Stourbridge College is urging the unemployed not to throw in the towel and give up on finding a job by offering a selected group the chance to gain a free Level 1 Boxing Development Award along with an accredited employability qualification at its partnership Boxing Academy premises, Lions Boxing Club…

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Midlands based carbon and graphite specialists Erodex (UK) Limited have partnered with global industry leader SGL Carbon in a bid to enter the high temperature furnace market with its new product range Erodex HT. Having invested a total of £750k, access to this market offers Erodex the chance to extend…

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Stourbridge College Executive Director, Kim Babb, has been elected on to the board of the Dudley Chamber of Commerce. With a career spanning over 25 years, Kim, 45, has been instrumental in driving forward and expanding business for a variety of organisations in both the public and private sector including…

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Tyseley based plastic specialists Andel Plastics Ltd are delighted to have received a grant through Birmingham City Council which is set to improve sales over the next 12 months and beyond. Director Helen Pitt says, “The grant is a substantial part of our business plans and without it, we wouldn’t…

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@wolvcoll to offer Higher #Apprenticeship in Engineering Environmental Technologies #FutureEngineeringTalent City of Wolverhampton College is the latest provider to offer the new government-backed Higher Apprenticeship in Engineering Environmental Technologies, which was launched in March to address the major shortage of highly-skilled engineers impacting on sector growth and productivity. The Higher…

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A £750,000 investment in a new glass beneficiation plant is set to reap dividends for a Middlesbrough recycling specialist. Ward Recycling Ltd, which employs 140 people across the UK, is now able to take sub 12mm mixed glass and – using a special sterilisation and implosion process – turn it…

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In its 60th year of trading, Bilston based, Parker Precision has proven to be a firm which embraces the future whilst maintaining the skills and experience that it has acquired over its considerable history. With on-going investments in machinery and a versatile approach to keeping up with state-of-the-art technology, Parker…

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Sheffield based CNC machine tool distributor Ward Hi-Tech are expanding further their sales force and have recently appointed Mark Lister to cover the North West Region of the UK. Mark comes from an experienced sales background having previously spend 15 years as UK Sales Manager at workholding specialists WDS. “I…

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<p>Comux UK, the community not-for-profit business selected by Ofcom to build and operate the local TV broadcasting platform, will be located at Birmingham Science Park Aston’s Innovation Birmingham Campus. 20 new jobs are being created for local people as a result.</p> <p>Comux will occupy three suites within the ground floor…

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More than £0.3 million in grant funding has been awarded to 21 businesses in the Greater Birmingham and Solihull Local Enterprise Partnership area - stimulating total investment of some £0.6 million and helping to create or safeguard 135 jobs. The Business Development Programme has, in its first 6 months of…

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