ONE of the UK’s largest suppliers of beds is wide awake to growth opportunities after expanding its Black Country base and taking on six new staff. Serene Furnishings has increased its warehousing space from 75,000 sq ft to nearly 100,000 sq ft at the Hill Top Estate in West Bromwich to meet more orders after […]

A high payload KUKA robot equipped with an innovative OC Robotics snake-arm robot will show how it can automate a range of aircraft assembly tasks in confined spaces at the Farnborough International Air Show from July 9-15. The flexible snake-arm robot neatly solves the problem of gaining access to conventional automation ‘no-go’ areas such as […]

Zero Cases UK, based in Smethwick, Sandwell, has fulfilled one of its most complex orders – designing super lightweight cases for use transporting aircraft servicing-related parts. Zero Cases (UK) said it had had to call on its 35 years of case making expertise combined with its recently improved and acquired lean manufacturing skills, to provide […]

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Following Sandwell’s successful hosting of an 18 strong high level Serbian delegation at Growing Green 2012 in March, Alex Brookes, Head of Trade and Investment at the British Embassy, Belgrade, Serbia, will be visiting the Black Country, to highlight emerging opportunities for British companies stemming from the region. The event is being organised by The […]

The deadline to register as a supplier for this year’s SMMT ‘Meet the Buyer’ event is Friday 24 May 2012, so make sure you don’t miss out on the opportunity to attend one of the UK’s largest automotive supply chain networking event. SMMT carefully matches OEM commodity demand with UK suppliers, making its ‘Meet the Buyer’ event […]

WEST Bromwich construction company Anglo Holt has completed a £2.3mTravelodge hotel in Hampshire. Travelodge Eastleigh is a 60-bedroom hotel, with ground floor retail space, built on a reclaimed brownfield site. The scheme, which includes pre-finished bathroom pods and a ‘green roof’, is located next to Eastleigh train station and bus terminal, some ten  miles from […]

Dear All, If you are interested in the Portuguese or Brazilian market, UKTI is delivering a session on Portugal as a Gateway to Brazil next Tuesday, 22nd May, at the NEC in Birmingham. This session is included in Sustainability Live 2012 exhibition and starts at 14h00 at NEC Suite 5. Free admittance for both the […]

The Black Country Local Enterprise Partnership has announced a number of new additions to its board, which works to remove barriers to business growth in the region. Over the last 18 months the LEP has opened up funding streams of more than 100 million for local business and laid the foundations for 10,000 new jobs. […]