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Rowley Meadow Lodges Awarded Prestigious AA 5-Star Rating for 2026
This prestigious accolade recognises excellence in quality, comfort, hospitality and overall guest experience, placing Rowley Meadow Lodges among the very best self-catering destinations in the country. Set in a tranquil countryside location, in the heart of the...
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Rowley Meadow Lodges Awarded Prestigious AA 5-Star Rating for 2026
This prestigious accolade recognises excellence in quality, comfort, hospitality and overall guest experience, placing Rowley Meadow Lodges among the very best self-catering destinations in the country. Set in a tranquil countryside location, in the heart of the...
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Skills Minister Impressed at Worcester
The Minister for Skills has visited the University of Worcester, where she met the healthcare, legal, and sports science workers of the future and took questions from an audience of trainee teachers. Baroness Jacqui Smith spoke to PGCE students about her experiences...
50km Charity Walk by ONE in aid of Worcester Snoezelen
Last week (11 and 12 September 2025), members of ONE Creative environments’ (ONE’s) team completed a 50km walk to raise funds for Worcester Snoezelen. The walk, which was from Birmingham to Worcester – a route connecting two of the company’s office locations, is one...
Patron & Strategic News
Bromsgrove law firm donates over £1,000 to animal sanctuary
A Bromsgrove law firm has donated over £1,000 to a popular local charity which cares for and re-homes hundreds of animals every year. mfg Solicitors has made a donation of £1,091.65 to the Kings Norton-based Wythall Animal Sanctuary, it’s Bromsgrove office’s appointed...
A proposal to round off a week of graduation at the University of Worcester
It was an extra special graduation day for one Worcestershire student, who got engaged just moments before her ceremony. Erin Boddice was about to graduate from her Primary Initial Teacher Education degree at the University of Worcester before her partner of 3 years...
Chamber News
Joint Area Council March Update
The Chamber works closely with businesses across all sizes and sectors to ensure that business views are represented to key local and national decision makers. To ensure every sector is represented the Chamber hosts two Area Councils, one in Worcestershire and one in...
Last call to attend biggest business event of 2021
The West Midlands Business Expo is well underway with exhibitors and attendees logging onto the virtual platform to meet with fellow businesses from around the West Midlands area. Guests can look around the exhibiting stands, speak virtually with exhibiting businesses...
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OLPRO’s autumn charity fundraising
OLPRO is once again collaborating with homeless charity Caring For Communities and People (CCP) this autumn/winter to help them to keep rough sleepers warm in the night shelters that they run across Worcestershire in the West Midlands. You can read more about CCP and...
Worcestershire Ambassadors raise £35,000 through charity ball
A popular annual ball has raised over £35,000 for two Worcestershire charities. The Worcestershire Ambassadors have raised the total through its charity black-tie ball – with the organisation’s two chosen charities, the Worcestershire Community Trust and St Paul’s...
Policy paper on digital trade
The UK Board of Trade published a new policy paper on digital trade at its meeting in Derry/Londonderry last week, covering the UK’s current and forthcoming trade negotiations and outlining greater opportunities for e-commerce and data flows. Read it...
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Policy paper on digital trade
The UK Board of Trade published a new policy paper on digital trade at its meeting in Derry/Londonderry last week, covering the UK’s current and forthcoming trade negotiations and outlining greater opportunities for e-commerce and data flows. Read it...
Worcestershire News
Makeover for Worcester streets as Chamber elephant among 66 stunning sculptures
Last week saw the beginning of St Richard’s Wild in Art trail, Worcester’s Big Parade which sees a perfectly sculptured parade of elephants, both big and small, situated through the streets and open spaces bringing together the community until Sunday 5 September.
Spire Healthcare wins top healthcare industry award
Spire Healthcare, which includes Spire South Bank Hospital in Worcester, has been named as Best Healthcare Provider Partnership with the NHS at this year’s HSJ Partnership Awards. Spire Healthcare was recognised for supporting the NHS during the pandemic. Between...
Herefordshire News
‘Apples for Autumn’ is the First Campaign Aiming to Boost Herefordshire Tourism
The first campaign of the new Visit Herefordshire campaign to boost the county’s tourism recovery is ‘Apples for Autumn’. It hopes to celebrate Herefordshire’s rightful place as the home of the apple and cider. It’s a chance for the county to come together and also...
Ultrafast broadband is coming to Ledbury
Fastershire and Gigaclear are set to begin the rollout of a new ultrafast broadband network in Ledbury. The rollout is part subsidised by Fastershire, Herefordshire Council’s partnership with Gloucestershire County Council to bring faster broadband to the two...
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Severn Valley Railway Celebrates ‘heartening’ Response to its Resilience Fund Appeal
The Severn Valley Railway says it’s delighted with the support it has received for the SVR Resilience Fund, launched earlier this year in May. So far, it’s received donations totaling £73,000, as it seeks widespread support to meet its ongoing costs. ‘The response...
Two more Autumn Steam Gala Guests for the Severn Valley Railway
The Severn Valley Railway has announced the addition of two more guest locomotives for its Autumn Steam Gala on Thursday 19 to Sunday 22 September. Black Five 44932 and Saddle Tank 51456 will join an exciting line-up of guest and home fleet engines for four days of...
Eight Drawbacks of Running a Business Without a CRM
You might think your service business is doing fine without a CRM system. After all, sales are happening and things seem to be going smoothly. However, operating without a CRM has its disadvantages, many of which might be under your radar. Today, we’ll explore the...
Hands On At Work are back!
We have just rejoined the Chamber. Initially, we joined in 2010 as a new business needing support and advice. 14 years later we have grown from 2 people to a team of 200+ therapists delivering workplace massage and wellbeing services across the UK. The Chamber gave us...
Acorns Launches Campaign to Save Under threat £2 million Funding
Staff from Acorns Children’s Hospice were at Diglis Locks yesterday (Tuesday 30th July) launching an urgent campaign to save vital £2 million government funding as the charity faces the prospect of turning away a child in need for the first time in their 36-year...
Drivers and Transport Staff Required as Oakland International Opens Skelmersdale Depot
As part of their expansion Oakland International has opened their latest depot in Skelmersdale, Lancashire and is recruiting HGV drivers and transport personnel. Supply chain solutions expert Oakland International needs to recruit around fifteen HGV Class 1 drivers as...
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