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TOP Networking UK is proud to confirm Headway Worcestershire as the Headline Charity Partner for 2026.
The 11th Annual Worcestershire Festival of Business will return to Sixways Stadium on Thursday 30 April 2026, bringing together more than 1,000 local business owners, leaders and decision-makers for the county’s largest and longest-running B2B exhibition. TOP...
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TOP Networking UK is proud to confirm Headway Worcestershire as the Headline Charity Partner for 2026.
The 11th Annual Worcestershire Festival of Business will return to Sixways Stadium on Thursday 30 April 2026, bringing together more than 1,000 local business owners, leaders and decision-makers for the county’s largest and longest-running B2B exhibition. TOP...
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Kudos Blends Marks 25 Years of Groundbreaking Innovation in Global Baking Science
Cleobury Mortimer, Shropshire – April 2025 Kudos Blends, a pioneer in baking science and global leader in advanced leavening systems, proudly celebrates its 25th Anniversary. Founded in 1999 by female entrepreneur Dinnie Jordan, the company has spent the past...
Charitable Initiatives in ONE Creative environments’ 50th Year
As part of its 50th anniversary celebrations, multi-disciplinary design company, ONE Creative environments (ONE), is undertaking a variety of charitable initiatives. In April, these efforts included donating 50 Easter eggs to the local Food Bank and funding and...
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Two Apprentices Achieve Promotion at Hazelton Mountford
Hazelton Mountford, a leading local chartered insurance broker, proudly announces the well-deserved promotion of two exceptional individuals from their apprentice programme to the positions of Junior Account Executive and Account Handler. The successful candidates,...
University Shortlisted in National Sustainability Awards
The University of Worcester has been shortlisted for two national sustainability awards, including one recognising its efforts to support nature on campus. The University is a finalist for a Green Gown Award in the Nature Positive category, based around its...
Chamber News
Furlough scheme extended until October and second self-employed grant will be available
From 1st July businesses will be allowed to bring back furloughed employees part-time, which is a month earlier than previously announced. Employers will then be able to set the hours and shift patterns that staff work but companies will have to pay their wages whilst...
Public Health border measures come into force next week
The rules covering new measures to be imposed at the UK border from next week to protect against coronavirus will be published today (3rd June). The self-isolation measures being introduced from Monday are designed to prevent new cases being brought in from abroad and to prevent a second wave of the virus.
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BCC/Totaljobs: Almost a third of firms will decrease size of workforce in next three months
Results from the BCC’s Quarterly Recruitment Outlook, in partnership with Totaljobs, reveal the impact Coronavirus has had on the jobs market, with the two organisations calling for further action from government to protect businesses and jobs. 29% of businesses...
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BCC/Totaljobs: Almost a third of firms will decrease size of workforce in next three months
Results from the BCC’s Quarterly Recruitment Outlook, in partnership with Totaljobs, reveal the impact Coronavirus has had on the jobs market, with the two organisations calling for further action from government to protect businesses and jobs. 29% of businesses...
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Joint Area Council July 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...
Tenbury Wells set to receive additional funding to support flood defences
The Government announced on the 14 July 2020 that Tenbury Wells is to receive £4.9m of investment to improve flood defences. This new funding is part of the Government’s £5.2 billon investment to create around 2,000 new flood and coastal defences to better protect...
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Worcestershire Breast Unit welcomes metastatic Kate Nurse
The Worcestershire Breast Unit Haven charity, the only breast cancer charity in Worcestershire, has announced that it is funding a newly created nursing role caring specifically for patients in Worcestershire with stage 4 breast cancer. This nurse is being funded for...
Wyevale Nurseries launches 2024 promotional catalogue
One of the UK’s leading commercial nurseries will be launching its new promotional catalogue at the Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) National Plant Show this month (June 2023). Wyevale Nurseries’ 2024 catalogue includes seven new plant promotions and will be...
Introducing TIEM Design and Business Space Midlands
TIEM Design are a talented, innovative marketing agency based in Worcestershire and work with businesses all over the country. Formed during the global pandemic of Covid-19, TIEM Design was created to provide marketing solutions, as a response to the financial crisis...
Wyevale Nurseries puts five new plants up for National Plant Show awards
WYEVALE Nurseries has entered five new varieties for the New Plant Awards at the Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) National Plant Show this month (June 2023). They are British-bred Hebe Verdi Crème, the three-tone variegated Fatsia japonica Camouflage, low...
Vamos Theatre Tours Sharing Joy, a colourful, interactive performance, to local care homes.
Worcester-based Vamos Theatre, the UK’s leading full mask theatre company, is to take its popular show, Sharing Joy, out on the road this June to visit care homes and other venues in Worcestershire. Sharing Joy is a vibrant and colourful interactive performance...
Law firm announces new Family divisional head
Worcestershire law firm mfg Solicitors has announced the appointment of partner Katherine Tippetts as the new head of its Family division. Katherine, who specialises in a range of family-related legal matters, takes over from widely respected partner Claire Backler...
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