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Are Ageing Systems Holding Your Business Back?
Outdated IT systems can quietly create big challenges for businesses — from slowing productivity and increasing costs to exposing organisations to greater cyber risk. As technology evolves, keeping systems fit for purpose is no longer optional; it’s essential. As a...
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Are Ageing Systems Holding Your Business Back?
Outdated IT systems can quietly create big challenges for businesses — from slowing productivity and increasing costs to exposing organisations to greater cyber risk. As technology evolves, keeping systems fit for purpose is no longer optional; it’s essential. As a...
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You’ll Miss the Mess: What No One Tells You About Uni Goodbyes
If you’re preparing to watch your loved one head off to university this autumn, congratulations! It’s a time for celebration, but it’s absolutely normal to feel anxious about this big adjustment for you and your young person. Marianne Tay is a Principal Lecturer at...
Journals created by stocktake
The journals created by conducting a stock take are a bit unusual from the normal journals that deal with stock. Most ERP and accounting systems now create journals when items are moved. Receiving stock from a supplier it will debit, or increase the inventory amount....
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Solicitor says Businesses will Benefit from Changes to TUPE rules
A Worcestershire employment solicitor says that new TUPE laws which come into force on 1 July will cut red tape and relieve businesses of many complex and timely processes. Sally Morris, partner and head of employment and HR Services at law firm mfg Solicitors, said...
National Climate Relay to Make a Stop at University of Worcester
A national relay making its way from Ben Nevis to Big Ben this summer will be calling in at the University of Worcester on its journey to raise awareness of the climate emergency. The Running Out of Time Climate Relay will pass through the length of Great Britain with...
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Defence Employer Recognition Scheme 2021 expression of interest window opens today
The expression of interest window opened today for employers looking to receive Silver and Gold Award status in 2021 through the Ministry of Defence’s Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS). The Employer Recognition Scheme, now in its eighth year, recognises those...
Welcome new Members!
The Chamber would like to wish a very warm welcome to our newest Members from across the two counties this month: Herefordshire Actors Mean Business Ltd Bluestone International Ltd Huntley Film Archives The Helping Hand Company (Ledbury) Ltd Worcestershire ARCC...
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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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Joint Area Council March Update
The Chamber works closely with businesses across all sizes and sectors to ensure that business views are represented to key local and national decision makers. To ensure every sector is represented the Chamber hosts two Area Councils, one in Worcestershire and one in...
Kidderminster Law Firm Donates £1,000 To Support Town’s Foodbank
A Kidderminster law firm has donated £1,000 to support the work of the town’s Foodbank as it continues to support thousands of people and families across the Wyre Forest. Birmingham Road-based mfg Solicitors has donated the four-figure sum through its Corporate and...
Herefordshire News
The DM Lab Launch Local e Sourced – Herefordshire’s Online Marketplace
The coronavirus pandemic is having an enormous effect on our local suppliers. Local e Sourced was set up to help local businesses through these difficult times by focusing on a digital, eCommerce angle to help see them through while enhancing their digital presence...
Hereford And Leominster Household Recycling Centres Reopen 9 May
Restrictions will remain in place to ensure safety of public and staff Herefordshire Council will reopen Hereford and Leominster Household Recycling Centres for essential use only from Saturday 9 May. They will be open from 8.00am to 6.00pm every day The other...
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Ballards LLP Promotes Helen Sutherland to Group Finance and Operations Director
Worcestershire accounting firm Ballards LLP has promoted Helen Sutherland to the role of Group Finance and Operations Director. Helen has been with the firm since 2019, previously serving as Group Finance Director. In her new position, as well as continuing to oversee...
Kidderminster Law Firm mfg Solicitors Announces Trio of Promotions
Kidderminster law firm mfg Solicitors has announced three new promotions. Rebecca Rogers becomes a Senior Associate within the firm’s Commercial Litigation department, stepping up from an Associate. Whilst Victoria Wall from the Contentious Probate Department and...
Hundreds of Runners Help Raise Almost £50,000 for St Michael’s Hospice
Hundreds of fundraisers spent one of the hottest days of the year so far running for St Michael’s Hospice. The Bartestree-based charity says it is likely that Sunday’s RUN Hereford has raised around £48,000. This vital finding will go towards the palliative and...
Worcester Graduate Wins Award from Royal Television Society.
A former student of the University of Worcester has scooped a prestigious Royal Television Society Award for his final year project. Levi Lajtai, who studied Game Art and Animation won the award for Craft Editing for his short film, titled ‘Scratch’, at the RTS...
Hard Work Paying off for Severn Stars as they Prepare to Face Sirens, Says Coach
Severn Stars’ hard work in training paid off in getting them back on winning form, according to their Head Coach. Jo Trip said that it had played its part in the victory last weekend against Cardiff Dragons, but she is anticipating another tough test against their...
University Neuroscientist Explores Sound and its Effect on the Brain in Public Talk
Why do we get pleasure from listening to music? Can it help us feel better? A neuroscientist from the University of Worcester will be looking at the science behind how we hear sound and its impact on the brain and our emotions at a free talk next week. Dr Matt Di...
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