Full Q2 Small Business Index (SBI) published shows investment intentions at two-year low  More than a third of firms say access to right staff is a major barrier to growth   Number of business owners describing new credit as “unaffordable” hits four-year high  Small firms are struggling to expand, hire and raise productivity […]

67% of Brits are thinking about quitting their jobs to go freelance. London has seen the largest surge in self-employed workers in the last 10 years. The North East has seen freelance workers grow by over a THIRD in the last decade. Northern Ireland has seen the smallest surge in self-employed workers in the last decade. […]

Half of young people in the West Midlands have ambitions to set up their own business during their working life Young people from the region identify financial management skills (46%) as the #skillsthatcount to becoming an entrepreneur 60% of young people in the West Midlands expect to upskill during their […]

Artists have shown new visuals displaying the 1.4-mile-long route which will operate using 20-metre-long carriages.  The artist impressions display the people-mover positioned at a HS2 interchange Solihull, over Pendigo Lake near Resort World in Birmingham and also the new upcoming maintenance facility.  The plan will be discussed in further detail at a […]

Sandwell Council’s housing team’s work on domestic abuse has been recognised with a national accreditation. Sandwell is only the third council in the country to receive the recognition from the Domestic Abuse Housing Alliance (DAHA). The DAHA accreditation follows a review of Sandwell’s policies and procedures, and after conducting case […]

45 per cent of people living in the West Midlands are stuck in a ‘boring or unrewarding’ job, according to a study released this week.  A poll of 2,000 employed adults found 31 per cent say their job is ‘utterly dull’, while a third even describe their work as ‘soul […]

Work has started on an extension to a major Midlands business park which could generate around 1,700 jobs and lever in up to £300 million of investment. It will see i54 South Staffordshire, on the county border with the City of Wolverhampton, expand to provide much needed sites of different […]

Schools celebrated their ‘Fizz Free’ efforts this school year and are all set for Sugar Smart Sandwell in September – with businesses and community groups also invited to get involved. Sixty schools actively took part in the Sandwell Fizz Free February campaign which focused on sugar reduction. The campaign messages […]

The Haus Network is a brand new online platform – powered by Blockchain Technology. The Haus Network provides free and paid services in the form of modules. The novelty here is that the development team and users can add modules in order to expand the network. This modular approach to […]

PeopleCoach is Internationally Building “The Culture of Success” By innovatively creating “cultures” that adapt to change, Digital Transformation Architects D. Ray Freeman & Anthony Librizzi transform corporations by bringing people and process together Many of us have heard the saying, “the only thing that is certain is change”. Ironically, even […]