Wolves in Wolves to bring in city visitors

Wolves in Wolves, is being organised by The Outside Centre and Enjoy Wolverhampton, with support from City of Wolverhampton Council. 

It will see 30 sculptures of brightly coloured wolves placed around the City of Wolverhampton, creating the largest public art event in the city. 

It is an exciting project that will help put the city on the map as a cultural centre. 

We caught up with some of the artists involved, who gave their thoughts on how the event from July to September this year will impact on the city. Watch video...

WIRE Awards support Promise Dreams charity

The first WIRE (Wolverhampton Independent Retail Excellence) Awards are supporting city based charity Promise Dreams.

Promise Dreams aims to make a real difference nationally to children who are seriously or terminally ill.

They have been invited to the inaugural WIRE Awards evening at Molineux Stadium on Tuesday, July 18 to raise much needed funds.

Tickets for the WIRE Awards in Molineux Stadium's WV1 Suite are available at WIRE Awards 2017, priced £15 per head. Read more...

April 28  |  Issue 45

fDi manufacturing jobs figures put  City of Wolverhampton on top

City of Wolverhampton has been ranked as the number one Western European City for manufacturing in terms of job creation.

The figures have been released by fDi Magazine - the flagship publication for the fDi (foreign direct investment) Intelligence portfolio and published by the Financial Times Ltd.

The West Midlands region was also ranked number one in the Western European State standings for manufacturing in relation to job creation.

The region welcomed almost 17,000 jobs between January 2012 and December 2016, with 3,289 of them in the City of Wolverhampton. Read more...

Pilot scheme approved to further boost Empty Property Strategy

City of Wolverhampton Council is to pilot a new initiative to further reduce the number of long-term empty residential properties.

Its Empty Property Strategy has seen more than 1,500 privately-owned homes which had been left unoccupied – often in poor condition – brought back into use in the last eight years.

Specialist Housing Improvement Officers from the council’s Private Sector Housing Team have successfully worked with the owners of properties left empty for a long time to encourage and support them to carry out any required works and get them occupied once again. 

The pilot programme will offer grants of up to £500, from an initial £50,000 fund, to encourage more owners of empty properties to act. Read more...