Professional Services

Manchester-based Luma Marketing has secured two new clients and recruited an additional team member, achieving its largest ever headcount of seven.

A leading hospitality and catering recruitment firm has signaled its support for this year’s Neurodiversity Celebration Week by urging businesses to implement more procedures which encourage neurodiverse job candidates.

Bournemouth-based Holt Recruitment has been shortlisted for the Corporate Volunteer category of the Home-Start Volunteer Awards. Out of over 160 nominations, they made the final shortlist of just 19.

The countdown is on until entries close for The Private Business Awards 2025, sponsored by BDO.

Manchester-based communications agency Scoop is celebrating its five-year anniversary, following a period of rapid, sustained growth.

Leading professional services group, Gateley, has been unveiled as a new Official Partner of the Birmingham Panthers, the city’s first Netball Super League franchise.

Experts from a leading Worcester recruitment firm have supported local school children through a one-day training programme which gave them tips how to write CVs and handle job interviews.

Fully integrated and international communications agency Liquid is proud to announce their Head of Creative and Content, Warren Clarke, has been promoted to Creative Director.

Fast-growing cleaning products company DuraClean has secured a three-year nationwide contract with cleaning and maintenance business WGC, which services hundreds of hotels, office locations and educational facilities across the UK.

Strategi Solutions Group Ltd, a leading provider of HR, Creative Design, Marketing and Learning and Development services is delighted to announce the appointment Rob Fisher as CEO as part of planned succession within the business.

Bristol-based PR agency Empica is to sponsor local karting prodigy Charlie Simmonds. Empica will be providing comprehensive PR support to 13-year-old Charlie Simmonds as he embarks on the next stage of his karting career.

A leading security company is in seventh heaven after winning its latest award at a packed event in Birmingham.

Global PR and communications agency, Grayling has announced a trio of hires to bolster its already growing team in the South.

Portishead-based communications firm bClear has made two significant appointments as part of its strategy to expand and strengthened its team.

Liquid, a fully integrated communications agency with offices in Birmingham and Brisbane, proudly welcomes Michael Grass as its new Group Account Director.

Liquid, a leading integrated communications consultancy, is pleased to announce the appointment of Paul Faulkner as Senior Counsel, reflecting its continued growth.

A new event is being launched to help businesses build contacts whilst hearing from inspiring speakers in Telford.

A West Midlands PR agency is celebrating another record year which saw it generate its biggest-ever fee income and scoop its first national award.

Specialist food and drink PR agency RAW has started 2025 with a bang with two new business wins and as one of the agencies shortlisted for PR Company/In-house Team of the Year in Roxhill Media’s inaugural PR Awards which take place later this month.

Entrepreneurs Unlocked CIC is thrilled to announce it has secured funding from the National Lottery Awards for All programme to expand its impactful work supporting individuals in prison and on probation.

A UK business procurement specialist has got 2025 off to a flying start with the opening of its first North West office.

A growing recruitment firm which provides talent for the catering and hospitality sectors has relocated to new headquarters in the city of Worcester as it marks its second birthday.

Specialist business advisory firm FRP has launched a new office in Bournemouth, as it continues to invest in expanding its national footprint.

In 2025, the importance of effective management has never been more critical.

Business advisory firm Quantuma has appointed Forensic Accounting expert, Hannah Griffin as a managing director. Hannah will lead Quantuma’s Midlands Disputes, Investigations and Valuations practice.

Steph Giansante – a former Hello Earth performance and strategy director and one of the region’s leading digital and creative strategists – has launched her new growth consultancy, Bold Natives.

Antifriction Components – the Bristol-based company that is one of the UK’s leading distributors of bearings and power transmission products - has acquired Scotland’s leading independent distributor, Scots Bearings Ltd, in a seven-figure deal.

Black Country recruitment specialist Glen Callum Associates (GCA), based at the iconic Red House Cone site in Wordsley, has been recognised on a national stage, winning the Service Supplier of the Year Award at the prestigious IAAF Pride of the Aftermarket Awards.

Get Ahead, the award-winning virtual outsourcing agency, is delighted to announce the addition of a new regional director to its expanding network.

National auction house John Pye & Sons Ltd has reconfigured its professional services arm, which oversees the valuation and sale of businesses, assets, and property, by appointing Charles Loake as Managing Director of the Business Assets and Property Divisions.

