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Are Your Workplace Policies Still Fit for Purpose in 2026?
For many businesses, policies are something that get written, filed away, and only revisited when there’s an issue. But in reality, policies should be living, working documents that actively support both your people and your business. With ongoing changes in...
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Are Your Workplace Policies Still Fit for Purpose in 2026?
For many businesses, policies are something that get written, filed away, and only revisited when there’s an issue. But in reality, policies should be living, working documents that actively support both your people and your business. With ongoing changes in...
Member News
Virtual tour transforms local charity play centre
Technology with Heart: Visual-Eyes & The Chamwell Centre For most of us, visiting a new location is routine. But for the children supported by the Chamwell Charity Centre, a new environment can be a source of significant stress. Chamwell provides a vital safe...
Key Employment Law Updates: Winter 2025
Employment Rights Bill in “Ping Pong” Phase as Key Provisions Remain in Debate As winter 2025 approaches, the Employment Rights Act 2025 has yet to be finalised, with several headline provisions still under dispute following rejection by the House of Lords on 28...
Patron & Strategic News
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...
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...
Chamber News
Back to business
For the first time in months, pub gardens, shops and hairdressers welcomed back customers as they reopened on Monday as part of the easing of lockdown restrictions. In what has been a challenging beginning of the year for many, this next step will represent a chance...
Now We’re Talking with Art – Redditch art trail
Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust, in partnership with Bromsgrove District and Redditch Borough Councils, are currently recruiting businesses for the second in a series of outdoor art trails. The ‘Now We’re Talking with Art’ campaign will...
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Dressing as Dotty the Ladybird is a great sign
Darren Wilkins from City Signs turned into Dotty the Ladybird last week to raise the profile of the Grace Kelly Childhood Cancer Trust and over £230 for the charity so far. Local MD Darren Wilkins visited companies on the local industrial estate, Mill Top Business...
MBH is on the move
Local charity and Chamber Member Megan Baker House, who provide help and support for children and adults with conditions such as cerebral palsy and Parkinson’s, has announced big changes in 2020 as they will be re-locating their Leominster facility at Moreton Eye on...
PAC report right to focus on SME benefit from trade deals
The Department for International Trade (the Department) has a target for 80% of UK trade to be covered by free trade agreements by the end of 2022. It has a challenging programme ahead which includes concluding ongoing trade negotiations, launching negotiations with...
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PAC report right to focus on SME benefit from trade deals
The Department for International Trade (the Department) has a target for 80% of UK trade to be covered by free trade agreements by the end of 2022. It has a challenging programme ahead which includes concluding ongoing trade negotiations, launching negotiations with...
Worcestershire News
GJS Dillon instructed on letting of brand new industrial units in Kidderminster
Worcestershire commercial property agency GJS Dillon is anticipating that 6 brand new industrial units in Kidderminster will prove popular with business owners. The 6 industrial warehouse/units, which are available to let on a new business lease, are due for...
FOLK2FOLK on track to double profit in 2021
FOLK2FOLK, the Marketplace lender for SMEs in regional Britain, announces an H1 2021 pre-tax profit of £943,000 (unaudited accounts for Feb-Jul 2021), delivering just short of the company’s FY 2020 profit and setting a course to double its profit in 2021. FOLK2FOLK...
Herefordshire News
Yeleni – Our doors are OPEN!
Yeleni Therapy & Support are thrilled to welcome clients, familiar faces and new, back to the centre for complementary therapies and beauty treatments. Those living with and beyond cancer and the general public have been thrilled to be able to access face-to-face...
Marches to be national leader in digital technology
A new blueprint to make the Marches a national leader in digital technology for years to come has been launched today. The Marches Local Enterprise Partnership – the business-led body which drives the region’s economic growth – says its new digital strategy will help...
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Herefordshire Holiday Park Supports End-of-Life Care for Children Across the West Midlands
A North Herefordshire holiday park continues to honour its 2024 Silver Anniversary pledge by donating yet another thousand pounds to charity. November’s nomination from Discover Parks to mark 25 years of trading, goes to Acorns Children’s Hospice that provides...
Strengthening Worcestershire Fund Needs Extra Support for Match Funding Programme!
Launched in June by Worcestershire Community Foundation in partnership with Worcestershire County Council, a new funding programme to support local communities struggling in the current economic climate has raised £150,000 but is still aiming for more. The...
The Quarterly Economic Survey for Q4 is now Live.
The Herefordshire & Worcestershire Chamber of Commerce Quarterly Economic Survey is live! By participating in this survey, your business will have a direct impact on government policy. Herefordshire & Worcestershire Chamber of Commerce represents member views...
SME Divide Revealed on Environmental Targets
Ahead of COP 29, the UN Climate Change Conference in Azerbaijan, British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) research has found a clear divide among SMEs on environmental targets. The survey, by the BCC’s award-winning Insights Unit, shows around half of firms with more...
University Researchers Investigate Impact of Soil Erosion on Farming
Soil washed away on farmland by rainfall can have dire consequences for farmers and for the environment. Now researchers at the University of Worcester are using the latest drone technology to establish the extent of this erosion, its impact and therefore the...
Worcestershire Care Home Care Home Hosts Spectacular Firework Display
Dorset House Nursing Home in Droitwich dazzled residents, staff, family, and friends with a vibrant firework display, celebrating Bonfire Night with an unforgettable evening filled with community, warmth, and joy. Attended by people of all ages, the event fostered a...
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