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Local Innovation Takes Centre Stage as Worcestershire’s Programme Expands Support to Final Intake of 2025
Worcestershire’s innovation ecosystem continues to gather momentum as BetaDen, a multi-award-winning organisation providing support for innovative companies and entrepreneurs, welcomes its second and final intake of early-stage technology businesses to the Incubate...
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Local Innovation Takes Centre Stage as Worcestershire’s Programme Expands Support to Final Intake of 2025
Worcestershire’s innovation ecosystem continues to gather momentum as BetaDen, a multi-award-winning organisation providing support for innovative companies and entrepreneurs, welcomes its second and final intake of early-stage technology businesses to the Incubate...
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DRPG Team Completes 200 Mile Source To Sea Challenge
A team from creative communications agency DRPG has completed a 200-mile charity challenge tracing the River Severn from its Welsh source to the Severn Bridge. The four-day Source to Sea Challenge, held this week, marked the company’s 45th anniversary and aimed to...
Consecutive ‘Best Places to Work’ accolades for Brockencote Hall Hotel
A boutique hotel in Kidderminster has been named one of the best places to work in the UK for a second consecutive year by a major hospitality survey. The Caterer Best Places To Work in Hospitality 2025 has released its top 30 operators who are leading the way in...
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School breaks shouldn’t mean hungry days
As the school summer holidays approach, countless families who depend on free school meals will soon face a harsh reality. With the cost-of-living crisis at an all-time high, feeding a family of three now averages £100 per week. Over the 6-week holidays, that adds up...
Solicitor says Businesses will Benefit from Changes to TUPE rules
A Worcestershire employment solicitor says that new TUPE laws which come into force on 1 July will cut red tape and relieve businesses of many complex and timely processes. Sally Morris, partner and head of employment and HR Services at law firm mfg Solicitors, said...
Chamber News
Chamber of Commerce named as one of the UK’s Best Companies to Work For
The Herefordshire & Worcestershire Chamber of Commerce has been named as one of the UK’s Best Companies to Work in 2021, placing on a number of top businesses to work for both locally and nationally. The organisation has been recognised for its commitment to...
Help to Grow your business – Management
Take your business to the next level with the government’s new Help to Grow programme. The programme will help small and medium sized businesses across the UK learn new skills, reach new customers and boost profits.
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ABE’s charitable donation to charity and fellow Chamber Members MBH
A generous gift from Chamber Members and Ledbury based logistics firm A.B.E. has resulted in local charity and fellow Chamber Members, Megan Baker House (MBH) being emblazoned on one of the company’s lorries, ready to travel all over the UK. ABE managing director...
Gas Safety Inspections Save Lives
Worcestershire-based commercial kitchen design company, Abraxas Catering Equipment, is continuing to support Midlands Air Ambulance Charity for the third year running. For every gas safety inspection that Abraxas Catering Equipment carries out during 2020, Midlands...
BCC November Economic Review
The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) recently published their November Monthly Economic Review. This briefing is an analysis of the key domestic and international economic indicators for business. The report also provides a comparison between the economic data...
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BCC November Economic Review
The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) recently published their November Monthly Economic Review. This briefing is an analysis of the key domestic and international economic indicators for business. The report also provides a comparison between the economic data...
Worcestershire News
Support webinar to help businesses overcome recruitment challenges
Worcestershire businesses are being encouraged to attend a free seminar to help them overcome recruitment challenges. Job vacancies in the UK is currently standing at 1.2million and recruitment remains one of the major challenges faced by businesses right now. The...
Regeneration of Worcestershire infrastructure continues
Works on a variety of Worcestershire County Council’s major infrastructure projects and highways schemes have continued at pace over the past 12 months. 2021 has proved to be another busy year, with many major milestones being achieved and 2022 looks set to be no...
Herefordshire News
Sustainability West Midlands needs you
We would like to invite you to join us at one of our forthcoming focus groups. The aim of these workshops is to disseminate the emerging findings from the study, and to contribute your feedback on the support needs for the sector including skills needs. Please choose the session that is most relevant to you. If you are working across multiple LEP areas you are welcome to join more than one session.
£4.6 billion in new lockdown grants to support businesses and protect jobs
£594 million is being made available for Local Authorities and the Devolved Administrations to support other businesses not eligible for the new £9000 hospitality, leisure and retail grants, that might be affected by the restrictions. Businesses should apply to their Local Authorities.
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BCRS Business Loans to Bring Business Community Together with Popular Networking Lunch
Loan provider BCRS Business Loans will be bringing representatives from the West Midlands business community together for a popular lunch event in Worcester next month. Business colleagues from across the region are invited to gather for BCRS’s Summer Worcestershire...
Hundreds Attend Opening of “biggest charity shop in the Midlands”
St Michael’s Hospice says it has been amazed by the support for its newest charity shop – thought to be the biggest in the Midlands. Hundreds flocked to the grand opening of the Whitestone Shop and Café last Thursday (May 23rd), with shoppers continuing to visit...
mfg Solicitors Adds Further Expertise to Commercial Property Team
Law firm mfg Solicitors has strengthened its commercial property offering with the appointment of a new partner. Highly-regarded property specialist Emma Chater has joined the firm, based at the company’s Bromsgrove office. An expert in property investment advice and...
UK General Election Announced – 4 July
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has announced that the United Kingdom will hold a general election on Thursday, 4 July. This decision marks a significant moment in the country’s political landscape as parties prepare to present their visions for the future. In...
Leading Property Consultancy is Marketing Brand-new Net Zero Carbon Warehouse Unit
A leading property consultancy is marketing a brand-new Net Zero Carbon warehouse unit in Worcestershire, as an expert at the firm says that the industrial and logistics property market in the West Midlands is performing well. Hartlebury 45, based at Hartlebury...
Light Night Worcester 2025
Following a really successful Light Night Worcester 2024, Severn Arts are now looking forward to bringing our popular Light Night back to Worcestershire’s families and communities over two nights in half term on 19th and 20th February, 2025. ‘A real feast...
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