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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...

The announcement comes as part of a £20 million package announced by the government to support the recovery and growth of small and medium-sized businesses following the Coronavirus pandemic.

City of Wolverhampton’s plans to develop a National Brownfield Institute (NBI) have been handed a major boost.

On Monday 24 August, Sandwell Council is hosting a week-long series of free online workshops and information videos dedicated to helping residents find a job or a new career.

Today (Monday 3 August) marks a historic day for Wolverhampton as full demolition of its old railway station building begins.

Competition time and a chance to feature your artwork on Midland Metro Alliance's hoarding

The Black Country Business Festival is an annual, nine-day Festival incorporating hundreds of free business events which take place throughout the Black Country region.

There has been a sharp rise in coronavirus cases in Sandwell in recent weeks. This has be partly driven by outbreaks in workplaces.

Expansion works on a major Midlands business park are running ahead of schedule with the construction of fully serviced factory platforms now underway.

City of Wolverhampton Council is progressing its transformation plans for a new look city centre to ensure works can start as soon as Government funding is secured.

City of Wolverhampton Council will launch on Thursday (23 July) the second round of its Discretionary Grant Scheme to help small businesses.

Sandwell Council has successfully attracted £7.5 million of additional Government funding to spend on local roads and high streets.

Staff at City of Wolverhampton College are urging businesses in the West Midlands to take advantage of a new government cash incentive to help fund hiring apprentices.

Sandwell Council is drawing up ambitious plans to regenerate three town areas in the borough

The timetable for developing a new blueprint for how land across the Black Country could be regenerated in future years has been revised, due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Over 1 million items of vital personal protective equipment (PPE) have now been distributed to frontline staff by the City of Wolverhampton Council since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.

City of Wolverhampton Council has appointed a contractor to build the first new council homes as part of a major transformation of the Heath Town estate.

The face of Dudley is changing – and a new video launched today showcases the near £1 billion regeneration programme set to transform the town centre over the next decade.

A City of Wolverhampton Council task group has gone the extra mile to ensure all city businesses eligible for vital coronavirus grants are aware of the funds available to them.

Two charitable organisations in Smethwick have received funding to help support local projects in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

CityFibre - the UK’s third national digital infrastructure company - has become the latest employer to sign the Wolves at Work pledge.

Sandwell Council has now paid more than £50 million in “lifeline” grants to more than 4,500 businesses.

Wolverhampton is gearing up for the reopening of non-essential shops from today (Monday 15 June)

Attend HS2's onboard local weekly webinars to find out more about the ways you can get your business ‘HS2 ready’

City of Wolverhampton Council’s eye-catching modern office development i9 is set to start emerging from the ground next month.

Walsall-based Coinadrink Ltd's new machines are catching the eye with a selection of hand sanitiser and face masks.

Small businesses can now access cash grants to help tackle the impact of coronavirus as part of a £2.2million fund.

City of Wolverhampton Council has submitted a final bid for over £20million to the Government’s Future High Street Fund to help deliver its ambitious city centre vision.

Almost 250 businesses have submitted applications to City of Wolverhampton Council’s new Discretionary Grants Fund since it went live at 12pm on Monday.