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A brand new route to market

A brand new route to market

Former headteacher turned business entrepreneur Julia Williams has long been one of the ‘faces’ of the Midlands business community – and now she is the human face of an exciting new marketing venture in the region, ADD Marketing Ltd. Julia has chaired...
Tracking the Data Landscape

Tracking the Data Landscape

Gary O’Reilly is highly engaging company, a straight-talking Northern Irishman with a penchant for pithy turns of phrase – and colourful quotes….. “I didn’t get it easy, I worked hard to get where I am…..I will talk to a £2,000 a day QC in the same way...
PP Bounces Back in Style

PP Bounces Back in Style

They’ve been a proud and ultimately inspiring feature of the West Midlands industrial landscape for more than 50 years – and nobody can tell the story of PP Control & Automation better than CEO Tony Hague. That story encompasses a wide range of everyday products...
The Facts Behind Stroke Attacks

The Facts Behind Stroke Attacks

In previous BW columns, I’ve written about how work-stress caused the stroke which I suffered in December 2013, the general dangers of work-stress and the importance of maintaining a proper work-life balance, especially in business sectors where having that balance is...
Family cycling passion puts the drive into BikeStow

Family cycling passion puts the drive into BikeStow

Mother and son Julie and George tell Jon Griffin how a love of cycling inspired a family business It started out purely as an enjoyable pastime and an attempt to make life easier for a family of enthusiastic cyclists – and now it’s a growing business attracting...
How one man’s X-ray vision targets smugglers

How one man’s X-ray vision targets smugglers

Michael Lamb shares the Syentium story with Jon Griffin. Michael Lamb is in splendid form on his home turf…humorous, knowledgeable, articulate and candid. An afternoon in his delightful Edwardian home on the outskirts of Worcester city centre involves discussion...