Business News

National law firm for life and business Shakespeare Martineau has announced 36 promotions across a variety of teams and locations, including 31 in the Midlands.

Azets, the Top 10 UK Accountancy firm, has announced the appointment of Asif Ahmed as Audit Director, as well as promoting Meg Walker (Wolverhampton) and Joel Fentem (Birmingham).

British business and jobs are set to benefit from a £6.4 billion boost after Chancellor Rachel Reeves helped secure a major two-way trade and investment package during a landmark visit to Saudi Arabia.

Logicalis, a leading global technology service provider, has announced significant progress in its FY25 Responsible Business Report, demonstrating measurable impact through strategic environmental, social, and community initiatives.

EBC Financial Group have launched its “Protect the Amazon with Every Trade” programme, the first by an online brokerage to create environmental impact via client trading activity in Latin America.

Deals that drive growth and create good jobs is a priority for the UK-Gulf partnership, Rachel Reeves has said as she leads one of the largest business delegation to the region in years today.

A total of 19 companies in north London have been named by the Government for failing to pay their staff the National Minimum Wage.

More than £4.2m has been successfully raised by growing firms in the West Midlands after tapping into support from the Business Growth West Midlands’ (BGWM) Investment Readiness Programme.

The Chancellor will kick off the first ever Regional Investment Summit with a blitz on business bureaucracy announcing further cuts to red tape and promising to save UK firms nearly £6 billion per year by the end of Parliament. 

Bloodhound Tracking Device (BTD) made it to the Top Three Finalists out of 65 entrants in the DHL Now and Next: Fast Forward Logistics Challenge, held last week in Austin, Texas, in the USA.

The Heads of Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) Group, chaired in 2025 by the Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB), recently met to review progress on joint actions and chart priority areas for the Group’s future work.

Kilkenny-headquartered software technology group, CluneTech, is celebrating a double win at the 2025 HR Leadership & Management Awards, held last night at the Crowne Plaza, Dublin.

Sanlam Investments has confirmed its third sponsorship of Africa’s Green Economy Summit (AGES), taking place in February 2026, reaffirming its commitment to financing Africa’s sustainable future through innovation in renewable energy, water security, waste reduction, ocean and climate finance.

easyJet has today announced a new route from Birmingham to Rome, launching in Spring 2026.

Smartkem, Inc., a company developing a new class of organic semiconductor technology, will be exhibiting at TechBlick Berlin: The Future of Electronics RESHAPED on 22^nd & 23^rd October 2025.

Property consultancy Johnson Fellows has strengthened its Birmingham-based team with the appointment of a new senior building surveyor in its building consultancy division.