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Read the latest business news, top tips, support and funding announcements, and success stories from across the region.

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  • Tips

12 March 2025

Top tips for making your business more accessible

The spending power of disabled households, known as the Purple Pound, is worth £274 billion a year. You're missing out on profits if you're failing to meet the needs of disabled customers.

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  • News

03 March 2025

Thousands to attend Mayor’s first West Midlands Business Festival

Mayor Richard Parker launched the first ever West Midlands Business Festival today, with a renewed pledge to back local businesses, create jobs and grow the economy.

Mayor Richard Parker posing with staff at The Force Group
  • Funding
  • Case study

26 February 2025

£30k grant powers Solihull firm’s global growth plan

Solihull-based Controlsforce secures £30K BGWM grant to expand, create jobs & grow exports, boosting the West Midlands economy

business leaders networking at an event
  • Tips

26 February 2025

How to make the most of networking opportunities

The West Midlands Business Festival is the perfect chance to grow your network and make meaningful new connections to grow your business.

Staff by a banner that reads "up to £100,000 in energy grants for your business"
  • Sustainability
  • Tips

20 February 2025

5 ways BEAS can help businesses reduce their energy usage

BEAS is offering funding to implement energy efficiency measures for SMEs, but what are these measures and how do they work?

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  • Case study
  • Funding

08 February 2025

Investment Readiness programme fuels ImagePlus’s £80,000 growth boost

Coventry-based software company approaching its 30th anniversary is taking steps to strengthen its future by securing funding to support its next phase of growth.

Kford Tyres (L2)
  • Case study
  • Funding

06 February 2025

Grant support fits perfectly into Kingswinford Tyres’ £100,000 expansion plans

One of the Black Country’s leading tyre specialists is on course for its best-ever year after expanding into an additional unit.

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  • News

06 February 2025

Beware of business support scams

How to ensure that the business support professional you're speaking with is legitimate.