A warm welcome to Fire Management Ltd (FML). Due to an increased workload in the West Midlands and specifically in Sandwell, the company has opened an office in Cradley Heath. FML’s recent projects include work on the Smethwick and Rowley Learning Campuses for Interserve, the Sandwell Operational Command Unit for Britannia Construction and the All […]

Sims Group has acquired Smethwick-based Dunn Brothers, the metal recycling magnates.  Dunn Brothers operates nine facilities across the UK. Sims Group is a subsidiary of Sims Metal Management, the world’s largest listed metal and electronic recycling company. Dunn, a full service ferrous and non ferrous recycler, operates nine facilities that include a 6,000 horsepower shredder, […]

Key Technologies, the InvestBX-listed engineering business, has sold its rail business at Cradley Heath to Mors Smitt. The Stratford-upon-Avon-based company, which is part of the Grove Industries portfolio, divested the businesses for £2.4m. Mors Smitt is a Netherlands-based railway technologies company. The divested business specialises in the manufacture of signalling relays and designs and manufactures train […]

A Black Country businessman who started a company in the loft of his home has expanded and moved to a Wednesbury industrial estate. Neal Hickman, from Penn, Wolverhampton, runs Nelstar UK Limited, which supplies engineering parts and components to a range of sectors from construction to manufacturing. He has taken on a 1,128 sq ft […]

Sandwell Mayor, Cllr Pauline Hinton today officially welcomed Serbian Ambassador Dr Dejan Popovic to the borough, when he came as part of a delegation to explore the economic potentials of the region. The visit was arranged by Peter Matthews, Black Country Local Enterprise Partnership Lead Member for International Trade. The Ambassador and First Counsellor for Economic […]

Birmingham entrepreneur Ranjit Boparan’s takeover of Northern Foods has been cleared by regulators. The Irish Competition Authority has given the all-clear after the Office of Fair Trading decided not to refer the merger to the Competition Commission. This means Boparan Holdings’ takeover of the Leeds-based food manufacturer has now been given the all-clear. In a […]

The Manufacturing Advisory Service – West Midlands (MAS-WM) has unveiled plans to invest a further £500,000 into its new product development gateway programme. The scheme has so far helped eight companies bring their creations to market, MAS-WM said. MAS-WM said it will now meet with a further 50 businesses between now and the end of […]

   Paul Kalinauckas, chief executive of BCRS, left, with Cllr Darren Cooper, leader of Sandwell Council   BUSINESSES in a Black Country borough struggling to get finance for growth have been boosted by the expansion of a loan fund for SMEs. The £1m Sandwell Business Loan Fund (SBLF) is managed by Black Country Reinvestment Society […]

Rich List 2011 Jan 23 2011 The Territorial Army is one of the latest organisations to benefit from projects by Oldbury-based Richardson Developments. The TA has just marched into a new headquarters and training centre as part of the regeneration of the Lowesmoor area of Worcester. The new HQ forms part of a £75 million […]