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Pineapple Recruitment launches new Finance and HR recruitment arm
A leading specialist recruitment firm has expanded its services through the launch of a dedicated Finance and HR recruitment division. Pineapple Recruitment has unveiled its new division which will focus on providing the best professionals for full-time and interim...
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Pineapple Recruitment launches new Finance and HR recruitment arm
A leading specialist recruitment firm has expanded its services through the launch of a dedicated Finance and HR recruitment division. Pineapple Recruitment has unveiled its new division which will focus on providing the best professionals for full-time and interim...
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Visually Impaired Students Learn about Transition to University
Visually impaired students from local colleges spent a day at the University of Worcester to find out more about the transition to higher education. Students from New College Worcester and the Royal National College for the Blind in Hereford attended a Visual...
Toe-tapping fun at the Severn Valley Railway
The Severn Valley Railway is preparing for a dance take over on Saturday 19 July, when traditional dance groups from the Midlands and beyond travel to perform at stations along the line. The Day of Dance is now an established annual event at the popular heritage line,...
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Chance to Tour Award-winning Herefordshire Vineyard for Free to Celebrate English Wine Week
HEREFORDSHIRE wine lovers are being invited to an award-winning vineyard in the county for a series of free tours and tastings as part of English Wine Week celebrations next month (Saturday, June 15 to Sunday, June 23, 2024). The events are being hosted by Foxbury...
Students Celebrate their Work with Family and Friends Ahead of Public Exhibition
Students have celebrated their artistic accomplishments with their family and friends, staff, and industry professionals at the Arts Degree Show 2024. The show is an annual event where students showcase their work and is a celebration of their time at the University...
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Launch of DfE’s Skills Bootcamps ITT
The Department for Education (DfE) has launched the invitation to tender for the Skills Bootcamps expansion, with the bid deadline of 12 February. DfE started delivering the current Skills Bootcamps trailblazers in September 2020 ranging from cloud computing to rail...
Trading from 2021 – support for businesses
A reminder of some of support available from the UK government for businesses during this period of change including: The checker tool will give you a personalised list of actions you need to take now The Trade with the UK tool has information for international...
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Final stage of recovery plan delayed until July, PM announces
The Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced yesterday that the lifting of all legal restrictions on social contact will be delayed, meaning capacity limits for sports, pubs, restaurants and cinemas will remain and nightclubs will not yet open. England was due to move...
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Final stage of recovery plan delayed until July, PM announces
The Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced yesterday that the lifting of all legal restrictions on social contact will be delayed, meaning capacity limits for sports, pubs, restaurants and cinemas will remain and nightclubs will not yet open. England was due to move...
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Join the Captain Tom 100 Challenge
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Charity is taking part in the Captain Tom 100 Challenge and they need your help! The Captain Tom 100 Challenge is a national campaign set up by the Captain Tom Foundation asking people to take on a challenge around the number 100 over...
Woo bikes scheme for businesses
Students from Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Massachusetts are collaborating with the University of Worcester and Worcester City Council on a project to expand an electric bike (e-bike) share scheme with employers in Worcester. The team have some funding to run...
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Parking charges lifted temporarily in Herefordshire town and city car parks to support business
To support local business during this particularly difficult time and encourage people to visit their high street rather than shop on-line, Herefordshire Council is offering free parking on street and in council car parks* from Saturday 27 June until Friday 24 July 2020.
Herefordshire Procurement Social and Local Value 2020
Herefordshire County Council is responding to the need to update its approach to procurement and embedding social and local value.
The Council is exploring how greater value for money (VfM) can be delivered by increasing its delivery and measurement of social value outcomes. Focusing on the supply chain to assist in creating and retaining local value and growth. This has the potential to improve quality of life, support local employment, improve skills and job prospects, and develop income.
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New Future of Farming Line-up Announced
Royal Three Counties Show, 14th-16th June 2024 Water quality, soil health, biodiversity, succession planning, the latest developments in agri-tech and the positive role cattle can play in improving the environment are some of the big conversations due to take place...
Worcester Graduate Features in National Campaign
A graduate of the University of Worcester has been featured in a national campaign highlighting successful people who were the first in their family to go to university. Kiran Sahota is an award-winning social historian and founder of the community interest company,...
Chair’s Report April 2024
There’s lots happening at the Chamber as we move, hopefully, towards Spring and Summer. Numerous events for all levels of membership, dinners, networking events and the Awards Gala in June. There will also be news regarding a re-vamped and enlarged Expo for October....
Stanbrook Abbey Hotel wins Business Events Venue of the Year
Stanbrook Abbey, honoured as the “Business Events Venue of the Year” at the Worcestershire Tourism Awards, epitomises excellence in hosting corporate gatherings. Combining historic grandeur with modern amenities, Stanbrook Abbey provides an unmatched...
Coacto Announces Exciting Partnership with Migrate Data for Seamless Salesforce Data Migration
Coacto, a leading Salesforce consultancy, is thrilled to unveil its latest partnership with Migrate Data, a distinguished specialist in data migration within the Salesforce ecosystem. This collaboration marks a significant milestone in Coacto’s commitment to...
Oakland International Appoints Sustainability Manager
Total supply chain solutions provider Oakland International has appointed Doyin Adeleye as their new Sustainability and ESG Manager. Bringing an abundance of climate, energy, sustainability and ESG experience, Doyin will work across the Oakland group of businesses...
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