National delivery solutions business, Crown Couriers, is rebranding to Crown SDS (Service Delivery Solutions). The rebrand marks a significant milestone in the company’s history as it approaches its fourth decade in the logistics sector. The change follows a review of Crown’s services and better reflects the delivery, supply chain solutions and bespoke services the organisation provides to a...

West Midlands 5G (WM5G) has developed the UK’s very first 5G-connected tram as part of a regional transport trial in partnership with West Midlands Metro, Transport for West Midlands (TfWM), GoMedia and Icomera. Trams collect a variety of valuable information, including CCTV footage and vehicle performance and maintenance data. Currently, this information is accessed and downloaded manually,...

The Black Country borough of Dudley is setting the bar for investment and regeneration in the Midlands and beyond. Despite the pandemic, activity has far from stalled, and the local authority is ploughing ahead with an unprecedented £1 billion investment programme, destined to radically transform the borough over the next decade. A succession of regeneration projects ranging from transport and...