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Celebrating 15 Years of Hoople Group
April 2026 marks Hoople’s 15th birthday. To celebrate this important milestone in the company’s journey, Hoople will be completing 15 “good deeds” throughout the year as a way of giving back to the community that has supported them along the way. Hoople colleagues...
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Celebrating 15 Years of Hoople Group
April 2026 marks Hoople’s 15th birthday. To celebrate this important milestone in the company’s journey, Hoople will be completing 15 “good deeds” throughout the year as a way of giving back to the community that has supported them along the way. Hoople colleagues...
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Act Now: Transform Rural Families and Strengthen Your Workforce
Herefordshire charity Vennture is urging local businesses to invest in families and schools to build a stronger, more resilient workforce. Across rural communities, unresolved parental conflict, isolation, and limited access to services quietly undermine children’s...
Hoople Training share life-saving techniques in Restart a Heart Month
‘Restart a Heart Month’ is a national campaign to raise awareness of cardiac arrest and to encourage people to learn CPR. Hoople Training proudly used their expertise to support the initiative by providing opportunities for the public to learn CPR, free of charge,...
Patron & Strategic News
Safer Internet Day 2025: Protecting Young People from Online Scams
Tuesday 11th February is Safer Internet Day, and this year’s theme focuses on online scams and how young people can protect themselves. With scams becoming more sophisticated, from financial fraud to online sextortion, it’s more important than ever to understand how...
University Expert Explores Worcester’s Role in Shakespeare’s Marriage
City residents have jumped at the chance to hear more about one of the County’s most significant artefacts, Shakespeare’s Marriage Bond. Held at The Hive in Worcester, it provides a link to arguably our greatest ever playwright – William Shakespeare. But why is...
Chamber News
A summary of the Covid-19 winter plan
Thanks to the success of the UK’s vaccination programme, data has shown that the link between cases, hospitalisations and deaths has weakened significantly. As part of the Covid-19 winter plan, the government has introduced a ‘Plan A’ and ‘Plan...
Kickstart scheme success for Chamber cohort
The £2 billion scheme, designed to create hundreds of thousands of high quality, 6-month placements for young people have proved hugely popular throughout the UK. The chance to access paid-for placements for young people is a huge tool, who were amongst the most...
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The Quarterly Economic Survey for Quarter 4 is now live!
It takes 90 seconds to drive change. Join 7000 other UK businesses by taking part in the Quarterly Economic Survey for Quarter 4 (Q4) 2019. Ensure that the challenges or opportunities you are facing are placed in front of HM Treasury and the Monetary Policy Committee...
Protect Your Business, Protect Your Staff – crime, security and safety event
Businesses are invited to a free event offering advice on crime, security and safety. The Protect Your Business, Protect Your Staff event will take place at Sixways Stadium in Worcester on Thursday, 28 November, from 4pm to 7pm. Visitors will have the opportunity to...
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Plays the Thing!
Vamos Theatre launches a new online playfulness and creativity course for over 55s, aimed at getting people connecting and engaging. Running online for five weeks on Thursdays, each of the welcoming and friendly one-hour sessions is designed to get brains working...
Herefordshire charity marks 25 years with inspirational new book
A Herefordshire charity which has been instrumental in changing the lives of thousands of people living with learning disabilities is celebrating 25 successful years with the publication of an inspirational new book. Landau Herefordshire, which operates from the...
Inflation remains in double digits despite second consecutive easing
Commenting on the ONS inflation figures for January 2023, BCC Head of Research, David Bharier, said: “A further easing in the rate of inflation to 10.1% continues a very slow move out of the peak. “Household electricity and gas costs remain by far the biggest...
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Inflation remains in double digits despite second consecutive easing
Commenting on the ONS inflation figures for January 2023, BCC Head of Research, David Bharier, said: “A further easing in the rate of inflation to 10.1% continues a very slow move out of the peak. “Household electricity and gas costs remain by far the biggest...
Worcestershire News
Building on success at GJS Dillon
GJS Dillon is delighted to welcome Mike Sutton who is taking up the post of Director of Building Surveying. A Chartered Building Surveyor, Mike has extensive experience within the property and construction sector, having worked on behalf of a broad spectrum of private...
Expanding medical equipment company make their next move in Bromsgrove with help from GJS Dillon
An expanding local business is looking forward to moving to new premises in Bromsgrove shortly. Hugo Technology Ltd, an independent medical equipment repair, maintenance and management company, is relocating some of its operations and staff to the Stoke Heath Works in...
Herefordshire News
Business Owners: Keep your employees Covid-safe
As children go back to school and we move into the first stage of the easing of lockdown we are seeing Covid infections decrease in most areas of Worcestershire.
Unfortunately, Redditch has the second highest rate on Covid-19 infections across England.
Website Design and Hosting Opportunity
Due to funding, the Midlands Cyber brand has been dormant since 2019, therefore we are now committed to a complete refresh and redesign ahead of its April 2021 relaunch, and need a creative web designer and host to bring this vision to life.
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Avoid Ditching Your Resolutions This Year
January 17th is known by many as ‘Ditch Your New Year’s Resolution Day’; an annual event where many people give up on the promises they made to themselves on the first of the month. Popular resolutions include exercising more, eating healthier, losing weight, or...
Boogie Lights Express Banishes Winter Blues at Severn Valley Railway
The Severn Valley Railway has the ‘perfect’ on-train experience to banish the winter blues, with the launch of its brand-new Boogie Lights Express services. Running on Friday and Saturday nights from 28 February until 29 March, the steam-hauled Boogie Lights Express...
Celebrating 16 Years of Fitness and Friendship: Worcester Group Looks Forward to Active Year Ahead
Members of a Worcester activity programme have celebrated 16 years of fitness and friendship at their annual post-Christmas celebration. Around 40 members of the Senior Physical Activity and Adapted Sports programme met with instructors at the Maple Leaf Pub on Canada...
Leadership Consultancy Secures Prestigious Coaching & Mentoring Order.
Award winning Business consultants Strategus Consulting are excited to announce that they have secured a prestigious order providing coaching & mentoring services to a director at a high-profile international technology developer. Starting in January 2025, this...
Strategus Consulting Kicks off Season 2 of their Highly Successful Podcast.
Strategus Consulting, the leadership consultants who provide business strategy & planning, coaching and mentoring through their Worcestershire and Southeast Hubs, have launched Season 2 of their successful podcast. As the Leaders In Strategy Podcast enters its 2nd...
Talk to Explore the Jewish Experience in Nazi Germany
A University of Worcester lecturer will give a special talk to mark Holocaust Memorial Day and the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. Dr Paddy McNally, Principal Lecturer in History and Politics, will deliver the talk on...
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