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Growth Hubs across the West Midlands are working together to encourage businesses to access free advice to Check, Change and Go following the end of the transition period and the UK’s exit from the EU...

City of Wolverhampton Council is set to finalise plans for the second phase of Wolverhampton Art Gallery improvement works to start in June 2021.

Thousands of West Midlands businesses are being offered local, tailored support to help capitalise on the benefits of the new European Union (EU) trade deal while reducing some of the risks.

The Department for International Trade is organising Going for Global Growth 2021 on 26 January 2021

Two Wolverhampton businesses working in partnership during the Covid-19 pandemic to produce PPE for the NHS have been helped by the Council’s Aim for Gold programme to grow and create new jobs for loc...

A new strategy to boost skills for residents in Sandwell and support local businesses and the economy to grow has been approved by councillors.

Athletes and Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games project partners are set to visit the Alexander Stadium site today, to inspect progress on its redevelopment ahead of the Games.

New photographs show the progress being made on City of Wolverhampton Council’s eye-catching modern office development i9.

The building of a new £17.5million National Brownfield Institute (NBI) in Wolverhampton will start in the New Year after it today (Friday) received planning approval to be constructed on the Universit...

Government funding has been made available for the Council to pay a range of support grants to businesses.

As part of Wolverhampton’s Shop Local campaign residents and businesses are being urged to show their support for city traders on Small Business Saturday (5 December).

Cash sums of up to £2,000 are being offered to businesses across the Dudley borough that have been affected by the coronavirus pandemic in the latest financial lifeline.

City of Wolverhampton Council has confirmed details of how city businesses can gain access to further local restrictions Government support grants.

New computer-generated images have been revealed showcasing what the Civic Halls interior will look like once major refurbishment works are completed.

The Sandwell Council events team has been awarded £97,277 as part of the Government’s £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund (CRF) to help face the challenges of the coronavirus pandemic.

City of Wolverhampton Council has announced a new ‘Relight Business Programme’ to support up to 200 micro and small businesses in the city.

Wolverhampton residents are being urged to shop local during lockdown and in the run up to Christmas to support city businesses and protect jobs.

A £175m state-of-the art new transport hub for rail, tram and bus services in Wolverhampton has carried off the top prize at this year’s Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) West Midlands Awards for P...

People are being given the opportunity to help shape £25 million regeneration blueprints for a major gateway into Dudley.

The new Constructing West Midlands (CWM) framework has officially named its contractor partners for the £2.1 billion of capital works across the West Midlands region.

The ambitious Wolverhampton Interchange project being led by City of Wolverhampton Council and Ion Developments - working with a host of partners - has won a major award.

Sandwell Council has launched the application process for businesses to apply for support grants if they have been forced to closed due to the latest national government restrictions.

City of Wolverhampton Council’s eye-catching modern office development i9 has hit new heights with its roof structure in the process of being completed.

City of Wolverhampton Council has confirmed details of how city businesses affected by the Coronavirus local restrictions and national lockdown can access new Government support grants.

A Wolverhampton business has been praised after raising more than £25,000 to support the city’s NHS Trust tackle the Covid-19 pandemic.

City of Wolverhampton Council has joined forces with city partners on a pilot scheme to help residents get online and improve their digital skills.

City of Wolverhampton businesses are being urged to act fast when the new Black Country Small Grants Programme goes live next month (November).

Work has begun to erect the steel framework for phase two of City of Wolverhampton’s new railway station building.

This month marks a huge milestone at the new Sandwell Aquatics Centre in Smethwick.

Excitement is building today (16 Oct) as the date that Wolverhampton will host the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games cycling time trial has been officially announced.

Wolverhampton Civic Halls’ (Wolves Civic) restoration has reached a major milestone with the first new steel beams being installed to improve the 82-year-old venue’s infrastructure - and create new sp...

The building of a new £17.5million National Brownfield Institute (NBI) in Wolverhampton has today (Monday) moved a step closer after a planning application was submitted for it on the University of Wo...

The Home Office has today (30 September) launched a new campaign to ensure businesses are ready for the introduction of the UK’s new points-based immigration system as free movement ends.

City of Wolverhampton Council has secured a 9 acre site integral to its transformational Canalside Quarter city centre project.

The concrete frame and upper floors for City of Wolverhampton Council’s eye catching modern office development i9 are close to completion.

The University of Birmingham has been unveiled as an official partner for Birmingham 2022, signing the most comprehensive university partnership agreement in the history of the Commonwealth Games.

Small and medium sized businesses in the West Midlands can find out more about the thousands of high speed rail contracts on offer at an online regional summit next month.

City of Wolverhampton Council’s wholly owned housing development company, WV Living, has opened its newest show home at Leasowes Farm, former site of Merry Hill House.

Skills and jobs events in Wolverhampton will feature as part of this year’s Wolverhampton Business Week online programme under the ‘Let’s Talk’ series of webinars.

Local people, businesses and organisations are being encouraged to share their views on a new plan aimed at helping Wolverhampton recover from the impact of coronavirus (Covid-19).

City of Wolverhampton’s growing residential development opportunities will be highlighted at a city Business Week free online event on Tuesday (September 22).

Full demolition of Wolverhampton’s old railway station building has been completed in just over a month.

Bespoke support and advice for black businesses in Wolverhampton as they deal with the impact of coronavirus (Covid-19) is being offered as part of this year’s Business Week.

Sandwell Business Ambassadors are looking for business leaders to join their collective, helping to shape the economic recovery and growth of Sandwell.

Sandwell Business Ambassadors are congratulating several local firms who have won lucrative contracts on the new £267m Midland Metropolitan University Hospital (MMUH) – and encouraging other West Midl...

Sandwell Council will shortly be starting highways improvement work surrounding the Sandwell Aquatics Centre in Smethwick.

'Work with us Wednesday' webinars were held throughout June, July and August and any business that wasn't able to attend can now access the recordings

Sandwell Council launches it's online Jobs and Skills event next Friday (21 August 2020).

Eligible Wolverhampton businesses are being given a final chance to make an application to the Discretionary Grant

Residents and businesses in Sandwell are being urged to have their say on what improvements they would like to see as part of the Government’s Towns Fund deal which will see an investment of up to £75...