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Why We Love Christmas Songs, and the Fascinating Fantasy Science of Christmas!
Why do the same Christmas songs return every year? And what would it actually take for reindeer to achieve flight? These questions will be answered in a free public talk at The Hive next week, hosted by experts from the University of Worcester. Lou Aimes-Hill,...
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Why We Love Christmas Songs, and the Fascinating Fantasy Science of Christmas!
Why do the same Christmas songs return every year? And what would it actually take for reindeer to achieve flight? These questions will be answered in a free public talk at The Hive next week, hosted by experts from the University of Worcester. Lou Aimes-Hill,...
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University Historian Features in School’s Inaugural Annual Lecture
A University of Worcester historian will explore 17th century beliefs in the supernatural as part of a school’s inaugural annual lecture. Professor of Early Modern History, Darren Oldridge, will give a lecture at the event at The King’s School, in Worcester, on May...
Kudos Blends Celebrates 25 Years of Baking Innovation
Cleobury Mortimer, Shropshire – April 2025 Kudos Blends, a global leader in science-driven leavening systems, proudly celebrates its 25th anniversary. Founded in 1999 by entrepreneur Dinnie Jordan, the company has revolutionised baking powder technology with its...
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WCG Announces New Interim CEO and Principal
A leading college group in Warwickshire and Worcestershire has announced its new interim CEO and Principal. Peter Husband, who is currently Group Principal for WCG (Warwickshire College Group), will be appointed to the interim role from January 1, 2024. The...
OLPRO Shortlisted for a West Midlands Business of the Year Sustainability Award.
Worcester-based outdoor leisure brand OLPRO has been shortlisted for a West Midlands Business of the Year sustainability award. The news comes shortly after OLPRO were awarded E-commerce Business of the Year at the Scale-up Awards, as well as winning The Best Small...
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What does the 3-tier lockdown mean for Herefordshire & Worcestershire?
In his address to the Commons on Monday 13 October, prime minister Boris Johnson outlined the new three-tiered scheme, though said the exact criteria will not be worked out until Tuesday, eventually coming into effect on Wednesday (October 14).
A green focus at Conservative party conference as PM promises £160m to ‘Build Back Better’
Boris Johnson has laid out his vision for a post-Covid UK and vowed to build back better over the next decade in his leader’s speech at the Conservative party conference. After his warning that the UK could not return to normal after the pandemic, the Prime Minister...
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Chamber Network top five achievements 2020
As we reflect on a busy and challenging year, the BCC policy team has highlighted their top five achievements for 2020: A huge thank you to our growing network of Members who support us and provide us with essential business insights that allow us to lobby for these...
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Chamber Network top five achievements 2020
As we reflect on a busy and challenging year, the BCC policy team has highlighted their top five achievements for 2020: A huge thank you to our growing network of Members who support us and provide us with essential business insights that allow us to lobby for these...
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Wyre Forest District Council – free parking and extended hours
With more of us planning to shop locally this year, Wyre Forest District Council’s festive parking offer will come in very handy. All council-owned car parks are now free after 3.00pm until Sunday 3 January 2021. So if you are supporting local traders instead of...
Worcestershire Parkway wins top award at prestigious civil engineering awards
Worcestershire Parkway Station has won West Midlands’ top civil engineering project award for 2020. This was announced at the virtual West Midlands Institute of Civil Engineering (ICE) Awards, which took place on Thursday 19th November. The project, which saw...
Herefordshire News
Grant funding for businesses across the Marches
Businesses across Herefordshire, Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin have secured a £1 million boost after rising to the Marches Growth Hub’s £10 million Growth Challenge, new figures have revealed. The challenge, launched by the Growth Hub in July, calls on...
FREE interactive Cyber Crime Events
Can your business survive a cyber attack? Have you ever wondered how your organisation would respond if suddenly there was no IT available? Are you prepared for when this happens? As part of an initiative from the Police and Crime Commissioner to make businesses...
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Meet Nick Heng, our Head of Flexible Procurement and Risk
We are delighted to introduce our new Head of Flexible Procurement and Risk, Nick Heng. With two decades of energy procurement expertise, commodity risk management and project management behind him, Nick has a strong track record and brings a depth of knowledge to...
Huge demand for relaunched Royal Horticultural Society course at Pershore College
A renowned horticultural college in Worcestershire has seen huge demand for a recently re-launched Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) course. Pershore College, which is part of college group WCG, has welcomed 40 new students into the RHS Level 2 Certificate in...
SME Exporters Treading Water
BCC’s Trade Confidence Outlook sees no improvement in Q3 of 2023 as half of all SME exporters (49%) saw no change in overseas sales, and a quarter (25%) reported a decrease. Just over a quarter of exporting SME firms (26%) saw their overseas sales increase in...
St Michael’s becomes first Hospice in the UK to be awarded Centre of Excellence for Mindfulness
St Michael’s Hospice in Hereford has become the first Hospice in the UK to be awarded a Centre of Excellence for Mindfulness. The prestigious award comes from the Mindfulness organisation and charity, Breathworks, a global body which has been training Mindfulness...
Chairs Report
The Herefordshire and Worcestershire Chamber of Commerce is excited to announce its Member 2 Member Referral Scheme, which is intended to promote business growth and collaboration within the Chamber’s dynamic and diverse business community, whilst giving existing...
EBC Group’s Cyber Security Event Explores the Fundamentals of Digital Security and Shows How To Reduce Risk To Businesses.
On Friday, 13th October, EBC Group hosted a thought-provoking and informative Cyber Security Event featuring a line-up of highly knowledgeable speakers from various industries. The event also had the privilege of hosting special guest speaker, Andy Gomarsall, a...
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