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SVR’s home fleet takes centre stage at Autumn Diesel Bash
The Severn Valley Railway’s own diesel fleet will take centre stage this autumn, with an intensive four-day celebration of home-based traction from 1 to 4 October. Timetables and locomotive allocations have just been announced. The SVR’s Autumn Diesel Bash will...
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SVR’s home fleet takes centre stage at Autumn Diesel Bash
The Severn Valley Railway’s own diesel fleet will take centre stage this autumn, with an intensive four-day celebration of home-based traction from 1 to 4 October. Timetables and locomotive allocations have just been announced. The SVR’s Autumn Diesel Bash will...
Member News
Bromsgrove businesses invited to attend new networking event
Bromsgrove businesses are invited to attend a brand-new networking event hosted by BCRS Business Loans next month. Lending specialists BCRS Business Loans is launching its first Wine After Work networking event at the Queens Head, Sugarbrook Lane in Bromsgrove on...
AI-driven CVs create recruitment headache for employers
A Worcestershire recruitment firm has urged businesses to rethink how they screen jobseekers as AI is making it easier for candidates to submit large volumes of job applications at the click of a button. Joanna Pennell, divisional manager at Worcester-based Pineapple...
Patron & Strategic News
The maintenance habit most businesses skip
Do you know your website backup works? Plenty of WordPress sites have backups running in the background. Far fewer owners have ever tried restoring one. That gap catches people out, a backup that’s never been tested is a guess, not a safety net. You find out...
Take on Kilimanjaro and Support Your Local Hospitals
Have you ever dreamed of standing on the roof of Africa? Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Charity is inviting you to take part in our very first international challenge event: an unforgettable trek to the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro in September 2027. At 5,895m,...
Chamber News
International Trade Forum Delivers Expert Insights on Global Growth and Trade Success
International Trade Forum – 25th August 2026 Speakers from DRP Group, Bishops Fleming and the most recent winner of the Chamber of Commerce Global Trade Business of the Year Award, Kimal PLC, explored their experiences in international trade and how they were helped...
DBT changes to DBIST and reducing numbers
DBT changes to DBIST and reduce numbers The new department absorbs parts of the former Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) and the Investment Security Unit, merging science and innovation directly with trade and business. Headcount Reductions...
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Welcome New Members | July 2026
A warm welcome to our newest Members who joined us throughout July: Empowered Minds BWRT Therapy & Coaching – offers BWRT psychotherapy and coaching in Worcestershire to help people create lasting positive change. Catesby & Fawkes – is a brand and...
Welcome New Members | July 2026
A warm welcome to our newest Members who joined us throughout July: Empowered Minds BWRT Therapy & Coaching – offers BWRT psychotherapy and coaching in Worcestershire to help people create lasting positive change. Catesby & Fawkes – is a brand and...
Policy News
Behind the scenes: The Chamber work delivering results for Members
From influencing national policy to solving local business challenges, much of the Chamber’s most valuable work happens behind the scenes. Herefordshire & Worcestershire Chamber of Commerce Director of Business Engagement & Policy Robert Elliot talks to...
Brexit Burden Must Be Cut
As Brexit approaches its 10th anniversary, the British Chambers of Commerce says the government must set out a clear plan to ease the burdens it has placed on business. BCC research shows over half of UK exporters (54%) think the current trade deal with the EU is...
Skills News
Skills Planning Vital To Tackle Gen Z Drift
A new report on a pioneering scheme for business-led skills planning in England has identified a pressing need to better engage Generation Z with the workplace. The analysis of Local Skills Improvement Plans (LSIPs) found they have engaged thousands of people and...
REHAU: Fenestration industry could do more to showcase its innovation and career opportunities
Recruiting skilled workers within the fenestration industry is becoming increasingly challenging and those within the sector are aware that it needs to do more to attract talent. The industry is more innovative and self-reliant than those outside of the sector give it...
