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We’re excited to invite you to our next Business Breakfast. It’s a great opportunity to reconnect with familiar faces and meet new ones. This event is for anyone who looks after people at work – leaders, managers, HR teams, and business owners...
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Join Us for Our Next Business Breakfast
We’re excited to invite you to our next Business Breakfast. It’s a great opportunity to reconnect with familiar faces and meet new ones. This event is for anyone who looks after people at work – leaders, managers, HR teams, and business owners...
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Brand-new mobile hoist installed at The Courtyard
The Courtyard is thrilled to announce the installation of a brand-new mobility hoist. The hoist is available for trained carers and PAs to use with their clients when accessing classes, workshops and activities at The Courtyard and can be used in all areas of the...
Appointment expands law firm’s Property Litigation team
Law firm mfg Solicitors has added to its respected Property Litigation department with the appointment of a new specialist solicitor. Litigation expert Claire Liddy has bolstered the firm’s Property Litigation team, joining as a solicitor. Based at mfg’s Bromsgrove...
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Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Charity
Corporate Sponsorship Worcestershire Acute Hospital’s Charity are asking the Worcestershire business community to make the new Accident and Emergency Department at Worcestershire Royal Hospital be the very best it can be. Will you please join us in supporting the very...
Newly qualified duo complete law firm training contracts
Two up and coming solicitors are celebrating after completing their training contracts with leading Worcestershire law firm, mfg Solicitors. Kidderminster-based lawyers Lucy Harrold and Lucy George have completed their respective qualifications at the firm and have...
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Sick Pay advice for employees
You can get £94.25 per week Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) if you’re too ill to work. It’s paid by your employer for up to 28 weeks. If you are staying at home because of COVID-19 you can now claim SSP. This includes individuals who are caring for people in the same...
BBC News explains what furlough means
What is furlough? Furloughing is designed to support firms that have been badly hit by coronavirus, and to prevent mass unemployment. It will temporarily help pay the wages of people who can’t do their jobs, to help companies retain them. Being furloughed means...
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Greater flexibility for businesses in changes to insolvency laws
On Friday the Business Secretary, Alok Sharma announced changes to insolvency laws to give businesses who have felt the impact of the coronavirus greater flexibility. Also announced was a temporary suspension of “wrongful trading laws”, which stop company...
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Greater flexibility for businesses in changes to insolvency laws
On Friday the Business Secretary, Alok Sharma announced changes to insolvency laws to give businesses who have felt the impact of the coronavirus greater flexibility. Also announced was a temporary suspension of “wrongful trading laws”, which stop company...
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Your NHS needs you!
After the news many workers would be will be placed in furlough, protecting peoples jobs due to the governments recent ‘job retention scheme’, it is leaving many people at home with not much to do. Last night the Health Secretary, Matt Hancock appealed for 250,000...
NHS call for business support
The NHS are calling for businesses across the UK to help with protective equipment such as goggles and protection screens. Protective equipment such as goggles are a critical safety item for frontline staff and there are concerns that supplies will not last. The...
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Celebrating “100 years @ Caplor”
Caplor Energy, is excited to announce a five-day event celebrating “100 years @ Caplor”. The event will take place from the 5th to the 9th of June 2023, with each day having a specific focus on each of Caplor Energy’s sectors and valued stakeholders, with common...
Community Housing Technology Enabled Care Service
TECS stands for Technology Enabled Care Services Historically, TECS has consisted largely of telecare and telehealth. Telecare is a monitoring service that provides support and assistance using information and communication technology. It is the continuous, automatic...
BioPak launch sustainability initiative to make English football greener with Birmingham County FA
To celebrate Earth Day (22nd April), Birmingham County FA’s award winning ‘Save Today, Play Tomorrow’ programme has launched a new sustainability initiative to bring more sustainable food and drink packaging to football clubs across the West Midlands. The...
Commercial Property Landlords missing out on opportunities to capitalise on high rental values
According to one of the region’s most experienced commercial property professionals, Commercial property Landlords in Worcestershire and the West Midlands are missing out on opportunities to capitalise on the uplift in rental values. Commercial property rental values...
John Legge’s 6 for 60
In his 60th year, Chamber trainer John Legge is undertaking 6 challenges reflecting some of the interests he has had over 60 years. These challenges will be in aid of his 3 chosen charities for 2023: Build it International – a charity run by John’s cousin which...
Enterprise Flex e Rent helps Gloucester-based Premiere Kitchens upgrade its entire delivery fleet to the highest emission and safety standards
Thanks to Enterprise Flex e Rent, Gloucester-based Premiere Kitchens, a specialist in manufacturing and supplying British-made kitchens is upgrading its entire delivery fleet to the highest emission and safety standards in support of its growth and new mission...
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