Digital brand experience specialists, Tall, recently developed a new strategic role for Lucy Evans and promoted Georgia Robson to a new senior leadership role following recent growth within the agency to help deliver a newly formed strategic direction for the business, with ambitious growth plans for 2025.

West Midlands funeral director Jennifer Ashe & Son has this month welcomed two new members to its team as it continues to expand its services across the region– more than doubling in size in the last 24 months.

Nottingham-headquartered national auction house, John Pye & Sons Ltd, is celebrating business success by allocating 40% of its profits to staff bonuses, having exceeded £40 million turnover for its latest financial year.

Companies from across the region were honoured in style last night at the Black Country Chamber of Commerce Business Awards 2024.

Entrepreneurs Unlocked, a Bolton-based Social Enterprise, is thrilled to announce that they have been named a winner of the prestigious Great British Entrepreneur Awards in the Purpose Entrepreneur of the Year category.

Claire Pearce, Founder and Executive Director of Real Growth Ltd, and formerly Director of Planning and Economic Development at This is Gravity Ltd, has been named Leader of the Year at the Institute of Economic Development (IED) Annual Awards 2024.

A Warwickshire boys football team has a fresh new look – thanks to new sponsors.

Eden Public Relations has been appointed to lead multi-channel PR campaigns for two of Leicestershire’s longstanding independent businesses – Tyron Runflat and Gaslow International.

Midlands-based HR consultancy, Breedon Consulting, has welcomed two new franchisees to its team, expanding its reach across the region to meet the rising demand for HR guidance amidst a rapidly evolving legislative landscape.

Marks Sattin, a leader in specialist recruitment and executive search, was proud to sponsor this year’s Manchester Chartered Accountant Students Society Ball (MCASS), sparking conversations with talented future accountants from across the North West.

Language services provider, The Translation People, has completed its third acquisition in two years.

Two Yorkshire-based businesswomen, Rosie McGilvray and Sue Turmel, have launched The Networker, a new online platform designed to revolutionise how small businesses connect and find networking.

WorkNest – leading employment law, HR, and health & safety specialist – has announced the acquisition of Wirehouse Employer Services.

Deal is Evelyn’s seventh Professional Services acquisition since the start of 2023

Mail Boxes Etc. has relaunched its Manchester Piccadilly service centre as a flagship store for the North of England, which will now double up as a training centre for the company’s national franchise network.

She Rocks Business, the recently launched network for female leaders and their allies, is sponsoring Centenary Action’s ‘Celebrating Women MPs - Next Steps to Gender Equality’ event in the House of Commons on Tuesday, November 5.

On 23rd October 2024 fourteen organisations from across the wider West Midlands area attended an awards ceremony in Shropshire to receive their Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) Gold Awards, recognising their exceptional level of support to the Armed Forces community.

A thriving Shropshire HR company enjoyed the perfect birthday present by signing up two new clients.

Leading PR agency, Purplefish, is thrilled to announce a series of significant client wins including Clifton Suspension Bridge.

Award-winning PR and communications agency, Refresh, has appointed Rick Hollister, as an associate director to accelerate its growth and bolster its senior leadership team.

Ballards LLP, a Worcestershire-based professional services firm, is thrilled to announce the addition of a new cohort of graduates to its ranks.

Many people hitting their late fifties can’t wait to retire, but that’s when Lincoln woman Kerry Stamp opted to launch a new enterprise – and it’s proving to be a very savvy move.

Luxury travel provider Destination2 has appointed globally-recognised PR and social media agency Smoking Gun’s travel team to handle its consumer comms.

Shortlist Marketing are thrilled to announce that Paul Verner has joined the team as the new Managing Director.

A West Midlands-based recruitment specialist has walked away with two top industry awards for its work ensuring businesses can access top talent

The Midlands Family Business Awards 2024, which celebrate family businesses across the East and West Midlands, has revealed its full list of winners at an Award Ceremony on 3 October 2024 at Athena in Leicester.

A recruitment expert has warned businesses across the hospitality and catering sector to be prepared for the introduction of new workplace sexual harassment laws.

A human resources company based in Northamptonshire has been shortlisted for a prestigious national industry award, after just two years in business.

Hull’s Streetlife Museum played host on Friday to several competing teams of local businesspeople frantically looking for clues among the transport exhibits.

Performance marketing agency Door4, which specialises in the Home and Garden sector, has announced the next in its series of free-to-attend events that are helping businesses transform their marketing and drive successful growth.