UK commits further £100m in air defence support to Ukraine
Latest package takes total commitment to £600m over two months The UK is to provide an additional £100 million in air defence support
Defence
Defence
Government unveils major SME defence push as West Midlands firms eye procurement boom
Region ranks among top areas for MoD SME spending and a landmark Birmingham conference is set to capitalise The government has set out
Black Country
Education
New £9.3m skills campus opens in Cradley Heath to boost training opportunities
State-of-the-art facility will provide upskilling opportunities across social care, digital and construction A new £9.3m skills and training centre has opened in Cradley
Coventry
Finance
Coventry wealth manager acquires West Midlands firm in £50m deal
BRI Wealth Management continues regional expansion as assets under management reach record high Coventry-based BRI Wealth Management has completed the acquisition of West
Life Sciences
Video
Community diagnostics clinics to make ‘NHS waiting lists a thing of the past’
SAH Diagnostics is already delivering improved NHS performance A newly opened private diagnostics centre in Bristol holds the key to completely solving Britain’s
Energy
People
Politics
West Midlands households to benefit from Chancellor’s cost of living package
Rachel Reeves sets out anti-profiteering measures, energy reforms and potential food tariff cuts West Midlands households facing rising food and energy costs are
Birmingham
Coventry
People
Central England Law Centre marks 50 years of free legal support
Helping tens of thousands of people access justice since its foundation in Coventry in 1976 A Coventry and Birmingham-based charity is celebrating 50
People
West Bromwich
West Brom apprentice lands her own Pilates classes
Grace Espinosa is now teaching two specialist Reformer Pilates sessions a week at Wednesbury Leisure Centre A 20-year-old from West Bromwich has gone
Defence
Life Sciences
Warwickshire manufacturer wins first defence and medical contracts after £1m investment drive
Opus International Products is targeting £9m annual revenues as part of a five-year growth strategy A Warwickshire manufacturer of precision-engineered components has secured
Defence
West Midlands SMEs urged to target defence export opportunities
Oxford Innovation Advice event comes ahead of the Defence Procurement Conference in June More than 60 West Midlands businesses gathered for an event