8th October 2026

Black Country Business

Thursday, 8 October 2026 - 28 minutes

Guests in this podcast are Matthew Coton, Robin Tong, Winston Lindsay and Anisha Patel.

Matthew Coton of Pertemps about why they have produced a booklet for use in schools called “Girls can Engineer”.

Matthew on LinkedIn / "Girls can Engineer" on Amazon 

Robin Tong, the founder of MET Recruitment- which stands for Making Employment Thrive - tells us about the value of their long term business relationships.

Robin on LinkedIn / https://metrecruitment.com

This coming Saturday is World Mental Health Day - and we hear from Winston Lindsay and Anisha Patel of Ark Training about how supporting people’s mental health and wellbeing is core to their business.

Winston on LinkedIn / https://arktraining.co.uk

Links for information, events and funding:

Black Country Chamber of Commerce

Business Growth West Midlands

Black Country Employment and Recovery Services

Access to Business

If you're a business serving people of the Black Country and would like to be featured on the show and podcast, email presenter Chris Allen via chris@wcrfm.com - or find him on LinkedIn

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