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Get ready to celebrate wonderful Worcestershire at this year’s tourism awards
The countdown is on to this year’s Visit Worcestershire Tourism Awards. After a challenging and lengthy period for tourism and hospitality, the awards are set to celebrate the very best of Worcestershire leisure businesses who have shown incredible resilience over the past year. 43 shortlisted finalists have been chosen to go forward to the event itself on Friday, March 11, at Stanbrook Abbey...
Speciality chicken wings restaurant will create 20-plus jobs in new city centre venture
A new speciality chicken wings restaurant and takeaway set to open in Birmingham in mid-March will create more than 20 jobs. Wing Trapp will be the second restaurant bearing the name after the founder directors launched the original concept in Leicester more than three and a half years ago. Property agents Creative Retail and Bond Wolfe have let 2,048 sq ft at 37a Great Charles Queensway to...
R&D investment pays off as AWI launches new ‘high-performance’ alloy
One of the UK’s leading manufacturers of round, flat and profile wire is starting the new year in style by introducing a new alloy to its expanding range. Black Country-based Alloy Wire International (AWI), which supplies to more than 5,000 customers across the world, has seen investment in its R&D programme pay off with the launch of INCONEL: 617, a Chromium-Cobalt-Molybdenum alloy...
£250,000 ‘Worcester Presses’ investment helps Cotmor move forward with ambitious expansion plans
A £250,000 investment drive with Worcester Presses is helping a leading Black Country metal pressing specialist take advantage of new domestic and reshoring opportunities. Cotmor Tool & Presswork, which employs 16 people at its Brierley Hill factory, has seen sales soar to £2m following the easing of lockdown and is now setting its sights on an additional £1m of orders over the next 12...
Industry urged to be COSHH compliant as inspection programme continues into 2022
One of the UK’s leading oil mist extraction experts is urging manufacturing and engineering companies to ensure they are COSHH (Control of Substances Hazardous to Health) compliant. Telford-based Filtermist Systems is making its customers and the wider industry aware that the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is continuing to run its fabricated metals inspection programme until at least March...