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The coronavirus is the biggest threat this country has faced in decades. I hear regularly from businesses that they would like to do more in the fight against coronavirus - here’s how:

Companies have been warned to abide by the rules of new Government Coronavirus measures – or leave themselves open to penalties.

Firms of all sizes have opted to furlough staff meaning that they are no longer actively working in the business but remain employees.

Nick Abell has been appointed interim chair of the Coventry and Warwickshire Local Enterprise Partnership (CWLEP).

Here, he talks about his career, his involvement with the CWLEP over the last eight years and his aims as interim chair during Covid-19.

Adult education providers funded by the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) are changing the way they deliver training during the Covid-19 outbreak, so that local people continue to learn new skills.  

With UK government measures to establish social distancing during the coronavirus crisis sending people online like never before, North Warwickshire and South Leicestershire College (NWSLC) is re-directing many of its tutors into online assessment roles to cope with the increased demand for dista

A specialist laboratory in Coventry which has won new contracts and extended its workforce after investing in a state-of-the-art instrument is planning to target more world-wide business.

Businesses are being offered practical advice and support on how to keep work from home staff mentally and physically fit during the coronovirus lockdown.

Small businesses across the West Midlands have started to receive more than half a billion pounds of financial aid to help them through the coronavirus lockdown, it was confirmed today.

NHS staff will get free travel on all buses and trams in the West Midlands as they go to work to battle the coronavirus pandemic.

A Coventry company has taken just a week to devise, design and supply a new protective face visor for the NHS – with 10,000 units dispatched within seven days.