The University of Wolverhampton has been awarded a contract worth £2.4million to continue a service which funds innovative product development.

Black Country fabric firm Jerseytex has secured financial support from Barclays which the company will use to purchase new premises and update their systems.

SMEs across the Black Country are being given the opportunity to grow their businesses by tapping into a new European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) funded scheme led by the City of Wolverhampton Council, working in partnership with Dudley, Sandwell and Walsall councils.

Work on the brand new Travelodge hotel at Providence Place in West Bromwich is now underway. As we reported back in July, around 100 new jobs are set to be created by the £5m development on the brownfield site.

The President of the Black Country Chamber of Commerce, Adrian Wright, has left football club West Bromwich Albion to take up a new position.

Entering into its 20th year Supertouch, the Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and Workwear specialist, is marking its birthday with the opening of a new head office at its distribution centre in Smethwick.

Business Solutions Centres (BSCs), brought to you by the University of Wolverhampton, is pleased to announce the launch of its brand new mobile and tablet friendly website.

For the second year Sandwell Council has released details of its 50 fastest-growing companies, in order to celebrate their achievements and the contributions they make to the West Midlands.

The former Albright High School in Popes Lane, Oldbury is set to be become a new 300,000 square feet manufacturing facility for Steel & Alloy Processing Ltd. Such major investment in Oldbury is good news for Sandwell’s economy.