Local News and Updates
- 5th January 2023
A scheme set up by the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) to fund apprenticeship training for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) has smashed the £40m milestone.
- 5th January 2023
The Wolverhampton City Fairtrade Partnership and Wolverhampton Fairtraid shop have announced that they are the proud sponsors of 3 days of live poetry, performance and readings during this year's Wolverhampton Literature festival.
- 3rd January 2023
Wolverhampton`s radio station, WCR FM, based in the Mander Centre, is celebrating the end of the twelve days of Christmas with a special poem commissioned from their Poet in Residence - but without a partridge in a pear tree.
- 3rd January 2023
Transport for West Midlands (TfWM) has secured almost £3.5 million funding to support the better design, planning and development of cycling, wheeling and walking schemes in region.
- 3rd January 2023
The number of new homes being built in the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) area has bounced back from Covid to such an extent it is now higher than before the pandemic first struck, latest figures have shown.
- 3rd January 2023
The Poet in Residence of Wolverhampton`s radio station, WCR FM, which broadcasts to over 900,000 people daily on 101.8 FM, online, Spotify and listen again, wants to wish everyone in the city a very happy New Year.
- 3rd January 2023
The West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) is supported more than 65,000 people across the region through training and education courses in 2022, figures have revealed.
- 2nd January 2023
A new partnership between Transport for West Midlands (TfWM) and community transport operators across the region is helping to connect people experiencing loneliness and social isolation with new friends and vital support services.
- 2nd January 2023
The West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) has today (Wednesday 21 December) announced additional measures to help colleges and training providers meet the rising cost of equipping people with the skills they need to land jobs.
- 2nd January 2023
A much-loved former City of Wolverhampton councillor is to have a new centre supporting the city’s vulnerable people named in his memory.