Charity News
Hundreds invited to remember loved ones at KEMP Hospice Butterfly Release
People across Wyre Forest are being invited to celebrate the lives of loved ones they have lost at one of KEMP Hospice’s most moving events. The KEMP Hospice Butterfly Release returns to Bodenham Arboretum on Saturday 12 September 2026, offering families and...
Beacon CRM Breach: What UK Charities (and Any Organisation Using a Third-Party CRM) Need to Do Now
Beacon CRM, a customer relationship management platform used by more than 1,500 UK charities, has confirmed a cyber security incident that has exposed supporter and donor data across a growing number of organisations. Victims already known to be affected include the...
Economic Priorities For The Government: Trade
The UK has a new Prime Minister who has promised to revive the nation’s economic fortunes. But he follows a succession of PMs who have pledged the same without ever managing to consistently deliver. At the BCC, we think about little else than helping businesses and...
BCC News
Economic Priorities For The Government: Trade
The UK has a new Prime Minister who has promised to revive the nation’s economic fortunes. But he follows a succession of PMs who have pledged the same without ever managing to consistently deliver. At the BCC, we think about little else than helping businesses and...
Worcestershire News
WORCESTER STREET SIXES RETURNS TO THE CITY CENTRE THIS JULY
Worcestershire Cricket Foundation is inviting businesses from across the county to take part in Worcester Street Sixes, returning to the heart of the city on Wednesday 15 July 2026. Set across Cathedral Square and Worcester High Street, the event will once again...
2026 Worcestershire Apprenticeships Awards announced following successful National Careers Week
Worcestershire Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) and Worcestershire County Council are pleased to announce the 2026 Worcestershire Apprenticeships Awards. The announcement comes at the conclusion of National Careers Week, a successful week of promoting the various...
Herefordshire News
Neurodiversity in Business Co- working: a neuroaffirming, sensory friendly, supportive environment for work and learning.
Nurturingnd is pleased announce a new addition to its service line up: neurodiversity in business co-working at The Shell Store, Hereford. The first session will be on Thursday 21st May and will include: • Three hours access to space and support 9.30am-12.30pm • Free...
Luctonians Sports Club investing in the future of Herefordshire’s young people
Luctonians Sports Club continues to invest in the next generation across Herefordshire, having engaged more than 20,000 children through its schools’ outreach programme since 1993 and raised over £250,000 for local charities since 2016. Today, the club is home to more...
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New paralegal joins mfg’s Residential Property department as work grows
Law firm mfg Solicitors has added further to its growing Residential Property team with the appointment of a new paralegal. Elizabeth Simpson has joined the firm from Parkinson Wright where she spent just over two years. Aside from supporting the team and its clients,...
Steam returns as the SVR’s Autumn Steam Gala gets the green light
The Severn Valley Railway is preparing to bring steam operations back into service this week, following significant rainfall across Worcestershire and Shropshire, meaning its Autumn Steam Gala will go ahead as planned. At long last, the SVR has received the...
SQUIREL modular storage launches with expandable workspace systems that improve productivity
SQUIREL introduces significant shift from systems that are traditionally fixed, inefficient and unable to adapt as projects change 24 August 2026, Warwickshire: Steve Harvey spent more than 15 years developing vehicles for some of the most prestigious British...
Strategy and Digital Marketing: Volume or Precision?
Digital marketing has made it easier than ever to reach people. More impressions, more clicks, more leads, more emails, more content and more outreach can all be generated at extraordinary scale. But there is a strategic question leadership teams should ask before...
Digital Carnets
Having Carnets in a digital format reduces the amount of paper to almost zero (good for the environment!) and makes things more efficient and straightforward overall (good for you!). Everything is handled within the App and your documentation can be presented from...
Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism
The CBAM scheme essentially acts as a tariff on carbon-intensive goods imported into the EU, forcing foreign companies to pay the same price for carbon emissions that would have been paid if the good were made inside Europe. One of the key aims is to stop...
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