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Trade Accelerator To Transform Export Opportunities
A pioneering new project by the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC), in partnership with NatWest and the British Chamber of Commerce in Singapore, is aiming to scale up UK exports. The 6-month pilot programme, the Singapore Life Sciences Trade Accelerator, will...
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Trade Accelerator To Transform Export Opportunities
A pioneering new project by the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC), in partnership with NatWest and the British Chamber of Commerce in Singapore, is aiming to scale up UK exports. The 6-month pilot programme, the Singapore Life Sciences Trade Accelerator, will...
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Student Helps Deliver Lecturer’s Baby During Hospital Placement
A routine hospital placement turned into a once-in-a-lifetime moment for a University of Worcester student, who helped deliver her lecturer’s baby. 3rd-year Paramedic Sciences student Elise Faragher was on placement on the Maternity Ward at Worcestershire Royal...
Midlands Air Ambulance Charity Urges Public to Learn CPR This Restart a Heart Day
Midlands Air Ambulance Charity is set to teach lifesaving CPR skills to a further 1,000 people, thanks to generous donation from the charity Get Up Give Back, in support of Restart a Heart Day on Thursday 16th October 2025. Since being founded in 2018, Get Up...
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University Student in Running for Prestigious Award
A University of Worcester student is in the running for a prestigious sporting award. Wheelchair basketball player Jack Long has been shortlisted in the top 10 for SportsAid’s prestigious One-to-Watch Award, celebrating his achievements in the last year. Launched in...
Business School Launches Scheme Working with Firms to Increase Student Opportunities
The University of Worcester’s Business School has launched an innovative scheme that collaborates with businesses to give students more access to the professional world. The ARC (Aspire Reward Connect) Programme will use these links to help inspire business students...
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Request for input – Tax and Audits
The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has launched details of a call for evidence seeking views on proposals to strengthen the UK’s framework for major companies and the way they are audited. The proposals set out how: companies should...
Small business confidence rising but biggest test still to come
UK small businesses are increasingly confident in their ability to grow and contribute towards economic recovery, although any delay in the lifting of restrictions will prove a huge step backwards for some. The government are set to announce next week whether or not...
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Bespoke 2020 Gin for St Richard’s Hospice
Hussingtree Gin are thrilled to have created a bespoke dry gin for St Richard’s Hospice in Worcestershire. Inspired by the Hospice’s care for local patients and their loved ones, the 2020 Gin forms part of the Hospice’s 2020 Campaign. A juniper-led premium dry...
Clear Branding announces COVID-19 Range to support KEMP
Clear Branding has been providing name and ID badges to the NHS for some time now. But in these challenging times they took the decision to expand their product range in order to support other key workers and business owners. When the Covid-19 pandemic broke, they...
Reacting to the latest ONS figures on Trade for July 2022
Reacting to the latest ONS figures on Trade for July 2022, William Bain, Head of Trade Policy at the BCC, said: “July was a better month for UK trade than the previous month. We are seeing trade in fuels, particularly oil and gas, at elevated levels. Vehicle and...
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Reacting to the latest ONS figures on Trade for July 2022
Reacting to the latest ONS figures on Trade for July 2022, William Bain, Head of Trade Policy at the BCC, said: “July was a better month for UK trade than the previous month. We are seeing trade in fuels, particularly oil and gas, at elevated levels. Vehicle and...
Worcestershire News
The Power of Nature
The Cottage in the Wood Malvern in partnership with Clare Knivett introduces The Power of Nature package for those looking to reconnect with the natural world The Cottage in the Wood Malvern is not really a cottage in the wood, but a hotel on the hill – located in a...
Worcester’s festive parking offer for Christmas shoppers
Festive shoppers are being given a cracking deal by Worcester City Council in the run-up to Christmas. From Monday 6 to Friday 24 December 2021 inclusive, parking will be free after 3pm from Monday through to Saturday in all 14 of the City Council-run car parks in the...
Herefordshire News
BREAKING: Tier review – what does this mean for the two counties?
Today (17 December 2020), Health Secretary Matt Hancock has addressed the Commons to announce the latest changes to the tiered system. Following a review of coronavirus cases, Herefordshire will now be moved from tier 2 down into tier 1. Bristol and North Somerset are...
New advisers to offer expert one-to-one support
A new team of expert advisers has been recruited for the Marches Growth Hub to provide detailed support to help the region’s businesses to grow. More than 30 independent advisers will support the hub across its bases in Herefordshire, Shropshire and Telford &...
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Experts at leading property consultancy with Worcester office react to Budget
Following the Chancellor’s Budget, experts at Fisher German – a leading property consultancy and Chamber member – give their reactions to the many ways Rachel Reeves’ announcement will affect their clients: New Homes Ella Pearson, Head of New Homes at...
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...
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