Sponsors

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William Gough and Sons Ltd

The company originally started life as a Church, School and House decorator, but in order to keep pace with changing social and industry trends has evolved numerous times through the decades to its current role as a Principal Building, Refurbishment and Framework Contracting specialist.

Throughout its development, William’s desire to ‘do the best possible job and show a keen eye for detail’ has remained at the heart of the firm’s approach and, today, the Management Team still use these principles when recruiting staff and developing the tradespeople of the future.

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K-SOC/Protect

K-SOC/Protect invests heavily in cutting edge technology to provide our clients with an innovative and inclusive security service. Our high specification alarm receiving and
monitoring centre enables us to keep response times enviably sharp and to provide reliable and professional assistance.

Our fully trained team are on hand to deal with security incidents 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. As part of our comprehensive service, we closely monitor response times to ensure that all of our clients are receiving the best possible care and the utmost in personal safety.

Established in 1996 and are honoured to hold a number of nationally recognised accreditations. Cougar are approved by the Security Industry Authority as an
approved contractor for keyholding, security guarding and public space CCTV; and have received the NSI’s Gold Standard EMS & Health and Safety accreditations.

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NIS Group

NIS Group is a provider of multiple services to the infrastructure sectors. We especially hold a passion for training people to enter sustainable employment in the rail, infrastructure, construction and utilities industries.
Headquartered in Wolverhampton, we are centred in the West Midlands but with a growing national presence in Wales, East Anglia and South Yorkshire. NIS Group has grown rapidly in recent years, a reflection of our success in developing a new way of delivering training, empowering people in their careers and offering niche services such as Arboriculture, Ecology and Signalling. NIS Group is especially proud of our partnership with City of Wolverhampton College. Our TRIA (Transport Rail & Infrastructure Academy) is delivered in partnership with the college and the West Midlands Combined Authority from bases across the West Midlands and enables us to help hundreds of people take the first steps towards sustainable careers.

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WHG

We are a social housing landlord providing 22,000 homes across the West Midlands. We started life in Walsall, where most of our homes are, and it is still the place that anchors us. Guided by our 2030 plan, we’re building greener homes, improving safety and investing in regeneration that delivers lasting social value. We provide complementary support services to customers if and when they need it, spanning health and wellbeing, jobs and training, life skills and money advice. We’re a strategic partner of Homes England and are working with like-minded organisations to build more homes and help create sustainable and resilient communities fit for the future. We’ve been named a Best Place to Work 2025.

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The Sandwell Colleges

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Persimmon Homes

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Partners

Star Scaffolding

Star Scaffolding has been built on the principles of great quality and a reliable service.

Founded by people who saw an opportunity in the market for an honest and simple approach to providing scaffold solutions, working in most market sectors including residential, commercial, industrial, new build and maintenance.

As a proud member of NASC we have always had an excellent health and safety record with us only having direct employees, who have all been fully trained we can offer a professional service which is fully guaranteed to meet your requirements.

With our offices based in the West Midlands we are ideally located to service most areas of the country.

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Sponsorship is a fantastic way to promote your brand in association with the local community.

Interested in learning more about the various opportunities in getting involved? Please contact Baljinder Sanghera on 07852 149749 or email b.sanghera@expressandstar.co.uk
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