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Worcester City FC Strengthens Links with Local Charities and Community Causes
Worcester City FC continues to build meaningful connections across the community by partnering with a wide range of local charities to help raise awareness, generate funds, and shine a light on the incredible work being done across Worcestershire and beyond. Through...
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Worcester City FC Strengthens Links with Local Charities and Community Causes
Worcester City FC continues to build meaningful connections across the community by partnering with a wide range of local charities to help raise awareness, generate funds, and shine a light on the incredible work being done across Worcestershire and beyond. Through...
Member News
Could you host a T Level industry placement?
We’re offering funding to support employers with the essential costs of hosting T Level industry placements starting now through to 31st March 2026. Whether you’re a large organisation or a small business, we can help: Construction Route – Support available for...
Worcester BID and University of Worcester Business School Unite to Help City Businesses Work Towards Net Zero
Worcester Business Improvement District (BID) has launched a new partnership with the University of Worcester Business School to support local businesses in their journey toward Net Zero. This collaboration aims to empower Worcester’s business community with the...
Patron & Strategic News
Students Working with Local Businesses to Improve their Sustainability
Students at the University of Worcester are helping local businesses to be more sustainable. They are working with a range of firms to assess their practices and make recommendations on changes to improve their sustainability. Now, the Business School is looking to...
DRPG Sparks Live 2024 Inspires Young Creatives with a Focus on Innovation
DRPG celebrated its career-focused educational event, Sparks Live on Thursday 14 November 2024, aimed at inspiring the next generation of creative talent. Held at DRPG’s Hartlebury studio headquarters, this second event of its kind welcomed over 120 young people...
Chamber News
An opportunity for young, local artists
The Courtyard are offering an opportunity for emerging visual artists aged 16–25 with a link to Herefordshire to take part in its latest visual arts project, Cultivate@Courtyard. The chosen artists will be shortlisted by a panel of judges and will then be mentored by...
There’s no Time Like the ‘Present’ to Donate Your Unwanted Gifts to Acorns
Now the festivities have begun ‘wrapping’ up, are you having trouble making room for all those gifts? Have ‘snow’ fear – why not donate your unwanted gifts to Acorns Children’s Hospice shops and help local families. Acorns is appealing for seasonal supporters to...
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Government releases guidance for businesses with apprentices during COVID-19 outbreak
This is a difficult time for apprentices, employers and providers of apprenticeship training, assessment and external assurance. The Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) has taken steps to try and ensure that apprentices can continue and complete their...
Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) suspends industry levy collection due to COVID-19
The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) have approved a decision to suspend the issue of its levy bills, due for payment in 2020, for an initial period of three months. The delay is intended to provide immediate financial relief to construction employers...
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Chamber’s Nelly unveiled for Elephant parade
Worcester has welcomed a parade of painted elephants as part of St Richard’s Big Parade. The art trail sees 66 elephants, big and small line the streets of Worcester City Centre for 8 weeks bringing the community together for one unforgettable event. Each sculpture is...
Top Secret Elephant on its journey to Worcester
Have you ‘herd’? For eight weeks in the summer of 2021, Worcester will be brought to life by a perfect parade of beautifully decorated elephant sculptures. Elephants – both big and small – will form a stunning, free art trail through the city’s streets and open spaces, bringing together the community for one unforgettable event created by St.Richard’s Hospice.
Challenging Year For Trade
Reacting to the ONS trade figures for December 2022, William Bain, Head of Trade Policy at the BCC, said: “UK exports were flat in December 2022 and fell across the final quarter of the year as a whole. Across 2022, export values rose by 6.7% (excluding inflation)...
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Challenging Year For Trade
Reacting to the ONS trade figures for December 2022, William Bain, Head of Trade Policy at the BCC, said: “UK exports were flat in December 2022 and fell across the final quarter of the year as a whole. Across 2022, export values rose by 6.7% (excluding inflation)...
Worcestershire News
Armed Forces event in Worcester to celebrate business partnerships with Defence
An opportunity for employers to find out more about the business benefits of signing the Armed Forces Covenant will be taking place at the historic Dancox House in Worcester on Wednesday 25th January. The Armed Forces Covenant allows employers to demonstrate their...
World-leading technology manufacturer relocates to Bromsgrove with help from GJS Dillon
Acting on behalf of the vendor, Worcestershire commercial property consultancy GJS Dillon has sold a substantial detached office building in Bromsgrove to a world-leading technology manufacturer. SEADA Technology Ltd is a UK based global manufacturer of Video Wall...
Herefordshire News
Children’s summer holiday workshops at The Courtyard
The Courtyard are delighted to be hosting a series of week-long workshops, both online and in-person this summer. Be A Star Week Online; a series of online workshops aimed at young people, aged 8-15 with or without additional needs and/or disabilities. The sessions...
How can your leadership skills make a difference to people in Herefordshire?
As a local charity, Herefordshire Mind provide a range of services from Crisis Safe Haven services seven days a week to residential services and activities such as art and gardening groups. They also provide support across the county through their mental health link...
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New CEO takes the helm at WCG and outlines key priorities for college group
A leading Midlands college group is under new leadership with a new CEO officially joining. Sara-Jane Watkins has taken the helm at WCG (Warwickshire College Group) after being appointed earlier this year. She has outlined her key priorities for the group, which...
The Development Manager Partners with Leading UK Organisations to Drive Talent Development and Apprenticeship Solutions
West Midlands based Talent Development, Apprenticeships and Training Provider, The Development Manager (TDM), is proud to announce a number of strategic partnerships with large organisations across the UK to enhance their talent development initiatives. Our recent...
Laura Greenman becomes Head of HCR Law’s Planning, Highways and Environment team
Partner Laura Greenman has stepped into a new leadership role, becoming Head of HCR Law’s Planning, Highways and Environment team. A ‘Recommended Lawyer’ in the 2025 Legal 500, Laura’s career at HCR has continued to grow since joining the firm in 2018. Laura will now...
Join our Worcestershire Area Council
The Herefordshire & Worcestershire Chamber of Commerce currently has five vacancies on the Worcestershire Area Council. The Worcestershire Area Council meets four times a year, and is comprised of up to fifteen sector specialists who represent the majority of...
St Michael’s Hospice Celebrates 40 years of Providing Care Across our Community
Staff and volunteers at one of Herefordshire’s largest charities have marked its 40th birthday. St Michael’s Hospice welcomed its first patients on 31st October 1984, and has grown ever since, to the point where almost 2,500 people were cared for or supported in the...
Welcome New Members
Our warmest welcome to our newest members: Acquis Media Ltd – Production and Support Services Brown & Brown – Brown & Brown brokers provide a personal, local and specialised service backed by the market strength and capabilities of a leading global...
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