D | West Midlands | ||
| Private Company Grant Advice & Assistance | Benson Group Plc | City Grant application in connection with relocation to Automotive Component Park. Grant of o1.2m offered. | 1994-96 | F | D | West Midlands | ||
| Black Country Consortium For Voluntary Sector Support | Black Country Development Corporation | The development of a project to enable the Black Country Development Corporation to continue support to voluntary and community organisations after its demise. This involved the definition of a model for a Consortium of four local Community Voluntary Services to benefit from a dowry contribution from the BCDC and to lever in Charity Lottery funding to enable the consortium to become self sustaining over a three year period. Cooper Simms secured some £180,000 funding from BCDC and a further £170,000 from the Charities Lottery for the consortium, which now provides assistance with project management and funding to local community and voluntary organisations in the four Black Country boroughs. | 1998 | F | D | West Midlands | ||
| Lowe & Fletcher Grant Application & Appraisal | Black Country Development Corporation | Assistance to BCDC to bring forward the relocation of Lowe & Fletcher to the ACP (Moorcroft) involving funding application to English Partnerships for £800k. | 1996 | F | D | West Midlands | ||
| Watery Lane/British Steel Access Road Assistance | Black Country Development Corporation | Preparation of ERDF and EP grant applications for new access road extension to Wednesfield Way | 1996 | F | D | West Midlands | ||
| Bracebridge Grant Application | Bracebridge Engineering | Grant advice and application to English Partnerships for adaptations and refurbishment of factory and office premises. | 1995 | F | D | West Midlands | ||
| Bidding assistance | CITEX/Bucknall Austin | Assistance with proposals and bids to LDA & SEEDA | 2003 | F | D | D | UK | |
| Precision Steel Coil Ltd | E C Harris | Appraisal and grant application in connection with relocation to ACP in Black Country. | 1995 | F | D | West Midlands | ||
| Green Apprentices SRB Bid | Groundwork Black Country | Advice and assistance in preparation of SRB bid | 1999 | F | D | West Midlands | ||
| Hipkiss Ltd R S A Grant Application | H Hipkiss & Co Ltd | RSA Grant of £25k offered | 1995 | F | D | West Midlands | ||
| West Medina Mills | Hawk Property Developments | Gap Funding application to EP/SEEDA for reclamation of former gas works site on the Isle of Wight - £1.7m offered | 1999 | F | D | South East | ||
| Black Country Urban Forest Millennium Bid | National Urban Forestry Unit | Application to Millennium Commission for grant to reforest the Urban Black Country. obtained £4.2m towards £12m programme of environmental improvements. | Jackie Miller | 1995 | F | D | West Midlands | |
| Regent Arts Centre, Christchurch | Regent Arts Centre | Strategic funding advice in connection with proposed refurbishment of Arts Centre | 2003 | F | D | South West | ||
| Custard Factory | S P A C E Foundation | The Custard Factory - Private sector entrepreneurs willing to invest in inner city areas are rare and usually colourful figures. When Bennie Gray, owner of the Canning Factory, Gray=s Antique and Alfie=s Antiques Hypermarket in London, visited Birmingham for the first time, its image was dreary and dull. As part of the high-profile Highbury Initiative, Bennie was drawn in to the remarkable project of remaking the city centre. He bought the enormous complex of Bird’s old custard making factory in Digbeth and set about the task of regenerating it. The project proved difficult in Birmingham’s struggling economy. Rents were low and investment would not create a return. Bennie allowed artists to take space for free while he worked out a strategy. Cooper Simms joined Bennie Gray in those early days and negotiated the first grant of £800,000 in 1991 which allowed Scott House, an old flatted factory, to be turned into 300 new work spaces. These soon filled up with entrepreneurial individuals and small companies in media and the creative industries. The project was immensely successful, winning numerous urban regeneration awards. The concept grew and an ambitious ten-stage plan to develop the whole complex with £30m of investment was created. Although Birmingham was on the up and the Custard Factory was a hive of activity, finance was still fraught. A new public space (Custard Court) and brand new building (The Greenhouse) was part of the plan. Cooper Simms put together bids for European Funds, Lottery Funds and English Partnerships Investment Fund monies. Nearly £2.5m in grant was attracted by these bids and construction is now underway. | 1991-94 | F | D | West Midlands | ||
| Custard Factory Arts Lottery Application | S P A C E Foundation | Application to Arts Lottery for development of The Custard Factory for arts and media use. | 1996 | F | D | West Midlands | ||
| Custard Factory Phase 2 English Partnerships | S P A C E Foundation | Second Phase application to English Partnerships Investment Fund for £2.5m on a mixed scheme involving some 300 jobs and £3m capital value. | 1994 | F | D | West Midlands | ||
| Custard Factory Phase 2 European Bid | S P A C E Foundation | Advice and negotiations re funding for Phase 2 of Custard Factory via B objective 2 programme for the West Midlands. | 1997 | F | D | West Midlands | ||
| European Grant For Environmental Works | S P A C E Foundation | European Grant for environmental works for Green Man and Custard Court. Application preparation and advice. | 1994 | F | D | West Midlands | ||
| CE CABE bid | South West of England Regional Development Agency | Application for funding for Design South west | 2003 | F | D | South West | ||
| CE ODPM bid | South West of England Regional Development Agency | Application for ODPM funding for creating:excellence | 2003 | F | D | South West | ||
| CE RDA bid | South West of England Regional Development Agency | Application for RDA funding for creating excellence | 2003 | F | D | South West | ||
| Waverley ERDF Business Plan | Yorkshire Forward | Preparation of Revised ERDF application and Business Plan following increased offer of £6.8m | 2002 | F | D | Yorkshire & Humberside |