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ATWELL INTERNATIONAL ANNOUNCED AS FINALIST IN CHAMBER BUSINESS AWARDS 2026
Worcestershire-based Atwell International Ltd has been named a finalist in the 2026 Herefordshire and Worcestershire Chamber of Commerce Business Awards, shortlisted in the Excellence in Innovation category. These prestigious awards celebrate the very best of business...
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ATWELL INTERNATIONAL ANNOUNCED AS FINALIST IN CHAMBER BUSINESS AWARDS 2026
Worcestershire-based Atwell International Ltd has been named a finalist in the 2026 Herefordshire and Worcestershire Chamber of Commerce Business Awards, shortlisted in the Excellence in Innovation category. These prestigious awards celebrate the very best of business...
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Brockencote Hall Hotel appoints familiar face as new general manager
A new General Manager has checked in at a four-star Victorian country manor hotel in Kidderminster – five-and-a-half years after joining as a receptionist. Dan Brennan has been promoted to the lead role at the 24-bedroom Brockencote Hall Hotel in Chaddesley Corbett,...
Trio of new partners join HCR Law
Top 50 UK law firm, HCR Law, has welcomed three new partners across business and private client legal services. The three new partners, Lisa Adams, Joanna Baker and Sean Boucher, are based in the firm’s Wye Valley, Cambridge and Cardiff offices, respectively. These...
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See Your Lost Loved One Shine as Charity’s Special Festive Celebration Returns
A moving celebration will see the memory of lost loved ones shine this Christmas with the return of a special festive campaign from Acorns Children’s Hospice. Celebrate Your Star invites friends and family members from across Worcestershire to pay tribute to...
Worcestershire law firm donates £1,000 to Wythall Animal Sanctuary
A Worcestershire law firm has donated £1,000 to a much-loved local charity which cares for and re-homes animals. mfg Solicitors have made a four-figure donation to Kings Norton-based Wythall Animal Sanctuary. The Sanctuary is the firm’s Bromsgrove’s office appointed...
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Webinar: Lunchtime Networking with the Chamber
Sign up to our Lunchtime Networking to raise your business profile and make valuable business contacts. The session will provide the opportunity for each attendee to participate in a 60 second introduction and attendees will also be divided into smaller break out...
Worcestershire sewers mobilise for the NHS
An army of volunteers are sewing scrubs for Worcestershire’s hospitals and other care settings – but they need your help. With the nation in lockdown, volunteers across the county are giving up their time to make sure nobody keeping us safe from coronavirus is...
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Government announce 50 ‘low risk’ countries to be exempt from arrival quarantine
Today the Department for Transport confirmed that people arriving in England from more than 50 countries will not have to quarantine for the previously suggested two weeks, this comes into effect 10 July. The Foreign Office will also be changing its advice against all...
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Government announce 50 ‘low risk’ countries to be exempt from arrival quarantine
Today the Department for Transport confirmed that people arriving in England from more than 50 countries will not have to quarantine for the previously suggested two weeks, this comes into effect 10 July. The Foreign Office will also be changing its advice against all...
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Primrose Launch Virtual Fundraiser As Demand For Services Surge
PEOPLE can join a new virtual fundraising campaign to get them active and support their local hospice as it sees a surge in demand. Pace for Primrose has been launched as Primrose Hospice continues to provide care and support during the pandemic to palliative care...
Leading in Disruptive Times
Creative communications group DRPG have launched thought leadership series DRPG Bitesize Talks, a sequence of livestream broadcasts where a panel of experts talk through some of the biggest issues businesses are facing today. The talks, which focus on solutions,...
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Serco Restart Scheme celebrate 2-year Anniversary
The Restart Scheme is part of the Government’s wider ‘Plan for Jobs’ programmes to help people develop their skills so they can find long-term meaningful employment. Serco has been chosen by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to deliver the Restart Scheme in...
The Stourbridge News and the Halesowen & Dudley News is delighted to be launching the Dudley Borough Community Awards in partnership with the University of Worcester.
We hope the awards will celebrate all the wonderful things that are happening across the borough, from businesses to charities , schools to pubs, these awards seek to recognise those who go the extra mile to serve our communities. Launching the awards, editor of the...
Exhibition Explores Depiction of Dementia in Children’s Literature
A new University of Worcester exhibition aims to shed light on how children’s literature approaches and represents dementia. Jean Webb, Professor of International Children’s Literature in the University’s School of Humanities, has drawn on her research into this...
NMITE Confirms Its New Degree Awarding Powers – Another Milestone in Its University Journey
Today (Monday 24th July), NMITE, New Model Institute for Technology & Engineering, confirms that it has received its New Degree Awarding Powers from the Office for Students, having successfully completed the assessment process describing this as “perfect timing”...
Workplace harassment – what employers should be doing to protect staff
If you’re a woman in the workplace, you’re more likely than not to have experienced sexual harassment, bullying or verbal abuse. That should be shocking. But sadly, for the 57% of women working in UK businesses, it’s not surprising at all. Recent research from the TUC...
Leading National Experts and Businesses Join BCC Workplace Equity Commission
The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) has announced the launch of the BCC Workplace Equity Commission, with members including Stonewall Chair Iain Anderson, Ayesha Hazarika MBE, Women of the World founder and CEO Jude Kelly CBE, and Scope CEO Mark Hodgkinson. ...
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