2022 saw life return to almost complete normality as the lockdown restrictions from the pandemic were all but eradicated and those businesses worst hit worked hard to get back on even keel.
We welcomed a new monarch and two Prime Ministers while both Birmingham and the wider West Midlands were swept up in Commonwealth Games fever.
Firms from the smallest micro-business to the largest of corporations were again making the headlines. Here, we have compiled a round up of the most-read West Midlands business stories of 2022, published by on BusinessLive. Enjoy!