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May 8, 2025

GeoAccess has enjoyed rapid growth in part due to the work of Ian Kinnery (centre)

Business coach praised as Staffordshire firm posts record turnover

Your World|May 8

Mayor of the West Midlands - Richard Parker

West Midlands' Mayor announces new multi-million-pound support package to help businesses expand

Left to right: Pippa Taylor; Daphne Hemingway

Jerroms Miller strengthens VAT Team with appointment of Pippa Taylor

Your World|May 8

UK Hair and Beauty Awards 2025: Best for Blonde and Hair Stylist of the Year!

More success for Wolverhampton hairstylist

Your World|May 8

Black Country fireworks firm boss launches sizzling new venture with new Dudley barbecue business

Bilston firm's joy at receiving prestigious King's Award for Enterprise

How the new-look cinema may look

New name for Wolverhampton's new-look Light House cinema - this is what it will be called

Wolverhampton|May 8

An aerial view of the factory site in Woods Lane next to Cradley Heath train station. Pic: Google Maps. Permission for reuse for all LDRS partners.

More Cradley Heath factories to be demolished for 100 new homes

Four homes for sale in Walsall in need of renovation

Four Walsall homes in need of renovation among auction lots

Jess Muxlow, aged 25, who named a ‘rising star’ at the UK’s Diamonds of Direct Selling Awards at a ceremony at Chesford Grange, Warwickshire

Walsall woman battling brain tumour named rising star at Direct Selling Awards

Black Country pubs celebrate Mild in May month - Here's what's going on

Richard Parker Mayor of the West Midlands

West Midlands Mayor Richard Parker outlines his plans for his second year in office

May 7, 2025

Celebrations at Staffordshire communications company awarded King's Award for Enterprise

Jess Muxlow (centre) with Susannah Schofield OBE, Director General of the Direct Selling Association (left) and Michelle McWhinnie, Operations Director, Usborne Community Partnerships (right)

West Midlands woman wins national business award

Your World|May 7

Members of staff at the Heineken brewery in Hulme, Manchester

How to apply for pub jobs and careers as Heineken invests £40m into hundreds of bars across the UK

Triple award winner: Dudley Animal Studies Centre

Triple win for Dudley Animal Studies Centre at the 2025 ICE West Midlands Awards

Your World|May 7

Simon Coombs, Managing Director, Capula and David Barker, Founder, Dimension Software

Capula and Dimension Software forge international partnership to drive digital transformation

Your World|May 7

JD Wetherspoon’s Royal Victoria Pavillion

JD Wetherspoon reports increased sales amid sunny weather

The Bell, Chuch Street, Shifnal

Shifnal pub will become 'premium town centre venue' as part of £40 million Heineken investment

Sarah Coombes MP with Lord Combustion Services director Emma Tibbetts

Commercial heating specialist Lord Combustion Services welcomes MP to Oldbury headquarters

'I've lost thousands after Brexit and Covid' says owner of storage yard built without permission near Wolverhampton

Kitty Woodley who has opened a Your Move estate agency in Shirley

Former dental nurse turned estate agent opens new Your Move branch in Shirley

May 6, 2025

King's Award for Enterprise winner - Exol Lubricants, All Saints Road, Wednesbury. left, Steve Dunn and Scott Donaldson.

King's Award honour is testament to 'hard work and dedication' - Wednesbury winners say

Prominent former bank building at heart of Dudley's 'medieval quarter' could be turned into block of flats

$Staffordshire County Council\'s County Buildings in Martin Street Stafford where county council meetings are held. Photo by Staffordshire LDR Kerry Ashdown. Free for use by all BBC news wire partners$

Staffordshire businesses encouraged to diversify workforce through ambitious care leavers

Building Tomorrow asset

West Brom Building Society announces major digital transformation with Deloitte and 10x Banking

Your World|May 6

As UK businesses race to adopt AI tools, experts warn that a lack of transparency and digital skills could turn data-driven opportunities into unforeseen risks.

UK businesses adopting AI without understanding the risks, expert warns

Your World|May 6

Johnathan Dudley of Crowe

Crowe to host major conference in Oldbury aimed at driving innovation

RunFlat International, Cradley Heath, has won the King's Award for Enterprise. Pictured are CEO Eric Cartelet, chairman Tom Westley senior and chief operating officer Tom Westley junior.

Delight as Cradley Heath company wins King's Award for Enterprise

Sedgley couple realised dream to open own coffee shop

State-of-the-art water-jet and plasma cutting machine installed at Bilston based D.S. Willetts, part of Masteel UK Limited.

Bilston steel supplier installs cutting-edge machine - one of the UK’s first

Preet Gill MP and West Midlands' Mayor Richard Parker with Shahida Liaqat and Jeff Faint from University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Health tech firms showcase innovation to MP and Mayor of the West Midlands

L-r - Neil Rami - chief Executive at WMGC, Richard Parker, Mayor of the West Midlands, Julie Nugent - chief executive at Coventry City Council and Eamonn Boylan - interim chief executive at Homes England

West Midlands to showcase ambitions at investment and infrastructure forum

RunFlat International, Cradley Heath, has won the King's Award for Enterprise, in the international trade category

12 successful West Midlands companies recognised with prestigious King’s Award for Enterprise

Adrian Ellam, CEO of Invertek Drives Ltd, at its global headquarters at Welshpool, Powys, UK.

'Thrilled and honoured!' - Shropshire and Mid-Wales companies celebrate after bagging prestigious Kings Awards

'Putting Bridgnorth on the map' - Grainger & Worrall celebrates after scooping King's Award for Innovation

Vic Taylor of Touchpoints Marketing

Marketing academy ready for growth after securing funds from Wolverhampton-based BCRS Business Loans

Steve Morley of The Confederation of British Metalforming based in West Bromwich

UK is 'closer to deindustrialisation', warns West Bromwich manufacturing boss

May 5, 2025

Councillor Lyn Sharpe cuts the ribbon

Expanding law firm moves into historic former Staffordshire newspaper building

Your World|May 5

Grants up for grabs for creative West Midlands' businesses to bring innovative ideas to life

May 4, 2025

Baker Ruth Redgate, owner of Hunnypot Cottage Bakery

'I started my artisan bakery business in Staffordshire after my children bought me a bread making course'

Food and Drink|May 4

We visited a boozer near Newport where the landlady uses quality food and drink to make a destination pub for all

May 3, 2025

Hayley Lavery

Crowe further strengthens its corporate audit team with new partner promotion

West Midlands Mayor Richard Parker. PIC: WMCA

Work to improve transport experience for Aston Villa fans continues

The new gym will open in Moorfield Lane, Newport. Photo: Google

Newport to welcome new fitness studio offering 'fully kitted gym' and classes seven days a week

Ex-RAF hero launches care company to help veterans and people with dementia in Sandwell

Rob Colbourne, of Walsall Business Support, left, with Bakery Mazowsze company secretary Joanna Podolak

Bakery Mazowsze in Bloxwich set to grow thanks to £20,000 funding boost

May 2, 2025

The EPIC team with their award

National Stop Loan Sharks award for Staffordshire housing charity

Your World|May 2

ICE West Midlands Triple Award winner: Animal Studies Research Centre, Dudley

Dudley Animal Studies Centre wins three civil engineering awards

Your World|May 2

Photo: West Mercia Police

CCTV appeal after Telford shop thefts as items worth hundreds of pounds stolen from Morrisons and H&M

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