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SME Solicitors chooses Sensory Matters Worcestershire as its charity for 2026
SME Solicitors has chosen Sensory Matters Worcestershire (formerly Sight Concern) as its chosen charity for 2026. Launched in October 2023, Sensory Matters Worcestershire provides information, advice and specialist support to people across Worcestershire living with...
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SME Solicitors chooses Sensory Matters Worcestershire as its charity for 2026
SME Solicitors has chosen Sensory Matters Worcestershire (formerly Sight Concern) as its chosen charity for 2026. Launched in October 2023, Sensory Matters Worcestershire provides information, advice and specialist support to people across Worcestershire living with...
Member News
HCR Law marks strategic growth with record number of promotions
Top 50 UK firm HCR Law has promoted more than 100 colleagues across its business services and private client teams, marking the firm’s biggest promotion round to date. Promotions take effect from 1 April 2026, recognising more than 100 lawyers and support...
Smart Accountancy Solutions joins with Ballards to strengthen Worcestershire team and SME offering
Left to right: James Syree and Mark Smith Ballards, one of the Midlands fastest growing independent business advisory, consultancy and accountancy firms, has further strengthened its presence in Worcester and the wider Worcestershire region as Smart Accountancy...
Patron & Strategic News
Supporting Care Leavers and Families: Join Our December Zoom Sessions
We have 2 Peer Support Zoom Sessions for Care Leavers and their families of all ages in Dec! This Wed 10th – New Horizons – 1.30-3pm – See enclosed leaflet for more info. Monday 15th – Information on Accessing Records – 10 am -12 midday...
Final Call: Register now for TDM’s January Degree Apprenticeship Cohort. Funding available.
Time is running out! Employers and employees have until 15th December to express interest in joining TDM’s Digital and Technology Solutions Professional Degree Apprenticeship January cohort. This is your chance to kick off the new year in the right way; invest in your...
Chamber News
Worcestershire-based digital marketing agency receives first ever award after just 1 year in business
Infinity Digital, a Social and Search First digital marketing agency, is seeing tremendous growth in the first half of 2022 after launching in early 2021. Setup by Jacob Styler in February 2021, with a dream of running his own agency ever since he was a...
Annual Golf Day Brings Professionals Together and Raises Much-Needed Funds for Charity!
On Friday 15 July, golfers geared up for the annual Herefordshire & Worcestershire Chamber of Commerce Charity Golf Day, in association with AMROS Golf. The event was generously sponsored by Nicklin Chartered Accountants & Business Advisers and mfg Solicitors....
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Introducing Green Moon Coaching
Green Moon Coaching offers support and coaching programmes to women in wellbeing business. From half day VIP sessions to 12 week in-depth 121 coaching, women in wellbeing business can find alignment with their business, clarity on their work-life journey and be at...
Introducing Green Moon Coaching
Green Moon Coaching offers support and coaching programmes to women in wellbeing business. From half day VIP sessions to 12 week in-depth 121 coaching, women in wellbeing business can find alignment with their business, clarity on their work-life journey and be at...
Policy News
SME Brexit Support Fund now open for applications
The SME Brexit Support Fund opened for applications yesterday (Monday 15 March). The fund could give businesses up to £2,000 to help them with changes to trade rules with the EU. Businesses can apply for up to £2,000 in total through two types of grants: Grant for...
Chamber Network Budget wins 2021
The 2021 Budget was delivered by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak MP on Wednesday 3 March. Working together the BCC and the Chamber Network secured a number of important achievements for business communities across the UK. The BCC policy team has put...
Skills News
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Charity News
ONSIDE & Mix Café hosting a Greek Themed Pop-Up Restaurant
Come and experience for one night only on Saturday the 12th of November 2022 at 7.00pm – a wonderful Pop-Up Greek restaurant. For only £30 per person, each table will receive a welcome drink, a generous sharing selection of tantalising Greek dishes – all...
Santa’s Grotto tickets at St Michael’s Hospice to go on sale
Parents will soon be able to book their children in to see Santa as tickets for a popular Herefordshire Grotto go on sale. Places at the St Michael’s Hospice Grotto sold out within 48 hours last year, with more than 700 children meeting Father Christmas. This year,...
US Tariffs To Hit UK Economy
Reacting to news of a 10% tariff on all UK exports to the US and higher tariffs for other countries, Shevaun Haviland, Director General of the BCC, said: “The Government has kept a cool head so far and must continue to negotiate. This is a marathon not a sprint, and...
BCC News
US Tariffs To Hit UK Economy
Reacting to news of a 10% tariff on all UK exports to the US and higher tariffs for other countries, Shevaun Haviland, Director General of the BCC, said: “The Government has kept a cool head so far and must continue to negotiate. This is a marathon not a sprint, and...
Worcestershire News
Free sustainability webinar for businesses
With the recent rise in energy bills and pending changes in Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards, now is the time to take control of your energy usage. Worcestershire County Council have teamed up with Alex Pearson from the Midlands Net Zero Hub to help you on this...
Welcome Craft-Happy to the Chamber!
“I am Helen and I have a handmade arts and gifts business which I started in lockdown, April 2020. Following my passion for creativity and my new found skills in entrepreneurship, in October 2021 I was able to leave my full-time job with a global manufacturing...
Herefordshire News
“Inspirational” – Herefordshire Citizens’ Climate Assembly
Council thanks participants and welcomes wide-ranging recommendations. Herefordshire’s first Citizens’ Climate Assembly has been described as “inspirational” by participants. Held over two evenings and two weekends in January, the assembly brought together an...
Wyevale Nurseries celebrates five years of successful youth promotion
One of the UK’s leading commercial nurseries is celebrating half a decade of success within its inhouse apprenticeships and trainee manager programmes this month (February 2022). Wyevale Nurseries currently has eight members of staff who have graduated from the...
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Small Firms Need More Help to Unlock Trade Opportunities
New data from the British Chambers of Commerce Insights Unit, published at the start of International Trade Week, shows a widening divide between the fortunes of different sized UK exporters. The Trade Confidence Outlook results underline the need for urgent...
Regional Employers Eager to Snap Up University Talent
Dozens of regional employers gathered at the University of Worcester’s Careers Fair to connect with students and scout future graduate talent. Held on campus by the University’s Business School, hundreds of students were able to meet representatives from companies...
West Midlands employers honoured with top Defence award for Armed Forces support
Nineteen organisations from across the West Midlands region have been recognised with the Ministry of Defence’s highest Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) honour – the Gold Award – for their outstanding commitment to supporting the Armed Forces community. The...
Custom GPTs: The Next Leap in Business Productivity
Artificial intelligence is no longer a futuristic idea – it’s quietly transforming how we work. One of the most promising developments is the rise of custom GPTs: AI assistants that can be tailored to an organisation’s own data, language, and way of working....
Our New Website Has Officially Gone Live !!
After years of struggling to create a website that was as accessible as possible for our candidates, today we can officially announce our brand-new website has gone live!! We wanted to give a huge thank you to Chris and Neil from VOiD Applications for building the...
Paddling Beyond Limits: A Journey of Adventure and Healing in Mongolia
Rosemary Sales – Wye Knot Community This year I embarked on what would become the most extraordinary adventure of my life: leading the first British group to canoe the uncharted Delgermörön River in Mongolia. Over 300 kilometres of remote waterways, our team...
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