Food manufacturing giant 2 Sisters has vowed to make 90 per cent of all the plastics in its branded food product packaging recyclable by 2020. The group has pledged to make massive reductions in its plastic packaging and to phase out the use of un-recyclable bottles and cups at all of its production sites in the UK by the end of 2018.

The Manufacturing Growth Programme (MGP) says it has helped companies across the region create 588 jobs in the last 18 months.

Today #madeinsandwell Monday celebrates Fred Smith & Sons, a company that builds, repairs and services trucks from three sites in West Bromwich.

Black Country firm In-Comm Training has unveiled a new 24,000 square feet training space in Aldridge, Walsall. The aim of the technical academy is to help bridge the skills gap and get the region ready for the next industrial revolution.

You can now submit entries for the Sandwell Business Awards 2018. Find out which categories are open and how to nominate your business.

Wednesbury-based firm Purity Soft Drinks has reported an increase in sales during the last financial year – despite a fall in profits – as well as securing a new deal to stock its drinks in Tesco.

This week #madeinsandwell Monday gets your heart racing with RTB Performance, a rehabilitation and injury prevention service that works with people and businesses to improve fitness, reduce sickness and increase productivity.

A&H Construction has been named as the contractor tasked with delivering the regeneration of Tipton’s historic Vaughan Park industrial site, on behalf of developers CEG.

The first ever Black Country Business Festival was a great success: read what happened.