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May 2026 Cohort: TDM Unveils AI & Automation Practitioner Level 4 Apprenticeship for Local Employers
Time to turn your AI ambitions into action. As artificial intelligence and automation rapidly reshape the way organisations operate, many local businesses are asking the same question: Where do we start? Or if they have started – How can we scale this? The...
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May 2026 Cohort: TDM Unveils AI & Automation Practitioner Level 4 Apprenticeship for Local Employers
Time to turn your AI ambitions into action. As artificial intelligence and automation rapidly reshape the way organisations operate, many local businesses are asking the same question: Where do we start? Or if they have started – How can we scale this? The...
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Skills Minister Impressed at Worcester
The Minister for Skills has visited the University of Worcester, where she met the healthcare, legal, and sports science workers of the future and took questions from an audience of trainee teachers. Baroness Jacqui Smith spoke to PGCE students about her experiences...
50km Charity Walk by ONE in aid of Worcester Snoezelen
Last week (11 and 12 September 2025), members of ONE Creative environments’ (ONE’s) team completed a 50km walk to raise funds for Worcester Snoezelen. The walk, which was from Birmingham to Worcester – a route connecting two of the company’s office locations, is one...
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Unlock the Future: NMITE’s Future of Work Conference
NMITE (New Model Institute for Technology and Engineering) invites local professionals, business owners, industry leaders and Hereford’s A-level and HE students to its transformative Future of Work Conference on Thursday, 16th May 2024. This free conference promises...
Entrepreneurial Brother and Sister Scoop Prize in Dragon’s Den-style Competition
An entrepreneurial brother and sister have scooped £3,500 in a Dragon’s Den-style competition to help launch their new sustainable business. Natalia and Krystian Burzawa, who are both studying at the University of Worcester’s Business School, pitched their idea...
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UK – EU negotiations to continue with transition extension deadline set to expire this week
After a two-week break in the negotiations, Michel Barnier and David Frost will today kickstart a month of back-to-back negotiating rounds, in an attempt to break the deadlock over a future UK-EU trade agreement. Meeting face to face in Brussels, the pair will lead a...
Foreign Secretary meets with German minister to talk future relationship
On Friday 19th June, UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab met with German Foreign Minister to discuss the ongoing UK-EU future relationship negotiations, as well as the international response to Covid-19. They issued a joint statement that reaffirmed their commitment to...
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Updated Border Operating Model
Today the government has ramped up preparations for the end of the transition period by publishing an updated Border Operating Model, which provides further detail on how the GB-EU border will work and the actions that traders, hauliers and passengers need to take....
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Updated Border Operating Model
Today the government has ramped up preparations for the end of the transition period by publishing an updated Border Operating Model, which provides further detail on how the GB-EU border will work and the actions that traders, hauliers and passengers need to take....
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127 new employers awarded for supporting the Armed Forces Community
The most supportive organisations for Britain’s Armed Forces such as Microsoft Ltd, Greater Manchester Police and the Post Office from both the private and public sectors have been announced today, 30 July 2020.
Big changes on site have enabled work on the county’s biggest scheme to reboot
Work on one of Worcestershire’s largest infrastructure projects – the Southern Link Road Phase 4 in Worcester – is back in full swing following the easing of coronavirus lockdown restrictions. 138 personnel have been back on site for 4 weeks and have already completed...
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University of Worcester Student Experiences Earthquake During Research Trip to Nepal.
“I felt the first tremors and I thought ‘this isn’t real’… then the second one hit and everyone was frazzled”. University of Worcester PhD student Beas Banerjee was in a workshop in Nepal discussing how to deal with earthquakes, when the ground started to shake. “We...
Hazelton Mountford Appoint Key Personnel to Drive the New Senior Management Team
Due to the expansion of the company, Hazelton Mountford have created a new Senior Management Team and invited three key team members to sit alongside the Board of Directors. As a result of their hard work, Dan Tustin, Lee Summers and Lydia Taylor will join the three...
Chamber Network Reacts To Labour’s Small Business Plan
Reacting to the publication of Labour’s small business plan, Shevaun Haviland, Director General of the British Chambers of Commerce, said: “We were pleased to welcome the Shadow Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds to Essex this morning to launch this important...
Businesses Still Struggling To Understand Net-Zero Target
On the eve of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 28) in Dubai, a ground-breaking survey of 1,000 businesses – mostly SMEs – by the British Chambers of Commerce Insight’s Unit shows 40% of companies don’t know any details about the UK’s net zero...
Gold Standard Employers Honoured for Supporting Armed Forces
Fourteen organisations from across the wider West Midlands area attended an awards ceremony in Shropshire to receive their Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) Gold Awards, recognising their exceptional level of support to the Armed Forces community. Held at...
Bridging the Gender Gap in Pensions with Equality for all.
In the 21st century, significant strides have been made toward gender equality in various aspects of society, yet one area remains a persistent battleground: the inequality of women and their pensions. Despite advancements in women’s rights and workforce...
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