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      <description>Earlier this month people from across Sandwell gained valuable insight into future careers at the Raising Aspirations event, held at the Mercure Hotel Birmingham West.</description>
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      <description>Industrial maintenance specialist Orapi Maintenance UK has officially opened its new 57,000 sq ft facility at Britannia Point in Wednesbury, marking its first UK relocation in more than 40 years.</description>
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