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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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Richard Parker on a large stage announcing the West Midlands Business Festival, 3-14 March 2025
  • News

21 November 2024

Businesses back first region-wide trade festival

The first West Midlands Business Festival will take place in March next year and bring together small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) and the wider business community for a fortnight of inspiration, innovation, learning, showcasing, and networking.

Attic Brewery 800X500
  • Case study
  • Sustainability

20 November 2024

Fast-growing brewery among hundreds of businesses getting help to be more energy efficient

Attic Brew is reducing carbon emissions and saving £30K/year with WMCA-backed energy grants.

Woman at a laptop
  • Marketing
  • Tips

20 November 2024

Top tips for using LinkedIn to grow your business

If you’re new to LinkedIn or want to refine your approach, here are some practical tips to make the most of the platform.

Women working together at a laptop
  • Marketing
  • Tips

20 November 2024

5 reasons to use LinkedIn to grow your business

With over 41 million UK users and 70% of B2B buyers using LinkedIn to inform purchasing decisions, it’s a space that business owners can no longer afford to overlook.

staff at work inside the brockhouse group premises, working with molten metal
  • News

20 November 2024

Scrap steel: How your business can benefit from the region’s circular economy initiatives

If your business generates scrap steel, we need your input! Completing our audit will help us create an accurate picture of available resources, ensuring we can quantify the opportunities and deliver financial benefits back to businesses like yours

Portal Zero
  • Case study
  • Funding

19 November 2024

PortalZero – Building toward investment to fuel innovative off-grid living

PortalZero, a 2023 startup, joined the Investment Readiness Programme to boost growth, gain funding skills & scale sustainable off-grid products.

Man On Stage 800
  • Funding
  • Tips

18 November 2024

A simple guide to business funding options

There are many ways to fund your business growth. This overview will help you choose the right type of finance.

Alpha Rowen
  • Case study
  • Sustainability

14 November 2024

Alpha-Rowen cut costs and boost efficiency with BEAS

Learn how this business optimised furnace efficiency, saved money and reduced emissions.