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A West Midlands delegation of business tourism partners secured more than 200 appointments, worth a potential £2 million for the region, at this year’s Meetings Show.

The team behind Birmingham 2022 is dialling up the countdown to the Commonwealth Games by rolling out an art-led community research project that aims to connect communities across the West Midlands.

Delivering complex components for new automotive ‘light-weighting’ projects is reaping dividends for a Black Country supplier.

Work has started on an extension to a major Midlands business park which could generate around 1,700 jobs and lever in up to £300 million of investment.

Birmingham and the West Midlands region will benefit from a £778 million investment to stage the 2022 Commonwealth Games, the government has confirmed today.

Good progress continues to be made on phase one of City of Wolverhampton’s new railway station building - and it is already dominating the city centre skyline.

Plans for the redevelopment of Alexander Stadium are set to go on display at public drop-in events later this month.

City of Wolverhampton Council set for next phase of capital funded projects to continue to develop and maintain the city’s highway network for the next financial year and future years.

WV Living has been given the green light to build new homes on the site of a former council owned care home.

A new national centre for construction excellence will be built in the City of Wolverhampton.

A major improvement scheme in Carters Green - which will see new paving, seating and street lighting along with more trees and the creation of a new public square and events area - gets under way late...

More than 40 City of Wolverhampton businesses today (Tuesday) became the latest to join the Aim for Gold business growth programme.

Work to prepare the site of the new Sandwell Aquatics Centre will start this month (June 2019).

Sandwell Business Ambassadors are urging the borough’s SMEs to enter this year’s Sandwell Business Awards

The Black Country Business event runs from 12 May to 24 May and open to businesses of all sizes

A Meet the Buyer event held for local businesses to learn more about the work packages available through the construction of the new Sandwell Aquatics Centre has been hailed as a success.

Construction work on the largest infrastructure project directly related to the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games started today (8 May).

WV Living has appointed a contractor to develop new homes at one of its largest sites in the City of Wolverhampton

The £60m Sandwell Aquatics Centre has been given the final go-ahead by councillors.

Companies across the West Midlands are benefiting from the HS2 infrastructure project, ahead of its arrival in 2026, by accessing tailored funding streams to grow their businesses, delivering new jobs...

A blueprint to demolish the Dudley building is set to go before planners next week

Planning permission has been granted to demolish the former Faces nightclub building as part of the ambitious City Learning Quarter scheme.

Sandwell Council has put in a £25 million bid to the Government’s Future High Streets Fund to help acquire and demolish sites to make huge improvements to West Bromwich town centre.

Sandwell Council is demolishing a former depot site in Oldbury to provide land for much-needed housing.

Enabling works on the Civic Halls are set to be completed within days – paving the way for the full restoration and improvement programme to begin.

The steel framework for phase one of City of Wolverhampton’s new railway station building is close to completion.

Ambitious plans for a major multi-million-pound city living development at the heart of City of Wolverhampton have today been announced at MIPIM.

Plans for the new £60m Sandwell Aquatics Centre have been given the green light.

The latest images have been released as part of plans for the new state-of-the-art Sandwell Aquatics Centre in Smethwick.

City of Wolverhampton Council has submitted a planning application to demolish the former Faces nightclub building as part of the ambitious City Learning Quarter scheme.

The major construction phase of the Civic Halls’ full restoration and improvement programme is set to get the green light – with works set to begin in weeks.

People of all ages in the City of Wolverhampton are being encouraged to find out more about apprenticeships during National Apprenticeship Week (March 4-8).

Plans have been approved for the £21 million transformation of the former bus depot site in Cleveland Road to make it a key gateway to Wolverhampton city centre.

Join the Inclusive Leaders' Pledge launch event this month to find out how you can get involved

City of Wolverhampton Council is set to agree a revised funding strategy with development partner Urban&Civic to ensure the city’s ambitious Westside leisure scheme is delivered.

The planning application for the new Sandwell Aquatics Centre in Smethwick has been submitted this week (Monday 28 January).

City of Wolverhampton’s new railway station building will start coming out of the ground next month.

Local businesses have until Friday 22 February 2019 to have their say on the City of Wolverhampton's Strategic Economic Plan

The i54 extension which could generate around 1,700 jobs and lever in up to £300 million of investment, has been given the go ahead.

Ian Reid has been confirmed as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games Organising Committee (OC), the team organising the largest event ever to be staged in the We...

Young people aged between 14 and 19 are invited to a careers event in West Bromwich.

City of Wolverhampton residents and businesses are being invited to have their say on the city’s Strategic Economic Plan.

Demolition of Marston’s Hop Pole pub in Bilston will start on Monday 14 January

Launched in November 2018, the new business portal is free to join and will advertise all contracts relating to the Games for local businesses

Following the success of the inaugural event, the Black Country Business Festival (BCBF) is back for a second year from 13 to 24 May 2019.

There’s still time for residents and businesses to have their say on the design of Sandwell’s state-of-the-art Aquatics Centre.

Online marketplace eBay today announced that businesses on its Retail Revival programme, a partnership with the City of Wolverhampton to help small retailers online, have reached £1 million in sales i...

Walsall Council spends in excess of £200m on supplies and services, providing businesses of all sizes with a wide range of commercial opportunities.

There is a wide variety of business support available in Dudley Borough, from schemes that help you set up a business, to support with recruiting and training,

Work has started on the development of 44 new affordable council homes in Heath Town.