Work on the Celebration Statue is nearing completion and plans are in place for the ten foot bronze statue to be unveiled in New Square, West Bromwich on Wednesday, May 22. The Celebration Statue - created by sculptor Graham Ibbeson - represents ‘art in action’ as Laurie...
Droitwich-based Jane Newman has been named among the UK’s top rated financial advisers. Mrs Newman joins an elite list of the highest rated financial advisers in the country based on positive reviews from clients via VouchedFor.co.uk, the UK’s leading ratings site for financial and legal professionals....
Manchester United academy programme adviser Tony Whelan is the keynote speaker an at all-day conference exploring how to put children’s interests first in football being staged in Worcester this month. Rebuilding the Belief 3 will be held at the CGM Media Centre in Blackpole on Friday,...
Our ethos at CGM is Soul Business – communicating from the heart to truly connect with people. Winning hearts and minds matters if you want to appeal to people logically (their minds) and emotionally (hearts). Actually, it’s all going on in our heads but how we feel counts...
In a recent coffee shop queue, I overheard two business owners grumbling about their customers. Deemed as a necessary evil, their customers were cast largely as ungrateful, stingy moaners. A more positive approach should be to turn them into being thankful, generous and appreciative. After all,...
There are lots of burning issues in football but none more important than youth development and relationships between children, parents and clubs. That’s why I’m delighted that we have four speakers at our Rebuilding the Belief football youth development conference at the CGM Media Centre, Worcester on March...
Following the success of last year’s Duncan Edwards exhibition at Dudley Archives and Local History Centre, a new exhibition based on the recently published book Black Country Boy to Red Devil will be held at the same venue starting in April. The exhibition, which runs from April 4 to...
Annual dance spectacular Strictly Worcestershire has named its two charities for 2019. Proceeds from the black tie event, which will be held at the Chateau Impney in Droitwich Spa on May 23, will support mental health initiatives at Worcester Community Trust and St Paul’s Hostel. Julia Williams,...
Memories of the Black Country’s greatest sportsman, Duncan Edwards, were shared at the opening of a room in his name at the Copthorne Hotel Merry Hill Dudley. Seventy guests included Edwards family members, former team-mates from his youth, West Bromwich Albion’s FA Cup winning captain Graham...
Broadcast media interview training is high stakes stuff. If the first time you experience being in front of cameras and microphones is for real the outcome is likely to be unpredictable. Imagine playing football never having trained? So, without practise a first-time broadcast interview can go brilliantly or...