19th June 2025

Wolverhampton Business

Thursday, 19 June 2025 - 29 minutes

Guests in this podcast are Lisa Cowley, Cllr Chris Burden and Andrew Neilson

We hear from Lisa Cowley, Chief Executive of Beacon Vision, the Black Country Chamber of Commerce Charity of the Year, on how businesses are missing out on massive market opportunities.

lcowley@beaconvision.org / https://beaconvision.org

We also hear from Cllr Chris Burden about the City Learning Quarter and the predicted impact on the city economy.

For more information on the City of Wolverhampton College go to https://www.wolvcoll.ac.uk

For more information from the UKREiiF conference go to https://www.wolverhampton.gov.uk/news/wolverhampton-premium-hotel-proposition-highlighted-ukreiif

Andrew Neilson is the business to business marketing manager at Birmingham City University, and he talks about the changing face of tertiary education demonstrated by courses that better suit the needs of students and local businesses.

Andrew.Neilson@bcu.ac.uk / https://www.bcu.ac.uk

Links

Black Country Chamber of Commerce - Wolverhampton Wednesday

https://www.blackcountrychamber.co.uk/events-training/25062025/wolverhampton-wednesday/

Business Growth West Midlands

https://www.businessgrowthwestmidlands.org.uk/events/

Access2Business

Access2Business.co.uk

City of Wolverhampton Council

https://www.wolverhampton.gov.uk/business

If you're a business in or around Wolverhampton and would like to be featured on the show and podcast, email presenter Chris Allen via chris@wcrfm.com - or call or message on 077 2000 1018.

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