The Mayor of Sandwell, Councillor Mrs Joyce Underhill, officially launched Pure Offices, Oldbury on Wednesday 2 November.  The Centre is the first office development in the region by Newbury-based serviced office space company Pure Offices. The purpose-built serviced offices provide 65 offices and suites over three floors.  There is a choice of communications packages with […]

Article Courtesy of The Business Desk Birmingham Airport BIRMINGHAM Airport has received a boost with the announcement by one of its airlines that it is to increase its services, creating 200 new jobs. Monarch Airlines will be introducing five new routes and will be basing two additional aircraft at the hub. The new services will fly to Rome, Dubrovnik, […]

courtsey of The Business Desk BLACK Country robotics firm KUKA Systems has collaborated with a leading aerospace group on a new research study into composite materials. The Halesowen-based firm has worked with Bombardier Aerospace to devise an innovative robotic cell for laying up dry carbon fibre material. The one-year programme, run by the Technology Strategy […]

Steel manufacturer Hadley Industries has doubled its pre-tax profits to £5.2m over the past year after benefiting from a “less volatile” steel market. The Smethwick based company said it had gained from a renewed confidence both in the UK and overseas. For the year ending 30 April, pre-tax profit rose from £2.6m to £5.2m. Turnover […]

Pepperl + Fuchs Manufacturing Limited, a German owned manufacturer of explosion proof electrical equipment has opened a new base to enable further growth in Sandwell, West Midlands. Pepperl + Fuchs Manufacturing UK Ltd has relocated to a 60,525 sq ft unit at the Woods Bank Estate in Wednesbury from its former premises in West Bromwich. The estate is […]

A WEST Bromwich engineering company has invested more than £200,000 in new machinery to ensure it remains competitive. Tentec designs, manufactures and markets bolt tightening equipment for a wide range of industries including oil and gas, wind energy, power generation and the general engineering market.  Customers include firms such as: Alstom Power, Babcock, BP Exploration, […]

A Sandwell educational construction project has won a prestigious national award despite not being named the best in the West Midlands. The Royal Society of Arts Academy, in Tipton, Sandwell has been crowned the top ‘community benefit’ project in the national Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors Awards 2011. In the RICS West Midlands finals held in May, the scheme […]

A £16m contract to refurbish and reconstruct 10 platforms as part of the £600m Birmingham Gateway project has been awarded to Balfour Beatty. The work will be carried out by two of its subsidiaries, Birse Rail and Balfour Beatty Regional Civil Engineering, and comprise civil engineering and building works in connection with lifts, escalators and […]

Black Country law firm Silks Solicitors is building on over 55 years of success by joining the QualitySolicitors group. The practice, which has offices in Netherton and Oldbury, has been selected by QualitySolicitors to become part of its national brand, which represents high standards of customer service. Partner Karen Silk, whose father John Silk established […]