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Personal injury specialist urges patients to come forward after chemotherapy scare
Victims of a cancer specialist under investigation for prescribing a toxic chemotherapy drug are being urged to seek legal help. More than 20 patients are suing University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust after claiming they were given unnecessary...
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Personal injury specialist urges patients to come forward after chemotherapy scare
Victims of a cancer specialist under investigation for prescribing a toxic chemotherapy drug are being urged to seek legal help. More than 20 patients are suing University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust after claiming they were given unnecessary...
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Parents and Carers of University Students Invited to Talk
A free online talk will help parents and carers of students heading off to university this September. The event, held by the University of Worcester on Thursday July 3, will cover a range of areas and is available to anyone, wherever their young person is going to...
Side Hustlers Urged to get Tax Returns Sorted Now
If you earn more than £1,000 from additional income, you may need to register for Self Assessment Filing now means you will know your tax situation sooner and can spread payments over time HMRC’s digital services make filing quick and easy Anyone earning extra...
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Family Lawyer Warns Over Seasonal Marriage Strains
One of Worcestershire’s leading matrimonial solicitors has issued a new year’s warning to couples as UK divorce rates continue to rise. Respected family law expert Anna Robinson, a senior associate at law firm mfg Solicitors, has spoken as the latest data shows that...
Lawyer Issues Alert Over Digital Assets in Wills
Melinda Rice, a senior associate at law firm mfg Solicitors, says there are a growing number of people who are unaware of their digital assets when it comes to preparing for the future. An individual’s digital assets can include online bank accounts, pensions, shares,...
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Join the BCC for the 2020 National Assemble and AGM
The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) are welcoming participation via Zoom to the BCC 2020 National Assembly and 2020 Annual General Meeting (AGM), both to be held on 14 October 2020. Registration via Zoom is required in advance for both meetings. Also, in relation...
Hazelton Mountford innovate to support their customers with an app for insurance claims
Worcestershire based insurance brokers, Hazelton Mountford, have invested in their future with the implementation of an app to support customers with their insurance claims. Hazleton Mountfors, based in Worcester city centre with offices in Evesham and the Isle of...
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Government offers firms new grants to survive lockdown
Businesses in retail, hospitality and leisure will receive new grants to help them keep afloat until spring, Chancellor Rishi Sunak has said.
The grants will be worth up to £9,000 per property, the Treasury says.
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Government offers firms new grants to survive lockdown
Businesses in retail, hospitality and leisure will receive new grants to help them keep afloat until spring, Chancellor Rishi Sunak has said.
The grants will be worth up to £9,000 per property, the Treasury says.
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Local property market data contradicts national outlook on demand for office space
Office occupancy levels in the UK’s largest cities remain low but a year-on-year data comparison undertaken by a Worcestershire commercial property agency reveals that national trends are not representative of activity at regional level. Pre-pandemic, Worcestershire’s...
Christmas Bubble rules announced
At Christmas coronavirus restrictions will be eased to allow people to mix with a slightly wider circle of family and friends.
Across the UK, people will be able to form “bubbles” of three households over a five day period.
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Celtic Marches’ ‘Holly GoLightly’ 0.5% cider wins two prestigious awards
Celtic Marches’ award-winning low alcohol cider offering, Holly Golightly, has been shaking up the cider side of the low and no sector this year. Created using real Herefordshire cider apples, this refreshingly low 0.5% ABV craft cider still retains its...
Berrys offers Chamber Members a free farm appraisal
Property, business and planning specialist, Berrys, is offering a free consultation to appraise farm businesses and touch on key areas of performance, strategy and direction. For a limited time, Berrys’ Hereford office is including in this appraisal an initial...
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DRPG, Our B Corp Story
At DRPG, we have been on an extensive 17-year sustainability journey, starting back in the early 2000s attaining accreditations such as the BSI Standards, ISO20121, and ISO 14001. We’ve seen many accreditations come… and some go! With over 400 team members spread...
University of Worcester Student Experiences Earthquake During Research Trip to Nepal.
“I felt the first tremors and I thought ‘this isn’t real’… then the second one hit and everyone was frazzled”. University of Worcester PhD student Beas Banerjee was in a workshop in Nepal discussing how to deal with earthquakes, when the ground started to shake. “We...
Hazelton Mountford Appoint Key Personnel to Drive the New Senior Management Team
Due to the expansion of the company, Hazelton Mountford have created a new Senior Management Team and invited three key team members to sit alongside the Board of Directors. As a result of their hard work, Dan Tustin, Lee Summers and Lydia Taylor will join the three...
Chamber Network Reacts To Labour’s Small Business Plan
Reacting to the publication of Labour’s small business plan, Shevaun Haviland, Director General of the British Chambers of Commerce, said: “We were pleased to welcome the Shadow Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds to Essex this morning to launch this important...
Businesses Still Struggling To Understand Net-Zero Target
On the eve of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 28) in Dubai, a ground-breaking survey of 1,000 businesses – mostly SMEs – by the British Chambers of Commerce Insight’s Unit shows 40% of companies don’t know any details about the UK’s net zero...
Gold Standard Employers Honoured for Supporting Armed Forces
Fourteen organisations from across the wider West Midlands area attended an awards ceremony in Shropshire to receive their Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) Gold Awards, recognising their exceptional level of support to the Armed Forces community. Held at...
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