Business News & Updates
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.
- 16th October 2026
A Marlow-based logistics company is planning to deliver its next stage of growth after joining the Pallet-Track network.
- 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.
A Liverpool logistics firm has added a first electric vehicle to its fleet with a nod to its northern brethren and the growing female representation within the business.
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.
- 12th October 2026
Shaun Cremins, vice-president of Royal Sutton Coldfield Chamber of Commerce, has launched CapstoneCX, a specialist customer experience service within his business, Capstone Strategic Integration.
- 9th October 2026
Permanent placements across the Midlands rose for a third month running in September, growing at the fastest rate since November 2022, according to the latest KPMG and REC UK Report on Jobs.
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.