eBay’s first-ever UK high street concept store has helped businesses taking part in its Retail Revival scheme reach £4 million in sales since September 2018. The partnership with the City of Wolverhampton is helping small retailers grow their businesses both online and offline, with 64 local businesses increasing year-on-year sales […]
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Andy Cook leaves for Mansfield
Walsall FC can today confirm that striker Andy Cook has joined Mansfield Town for an undisclosed fee. The 28-year-old joined the Saddlers from Tranmere Rovers in May 2018 and scored 18 goals in 50 appearances during his only season with the club. Manager Darrell Clarke commented: “On the very first […]
Cloudscene Launches Enterprise Tool
Cloudscene, the leading telecommunications industry marketplace and world’s largest cloud directory, has today announced the launch of Cloud Pathfinder, an online app that allows enterprises to search and connect with cloud partners anytime, anywhere. The expansion of Cloudscene’s product portfolio comes in response to industry demand for solutions that better […]
ARE YOU EXERCISING RIGHT
Are you exercising regularly, yet not seeing the results you want? Or getting sidelined by pulled muscles and other injuries? Feeling tempted to drop out because you’re so bored? Don’t give up your fitness program just yet. Maybe the problem isn’t the exercise itself but the way you’re exercising. Doing […]
PEUGEOT SUPPLIES SPECIALIST VAN FLEET TO GUIDE DOGS
Around 80 PEUGEOT vans will help the Guide Dogs charity to move trainers and dogs through their training months Around 40 Expert van and Crew Van models soon to be joined by Partner Crew Van By 2022 vans will progressively replace cars for transporting dogs and their handlers Long-standing PEUGEOT […]
ROBOT ALLOWS SICK CHILD TO ATTEND SCHOOL FOR THE FIRST TIME IN SEVEN MONTHS
A schoolboy battling cancer has been able to go to school for the first time in seven months – after he was turned into a ROBOT. Oscar Saxelby-Lee , 5, was diagnosed with T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia in December 2018. After recently having a bone marrow transplant, Oscar has been […]
The Global Search for Education: How Employers Help Children Design their Futures
Understanding the reality of the working world becomes clearer the more times a young person interacts with the world of work.” – Nick Chambers The future will be about pairing the cognitive, social and emotional capabilities of human beings with machines. The ‘Drawing the Future’ report (a collaboration between the […]
YOUNG STARS WIN SANDWELL TALENT SHOW
Talented young people are celebrating after winning the Sandwell SHAPE Your Talent contest. Year 13 student Sophie Rose De-Bear won the top spot in the 14 to 19 category. The 17 year-old student from George Salter Academy in West Bromwich wowed judges with her sensational, thought-provoking dance performance on the […]
Congratulations to Woodlands Academy of Learning, winners of the A*STARS inter-school quiz
School students celebrated their knowledge of healthier and more active ways to travel at an annual inter-school quiz, which took place on Wednesday 19 June 2019. The A*STARS (Active Sustainable Travel and Road Safety) programme, run by Walsall Council, provides schools with the resources to improve road safety, traffic management […]
WEST MIDLANDS SAFARI PARK HEAR THE PITTER PATTER OF LITTLE PENGUINS FEET
The Park has just welcomed some fluffy new arrivals in Penguin Cove. Two grey Humboldt penguin chicks, named Hotdog and Haggis, have emerged from their nests and are starting to explore their new home. In 2019, all of the Park’s newborns’ names have to begin with the letter ‘H’, a […]