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Record sales year for Carfulan Group as it helps industry work smarter
Record sales year for Carfulan Group as it helps industry work smarter

A surge in demand for advanced manufacturing and 3D printing systems has paved the way for a record year for one of the East Midlands’ fastest growing industrial specialists. Carfulan Group, which helps more than 500 companies to work smarter and faster, has seen revenues rise by 14% to £19.2million, creating six…

AI and smart buildings to top the agenda as Midlands workplace technology conference returns
AI and smart buildings to top the agenda as Midlands workplace technology conference returns

A major Midlands conference will showcase how technology and AI can help owners and occupiers create workplaces that are efficient, user-friendly and sustainable when it takes place this summer. The Workplace Technology Conference, which is being held in Derby on June 6, will offer a blend of exhibits, trade stands…

BPL extends ‘Worcester’ relationship with £1m press investment
BPL extends ‘Worcester’ relationship with £1m press investment

One of the UK’s leading sheet metalwork specialists has extended its long-term partnership with Worcester Presses with a new £1m investment. BPL Engineering Group, which employs 40 people at its state-of-the-art facility on Catesby Park in Kings Norton, has installed a 500-tonne straight sided, twin crank Ching…

Carfulan Group to debut over £1m of new technologies at MACH 2024
Carfulan Group to debut over £1m of new technologies at MACH 2024

A leading provider of advanced measurement and 3D printing systems will give a UK debut to four groundbreaking machines that will help industry work smarter and faster. Carfulan Group, which has seen sales soar to £20m this year, will showcase more than £1m of new technology at MACH 2024 this month…

Com Bossa: Redefining luxury wedding stationery with passion, style, and sustainability
Com Bossa: Redefining luxury wedding stationery with passion, style, and sustainability

Suzanne and Richard Ulph, the award-winning creative minds behind Com Bossa, embarked on their journey in 2005 when they tied the knot and crafted their own distinctive wedding invitations. Unable to find the understated style they were looking for, they set out to provide an alternative. Little did they know, this…

Back of the net! Young Walsall footballer scores a winner as professional footballer dad sponsors his team
Back of the net! Young Walsall footballer scores a winner as professional footballer dad sponsors…

Like father, like son! A six-year-old footballer has won his professional footballer dad over to sponsor his team. Nathan Blissett, nephew of Watford legend and England player Luther Blissett, is the founder of Telford-based mortgage advisory firm Dwello Mortgages – a business he launched early last year, but he…

PP Plus launches to bridge the UK’s commercial ‘valley of death’
PP Plus launches to bridge the UK’s commercial ‘valley of death’

The best of manufacturing, business and academia have come together to bridge the £bn+ commercial valley of death in the UK. PP Plus, which is being led by PP Control & Automation, is delivering immediate access to specialist expertise and knowledge to help support companies looking to develop and scale green…

Harris Lamb secures reserved matters permission for 79 homes in Bewdley
Harris Lamb secures reserved matters permission for 79 homes in Bewdley

Planners at Harris Lamb have secured reserved matters approval for 79 new homes in Bewdley on behalf of Elan Homes. The team had previously secured outline planning permission on the eight-acre land parcel off Stourport Road ahead of the business’ Residential Land team negotiating an unconditional sale of the site…

Tech giants announce participation at revamped London Tech Week 2024
Tech giants announce participation at revamped London Tech Week 2024

IBM and Microsoft among first confirmed partners of London Tech Week 2024 Move to Olympia in Kensington will allow for double capacity of previous years 25,000 attendees expected over three days in June Artificial Intelligence spotlighted with speakers from Google DeepMind, Synthesia, Writer, DeepL and more IBM and…

Tube Tech wins International Safety Award
Tube Tech wins International Safety Award

IGS Tube Tech has won an International Safety Award from the British Safety Council in recognition of its commitment to keeping its workers and workplaces healthy and safe during the 2023 calendar year.        Now in their 66th year, the International Safety Awards recognise and celebrate organisations from…