The Carbon Trust is to help thousands of small and medium sized businesses drive down their costs by as much as £40 million through a new programme.more
A growing number of people are registering their interest in a project that intends to ship unwanted football strips to South Africa for distribution to under-privileged children at next year’s World Cup.more
Daring Sarah Smith will challenge her fear of heights by taking her first trip on board a plane - and then jumping out!more
Following the successful Thrive CSR Workshop in January, another session has been organised for Tuesday, September 22 at BVSC (6-8pm).more
Five students got the better of Birmingham’s Dragon’s Den when they walked off with the main prize at the first West Midlands Enterprise Laboratory ‘Eureka Rocket Challenge’.more
Birmingham International Airport has underlined its neighbourly credentials once again with a grant to a community group, offering transport for those who need it the most in Solihull.more
Simon Hall, designer at Brindleyplace-based marketing, PR and design agency Core, completed The Ironman UK Triathlon in 12 hours, nine minutes and six seconds, raising over £700 for Acorns Children’s Hospice Trust.more
Generous workers at Barclays Commercial Bank in Birmingham have helped raise £1,770 for St John Fisher RC Primary School in Birmingham.more
Youngsters at a special school in Redditch have been enjoying fun on their end-of-year trips, thanks to a new mini-bus.more
A grant awarded by the Birmingham Community Foundation has provided a day trip for more than 100 local disadvantaged children from the Birmingham based Keepmoat 10 project.more
Bidford Gliding Club member Adam Huttlestone has swapped his glider for a racing bike to raise money for The Tracy Sollis Leukaemia Trust after riding from John O’Groats to Lands End.more
Positive news of a slight upturn in house prices and an increase in demand for property loans have been well received by mortgage lenders and property companies. For one Midlands-based independent mortgage and property loan lender, a dip in arrears on existing buy-to-let mortgages is also contributing to better than expected trading conditions at the start of their fourth quarter.more
The West Midlands is likely to see a modest economic recovery in 2010, according to the latest PricewaterhouseCoopers UK Economic Outlook report.more
A team from DLA Piper has brightened up the lives of some of Birmingham’s most needy youngsters.more
Volunteering is good for you – that is the verdict of eleven volunteers from npower’s offices in Solihull, after spending a day working at the Sherbourne Valley allotments, in Spon End, Coventry, helping to develop another area to be incorporated into Coventry MIND’s Gardening in Mind project.more
National property and construction consultancy Wakemans judged a product design project at Hall Green School which required Year 9 students to design and build a clock face and stand. more
A party of schoolchildren enjoyed a day out with a difference thanks to a fruitful partnership between Birmingham’s Botanical Gardens and one of its near neighbours.more
Two business women have joined forces to help recycle bras for women and girls living in a village in Uganda. more
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