Melanie Boulter

Environment Business News - Hereford Pedicargo will use its fleet of specially-designed bikes to collect glass from businesses across the city before turning it into sand to use in sandbags to help prevent flooding.

Education Business News - Marches LEP chair Mandy Thorn MBE said the organisation s work over the last ten years to develop the skills base across Herefordshire, Shropshire and Telford amp Wrekin, would pay huge dividends in the region s recovery from lockdown.

Finance Business News - Experts at Q Financial Services Group which has offices in Shrewsbury and Wellington say increasing numbers of businesses are seeking private health cover for their staff in the wake of the pandemic.

Finance Business News - Q Commercial Finance says it stepped in to help 66 companies access funding through the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme as lockdown sparked a cashflow crisis across the country.

Property Business News - The firm has secured assignments and a letting of a large, combined space at Bayton Road in Exhall formerly occupied by the Premier Group.

Property Business News - Tom Bromwich and Richard Hardy feature in the list of the top 32 commercial property experts across the country compiled by the national Business Leader magazine. The magazine says those highlighted are at the top of the UK rankings and have been selected by its readers and subscribers for their impact on the industry.

Finance Business News - Temporary insolvency measures introduced during the crisis to help businesses survive included a suspension of wrongful trading rules. But Steve Parry, director of Q Commercial Finance, said the temporary measure which removed the threat of personal liability for wrongful trading from directors finished on June 30.

Food Business News - Bridge Cheese is adding an extra 9,000 sq ft onto its food processing site in Stafford Park as part of a growth plan which will also see it introducing another production line to meet growing customer demand for its cheese and dairy products.

Property Business News - Partners involved in the Station Island development at Wellingborough say offers have been submitted for affordable homes on two separate plots amid significant interest in the once-in-a-generation project.

Property Business News - Unit 3 Caxton Close on the Drayton Fields Industrial Estate has been snapped up by an unnamed investor from vendors Sippchoice Trustees Limited.

Property Business News - Charles Smith has joined the Coventry-based agency as a consultant having previously been managing director of the highly successful Boston Fieldgate consultancy.

Property Business News - The site, on the Queensway Meadows Industrial Estate in Newport, South Wales, has been bought by an unnamed investor. Bromwich Hardy founding partner Tom Bromwich said the excellent location and attractive long-term income potential were key factors in securing the 93,000 sq ft site for his client.

Property Business News - The Coventry-based agency which has scooped a host of awards for its work over the last five years has been revealed as the ninth-best performing agency across the country in the new EG Radius on-demand rankings.

Technology Business News - More than 350 people have already signed up for Tech Severn a two-day free event on June 16 and 17 - which is attracting registrations from across the globe thanks to its focus on innovation and sustainability ahead of the UN Climate Change Conference COP26.

Food Business News - One of Shropshire s best-known bakeries is creating new jobs after receiving nearly 115,000 from a grant programme supported by the Marches Local Enterprise Partnership.

Finance Business News - Golden Bear Products, which has been transforming favourite children s TV characters into toys for over 40 years, has been awarded 67,845 from the Marches Building Investment Grant MBIG for the new facilities at its head office in Hortonwood.

Property Business News - An award-winning commercial property agency has a bright new look after launching its new website. Coventry-based Bromwich Hardy has taken the wraps off its new site https bromwichhardy.com - after a revamp aimed at making it easier to navigate for customers and clients.

Property Business News - A leading commercial property specialist says a series of barns at a Northamptonshire farm would make ideal storage space for a range of businesses.

Property Business News - The demand for new industrial space across Coventry and Warwickshire is driving a new boom in supply, a leading commercial property expert says. Andrew Cosnett, partner in award-winning Coventry-based agency Bromwich Hardy, says the firm has more new property on its books than at any other time since its launch just over a decade ago.

Property Business News - An award-winning commercial property specialist has launched a pioneering new service using cutting-edge technology to offer interactive virtual tours of properties it is marketing.