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Action for Mental Health Awareness Week At WHC Hire Services
For 2026, WHC Hire Services are proud to once again support Mates in Mind during Mental Health Awareness Week, taking place from 11th – 17th May. Following our continued commitment to raising awareness around mental health within our industry, this year’s...
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Action for Mental Health Awareness Week At WHC Hire Services
For 2026, WHC Hire Services are proud to once again support Mates in Mind during Mental Health Awareness Week, taking place from 11th – 17th May. Following our continued commitment to raising awareness around mental health within our industry, this year’s...
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Worcester Runner Goes for a Second World Record
A University of Worcester colleague is aiming to become the world’s fastest man to complete the London Marathon in full graduation attire. 50-year-old Chris Garratt, Deputy Chief Information Officer at the University, has had his attempt formally accepted by Guinness...
Giving Charities a Voice: Dandelion Video Production Commits to Monthly Free Videos
Worcestershire-based video production company Dandelion is giving small local charities the opportunity to have a professional video produced to help them share their stories. As part of a Chamber of Commerce pledge, they have committed to producing twelve videos...
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Sutcliffe & Co Announced as a Finalist in the Great British Workplace Wellbeing Awards 2025
Worcester based Sutcliffe & Co Insurance Brokers are finishing 2024 on a high, having been named as a Finalist in the Great British Workplace Wellbeing Awards 2025, in the category of Best Wellbeing in the Workplace Strategy: SME. This latest award entry further...
NMITE Hosts Six Students from Kazakhstan for Specialist Three-month Programme
Six students have been funded by The Kazakhstan Government, Bolashak programme to spend three months at NMITE to undertake a programme focussed on Innovations in Mining Engineering and Technology. The organisers were particularly drawn to NMITE due to its expertise in...
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BCC Coronavirus Survey: cash remains top concern for lockdown-stricken firms across UK
Results from the latest BCC survey on the impact of Coronavirus on businesses show they have been pushed to the brink by the effect of multiple lockdowns. Among the sobering findings from the survey of more than 1,100 businesses are: Three in every five firms (61%)...
A year in technology – how the pandemic shaped us
Let’s take a minute and try and remember life before the pandemic. A lot has changed, but none more so than our relationship with technology. In just a short amount of time the Covid-19 crisis has pushed us over the technology tipping point and bought about years of...
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Supported Pathway to a different type of job
Supported Pathway to work. Who can apply: Young people not in education or training, those with mental health issues, Refugees, Prison leavers, Those with hidden & physical disabilities, Care leavers… Charities/Support Workers/Candidates register now. For more...
Walk, Rest and Rail 2019
Entries are now open for this year’s Walk, Rest and Rail event and New College Worcester are encouraging local people to take part in this family friendly event. It takes place on Saturday 8 June 2019 and the 7 mile route, beginning at Bewdley follows the River Severn...
BCC respond to latest ONS figures
Commenting on ONS Trade figures for September 2021, published today, William Bain, Head of Trade Policy at the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC), said: “Imports from outside the EU were higher than those from the EU for the ninth month in a row. This was driven by a...
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BCC respond to latest ONS figures
Commenting on ONS Trade figures for September 2021, published today, William Bain, Head of Trade Policy at the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC), said: “Imports from outside the EU were higher than those from the EU for the ninth month in a row. This was driven by a...
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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...
Herefordshire News
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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Calls for More Men to Work in Early Years Settings
University of Worcester graduates are joining calls for more men to enter careers working with children in early years settings. Currently, it’s estimated men only make up around 2-3 percent of the workforce when it comes to caring for children from birth to five...
Dom Joly discusses The Conspiracy Tour which comes to The Courtyard on Wednesday 30 October, 7.30pm
Tell me what can audiences expect from The Conspiracy Tour ? It’s a companion to my latest travel book- The Conspiracy Tourist in which I travelled the globe again looking into the strange world of the Conspiracy Theorist. I will take the audience through a range of...
Hackathon Returns to Worcester’s Cyber Lab
Preparations are underway for the next Hackathon event at the University of Worcester’s Cyber Lab. The event, which is held in conjunction with the British Computer Society and local cyber security firm IASME, sees students compete in teams to hack into a fake web...
Kington Court Care Home Celebrates Clinical Lead’s 20 Years of Service
Rotherwood Healthcare is proud to announce that Rhodora Cunanan, Clinical Lead at award-winning Kington Court Nursing Home in Herefordshire, has recently celebrated 20 years of dedicated service. This remarkable milestone marks Rhodora’s enduring commitment to...
KEMP Hospice Launches Annual Santa Fun Run at Brinton Park
KEMP Hospice is thrilled to announce the return of its much-loved Santa Fun Run event, taking place at Brinton Park on Sunday 1st December 2024. This annual festive fundraiser invites people of all ages to don their Santa suits, get active, and spread festive cheer...
Mulled Wine paint-your-own-pottery experience – Friday 8 November
‘Calling all the ladies’ … for our Mulled wine paint-a-pot event! The Museum will be filled with after-hours creativity so you can relax with colleagues and paint your own pottery. Create your own unique personalised presents and enjoy some festive fun! Whether you...
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