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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).

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.

Sandwell Council is inviting applications from today from local businesses for a new COVID-19 support grant.

SMEs in Coventry and Warwickshire can find out about how they can access upcoming contracts connected with HS2 and Tier 1 contractor Balfour Beatty Vinci JV

Phase one of City of Wolverhampton’s new railway station will open to the public on Monday (25 May).

City of Wolverhampton Council is consulting with the public to assist in the decision-making process with plans to improve a children’s play area in need of refurbishment

City of Wolverhampton Council has today (Wednesday) launched a new business portal to further support city businesses through the coronavirus pandemic and beyond.

Vital grants have now been paid to more than 3,000 Sandwell businesses – worth a total of £34.4 million – to help them during the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic.

Close to 3,000 City of Wolverhampton businesses have now received vital coronavirus support grants.

City of Wolverhampton Council has been carrying out essential highway maintenance works across the city whilst the roads have been quieter during the lockdown period.

An expansion of a major Midlands business park has moved into the next phase with preparation for factory platforms and services infrastructure works starting.

Eligible City of Wolverhampton businesses who have yet to claim their coronavirus business support grants are being urged to submit their online form.