Local business news for the Midlands and beyond
World-leading aviation specialist Aviramp has been named among the fastest growing companies in the UK. The award-winning family company – the global leader in the manufacture of step-free aircraft boarding ramps – is included in a new list of the...
Construction firm McPhillips has completed work on the first phase of a new £20m integrated retirement community in Newport. The award-winning firm began work in autumn 2024 on Sundew Court, a multi-million pound IRC, developed for specialists Untold Living. The...
A family-run Black Country roofing company is set to record a £1m turnover just three years on from launching. Vinny Varden and his cousin Karl Varden set up Vard Innovations, a roofing and cladding company in Tipton, in June 2023...
Telford College is ready to “play its part” in developing the next generation of skilled workers, as Defence Secretary Wes Streeting launched the UK’s first large-calibre gun barrel production facility in 20 years. The Rheinmetall UK site in Telford supports...
A new £20m retirement community in Newport which is the first of its kind in Shropshire has officially opened its doors. Sundew Court in Newport is made up of 61 apartments for rent and 16 bungalows, with the site also...
Rockets are set to light up the sky as one of the region’s biggest bonfire and firework nights is set to return at Weston Park – and you can win a chance to kick it all off. The annual family...
Award winning contractor McPhillips has begun work converting a 180-year-old building into one and two bedroom council flats. The construction firm, from Telford, has been appointed as Sandwell Council’s official construction partner for this project, as part of wider regeneration...
The head of a fast-growing law firm today described Chancellor John Healey’s speech as a ‘breathing-space Budget’. Neil Lloyd, chief executive of FBC Manby Bowdler and the Adeptio Law Group, said the Chancellor had little room to manoeuvre ahead of...
The chief executive of the country’s leading contract additive manufacturer welcomed the defence commitments in today’s Budget – but said the Chancellor should have been bolder. Craig Pyser, of Portsmouth-based AMufacture, said the commitment to fully fund the Defence Investment...
The Black Country Chamber of Commerce today said the budget offers welcome breathing space for many small firms, but fell short on helping more small businesses export. The Chamber had called on the Chancellor to give businesses the confidence to...
Telford automation specialist Transicon today welcomed more funding for defence announced by the Chancellor but says SMEs in the supply chain must see the benefit if the UK is to build a more resilient industrial base. In his first Budget...
The chief executive of a world-leading aviation business said today’s Budget had not done enough to back British manufacturing. Graham Corfield, head of step-free boarding ramp manufacturer Aviramp, said Chancellor John Healey should have gone further in supporting the nation’s...
McPhillips managing director, Paul Inions, said: “Today’s budget marks a real shift in how the West Midlands is funded, including through the through new Good Growth Funds. “Keeping 100% of business rates locally and, from 2028, a share of income...