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Sandwell businesses are aiming for GOLD

Over four years, a funding programme has helped 92 businesses in Sandwell with face-to-face support and, in many cases, grant funding.

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Save the date: Meet the buyer event

Sandwell Council is working with Constructing West Midlands and other Black Country local authorities to host a ‘meet the buyer’ event on Wednesday 1 March 2023 at The Hawthorns in West Bromwich.

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Tackling the energy crisis: Implementing innovative low carbon technologies

EnTRESS is holding a free in-person event to help businesses tackle the energy crisis. The event will cover renewable technologies and energy saving measures that can be implemented by SMEs.

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Midlands Engine Investment Fund has invested £200m into our region’s businesses

Midlands Engine Investment Fund (MEIF) has invested over £200m into Midlands businesses
since its launch in 2017. Read how it’s helped two exciting businesses here in Sandwell.

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Venture to Venturefest

Venturefest brings together entrepreneurs, investors and innovators in the West Midlands.

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Chance Heritage Trust to breathe new life into former industrial sites #MadeinSandwell

Chance Heritage Trust is dedicated to the restoration and protection of former industrial buildings and assets of cultural and heritage importance. One such building is Chance Brothers Glassworks in Smethwick, for which the Trust has huge plans.

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Tividale door manufacturer versus world’s strongest man: who won?

Latham’s Security Doorsets Ltd in Tividale invited one time world’s strongest man Eddie Hall to take on their steel doors. Was he able to break them?

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Street food vendors wanted

Sandwell Council is looking for street food vendors for West Bromwich town centre.

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Baby Self-Feeding Pillows - risk of serious harm or death

Safety alert: do not buy or sell baby self-feeding pillows

Sandwell Council’s Trading Standards team has asked us to share a consumer safety alert on baby self-feeding pillows. These products could lead to a baby’s immediate, serious harm or death from choking or aspiration pneumonia. Businesses must immediately remove baby self-feeding pillows from the market.

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Pitching competition for West Midlands businesses now open

Minerva Birmingham Pitch Up is a pitching competition for West Midlands businesses offering participants the chance to pitch head-to-head to a variety of investors to win a cash prize, as well as the accolade of Pitch Up Champion.

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