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KEMP Hospice challenges common myths during April Awareness Month
This April, KEMP Hospice is raising awareness to challenge widespread misconceptions about its hospice care and encourage more people to access the support available. Despite the essential role hospices play in supporting people with life-limiting illnesses, many...
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KEMP Hospice challenges common myths during April Awareness Month
This April, KEMP Hospice is raising awareness to challenge widespread misconceptions about its hospice care and encourage more people to access the support available. Despite the essential role hospices play in supporting people with life-limiting illnesses, many...
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West Midlands employers honoured with top Defence award for Armed Forces support
Nineteen organisations from across the West Midlands region have been recognised with the Ministry of Defence’s highest Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) honour – the Gold Award – for their outstanding commitment to supporting the Armed Forces community. The...
Custom GPTs: The Next Leap in Business Productivity
Artificial intelligence is no longer a futuristic idea – it’s quietly transforming how we work. One of the most promising developments is the rise of custom GPTs: AI assistants that can be tailored to an organisation’s own data, language, and way of working....
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Oakland International and City Harvest London Help Nourish Thousands Experiencing Food Poverty
Working in partnership with food redistribution charity City Harvest London, total supply chain solutions provider Oakland International in just one month provided over 12,172 meals and helped reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 23 tonnes. Oakland International’s...
Home Security: Urgent summer holiday appeal from criminals!
You are excited to go on holiday and criminals are pleased to see you go too… A message from criminals… Please advertise your holiday plans on social media, what we really want is photos and messages of you packing your bags, selfies in the car or drinks in the...
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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...
New Policy Executive joins the Chamber
The Chamber is delighted to welcome Arjun Heir as the new Policy Executive. Of his appointment Arjun said:
“I’m thrilled to have joined the Chamber and am looking forward to continuing the excellent work of the Policy department partnering with businesses through thought-leadership.”
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Recovery Loan Scheme
The Recovery Loan Scheme (RLS) launched earlier this week will provide financial support to businesses across the UK as they recover and grow following the Coronavirus pandemic. BCC’s Suren Thiru was included on the press release welcoming the new scheme which...
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Recovery Loan Scheme
The Recovery Loan Scheme (RLS) launched earlier this week will provide financial support to businesses across the UK as they recover and grow following the Coronavirus pandemic. BCC’s Suren Thiru was included on the press release welcoming the new scheme which...
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Support Carers Rights Day
Each year Carers Rights Day brings organisations across the UK together to help carers in their local community find out how to get the help and support they are entitled to. This year’s theme is Know Your Rights.
Businesses set to re-open from 2nd December
Gyms and non-essential shops in all parts of England will be allowed to reopen when lockdown ends next month, the prime minister has announced.
Boris Johnson told the Commons that the three-tiered regional measures will return from 2 December, but he added that each tier will be toughened.
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Harry starts Management Trainee Scheme
Harry Downes has this month (November, 2019) started his two-year Management Trainee Scheme at one of the UK’s leading nurseries based in Hereford. Twenty-one-year-old Harry, who has just relocated from Leeds to Belmont in Hereford, will be working at Wyevale...
Marches LEP backs university project with £5.66m funding deal
Proposals have been made to build three new centres on Hereford’s Enterprise Zone, after the Marches Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) agreed a £5.66m funding package for the city’s proposed new university. The idea of the centres is to train the next generation of...
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More Government Funded Places for New Medical Students Allocated to Worcester.
The University of Worcester has been given the highest allocation of additional medical student places in the Midlands in the latest announcement of newly funded places for next year. The Three Counties Medical School will now have 62 fully funded places for UK...
Rotherwood Healthcare invites you to join us for a Summer Party during Care Home Open Week
Rotherwood Healthcare is delighted to announce its participation in Care Home Open Week, inviting residents, families, and the local community to join one of our Summer Parties on Friday, 28th June. Offering award-winning Residential, Nursing, and Dementia Care across...
Unmarried Couples Urged to Seek Advice to Protect their Assets for the Future
A leading family lawyer has urged cohabiting couples to protect their finances and assets in case of separation, as figures reveal more people are choosing to live together without marrying. Kennedy Langley, a family solicitor at Worcestershire-based mfg Solicitors,...
The Courtyard Announces Ambitious LED Lighting Project to Enhance the Performance Spaces and Substantially Reduce its Carbon Footprint
The Courtyard is thrilled to unveil its latest initiative to bring vibrant low-energy lighting to its performance spaces through the installation of 140, eco-friendly LED lights. This innovative lighting project promises endless possibilities for creative expression,...
Wyevale Nurseries Creates Display for Gloucestershire County Council’s Stand at ARB Show 2024
WYEVALE Nurseries in Hereford is creating plant displays for Gloucestershire County Council’s plot at the ARB Show at Westonbirt Arboretum this week (May 17 & 18, 2024). One of the UK’s leading commercial nurseries is working with the Council’s Greener...
Kidderminster College Learner Raises Funds for Charity
Kidderminster College’s T-Level learner, William Harding-Taylor, organised and ran a BBQ and Bake Sale at Kori’s Construction site on Norton Road, Stourbridge, raising £645 with donations still coming in. William is a first-year student on the Electrotechnical...
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