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Students Go Global in 4,000-Mile Movember Mission to Tackle Mental Health Stigma
University of Worcester cricketers have been growing moustaches and going the extra mile to raise awareness of men’s mental health this Movember. Members of the Men’s Cricket Club committed to a month-long challenge, combining moustache-growing with a collective goal...
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Students Go Global in 4,000-Mile Movember Mission to Tackle Mental Health Stigma
University of Worcester cricketers have been growing moustaches and going the extra mile to raise awareness of men’s mental health this Movember. Members of the Men’s Cricket Club committed to a month-long challenge, combining moustache-growing with a collective goal...
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Death in Paradise Executive Producer and Actor Give Insights to Students
Key figures from one of the BBC’s most popular dramas have been giving University of Worcester students the benefit of their experience. Executive Producer Tim Key and actor Don Warrington from Death in Paradise came to the University to speak to students across a...
125 Easter Eggs delivered to Worcester Foodbank
The ISO QSL Good Egg Awards returned for the 8th consecutive year, and it delivered! This year, the awards received 125 nominations, meaning 125 Easter eggs for Worcester Foodbank just in time for Easter. Launched in 2018 by ISO Quality Services, a Worcester-based...
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New Careers Programme Helping Connect Young People and Businesses
The Worcestershire Careers Hub has launched a new support programme to help young people understand business industries and the routeways into those industries. The programme, called, “Passport 2” aims to support schools with providing students with special...
TOM FIELD CELEBRATES NEW CII QUALIFICATION AT SUTCLIFFE & CO
One of the newest additions to the team at Sutcliffe & Co Insurance Brokers, Account Handler Tom Field, celebrates receiving a certificate from the Chartered Insurance Institute, through his dedication and commitment to insurance services. Continuing their focus...
Chamber News
Calls for The Eat Out to Help Out Scheme to be extended
Small business group The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has called for The Eat Out to Help Out scheme to be extended into September after proving successful in getting people back to the High Street. The call comes as the popular initiative, which sees the cost...
Update on face coverings in schools
The World Health Organisation published a new statement on Friday 21 August on when children should wear face coverings. They now advise that “children aged 12 and over should wear a mask under the same conditions as adults, in particular when they cannot guarantee at...
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BCC Quarterly Economic Survey Q3 2020: Nearly half of firms report UK sales decrease as businesses endure sustained cash crunch
The British Chambers of Commerce’s Quarterly Economic Survey (QES) – the UK’s largest independent survey of business sentiment and a leading indicator of UK GDP growth – found that business conditions remained weak in the third quarter of 2020, despite much of the...
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BCC Quarterly Economic Survey Q3 2020: Nearly half of firms report UK sales decrease as businesses endure sustained cash crunch
The British Chambers of Commerce’s Quarterly Economic Survey (QES) – the UK’s largest independent survey of business sentiment and a leading indicator of UK GDP growth – found that business conditions remained weak in the third quarter of 2020, despite much of the...
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What does Tier 1 mean for businesses?
In Tier 1, which Worcestershire & Herefordshire are currently in, businesses are able to access the Job Support Scheme, up until 19th October, they we able to access self-employed grants – NOW CLOSED FOR APPLICATIONS, and local authority grants. This table shows the support available dependent on tier.
HCR corporate expertise backs Poundland acquisition creating around 1,000 full and part-time jobs
Despite lockdown and the difficulties presented by Covid-19, HCR’s corporate team in Worcester, led by partner Alison Scott, advised Poundland on its acquisition of frozen food retailer Fultons Foods – a move which will create around 1,000 full and part-time jobs over...
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Worcester Mayor Praises University’s Efforts on Sustainability
The Mayor of Worcester, Councillor Louis Stephen, has welcomed the University of Worcester’s approach to sustainability on a recent visit. Cllr Stephen, who is the first Mayor from the Green Party, had a tour of the University to find out more about its work. He said:...
St Richard’s Hospice signs up to The Charity Shop Gift Card
Worcestershire’s St Richard’s Hospice is now accepting The Charity Shop Gift Card in its stores — the only nationally accepted, multi-retailer gift card that can be spent exclusively in charity shops. The Charity Shop Gift Card is a not-for-profit that has been...
Chamber’s Quarterly Economic Survey Now Open
Our latest Quarterly Economic Survey is now open. Click here to take part. Herefordshire & Worcestershire Chamber of Commerce represent the views of our members to national government, ensuring that the business case drives government policy. A great benefit of...
Bringing Workwear & Promotional Products to the Chamber!
Alfabet Corporatewear was formed a little under three years ago, and has gone from strength to strength in building our reputation as a leading supplier of Workwear, Uniform, PPE & Promotional goods in the Worcestershire area. Purely made up as a family run...
Forty Herefordshire Businesses Benefit from Free Energy Audits – with More up for Grabs!
Businesses from across the county have been taking advantage of a new scheme providing free energy audits as part of a campaign to reduce carbon emissions. The energy audits have been offered to members of the Greener Footprints ’30 for 2030’ initiative and the...
August 2023 Herefordshire Cost-of-Living Bulletin
In 2020 COVID-19 caused the most severe contraction in the UK economy for over 300 years. Although the economy bounced back strongly, aided by government support for workers and businesses, after a brief period of relative respite, the war in Ukraine has combined...
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