The Chancellor Jeremy Hunt met with business leaders at the Treasury.

He confirmed that the Treasury will announce the conclusion of the review of the Energy Bill Relief Scheme in the House of Commons next week, which will outline support for businesses when the current six-month scheme ends in March 2023.

Entrepreneurs and innovators from across the West Midlands will have a unique opportunity to develop and grow their businesses by meeting with potential investors and other cutting-edge companies at a free event next March.

The West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) is co-sponsoring Venturefest WM 2023 to connect innovative growth businesses with investors and other support organisations who have specific expertise in innovation.

Leading housebuilder David Wilson Homes is hosting a view home event for property seekers at its Burnmill Grange development in Market Harborough this weekend (7th and 8th January).

Homebuyers will have the opportunity to take a tour of the popular four bedroom Holden style home at the development on Burnmill Road.

The past year was a story of steady recovery for Birmingham Airport (BHX). 

Following the lifting of Covid travel restrictions in March, BHX moved from 34% of pre-Covid (2019) customer volumes in January to 88% in October. 

Climate action NGO WRAP recently announced the appointment of Harriet Lamb as its new CEO.

Ms Lamb is an experienced CEO including having built the global movement Fairtrade which fights for better conditions and fair prices for smallholder farmers and workers across the developing world.

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.

In the 12 months to March 2022, there were 16,730 net additional homes - 203 more than in the year up to March 2020 when Covid first took hold and lockdowns came into force.