Bringing Communities Together
Road Safety and breakdown organisation GEM Motoring Assist is encouraging drivers to take extra care at junctions, in an attempt to reduce collisions with motorcyclists. GEM road safety officer Neil Worth said: “Around 30 motorcyclists are killed or injured every day at junctions, usually because of a driver observation error […]
Ticket barriers could be removed with new technology being developed and trialled by Hitachi Rail. Prototype technology currently being tested could use sensors on trains to detect an app on passengers’ smartphones as they board. There would be no need to remove the phone from pockets or bags and no […]
A showcase of opportunities available for young people – with the chance to win one of three TVs – is being staged in Walsall next month. The #ChooseTheRightPath event has been organised thanks to a partnership between Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust and the James Brindley Foundation. The foundation was formed […]
Sandwell Council is continuing its digital transformation with housing repair services set to join the MySandwell portal. It means tenants will be able to log repair requests 24 hours a day, seven days a week through MySandwell, without needing to pick up the phone or visiting their Local office. The repairs […]
Sandwell Council is pressing ahead with its plans to build hundreds of much-needed new council homes. Families have already moved into 50 new properties at Carisbrooke Road, Friar Park in Wednesbury. And work has started on another 63 new homes at Strathmore Road in Tipton. Seddon is the council’s partner […]
An exhibition highlighting the work of the famous Chance Brothers glass factory in Smethwick has been launched at a Sandwell museum. The exhibition, called ‘Chance People’, is at Wednesbury Museum and Art Gallery in Holyhead Road and shows how the company became one of the largest glass makers in Britain. The […]
Global Foods UK (globalfoods.uk.com) takes pride in supplying organic date products to the pan-European market. With their goods, the company aims to help both small and big brands in creating and developing new products. Global Foods UK understands the importance of quality standards when it comes to dates. For such […]
Eight important heritage buildings in Dudley will be throwing open their doors to the public as part of Heritage Open Day on Saturday 14 September. The event is a celebration of the country’s architecture and culture, and venues not usually open to the public allow access to enable visitors to […]
A Black Country firm has won the contract to supply Dudley Council’s catering uniforms for the next three years. Council bosses said the decision to award the contract to Adesso Industrial Supplies, based in Willenhall, reinforced their pledge to “buy local” and support small businesses when it comes to procuring […]
Stricter building regulations for skyscrapers have been drawn up by the City of London because of concerns that high-rise buildings will generate winds capable of knocking over cyclists and pedestrians. The developers will have to provide more inclusive safety assessments of how the proposed buildings will affect people on street […]
