BIRMINGHAM has been recognised as one of the best places for businesses to invest by international locations title Site Selection. The magazine’s Best to Invest listing, which ranks nations and city regions across the globe according to their appeal to current investors, placed Birmingham fourth in its Western European ‘metros’ list. The only English city […]

BRITAIN’S manufacturers are stepping up their investment plans to capitalise on surging demand from emerging economies, new evidence suggests. Data released in a survey released today by EEF, the manufacturers’ organisation and RBS, suggests firms are also looking to establish a long-term growth presence in overseas markets. However, the survey also throws down a challenge […]

Kuka Robotics Ltd a worldwide company based in Germany has relocated its UK headquarters to Wednesbury.  They are Europe’s number one robot manufacturer having supplied over 85,000 robots to various industries ranging from aerospace, automotive, foundry, food and logistics. Kuka have been established in the UK for over 30 years and have just relocated their […]

Anglo Holt is really motoring with JLR contracts. Anglo Holt Construction is really motoring after announcing it is working on two key projects with prestige car manufacturer Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) at its Solihull site in the West Midlands.  Construction teams from West Bromwich-based Anglo Holt have commenced work on a design and build contract […]

From left: Raj Desai managing director, Baylis Automotive, with Tony Poyner sales director and John S Lucas, director A SMETHWICK engineering company has secured a massive contract worth more than £35m to supply high-level assemblies to the global automotive industry. Baylis Automotive said the work would be carried out over the next seven years and […]

Two of Sandwell’s leading law firms, Clark Brookes and Turner Cary, have merged to become one of the largest legal solicitors in the borough. The newly united company, which has also joined the Quality Solicitors Group, will now be trading under the name Quality Solicitors Clark Brookes Turner Cary. The move sees the two companies […]

Salop Drive Market Garden, Sandwell, West Midlands Salop Drive Market Garden demonstrates how a local restaurant can buy the freshest produce and help imprpve the lives of local people living with disabilities. Salop Drive Market Garden is a three-acre working market garden run by Tim Botfield, a horticultural therapist, and his colleague. The garden was […]

Sandwell based Malthouse Engineering has recorded a boost in turnover in 2011 as it won new customers, as well as increasing orders from existing clients. The company said sales jumped at the steel profiling company, based in Oldbury, to £17m for the year to 31 December 2011, a rise of more than £3m on last […]

Future secure for Steel & Alloy after takeover by Graeme Brown, Birmingham Post The future of a West Bromwich-based steel processor has been hailed as secure following its sale to a Spanish-based multi-national. Steel & Alloy, whose headquarters are on Union Street in West Bromwich, has been sold to Spanish-based Gonvarri Steel Industries.  The group […]