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A new Commercial team has been introduced at The Ticket Factory (TTF) – tasked with creating more sales opportunities and driving profitability throughout the business. The news comes as Chris Pile, previously Consumer Sales and Marketing Director for the ticketing company, is appointed as Commercial Director. …

One of the UK’s most prolific trombonists has been announced as the new Head of Brass at Birmingham City University’s Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. Originally from Bristol, Amos Miller started playing the trombone aged nine and went on to study at Oxford University – during which time he studied with Denis…

Commercial property agency Bond Wolfe is helping a vital regional charity with a major donation. The firm has donated £2,500 to Black Country Women’s Aid, based in West Bromwich, through its Bond Wolfe Charitable Trust. Bond Wolfe charity manager Lisa Worrall said: “Currently, Black Country Women’s Aid receives…

Midland Heart, a leading housing provider, has appointed chartered town planner Abigaile Bromfield to its finance and new business committee.   Ms Bromfield, Midlands Planning Associate Director at ARUP joins the committee to support the 33,000 home landlord to deliver new, much-needed affordable homes in the…

Leading Birmingham law firm Mills & Reeve have been awarded Best Diversity and Inclusion Initiative by the Legal Education and Training Group (LETG). The firm won the award for their work around diversity and inclusion across their six offices for two specific projects; increasing the number of female partners and…

Midlands law firm mfg Solicitors has announced the promotions of seven legal specialists as it sets upon another period of expansion. Employment law expert Darryll Thomas, who joined as an associate in February 2016, is promoted to partner within the firm’s award-winning Employment and HR Services department where…

The construction team at J Tomlinson has handed over a supported living scheme built for developer HBV. Limbrick Place in Jardine Crescent at Tile Hill, Coventry, features a single block of eight and a single block of sixteen apartments, along with ten apartments that will be used to support adults who require high…

During a recent visit to the site, Gareth Snell MP praised Aggregate Industries’ Express Asphalt site in Stoke for the ‘vital role’ it plays in helping to improve and maintain the local road network. Mr Snell, who has been a Labour MP for Stoke-on-Trent since 2017, visited the site located on City Road to meet…

London-based recruitment specialists and Pertemps partners, ISE Partners, have been granted a Global Supplier Award for Service from PRO Unlimited at their annual Global Supplier Awards. PRO Unlimited are ranked as the world’s largest purely vendor-neutral MSP. The awards recognise staffing agencies that meet and…

Leading Birmingham law firm Mills & Reeve have been awarded Best Diversity and Inclusion Initiative by the Legal Education and Training Group (LETG). The firm won the award for their work around diversity and inclusion across their six offices for two specific projects; increasing the number of female partners and…

Royal Ascot is Britain’s most popular race meeting and, as excitement for the event builds, we can reveal that Jupiter will play a refreshing part in the proceedings. Attracting around 300,000 racegoers, across its five-day run, with 70,000 attending on Thursday’s Gold Cup Day alone, it’s an exciting highlight…

Peter Andre, Olly Murs and Alexandra Burke were among the guests at a glamorous charity ball in London last night which raised £1,536,630 for the national charity, Caudwell Children. The charity, which provides practical and emotional support for disabled children and their families, hosted their…

Soru Jewellery, the Sicilian inspired Jewellery brand announces launch into Harvey Nichols Birmingham.  Soru; meaning sisters in Sicilian, launched in the UK in 2013 by British-Sicilian sisters Francesca and Marianna. Inspired by the way in which Sicilian women adorn themselves with jewellery for every occasion…

Custom bespoke tailoring company, A Hand Tailored Suit, has announced that due to continuing growth and expansion it is opening a brand new private tailoring showroom in the heart of Birmingham City Centre. The new showroom is located at Lancaster House, 67 Newhall Street, close to Birmingham’s financial district,…

Commercial property agency Bond Wolfe is helping a vital regional charity with a major donation. The firm has donated £2,500 to Black Country Women’s Aid, based in West Bromwich, through its Bond Wolfe Charitable Trust. Bond Wolfe charity manager Lisa Worrall said: “Currently, Black Country Women’s Aid receives…

Auto Windscreens, a leading UK glass repair and replacement company, took part in the Crazy Jean’s Soapbox Kart Race on Saturday 16 June, helping raise thousands of pounds for two worthwhile charities, ellenor and Hospice in the Weald. Powered by Markerstudy Group, Auto Windscreens’ parent company, the Tunbridge…

The Manufacturing Technology Centre near Coventry is to lead a £15 million programme aimed at encouraging suppliers to the UK aerospace industry to adopt additive manufacturing. Additive manufacturing, or 3D printing, is employed across many manufacturing sectors in a variety of materials, producing everything from…

  A local joinery manufacturer has won a prized Shropshire Business Award for its commitment to growing skills through apprenticeships. Shrewsbury’s Morris Joinery was presented with the trophy by Shropshire Chamber of Commerce, at its annual awards ceremony at Telford International Centre. It was judged best…

A Birmingham prep school has swapped its outdated telephone system for a state-of-the-art, cloud-based one from Worcestershire firm Armstrong Bell – and is now saving hundreds of pounds a year as a result.  The Blue Coat School in the Edgbaston area of the city is the second-largest prep school in England, with…

The Concert Hall at Birmingham City University’s Royal Birmingham Conservatoire was officially renamed The Bradshaw Hall later Thursday 14th June, reflecting the University’s enduring gratitude to a million-pound gift from a local entrepreneur. Dr Keith Bradshaw OBE DL has personally donated £1 million to Royal…