Over 130 people took part in Midland Mencap's annual Sutton Park Challenge on Sunday 4 October, raising £1,586 to support the charity's work with people with learning disabilities, their families and carers.

Staff at Razzamataz Sutton Coldfield have raised £888 for the Razzamataz Future Fund by completing the Wolf Run, a 10k off-road obstacle course with a lake swim.

Local businesses are being invited to support the Sutton Santa Run as sponsorship opportunities are available for this year’s festive community event, which will raise money for two local mental health charities.

The Belfry Hotel & Resort is to host a Winter Light Experience, an illuminated evening trail through part of its Brabazon golf course, from Friday 27 November to 2 January 2027.

Sutton Coldfield-based RotoSpa – the UK’s only manufacturer of hot tubs - has appointed local consultancy Capstone Strategic Integration to lead a major product launch planned for April 2027.

SUEZ Recycling and Recovery has launched a new webinar exploring how circular economy initiatives are helping businesses and public sector organisations create meaningful social value through reuse, redistribution and community partnerships.

Work has begun on a new Physic Garden at Birmingham Botanical Gardens in partnership with Birmingham City University (BCU), which aims to blend history and heritage with 21st century horticulture and design.

National audit, tax, advisory and consulting firm Crowe has warned businesses to take care that accidental underpayments under the National Minimum Wage (NMW) do not end up costing them dearly.

Freeths has advised Unit4, a provider of enterprise cloud applications for service-centric organisations, on its acquisition of Paris-based resource management and skills intelligence platform Napta.

A patient who has spent six weeks in critical care at Midland Metropolitan University Hospital was given an emotional boost on the day he came off his ventilator, when staff pulled out all the stops to reunite him with his beloved dog, Milo.