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Back to the shop floor and listen: four ways to strengthen employee voice
At a recent Herefordshire & Worcestershire Chamber of Commerce event, a comment about leadership and change really resonated with me. “Leaders need to go back to the shop floor, listen to colleagues and really understand their feedback.” As someone who has spent...
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Back to the shop floor and listen: four ways to strengthen employee voice
At a recent Herefordshire & Worcestershire Chamber of Commerce event, a comment about leadership and change really resonated with me. “Leaders need to go back to the shop floor, listen to colleagues and really understand their feedback.” As someone who has spent...
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College Launches Unique Partner Programme for Business
Halesowen College is delighted to announce the launch of its PowerPartner Programme, an innovative initiative designed to strengthen the collaboration between education and industry. This exciting programme provides a unique platform for businesses and organisations...
Harriers Foundation donate kit to Aid through Football
Harriers Foundation has joined clubs across the country in donating kit to The RAF FA’s Aid through Football initiative. The RAF Football Association (RAF FA) Taking Football to Africa and Beyond Charitable Appeal, Aid through Football sees donated football kit...
Patron & Strategic News
Newly Qualified Duo Complete Law Firm Training Contracts
Two up and coming lawyers are celebrating after completing their training contracts with leading Worcestershire law firm mfg Solicitors. Solicitors Reuben Grimshaw and Lucy Allen have now been appointed into full-time positions having completed their respective...
DRPG’s Big Build Event Surpasses the Group’s Anniversary Goal
On Tuesday, 26 November 2024, DRPG kicked off its 45th-anniversary celebrations with a live broadcast, partnering with LightBulb Teams to deliver ‘The Big Build’ initiative. The event, streamed across the globe, brought together clients, agencies, venues and suppliers...
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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.
Countdown to biggest virtual business event of 2021
I am delighted to say that there is less than a week to go until the weeklong virtual West Midlands Business Expo. An amazing opportunity brought to businesses by the collaboration of Chambers across the region. The virtual experience will give businesses the chance...
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Cool runnings – hundreds of Santas and elves needed for charity dash
Hundreds of Santas and elves are needed for the most festive fundraising event of the year as Acorns’ Santa Run makes its way to Worcestershire for the very first time this December. The family-friendly fundraiser, which takes place at The Valley Evesham on...
Spire South Bank Hospital raised over £3,000 for their ‘Charities of the year’
Worcester charities Maggs Day Centre and Worcester Snoezelen were nominated as South Bank’s ‘Charities of the Year’ because of their fantastic work that benefits a cross section of people within the region. During the summer, teams from South Bank took on demanding...
Record High in Firms Reporting Difficulty Finding Staff
4 out of 5 (79%) firms that attempted to recruit facing difficulties in finding staff Hospitality and construction firms most likely to report difficulties (each 83%) but all sectors have significant issues Firms cite major issues arising from lack of foreign...
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Record High in Firms Reporting Difficulty Finding Staff
4 out of 5 (79%) firms that attempted to recruit facing difficulties in finding staff Hospitality and construction firms most likely to report difficulties (each 83%) but all sectors have significant issues Firms cite major issues arising from lack of foreign...
Worcestershire News
Worcestershire secures £35m through Government’s Towns Fund
Worcestershire cities, Worcester and Redditch are to receive a combined £35.2m to deliver long-term economic growth for the cities and support recovery after COVID. The awards follow the submission of successful bids by Worcester City Council and Redditch Borough...
Midlands Cyber to premier new brand at Security and Defence Expo on 4th November
After a break since 2019, the region’s leading Cyber Cluster returns in June 2021 with a brand new logo, website and industry focus. The refreshed Cyber Cluster is set to premier this new image at the Three Counties Defence and Security Expo (3CDSE) on the 4th...
Herefordshire News
Cyber security centre hits a new high with topping out milestone
Work on the £9 million Cyber Quarter – Midlands Centre for Cyber Security in Hereford has hit new heights by reaching another milestone. Building contractor, Speller Metcalfe, has now reached the highest point of the new building, based on Skylon Park, Hereford...
New developments for NMITE’s Skylon Campus
New Model Institute for Technology and Engineering (NMITE) is to start work on a Centre for Timber Technology on Skylon Park, the latest in a series of developments by Hereford’s new university project. NMITE has appointed contractor Spellar Metcalfe to build the...
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KEMP Hospice Celebrates 55 Years of Care and Support
Throughout 2024, Wyre Forest charity KEMP Hospice has been celebrating 55 years of providing care and support to those living with life-limiting illness and bereavement in the region. Originally formed in 1969, KEMP has gone on to become a dedicated Day Hospice...
Lecturer’s Work to Preserve Slavery Records Features in British Library Display
A new display has opened at the British Library featuring the work of a University of Worcester historian and her team to preserve archives of global importance to the history of slavery. Professor of History, Suzanne Schwarz, has been leading a team digitising...
Severn Valley Railway Volunteer Raises £1,500 for Charity in Friend’s Memory
After Severn Valley Railway locomotive driver Keith Hall died in June this year, a close friend and colleague, Rod Derry, wanted to do something in tribute. At the request of Keith’s family, he set about raising funds in aid of the Motor Neurone Disease Association...
ISO QSL Relaunches Award-Winning Bingo Box Challenge in Support of Worcester Foodbank
With the cost-of-living crisis deepening and an increasing number of individuals facing financial hardship, the need for support in our community has never been more pressing. Over the past year alone, foodbanks within the Trussell Trust network have distributed over...
Research Students Running Half Marathon
A group of student researchers from the University of Worcester are running a half marathon in aid of a missing persons charity. PhD students Andrea Tapia, Eya Meddeb, Isobel Dawes and Nathan Stephens are taking on the Cardiff Half Marathon this Sunday (October 6)....
Leading property consultancy announces five promotions in Worcester
A leading property consultancy has announced five promotions at its Worcester office following a strong period of success for the firm. Fisher German has promoted both Charlotte Watson and Sean Moran to associates and Agatha Hazelgrove, Rory Garside and Sophie Kelly...
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