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Entrepreneurs from Dudley borough will get inspired to innovate and take their businesses to the next level at an expo on Tuesday.

People can still nominate those who go above and beyond for their community ahead of the 22nd annual Mayor’s Ball and Civic Awards. 

The cost of charges on council-owned car parks across the borough will be frozen for five years, it was revealed today.

Dudley Council has set aside more than £1million to help borough residents who are facing the most extreme financial difficulties.

Community forum funding has received a boost with the £240,000 for small community bids and events reinstated.

A plan to create an improved, lean and financially stable council delivering essential high-quality services to Dudley borough residents has been approved.

A blueprint for development in the borough over the next 16 years has been submitted to the Secretary of State for an independent public examination.

Plans have been drawn up to bring 24 eyesore sites in the borough back into use as part of continued plans to protect the green belt from developers.

Dudley’s trading standards team is advising businesses in the borough to be aware of their responsibilities when selling knives.

A five-year financial plan is being set to put Dudley ahead of most councils throughout the country, the leader of the authority said today. It will be a future that 'encourages the annual growth of reserves and protects services for residents.'

More than £1million has been put back into Dudley Council budgets to help people “in most need”.

The latest phase of work in Dudley town centre’s multi-million pound new interchange - which also contributes towards delivery of the adjacent Portersfield development - has almost been completed.