Wolverhampton finance firm awards £41,000 to micro-lending charity Purple Shoots
BCRS Business Loans is redoubling its commitment to supporting organisations in the West Midlands and Wales Wolverhampton-based BCRS Business Loans has awarded £41,000
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Wolverhampton
Birmingham
People
Sandwell
Swimming helps Birmingham widower rebuild after loss of his beloved wife
Martin Lyndop said swimming three times a week at Sandwell Aquatics Centre has been a game-changer A 72-year-old Birmingham man has credited swimming
Birmingham
Business News
Birmingham cookie dough firm eyes further national expansion
Sweet Joe’s has grown to a £2m firm and is ambitious to push on with NatWest backing A Birmingham cookie dough maker is
Transport
Call for apprentices to work at Tyseley railway depot
West Midlands Railway on the hunt for budding engineers West Midlands Railway (WMR) is inviting applications for its next intake of engineering apprentices.
People
Sport
Aston Villa players meet rescue dogs at training ground
Birmingham Dogs Home care for more than 2,000 dogs every year Aston Villa’s first team squad met rescue puppies and older dogs from
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Life Sciences
Partnership Content
‘Delivery-focused’ Life Sciences Week 2026 builds on inaugural 2025 programme
Birmingham LSW 2026 ‘preview’ event part of the West Midlands Business Festival The focus of Life Sciences Week (LSW) 2026 is “delivery of
Politics
Transport
Proposed doubling of West Midlands pothole budget
Mayor Richard Parker attempts to regain voter traction on this key local issue West Midlands mayor Richard Parker has announced plans to double
AI
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Tech
AI is no longer optional for West Midlands SMEs
AI-assisted innovation is fast becoming the difference between success and failure AI is shifting from an optional tool to an expected standard in
Development
Wolverhampton
First move-ins to new homes in £40m Wolverhampton development
Keon Homes building all 179 dwellings over the next two years Residents are moving into the first new homes in a new Wolverhampton
Jobs
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Blue Monday: Market-defying jobs agency offers jobseekers hope on “the saddest day of 2026”
2025 was Starting Point Recruitment’s best-ever calendar year for landing people into work A West Midlands jobs agency is today offering jobseekers hope