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National Metalforming Centre gets behind the Black Country’s booster drive
One of the Black Country’s leading business venues is throwing its weight behind the national vaccine push announced by the Prime Minister recently. The National Metalforming Centre (NMC), which is located on Birmingham Road in West Bromwich and run by the Confederation of British Metalforming (CBM), has the capacity to do more than 200 vaccines per day, but can ramp this up to help with the...
Hazelton Mountford celebrates Aviva funding for Girlguiding Worcestershire
A Girlguiding group in Worcestershire is celebrating after winning £2,500 from the Aviva Broker Community Fund. The 7th Worcester Guides were nominated by independent insurance broker Hazelton Mountford, whose headquarters is in Worcester city centre, after employee Ellie Jones asked for the firm’s support. The funds will be used to provide two camping trips and new equipment for the local Girl...
New funding available to support health and social innovation in the West Midlands
The West Midlands Academic Health Science Network (WMAHSN) has announced that £20,000 of funding is available to support the spread and adoption of medical innovations in the region. Following a successful launch in 2020, the West Midlands Safety Innovation and Improvement Fund has been supporting the spread or adoption of healthcare innovations which has resulted in improvements for patients...
New office move for expanding McDonald’s franchise
A thriving McDonald’s franchise has expanded into bigger offices in Redditch as the restaurant business looks forward to further growth. Robert Holdcroft has worked for McDonald’s for more than 35 years, and now operates eight restaurants around the region, employing more than 700 people. With the help of John Truslove, he has now moved his office and administrative operations into Shrubbery...
BCTG wins major funding to provide HGV driving boot camps
Black Country training organisation BCTG has won government funding of £875,000 to support 285 people into new jobs by running a skills boot camp for HGV driving. The funding runs until March 31, 2022, and BCTG is working with delivery partners, PDT Fleet Training, SID Training and Parker Ryan Training in running courses in the West Midlands and East of England. Skills boot camps include...