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Read the latest business news, top tips, support and funding announcements, and success stories from across the region.

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  • SEO
  • Tips

23 July 2025

5 top tips: Simple SEO steps to help you rank better in Google

In case you missed our recent free SEO webinars, here are a few takeaways to apply to your website and marketing strategy.

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  • Funding
  • Case study

18 July 2025

How Greystone Construction tapped into SME Grants to grow

Greystone Construction used SME Grants to invest in concrete pumps, cut costs, win contracts, and create local jobs in Sandwell.

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  • Sales
  • Tips

17 July 2025

Boost your sales leads

Whether you’re just starting out or looking to revitalise your sales pipeline, here are 10 practical tips to boost your strategy and build lasting customer relationships.

Pippatopia opening: photographed left to right: Coun Syeda Khatun, Shokat Lal, Rachel Butler, Lynne Avery, Helen Peach
  • Funding
  • Case study

17 July 2025

Children’s roleplay café opens with backing from business support programme

New roleplay café Pippatopia opens in Smethwick with BGWM support—bringing joy to kids, coffee to parents & jobs to the community.

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  • News

15 July 2025

Business Growth West Midlands launches Growth Canvas Insights Report

New report reveals top growth goals & challenges for West Midlands SMEs in 2025. Is your business aligned?

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  • Funding
  • Case study

14 July 2025

Creative agency builds capacity through strategic investment

Wolverhampton’s Stone’s Throw Media scales up with BGWM support, boosting live-streaming capacity & unlocking future growth.

Jon Lander and Christine Hancock from BGWM, on either side of Active Hands Founder Rob Smith
  • Funding
  • Case study

10 July 2025

Funding backs growth from cottage industry to global brand

Solihull’s Active Hands grows globally with support from BGWM, helping people with disabilities live more independently.

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  • Employer resources
  • Tips

08 July 2025

What businesses often get wrong about disability (and how to do better)

Even with the best intentions, there are still common gaps in understanding that can lead to disabled and neurodivergent people being unintentionally excluded - as both customers and staff.