Up to £69m could be unlocked for upskilling and retraining in the West Midlands, in a new deal between the Department for Education and the West Midlands Combined Authority.

Burcas Ltd, an engineering company based in West Bromwich, has secured a seven-figure funding package to develop its operations in the Far East and Europe.

The old headquarters of the West Bromwich Building Society will be turned into 92 flats, if amended plans submitted to Sandwell Council are approved.

The Thomas Dudley Group is investing £10m in a brand new foundry next to its current site on the Vaughan Trading Estate in Tipton.

Kangaroo Pouch Day Nursery has signed a deal with Jiangsu Junyi Education Group to open a number of nurseries in China.

The government has agreed to fund the remaining building work on the Midland Metropolitan Hospital after construction company Carillion collapsed in January.

EWS Manufacturing has been bought by Hadley Industries, in a move to enlarge the Hadley Group’s European and international footprint.

West Bromwich-based logistics company Warley Carriers was awarded the ‘Business of the Year’ award at the third Nachural Business Awards recently.

Tata Steel and thyssenkrupp AG have signed definitive agreements to combine their European steel businesses in a 50/50 joint venture in a new company. This follows the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding in September 2017.