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21st May 2026

Black Country Business

Thursday, 21 May 2026 - 31 minutes

Guests in this podcast are Tim Johnson, Stella Wakeman, Nella Share and Sean Jackson

Tim Johnson, chief executive of the City of Wolverhampton Council, has been making the case for investment in Wolverhampton at the UK’s Real Estate Investment & Infrastructure Forum in Leeds this week.

https://investwolverhampton.com/index.htm

Stella Wakeman and Nella Share of Thrive Employment tell us about starting up in business and the help available from the Black Country Chamber of Commerce.

https://thriveemployment.co.uk / https://www.instagram.com/thrive_employment_ltd

 https://www.linkedin.com/in/stella-wakeham-contactme/ / https://www.linkedin.com/in/nellashare/

Sean Jackson, head of membership at the Black Country Chamber of Commerce talks about the special significance of this quarter’s economic survey - and announces a new initiate to support ambitious under 35 year olds.

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/YGT7765 / seanjackson@blackcountrychamber.co.uk

Links for information, events and funding:

Black Country Chamber of Commerce: https://www.blackcountrychamber.co.uk/events-training/

Business Growth West Midlands: https://www.businessgrowthwestmidlands.org.uk/events/

Access2Business: Access2Business.co.uk

If you're a business serving people of the Black Country and would like to be featured on the show and podcast, email presenter Chris Allen via chris@wcrfm.com - or find him on Linked In (https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-allen-frsa-81030b34/).

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