The world’s most hi-tech cars are staying on track for a thrilling Formula 1 season thanks to the work of a Shropshire engineer.

A manufacturer in Shropshire hopes to see a boom in trade after designing a new motorbike-friendly manhole cover.

It’s hard to feel sorry for British expats sunning themselves in exotic foreign climes.

The recent sale of the Shropshire and Mid Wales supermarket chain Harry Tuffins to the Co-op has been referred to the Office of Fair Trading, it was revealed today.

Businesses have just a few days left to submit their entries for the 2012 Shropshire Business Awards. The deadline for entries to the prestigious annual awards passes on Friday, and organisers are asking that companies which have not yet submitted their application do so soon.

Business leaders and councillors say a potential investment that would create 600 jobs in Market Drayton is the ‘key to the future’ of the town.

A £3.7 million business park in Market Drayton which has stood empty for almost 18 months could be snapped up by an investor, creating up to 600 jobs.

Specialist power company Northern Industrial Battery Services of Four Crosses has been named the Oswestry area’s top business.

Since the beginning of the year, economists have squabbled over whether or not Britain was destined to plunge back into recession.

Major developments in Shropshire’s two biggest towns should not depend on big-name chains to make them work, retail expert Mary Portas has said.

Retail expert Mary Portas was in Shropshire this afternoon to talk to thousands of traders about the future of the nation’s High Streets.

Firms could get business rate discounts of up to £55,000 a year under plans to lure more companies to Telford.