Bringing Communities Together
Analysis of Google search data reveals that searches for ‘solar panels’ exploded 316% above average in March 2022 – the highest level in the past five years. The findings come as the Bank of England has predicted that annual consumer price inflation will hit 6% in April, a 30-year high. […]
Your Co-op Travel, which has 76 travel agency branches across England, including 19 in the West Midlands, is targeting new recruits at the Birmingham Careers Fair on 8 April. Your Co-op Travel, part of The Midcounties Co-operative, is looking to recruit up to 33 new colleagues to work in its travel agency branches, as […]
Sandwell may get up to £1.8 billion in funding over the next five years, according to plans approved by the council. The government cabinet of the Labour Party has authorised a variety of recovery measures as part of a recovery plan to aid the autonomous region’s recovery from the epidemic. […]
A new British Kabaddi League has been launched in the UK, with tournaments staged in major cities including Birmingham, Manchester, Glasgow and Wolverhampton between 9 April and 10 May. Bringing together professionals from one of the fastest growing sports in the world, the League was launched in the city of […]
The findings of inspection reports for many care providers in the Black Country and Staffordshire have been made public.Adult social care, clinics, and basic healthcare were all inspected as part of the current Quality Commission (CQC) assessment.The evaluations contain scores that represent the CQC’s overall evaluation of the performance of […]
Sandwell taxi drivers say they are still waiting for hopes to achieve upgrades, with one driver claiming that the council head “did not even know” regarding licence difficulties. The Sandwell Private Hire Drivers Association’s secretary, Imran Mahmood Qureshi, said members are still hoping for the taxi improvements announced in December […]
Walsall Council Trading Standards Officers, working in partnership with West Midlands Police and the National Markets Group recently performed a successful operation which saw in excess of 7,500 items of counterfeit clothing and footwear worth an estimated £1.5million seized from a self-storage facility within the borough. Trading Standards was alerted […]
After failing to reach a final deal with three of the show’s investors, a West Midlands company featured on Dragons’ Den will do it alone.On Thursday, Peter Neath and Ian Worton appeared on the BBC show with the Saucestream Squeezer, a gadget meant to reduce plastic waste.The two, who own […]
Walsall Council has been awarded £2.6m to invest in energy efficiency measures at Darlaston Swimming and Fitness Centre. Funding has been awarded by Salix during Phase 2 of the Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme. Walsall Council was successful in bidding in an extremely competitive environment. The window for applications closed early […]
The Lloyds Banking Group is closing 60 locations, such as on Smethwick High Street. Due to an increase in digital banking, Lloyds Banking Group has announced the closure of 60 bank locations, comprising two in the region. The Lloyd Banks branch on Smethwick’s High Street will shut on July 21. […]
