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Mental Elf 2025 Kidderminster
About this event Holiday • Christmas Held at the stunning Bodenham Arboretum in Kidderminster, this event isn’t just about raising funds, it’s about bringing our community together and shining a light on the importance of mental health and wellbeing, especially during...
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Mental Elf 2025 Kidderminster
About this event Holiday • Christmas Held at the stunning Bodenham Arboretum in Kidderminster, this event isn’t just about raising funds, it’s about bringing our community together and shining a light on the importance of mental health and wellbeing, especially during...
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Second Anonymous Donor Lifts Worcester Student Scholarships and Hardship Funds to More Than £30,000
A second anonymous donor has gifted £2,500 to the University of Worcester’s campaign to raise money to support students through scholarships and hardship funds. They’ve also pledged to gift a further £2,500 to the campaign when Professor Green, the University’s Vice...
Limelite HR & Learning Shines Brighter Than Ever with Expert New Hire and Chamber Award Nomination
Worcestershire-based consultancy adds legal expertise as rapid growth continues Limelite HR & Learning, a respected HR consultancy based in Worcestershire, is celebrating a new milestone with the appointment of Laura Weston MCIPD, MA HRM, LL.B (HONS), a qualified...
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Midlands law firm Thursfields Solicitors has Announced Birmingham Children’s Hospital as its Charity Partner for 2024-2025.
Thursfields Solicitors has revealed its commitment to supporting Birmingham Children’s Hospital Charity for the next 12 months. Having raised £3,917.00 for Alzheimer’s Research UK in the previous fundraising drive, the firm is eager to support another...
Hospital and University Celebrate Biomedical Science Day
Healthcare staff from Wye Valley NHS Trust and students from the University of Worcester celebrated Biomedical Science Day, on 6 June, and the important role it plays in healthcare. Wye Valley NHS Trust’s biomedical science team held an awareness stand for the public...
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ChamberCustoms new webinars
Starting in June and running until early September, the ChamberCustoms team have launched a new series of webinars. The webinars will look at current deadlines on declarations, moving goods and trade agreements with expert speakers on each session. Click the links...
Step 3 sees indoor hospitality reopen and further restrictions lifted
Monday 17 May saw the government ease limits on seeing friends and family wherever possible, allowing people to decide on the appropriate level of risk for their circumstances. Most legal restrictions on meeting others outdoors have been lifted, however gatherings of...
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Can you help Community First promote our rural businesses?
Government figures for Worcestershire and The Marches LEP areas show that out of 66,330 business units 31,165 are in rural areas. That’s 47% of our capacity to succeed and benefit both businesses and the communities. Community First is a charity whose mission is to...
Funding Boost for Worcester Based Menopause Retreat Company
A Worcester-based company that hosts menopause retreats across the UK has secured a £75,000 funding boost from BCRS Business Loans. This follows a period of substantial growth for Menopause Retreats, which is the largest company of its kind in the world. Additional...
BCC study shows major gaps in official Brexit guidance for businesses in the event of ‘no deal’
The British Chambers of Commerce has published an evaluation of official UK Government guidance to businesses on critical operational issues in the event of an unwanted ‘no deal’ exit on 31st October. The leading business group has found that, at the time of...
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BCC study shows major gaps in official Brexit guidance for businesses in the event of ‘no deal’
The British Chambers of Commerce has published an evaluation of official UK Government guidance to businesses on critical operational issues in the event of an unwanted ‘no deal’ exit on 31st October. The leading business group has found that, at the time of...
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New Digital Campaign launched to support Wychavon businesses
Wychavon District Council have launched a new digital campaign to highlight the value of supporting local businesses. The new campaign highlights the personal stories behind the businesses that are the heartbeat of the county’s towns and villages and why having...
Green Skills Week and Queen’s Green Canopy project coming to Worcestershire
The Worcestershire Local Enterprise Partnership and Worcestershire County Council are pleased to confirm the new Green Skills Week programme which will be delivered from Monday 6 to Friday 10 December. Following on from the COP26 conference and the growing need to...
Herefordshire News
Online Fringe Festival puts cyber security on the international map
The academic team behind the new Midlands Centre for Cyber Security in Hereford put cyber security on the international map after delivering a successful online Cyber Fringe Festival recently. The Festival, which ran during the last week in November 2020, featured 42...
Katherine Harriet Ltd Win Care Employer Award 2020
Katherine Harriet Ltd were winners this year at the Hereford Health and Social Care Awards as voted for by the general public in the ‘Care Employer 2020’ category. There were over 250 nominations this year for the awards and during this Coronavirus Pandemic it has...
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Kidderminster Law Firm mfg Solicitors Announces Trio of Promotions
Kidderminster law firm mfg Solicitors has announced three new promotions. Rebecca Rogers becomes a Senior Associate within the firm’s Commercial Litigation department, stepping up from an Associate. Whilst Victoria Wall from the Contentious Probate Department and...
Hundreds of Runners Help Raise Almost £50,000 for St Michael’s Hospice
Hundreds of fundraisers spent one of the hottest days of the year so far running for St Michael’s Hospice. The Bartestree-based charity says it is likely that Sunday’s RUN Hereford has raised around £48,000. This vital finding will go towards the palliative and...
Worcester Graduate Wins Award from Royal Television Society.
A former student of the University of Worcester has scooped a prestigious Royal Television Society Award for his final year project. Levi Lajtai, who studied Game Art and Animation won the award for Craft Editing for his short film, titled ‘Scratch’, at the RTS...
Hard Work Paying off for Severn Stars as they Prepare to Face Sirens, Says Coach
Severn Stars’ hard work in training paid off in getting them back on winning form, according to their Head Coach. Jo Trip said that it had played its part in the victory last weekend against Cardiff Dragons, but she is anticipating another tough test against their...
University Neuroscientist Explores Sound and its Effect on the Brain in Public Talk
Why do we get pleasure from listening to music? Can it help us feel better? A neuroscientist from the University of Worcester will be looking at the science behind how we hear sound and its impact on the brain and our emotions at a free talk next week. Dr Matt Di...
The VG AiO™ Speed Watcher – highly anticipated launch of a new safety product
Atwell International launched its new product, the AiO speed watcher at a customer day at the specialist training centre Eastwood Park, Gloucestershire, on 25 April. There were around 55 attendees from all sectors of the lift industry; from manufacturers, designers...
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