Shoppers and pub goers are being urged to vote with their feet and avoid businesses not following Covid-19 guidance. Pubs that aren’t taking contact details and shops where people don’t wear masks should be avoided, Sandwell Council has warned. And Sandwell businesses are being urged to take action to follow […]

The innovation network, KTN, in partnership with Innovate UK and The Prince’s Trust has launched the #IdeasMeanBusiness initiative, aimed at helping 18-30 year olds transform their diverse ideas into successful businesses. Research from Innovate UK, the government’s leading investor in research and development, showed that half of young people in […]

Nearly 2,700 Sandwell tenants have received additional housing payments worth more than £1.5 million to help them sustain their tenancy through difficult times. Sandwell Council is sixth out of 315 Local Authorities for the amount of discretionary housing payments (DHPs) paid when compared to how much government funding they have received.  The […]

Residents and businesses in Sandwell are being urged to have their say on what improvements they would like to see as part of the Government’s Towns Fund £75 million investment in Sandwell. There will be £25 million available per town selected to develop innovative regeneration plans. Last year, the Government […]

The news means that any unauthorised traveller incursions can now be moved on quicker and save money. Under the new rules travellers arriving in the borough will be immediately directed to the new site. If they refuse the police and Dudley Council officers can move them on quicker than ever […]

City of Wolverhampton’s plans to develop a National Brownfield Institute (NBI) have been handed a major boost. The scheme is to receive £14.9 million of funding from the Government’s Get Building Fund for the West Midlands which is aimed at projects that can be started quickly and completed within 18 […]

Plans to transform a former Wolverhampton youth club into a welcoming community hub and church have been announced. Windmill Community Church, a registered charity, is developing the proposals to restore the club on Henwood Road in Compton. The City of Wolverhampton Council owned building has been empty since September 2019 […]

There has been a sharp rise in coronavirus cases in Sandwell in recent weeks. This has be partly driven by outbreaks in workplaces. Lisa McNally, Sandwell Council’s director for public health, said: “We need businesses to let us know if they have two or more cases of COVID-19 among their […]

A factory at the centre of a major coronavirus outbreak in Sandwell has taken the decision to voluntarily close from tonight after over a third of the workforce tested positive for COVID-19. CBS Packaging, of Brandon Way, West Bromwich, has closed for 14 days to support infection control measures decided […]

Work to transform Wolverhampton into one of the world’s best digitally connected cities is underway. Wolverhampton is celebrating a major milestone in its digital transformation with work now well underway to build a full fibre network to reach almost every home and business in the city. CityFibre, the UK’s third […]