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Ballards accelerates corporate finance growth with senior Transaction Advisory appointment
Ballards, one of the Midlands most forward-looking business advisory and consultancy groups, has further strengthened its corporate finance service with the appointment of Rob Burns as Transaction Advisory Services Director, further expanding its Birmingham team and...
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Ballards accelerates corporate finance growth with senior Transaction Advisory appointment
Ballards, one of the Midlands most forward-looking business advisory and consultancy groups, has further strengthened its corporate finance service with the appointment of Rob Burns as Transaction Advisory Services Director, further expanding its Birmingham team and...
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Marathon Completed in Memory of Late Brother-in-Law
The brother-in-law of a Worcester student who passed away has completed the Manchester Marathon while raising almost £3,000 in his memory. Daniel Player achieved his Game Art degree at the University of Worcester, but sadly passed away in 2024 at the age of 26 before...
Will writing drive to raise funds for Worcestershire Community Foundation
Specialist legal teams at two Worcester law firms are throwing their support behind the Worcestershire Community Foundation through a month-long Will writing initiative. Throughout June, solicitors at City firms Bradley Haynes and HCR Law will be offering to write...
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Hazelton Mountford recruit two new starters
The growing insurance brokerage and Tenant Referencing firm, based in Worcester city centre and Evesham High Street, have welcomed two more team members. Mike Maher and Abi Hill joined Patron Members Hazelton Mountford in March 2023. Mike becomes a member of the...
Apprenticeships at REHAU
Herefordshire-based REHAU UK has a long history of apprenticeships which extend across its manufacturing sites in Blaenau Ffestiniog, Runcorn and Heathrow, as well as a number of sales offices across the UK. CEO, Martin Hitchin said: “To succeed as a premium supplier,...
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British Business Bank to temporarily replace Finance Guarantee (EFG)
At Budget 2020, the Chancellor announced that a ‘Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme’ (CBILS) will temporarily replace the Enterprise Finance Guarantee (EFG), becoming available over the coming weeks. CBILS supports a wiide range of business finance...
For successful debt collection, be consistent and robust!
As a business operating in the construction industry, it’s important that you get paid on time and what you’re owed in full by your customers and suppliers. Late payments, and payment disputes, can be costly to your business and have long-lasting...
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BCC/DHL: Trade negotiations must unlock potential of struggling exporters
Exporters continued to tread water through the final quarter of 2019 according to the largest independent survey of UK firms, released by British Chambers of Commerce and DHL Express today. The survey of more than 3,300 exporters revealed that manufacturing export...
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BCC/DHL: Trade negotiations must unlock potential of struggling exporters
Exporters continued to tread water through the final quarter of 2019 according to the largest independent survey of UK firms, released by British Chambers of Commerce and DHL Express today. The survey of more than 3,300 exporters revealed that manufacturing export...
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National expert believes University will play important role in integration of health and social care
A national expert in health and social care, involved in advising the Government on integrating the two services, believes the University of Worcester will play a key role locally in that process. Professor David Croisdale-Appleby OBE was at the University to give a...
Can you help Community First promote our rural businesses?
Government figures for Worcestershire and The Marches LEP areas show that out of 66,330 business units 31,165 are in rural areas. That’s 47% of our capacity to succeed and benefit both businesses and the communities. Community First is a charity whose mission is to...
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Investment key to UK’s brighter future
Giving her initial reaction to today’s Spring Budget, Shevaun Haviland, Director General of the British Chambers of Commerce, said: “The Chancellor has acted to address the unfilled jobs blighting our economy. It is especially good to see the help on childcare and for...
What are the new fire safety regulations?
Do you know that new Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022 came into effect on 23 January 2023 to implement the majority of recommendations made following the Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 1 report? This is an important change in fire safety regulations for...
Leading Midlands college group to showcase available positions at jobs fairs
A leading Midlands college group is set to hold two jobs fairs as it looks to recruit more than 60 new members of staff. WCG (formerly Warwickshire College Group) will be showcasing the positions available across all six of its sites in Warwickshire and Worcestershire...
Wyevale Nurseries’ Perennial charity salvias ready for garden centres to order for summer
Garden Centres keen to support the horticultural industry charity Perennial can this month order two special salvias for delivery in the summer to help raise funds for the organisation (March 2023). Hereford-based Wyevale Nurseries says the new plants, which were...
Jason Evans joins the Mount Pleasant Hotel as General Manager
Born 3rd June 1968 in a little Welsh village called USK. I then went to Oakdale Comprehensive school and whilst attending school I also joined the Air Training Corp cadets. Whilst still at the cadets I finished school and went to college in Crosskeys and gained my...
BCC welcomes supply chain and trade focus in integrated review
Reacting to the publication of the 2023 Integrated Review, William Bain, Head of Trade Policy at the BCC, said: “The renewed commitments to tackling climate change, sustainable development, and economic empowerment of women are all welcome in the Review. “On...
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