Small businesses across the West Midlands have started to receive more than half a billion pounds of financial aid to help them through the coronavirus lockdown, it was confirmed today.

Warwickshire County Cricket Club has donated its Edgbaston Stadium to the Department of Health and Social Care to create a drive-through COVID-19 testing station, which will be used to regularly test NHS staff who are working in Birmingham and the wider West Midlands region.

A dedicated website providing the latest information for West Midlands businesses hit by the Covid-19 crisis was launched Wednesday March 25 by the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA).

West Midlands Railway is to introduce a revised timetable from next week designed to keep essential workers moving.

The search is on for the most inspirational women across the Midlands, as applications open for one of the UK’s longest running annual awards.

An ambitious multi-million-pound city living development has been announced for City of Wolverhampton’s Canalside Quarter.

Local people will have the chance to learn valuable construction skills and gain new jobs on a major project to regenerate Coventry city centre, thanks to a new training hub which opened today.

The Black Country LEP welcomes new Chair of the Board, Tom Westley DL. Tom takes up the position following 8 years of service from Stewart Towe CBE and will lead an 18 strong Board with representatives from business and the local authorities across the Black Country.

Professor Lisa Bayliss-Pratt, Chief Nurse at Health Education England (HEE), is to take a permanent role at Coventry University as Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Health and Life Sciences.

The West Midlands Investment Prospectus showcases 24 transformational schemes to compete on the global stage and further accelerate the economic and cultural renaissance sweeping the region.

A new construction plant training centre at City of Wolverhampton College will help local people start a new career in the industry, thanks to funding from the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA).