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SMEs Key To Defence Industrial Strategy
Responding to the announcement of the Defence Industrial Strategy, William Bain, Head of Trade Policy, said: “Raising defence investment is not only vital for the UK’s national security in an age of higher geopolitical risk but also to boost growth, jobs, exports and...
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SMEs Key To Defence Industrial Strategy
Responding to the announcement of the Defence Industrial Strategy, William Bain, Head of Trade Policy, said: “Raising defence investment is not only vital for the UK’s national security in an age of higher geopolitical risk but also to boost growth, jobs, exports and...
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Building Futures: How Kidderminster College’s Skills for Green Technology Centre is Shaping Tomorrow’s Workforce
Kidderminster College’s brand-new Green Technology Centre opened its doors in September 2024 and is already making a significant impact to the local community. During Women in Construction Week, Kidderminster College celebrated the incredible female learners at...
SVR’s Spring Steam Gala to host artefacts from unique steam locomotives
Visitors to the Severn Valley Railway’s Spring Steam Gala between 18 and 21 April will be able to see number and date plates from a locomotive that holds a unique place in the history of railway travel. The original number and date plates from ‘Locomotion No 1’will be...
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Children and Families at Acorns are Bowled Over with Special Visit from Worcestershire Cricket Stars
Sports stars from Worcestershire Country Cricket Club hit a pitch-perfect six during a special visit to Acorns Children’s Hospice yesterday (Monday 18 December). Children and families at the charity’s hospice for the Three Counties were bowled when the cricket...
Worcestershire college awarded £488,000 to help close agri-tech skills gap
A Worcestershire college has been awarded £488,000 to upgrade equipment to help close the agri-tech skills gap in the region and meet increasing course demand. Students at Pershore College, part of WCG, will soon be benefiting from £488,000 of Local Skills Improvement...
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Skills for jobs: increased business role in Further Education
This white paper sets out reforms to post-16 technical education and training to support people to develop the skills needed to get good jobs and improve national productivity. It outlines how government propose to support people to develop the skills they need to get...
Access your local authority grant funding
Worcester City The Government has announced a new support scheme for Businesses required to close due to the new restrictions of the National Lockdown on 5 January 2021. View the list of types of businesses required to close. If you APPLIED FOR AND RECEIVED a grant...
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BCC Quarterly Economic Survey Q1 2021: Firms Fighting for Survival but More See a Route Out of Crisis
The British Chambers of Commerce’s Quarterly Economic Survey (QES) – the UK’s largest independent survey of business sentiment and a leading indicator of UK GDP growth – found that business conditions remained historically poor in the first quarter of 2021 as the...
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BCC Quarterly Economic Survey Q1 2021: Firms Fighting for Survival but More See a Route Out of Crisis
The British Chambers of Commerce’s Quarterly Economic Survey (QES) – the UK’s largest independent survey of business sentiment and a leading indicator of UK GDP growth – found that business conditions remained historically poor in the first quarter of 2021 as the...
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New NIC Relief Scheme for Employers
Employers taking on new staff who have served at least one day in the regular armed forces – even if that is just one day of basic training, will be able to take advantage of a new National Insurance (NI) relief scheme for the first 12 months of employment.
BEIS data reveals take up of Green Homes Grant scheme across the two counties
The Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has released data tracking how many installations have been made through the Green Homes Grant voucher scheme. Data provided in the monthly release covers the start of the scheme (30 September 2020)...
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Cyber Quarter experts to support SMEs in Herefordshire
The cyber security courses, being delivered online, are being run by The University of Wolverhampton and are among the first tranche of activities organised to take place ahead of the opening of the centre at Skylon Park, Hereford Enterprise Zone later this year.
Hereford Cyber Security Centre taking shape
The new Midlands Centre for Cyber Security will act as a ‘beacon for excellence’ for defence and security sector businesses looking to invest on Skylon Park, Hereford Enterprise Zone.
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Insurers Exiting the UK Market and Implications for Policyholders
In recent years, we’ve witnessed a significant trend in the insurance industry: leading insurers are strategically withdrawing from specific market segments, causing ripples in the UK insurance landscape – says Simeon Chapman, Hazelton Mountford. A prime example...
20% Discount Member Offer
To celebrate their new website, Big Sister Productions.uk is launching a special offer for all Chamber Members. A whopping 20% off all their smartphone video filming and editing services. Big Sister Productions creates quality videos using only smartphones to film...
The Best of Apprenticeships in Worcestershire Recognised at Annual Awards Evening
The very best involved in apprenticeships in Worcestershire were celebrated at the 2023 Worcestershire Apprenticeships Awards. The 9th annual awards were on Thursday 16 November where over 300 representatives from businesses, apprentices, schools, training providers...
UK Government Reshuffle
On Monday morning, the Prime Minister Rishi Sunak MP began the first major reshuffle of his government. With the main media focus on the sacking of Home Secretary Suella Braverman and the appointment of former Prime Minister David Cameron to the position of Foreign...
British Chambers of Commerce CEOs Say Now is the Time to Turn Talk into Investment
Dear Chancellor, We welcome your recent engagement with the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) on the priorities for businesses ahead of the Autumn Statement next week. For local communities to thrive, they need business investment, but this has been too low for too...
The Small Business Charter, the Help to Grow Course and the Return of the Executive MBA; an Exciting Time for the Worcester Business School.
The Worcester Business School at the University of Worcester has officially received its Small Business Charter. The CEO of the Chartered Association of Business Schools, Flora Hamilton, visited the City Campus to hand over the charter in person last month. It paves...
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