A number of Shropshire companies were this afternoon due to cash in on Vauxhall’s announcement of a multi-million pound investment in its Ellesmere Port car plant.

A Telford firm which provides seats for some of the biggest football clubs in the world including Manchester United and New York Red Bulls has undergone a £500,000 expansion.

A manufacturer will show off the world’s lightest aircraft seat when it exhibits its revolutionary product in Germany from today.

A major employer from the Mid Wales is to close its centre in the region and move its operations to Wrexham.

A car parts company based in Shropshire and Mid Wales has secured a £12 million contract with Vauxhall Motors, which will see it create almost 50 new jobs.

Dozens of jobs could be created at a Shropshire firm after it secured multi-million pound orders for a new product.

Up to 50 jobs will be created at a Powys engineering company over the next 12 months after it won a £56 million contract