Business Direction Online
Latest News
Introducing Business Direction Online, your one stop shop for all local and industry news.
Business Direction Online is updated daily, bringing you news from across Herefordshire & Worcestershire. Explore our Members exciting and important updates and keep up to date with any Chamber news.
If you’re a Chamber Member, you can submit your latest news stories free of charge and promote updates to local business professionals. Contact our Marketing team for more information.
Grace Kelly Childhood Cancer Trust response to Government’s 10-Year Cancer Plan
The Grace Kelly Childhood Cancer Trust warmly welcomes the publication of the Government’s 10-Year Cancer Plan, and we are particularly encouraged to see a dedicated section focusing on children and young people. This represents a significant and long-overdue step...
Latest Article
Grace Kelly Childhood Cancer Trust response to Government’s 10-Year Cancer Plan
The Grace Kelly Childhood Cancer Trust warmly welcomes the publication of the Government’s 10-Year Cancer Plan, and we are particularly encouraged to see a dedicated section focusing on children and young people. This represents a significant and long-overdue step...
Member News
University Academic Helps Brings Ukrainian Shakespeare Play to Stage
A University of Worcester academic has helped bring to the stage the world premiere of a Ukrainian play based on Shakespeare’s Othello, that explores aspects of the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war. Professor of Shakespeare Studies, Nicoleta Cinpoeş, in her role as...
Parents and Carers of University Students Invited to Talk
A free online talk will help parents and carers of students heading off to university this September. The event, held by the University of Worcester on Thursday July 3, will cover a range of areas and is available to anyone, wherever their young person is going to...
Patron & Strategic News
University Prepares the Cyber Professionals of the Future to Fight Online Crime with State-of-the-art Facilities.
The University of Worcester has launched its brand-new Cyber Lab; a space for the online security professionals of the future to get hands on experience of dealing with hacking threats. The Cyber Lab has 25 workstations and is connected to a ‘closed network’, which...
SUTCLIFFE & CO NEW SPONSORS OF WADDLE OF WORCESTER CAMPAIGN
Sutcliffe & Co Insurance Brokers are teaming up with the Hopmarket Charitable Trust and Platform Housing Group to sponsor a penguin sculpture this summer, as part of St Richard’s Hospice great Waddle of Worcester campaign. The historic Hopmarket, which is...
Chamber News
BCC announces future change of Director General
The Board of the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) has today announced that Director General Dr Adam Marshall will leave the organisation in the Spring of 2021. Marshall has been Director General of the leading business group for five years, and has been part of the...
BREAKING: Prof. Chris Whitty says the UK is at a “critical point”
Chief medical officer Prof Chris Whitty earlier spoke about how there were “significant rates of transmission” of coronavirus in parts of the UK – as he said: “This is not someone else’s problem, this is all of our problem.”
Our Latest Member
No Results Found
The page you requested could not be found. Try refining your search, or use the navigation above to locate the post.
No Results Found
The page you requested could not be found. Try refining your search, or use the navigation above to locate the post.
Policy News
No Results Found
The page you requested could not be found. Try refining your search, or use the navigation above to locate the post.
Skills News
No Results Found
The page you requested could not be found. Try refining your search, or use the navigation above to locate the post.
Charity News
No Results Found
The page you requested could not be found. Try refining your search, or use the navigation above to locate the post.
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...
BCC News
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...
Worcestershire News
Time to Change Worcestershire will continue campaigning
It’s been recently announced that the national Time to Change campaign is to close in March 2021 after 15 years. The Worcestershire team are sad to lose the parent campaign but proud that so much has been achieved in changing attitudes towards mental health. But...
Joint Area Council November 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...
Herefordshire News
Herefordshire-based Rural Media to host Royal Visit from Prince Edward, Earl Of Wessex
On the morning of Monday 25th November 2019, Herefordshire-based media charity Rural Media are set to host a Royal Visit from HRH The Earl of Wessex KG GCVO Prince Edward, in a fantastic opportunity to put the creative cultural and heritage work of Herefordshire on...
New project set to bring the business and creative sector together in Herefordshire
Earlier this year, Herefordshire & Worcestershire Chamber of Commerce and Rural Media announced that they were successful in their bid to receive funding from the Marches Local Enterprise Partnership to develop a new series aimed at linking together business and...
All Latest News
County’s only Specialist Marketing Recruitment Agency Opens in Worcester
A Worcestershire businesswoman has launched the county’s first, and only, specialist marketing, business development and customer care recruitment business. As we head into the new year thoughts turn to the ‘new start’ that the 1st January brings and ‘new year...
Electric Vehicle Charging Points Available at University Campus
One hundred electric vehicle charging points are now fully operational at the University of Worcester’s Severn Campus, making the site one of the largest electric vehicle charging parks in Europe. The car park, located on Hylton Road, is used by the University...
Autumn Statement Provides Much Needed Support for Business Growth.
The Chancellor has published the Autumn Statement, and he has certainly listened to the calls for a focus on business investment and growth. The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) had 3 main asks of the Chancellor: Reform the planning system, upgrade the energy grid...
BCC Respond to Autumn Statement 2023
Yesterday (22nd), the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Jeremy Hunt MP, delivered the Autumn Statement 2023. In response, the BCC team has prepared resources to support you and your members including: • OBR Economic and Fiscal Outlook Summary – Autumn Statement 2023...
Pershore College Celebrate Graduation with Historic Backdrop
Graduates from Pershore College have been celebrating their successes in a pair of graduation ceremonies with a history backdrop. Warwickshire College and University Centre (WCUC) saw more than 160 graduates accompanied by their families and friends head to Warwick to...
Autumn Statement Gives Hope To Business
Reacting to Chancellor’s Autumn Statement, Shevaun Haviland, Director General of the BCC, said: “We are pleased the Chancellor has listened to our calls to help businesses deal with the current economic challenges. Our Chamber network called on Jeremy Hunt to...
Want to submit a story?
If you would like to read our guide to submitting a story click here