THE latest update from the Black Country Local Enterprise Partnership has revealed that £162m of Government funding has been invested in 14 Growth Deal projects. The investment generated an additional £312m public and private investment. The LEP says Growth Deal projects will create at least 5,000 new jobs and 1,400 new homes. Prime Minister David […]

A £5million revamp of one of the Black Country’s biggest retail parks – including plans for three new restaurants creating around 150 jobs – has been given the go-ahead.                     Quadrant Estates has been given planning permission to give Wednesbury’s Gallagher Retail Park a facelift to […]

SMEs across Staffordshire and the Black Country are set to benefit from a new £4.2m growth fund. The new Green Shoots Plus scheme is funded by the Regional Growth Fund and is being run through the University of Wolverhampton.             It aims to support SMEs, encouraging them to grow and […]

Sandwell Council, an award winning local authority, won a prestigious award at the Construction News Awards ceremony on Tuesday evening. The council’s Think Sandwell team was recognised for its outstanding achievements in the ‘Best BIM (Building Information Modelling) Initiative of the Year’ category for its pioneering work on the West Midlands Virtual Hospital (WMVH).   […]

A scaffolding business with depots in the Black Country, Shropshire and East Midlands, has created a number of new jobs after securing two new contracts. Altrad MTD has secured work with a national facilities management company, while Wolverhampton Homes, which manages and looks after more than 23,000 homes on behalf of Wolverhampton City Council, has […]

  (Top, from left: Mike Mychajluk and Neil Rami. Bottom, from left: Mike Dinsdale, Joe Greenwell, David Atkinson and Michael Boyd) A NEW initiative designed to attract more investment into the West Midlands’ thriving automotive sector has been officially launched. Run by inward investment agency Marketing Birmingham and UK Trade & Investment (UKTI), with support […]

A national budget gym chain could create 50 jobs in Smethwick after its plans to convert a former office building into a new branch were recommended for the green light by Sandwell planners. But approval for the 34,800 sq ft development rests on a determination by the full council, due to the proposal lying outside […]

The Breakthrough Box is coming to Wolverhampton on Monday 6th July 2015 for a five-day festival of masterclasses and seminars aimed at businesses with ambition. To register for any of these events, please use the Breakthrough Moments Registration Form. Spaces are limited. The Breakthrough Moments Festivals will be touring the UK; to find other events […]

Businesses in the Black Country can now benefit from the rollout of the national Broadband Connection Voucher scheme.  Wolverhampton City Council is running the scheme on behalf of the Black Country.  The scheme offers broadband connection vouchers up to the value of £3000 to eligible SMEs to help with the costs of upgrading to a […]