Bringing Communities Together
Sandwell Council is inviting applications from today from local businesses for a new COVID-19 support grant. The council has £3.362m from the government’s Discretionary Business Grant Fund to allocate to local businesses. This funding is specifically to support small and micro businesses with high fixed property costs which are not […]
Sandwell Council has now paid ‘lifeline’ grants to more than 1,500 businesses – worth a total of £18.1 million – to help them tackle the impact of coronavirus (COVID-19). But over 2,100 businesses have yet to respond to a council letter asking for key information so that grants they may […]
A soon-to-open music institute in the West Midlands is developing a library of online videos designed to support further education and 6th form students who are missing out on face-to-face classes because of the COVID-19 crisis. Resonance, which will be accepting its first cohort of undergraduate students this September, is […]
DriverMetrics has published a new guide for fleet managers which addresses the impact of Covid-19 on driver stress. Written by DriverMetrics Research Director, Dr Lisa Dorn, the guide covers identifying the signs of driver stress during the pandemic; its effects on crash involvement, and practical advice on supporting drivers at […]
Rolls-Royce Motor Cars is a brand that encourages the pursuit of dreams, and now a new generation of aspiring designers are being encouraged to bring their automotive dreams to life through a special ‘Young Designer Competition’. Launched to provide parents and children with a welcome distraction during the worldwide coronavirus […]
Pablo Escobar’s biological brother, Roberto De Jesus Escobar Gaviria, has started production of a mainstream completely foldable smartphone which features a unique flexible screen allowing a user to easily fold their regular phone into a tablet size smartphone. The Escobar Fold 2 phone come at a retail price of just $399 and is […]
UK commercial vehicle production declined -13.6% in February, with 7,980 vans, trucks and buses manufactured, according to the latest figures released today by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). The performance follows a bumper February in 2019 when output grew by more than half ahead of key model […]
UK ENGINE MANUFACTURING (data for February 2020) 214,155 engines made in February as UK production declines -9.3%. Production for domestic car plants rises 14.0%, while exports fall -21.0%. More than 450,000 engines built in Britain in first two months, with 58.4% exported. Mike Hawes, SMMT Chief Executive, said, “The UK is […]
People are being encouraged to Return to Social Work in a new recruitment drive. The Local Government Association has launched a campaign aimed at social workers who have been out of the profession for up to 10 years. Return to Social Work will provide support to social workers as they […]
Community and voluntary groups in Sandwell will be able to apply for grants under a two-year £311,000 funding scheme. Sandwell Council’s cabinet is being asked to approve funding for Sandwell Council of Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) to run the Vision 2030 Community Grants Programme. The council is handing over the running […]
