Connect WM reckons that there is now a strong case for local businesses to come together and build a sponsorship funding community in order to help local business to have a viable chance of gaining access to some finance.... Read full article
The Black Country Local Enterprise Partnership (BCLEP), in conjunction with its partners is hosting a ‘Meet the Funder’ event at Wolverhampton Racecourse on Wednesday 17th July. ... Read full article
West Midlands-based construction company Shaylor Group, has received a further half a million pounds of funding from Finance Birmingham, following the continued growth of the company since an initial investment nearly a year ago.... Read full article
A £1.4 million fund for businesses to create jobs in the Black Country was being officially launched today by the Express & Star and the University of Wolverhampton.... Read full article
Central Finance, a firm of Alternative Business Finance experts, is expanding its services into the Black Country in a bid to support local enterprises.... Read full article
Professor Dame Julia King, vice-chancellor of Aston University, has been made a director of the business group and will be the representative of the higher education sector, acting as a conduit between them and the board.... Read full article
Andy Street, the head of the Greater Birmingham and Solihull Local Enterprise Partnership, told business leaders in the borough that it forms “a critical part” of the LEP’s work. ... Read full article
Two of the co-founders of BizBritain Finance, a national delivery partner of the Start Up Loans Company have launched The Hot500, an inclusive entrepreneur hub network designed to support young people from the Midlands who are interested in starting ... Read full article
Months of merger talks between specialist lenders Aston Reinvestment Trust and the Black Country Reinvestment Society have collapsed due to fears over future funding.... Read full article
Accountancy firms BDO and PKF have agreed to merge to create a practice with revenues of almost £400m. The deal was first revealed in August and the enlarged firm, which will operate under the BDO brand, will employ 3,500 members of staff in the UK.... Read full article
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