by Olivia Brown | Sep 16, 2024 | Feature
With environmental challenges and opportunities increasingly on the agenda of businesses, and awareness of them increasing within households, the question for many remains: what can we do? One of the options is to switch from a petrol or diesel vehicle to an electric...
by Olivia Brown | Sep 9, 2024 | Feature
This week the Very Light Rail National Innovation Centre (VLRNIC) opened its doors for the first in a series of monthly facility tours. ‘Behind the Scenes at BCIMO’ offers an insight into a unique, world-class centre for rail innovation in Dudley in the heart of the...
by Olivia Brown | Sep 2, 2024 | Feature
The wait is finally over as the second cohort of innovators on the Clean Futures Accelerator arrived at the Very Light Rail National Innovation Centre (VLRNIC) this week to embark on their six-month programme of technical and commercial support, beginning with an...
by Olivia Brown | Jul 16, 2024 | Feature
Innovation is core to BCIMO’s mission and, being at the heart of the community within the Black Country, the organisation always welcomes the opportunity to engage with other local innovative projects and programmes; most particularly as we celebrate Black Country Day...
by Olivia Brown | Jul 2, 2024 | Feature
This week, the team from BCIMO exhibited at a hands-on skills event for school children and young people at Wolverhampton Racecourse in Dunstall Park. Designed to inspire youngsters across a broad range of sectors, the event was an opportunity for BCIMO to offer an...
by Olivia Brown | Jun 17, 2024 | Feature
In the first evening event at BCIMO, the team had the pleasure of hosting delegates from the Association of Independent Museums (AIM) for an informal reception ahead of their annual conference at the neighbouring Black Country Living Museum. The conference was an...