Business News & Updates
More than half (53 per cent) of West Midlands businesses have recruited early careers talent in the past year, but the real challenge is connecting firms with the candidates they need, according to new research from Lloyds.
Greenfields Energy Group has opened its flagship Birmingham office, while celebrating its growing team and 69% revenue growth during the 2025/26 financial year.
- 15th October 2026
The UK economy expanded by 0.1 per cent in August with services output growing by 0.9 per cent in the three months to August, according to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics.
Greenfields Energy Group has opened its flagship Birmingham office, while celebrating its growing team and 69% revenue growth during the 2025/26 financial year.
- 14th October 2026
Birmingham technology and marketing firm Aquilon Tech has moved to 10 Brindley Place in the city centre.
Late payments, wafer-thin margins, a critical skills shortage and disproportionate risk are threatening the construction industry’s ability to deliver the government’s housing and infrastructure ambitions, sector leaders has warned ahead of the Budget.
The council has secured funding that will deliver £15m of capital grant funding to businesses across the West Midlands, the next stage of the Business Energy Advice Service (BEAS) grant programme.
The West Midlands Futures Fund was launched yesterday to the private sector of the region, putting billions on the table for high impact schemes that can drive economic growth and thousands of new homes and jobs.
- 7th October 2026
Grow Beyond Borders (GBB), an AI-powered global trade platform helping small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) expand internationally, has won the Excellence in Technology award at The Signature Awards 2026.
JLR has revealed its sales performance for its second quarter showing improvements in the UK and overseas markets.