A Midland insulation business that started life in a Portakabin has told how an early investment from a community finance development company has helped them grow into a million pound plus business.

Black Country Reinvestment Society (BCRS), the Wolverhampton based finance organisation, has appointed a new business development manager. Tony Wood joins BCRS after a long career with HSBC Bank and the West Bromwich Building Society.

The Black Country Chamber has finally been included on Ordnance Survey maps.

Professor Carl Chinn examines one of the first new maps with Peter Mathews CMG.