Business News & Updates
Increasing prosperity across the West Midlands cannot be confined to the centre of Birmingham, the mayor of the region told a major policy event.
The Midlands remains the most active region for third party logistics (3PL) in the UK, with 61 per cent recorded in the first six months of 2025.
- 15th July 2025
Freight forwarders Chambers and Cook Group – founded in 1925 by Harold Chambers and Mr Cook – is celebrating a century of trading.
Business advisers at City of Wolverhampton College are urging employers to avoid paying increased National Insurance (NI) contributions for staff by taking on an apprentice.
Business leaders have welcomed the Government’s decision to scrap plans for zonal energy pricing.
Confidence is starting to return among West Midlands entrepreneurs after a steep fall in the number of businesses set up in the region in April and May
- 4th July 2025
West Midlands business leaders are channelling their inner Doc Brown – and they’ve got a message for their past selves: “Great Scott! Train your team!”
Four SME Black-owned businesses recently debuted TV advertising for the first time, after winning the latest edition of Channel 4 Sales’ Black in Business initiative with Lloyds.
Ongoing economic and geopolitical issues have pushed corporate insolvencies to a 2025 high, while rising numbers of local businesses are facing another tough month as a result of spiralling costs of materials
Midland based recruitment executive Saira Demmer has added to her CV with a prestige listing in a women’s leadership power list.