Local business news for the Midlands and beyond
Award-winning Midlands housebuilder Horgan Homes has made a special delivery to help those seeking refuge from domestic abuse, sexual violence and modern slavery this Christmas. The Bromsgrove company has donated dozens of wellbeing bags, containing items including toiletries, essentials and...
The UK’s leading environmental education charity is celebrating its 80th anniversary having welcomed more than 3.7 million students through its doors. The Field Studies Council was created in December 1943 to offer meaningful outdoor education experiences for everyone. It has...
Young people from across the UK have been able to bridge the “skills gap” caused by the pandemic, thanks to a scholarship from a leading Shropshire-based environmental education charity. Almost 400 16 to 25-year-olds applied for just 80 available places...
A former British world record holder and popular TV presenter are among the guests lined up for a special party to honour two Midlands-based farmers as they prepare to row 3,000 miles across the Atlantic Ocean for charity. Rod Adlington,...
Schoolchildren from two schools in South Wales have helped the UK’s leading environmental education charity celebrate its 80th birthday by planting new trees. Pupils from Mynydd Cynffig Primary School in Bridgend and Bodringallt Primary School in Rhondda also got to...
A new grants scheme has been launched to help more youngsters make a positive contribution to community life across Shropshire. Grants of up to £1,250 will be available through the new High Sheriff Fund being run by the Shropshire Community...
A thriving Shropshire business today urged companies to follow its lead and invest in shares in a county solar farm. Shrewsbury-based sustainable digital marketing agency GrowRoom says investing in the Twemlows solar farm near Whitchurch means it is delivering on its mission...
A scheme to take a Shropshire solar farm into community ownership is hitting the big screen – with a special video being shown in partnership with two Shropshire cinemas. A short video film promoting the Twemlows solar farm share offer...
Businesses were today urged to help develop the skilled workforce of the future – by playing their part as Enterprise Advisers. The Marches Careers Hub says it wants to recruit more advisers from the region’s business community to help inspire...
More than £1,500 has been raised for a life-saving service in Shropshire thanks to the generosity of those attending the 2023 National Dyslexia Awards. Winners, finalists, sponsors and guests from all over the UK gathered at the Mercure Telford Centre...