Local business news for the Midlands and beyond
A showcase event to give expert support to people starting or establishing a new business is being staged in Telford next month. Telford & Wrekin Council’s Invest Telford team has brought together a wide range of specialists and organisations for...
Businesses across the Marches were today urged to grow more in 2024 by making full use of the vast range of funding and support available to them. The Marches Growth Hub and three local authority partners – Herefordshire, Shropshire and...
Nearly £340,000 in grants has been awarded across the Marches under a new scheme to improve energy efficiency and drive down carbon emissions. Thirty companies and community groups across Herefordshire, Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin have been awarded the funding...
The Marches Local Enterprise Partnership today published its annual report – detailing the key successes the organisation has helped drive over the last 12 months. The LEP – which covers Herefordshire, Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin – says it has...
A major new capital investment fund worth £500,000 has been launched by the Marches Local Enterprise Partnership. Applications are now open for the fund which will be used to invest in projects which boost business, help build skills and employability...
Eleven solicitors from one of Shropshire’s leading law firms are celebrating after having been singled out as amongst the best in the UK in a high-profile ranking publication. And a number of specialist teams at FBC Manby Bowdler have also...
A new fund to help finance the preparation of strategic business cases for vital transport infrastructure projects has been launched by the Marches Local Enterprise Partnership. The £140,000 fund – developed in partnership with regional transport body Midlands Connect –...
Five Wolverhampton lawyers have received top accolades in the annual Legal 500 rankings. Guy Birkett and Charlotte Clode, commercial litigation lawyers from West Midlands law firm FBC Manby Bowdler, were both named leading individuals, the highest a lawyer can achieve,...
Four Shropshire-based solicitors are celebrating top honours in the 2024 Legal 500 rankings. Agriculture and estates lawyers Sarah Baugh and Tom Devey – both based in the Shrewsbury office at leading law firm FBC Manby Bowdler – were ranked as leading individuals...
The Marches has the opportunity to become the green lungs of the West Midlands – helping significantly boost its economy, environment and quality of life, a major event organised by the Marches Local Enterprise Partnership has heard. Marches LEP chief...