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Severn Valley Railway ends season on a high with hugely successful winter enthusiast events
The Severn Valley Railway (SVR) has rounded off its 2025 operating season in style, following the outstanding success of its two end-of-season enthusiast events: the Winter Diesel Day on 29 December 2025 and the two-day Winter Steam Gala on 3 and 4 January 2026. Both...
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Severn Valley Railway ends season on a high with hugely successful winter enthusiast events
The Severn Valley Railway (SVR) has rounded off its 2025 operating season in style, following the outstanding success of its two end-of-season enthusiast events: the Winter Diesel Day on 29 December 2025 and the two-day Winter Steam Gala on 3 and 4 January 2026. Both...
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Sutcliffe & Co. announce sponsorship of Worcester Music Festival 2025
Local insurance broker Sutcliffe & Co. is delighted to announce its sponsorship of Worcester Music Festival for 2025, returning to make a noise in venues all across the city over the weekend of 12th – 14th September. The non-profit making festival is...
Summer family fun at the Severn Valley Railway
With the long weeks of the school summer holidays almost here, the Severn Valley Railway is getting ready to make sure everyone can enjoy a fun-packed day out to remember. At The Engine House, Highley, a brand-new family activity is on offer free of charge to those...
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David Tomkins, Data Analyst Level 4 Apprentice.
Promotion to an Apprenticeship! Recently TDM have promoted one of our existing members of staff onto a Data Analyst Level 4 Apprenticeship programme. David Tomkins, previously TDM’s Marketing Manager, moved into this role and has exceled beyond belief. TDM believe in...
TDM are a Worcestershire Skills-Boost Approved Partner for Talent Experience Coaching
By Derrin Kent Please contact us at [email protected] or 0333 10 100 40 if you want to set up a discovery conversation with our MD & Director of Studies, Derrin Kent, to learn about how our match-funded coaching can improve Talent Experience for your...
Chamber News
Schools to remain closed until at least 8 March
At a Downing Street news conference on Wednesday 27 January, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said that schools in England will not be able to reopen to all pupils after the February half-term, but could do so from 8 March. He said: “The date of 8 March is the...
Celebrating careers education in England
Do you know someone who is devoted to driving great careers guidance for young people? What about an organisation that has been steadfast in helping young people during the pandemic? Or do you know a brilliant young person who themselves has focussed on enhancing...
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Shared Parental Leave Tool
The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has launched a new online tool to: help parents check quickly if they are eligible for Shared Parental Leave and Pay decide how they will share the leave that is available between them plan their leave...
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Shared Parental Leave Tool
The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has launched a new online tool to: help parents check quickly if they are eligible for Shared Parental Leave and Pay decide how they will share the leave that is available between them plan their leave...
Worcestershire News
Midlife MOT resource for Worcestershire
The Worcestershire Midlife MOT website is a new resource to help people in Worcestershire perform a check on three areas of their life: Health, Finance and Career Development. The website acts as a guide to sharing useful links with people so that they can work to...
Specsavers Worcester become first opticians to offer rapid flow testing
Worcestershire COVID-19 cases have now reached the lowest level since August last year. To support the recovery efforts, rapid flow testing for people without symptoms is now available at Specsavers Worcester. They are the first opticians in the county and one of the...
Herefordshire News
Herefordshire Food Firms Response to Coronavirus Crisis
Old Granary Pierogi, who embrace British cuisine and infuse it with Polish culinary knowledge and heritage, have responded to the pandemic by creating a takeaway service and offering collection and delivery in the local area. The family would usually be selling their...
Guidance for food businesses on coronavirus
The government has updated it’s guidance for food businesses. The guidance is intended for all workplaces involved in the manufacturing, processing, warehousing, picking, packaging and retailing of food. The guidance also includes important information about the risk...
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Respected Solicitor Suzanne Lee to Retire After 27-year Career
One of the region’s most respected senior solicitors has announced her retirement. Nationally-recognised contentious probate specialist Suzanne Lee, a partner at mfg Solicitors, will retire at the end of April following a 27-year career at the law firm where she is...
NMITE Re-engineers Timber Courses for Targeted Learning: Making Sustainable Construction Education more accessible
The New Model Institute for Technology & Engineering (NMITE) announces the reconfiguration of its pioneering Timber Technology Engineering Design (TED) courses into specialised, concise programmes tailored for professionals within the UK’s built environment...
Events Give Public a Taste of University’s Work
Residents of Worcester can get a taste of some of the interesting work and research happening in their City at a three-day festival of knowledge sharing. The University of Worcester is running the Pint of Science event next month, in which academic staff and students...
The importance of continuous training for businesses
Continuous training is essential for businesses to remain competitive and drive growth. Effective training is the key to unlocking the potential of employees, and subsequently the business. Embracing this mindset means that business operations won’t stagnate,...
JUNE CHARITY EVENT WILL BRING HAWAIIAN COLOUR TO ‘LEOMINSTER-by-the-SEA’.
Ledbury-based high tech coatings application company Cleftbridge Limited is sponsoring the third annual Colour Run around Leominster, with a theme for 2024 of ‘Hawaiian Beach’. The event is organised by ECHO, an independent Herefordshire-based charity that organizes...
Discover Parks Herefordshire Supports Holiday Home Owner Raising Funds for Cancer Research
Trudy Evans from Stourbridge has been battling the brutal disease herself since 2019 when she received intensive treatment for breast cancer. In 2021 she was given the all clear. Last year it reared its ugly head again and she faced the devastating news it had spread...
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