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Autumn Budget 2025: Your detailed summary
Rachel Reeves’s second Budget boosts welfare spending paid for through stealth tax rises, and taxes on property, savings and dividends. Income tax rates remain unchanged, but frozen thresholds for a further three years and wealth-focused levies do the heavy lifting. ...
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Autumn Budget 2025: Your detailed summary
Rachel Reeves’s second Budget boosts welfare spending paid for through stealth tax rises, and taxes on property, savings and dividends. Income tax rates remain unchanged, but frozen thresholds for a further three years and wealth-focused levies do the heavy lifting. ...
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The Rise of Alternative Conference and Filming Spaces in the Countryside
As businesses and creative industries look beyond traditional urban venues, there is a growing shift toward nature-inspired settings for corporate events, team retreats, and film productions. With an increasing focus on well-being, creativity, and sustainability,...
Don’t Miss Out! Key Deadlines for Maximising Your Tax Benefits
Don’t Miss Out! Key Deadlines for Maximising Your Tax Benefits February 5, 2025 The end of the tax year is fast approaching (April 5th), and now’s the time to review your financial situation and take advantage of any available tax-saving opportunities. Two crucial...
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Rural lawyer welcomes government’s woodland creation support
A leading agricultural solicitor has welcomed a government pledge to support tree planting by offering farmers and landowners grants to press ahead with their schemes. Through the launch of the England Woodland Creation Offer (ECWO), farmers and landowners could...
Hazelton Mountford are local drop-off point for the Worcester Foodbank
Hazelton Mountford’s headquarters in Bank Street, Worcester are a city centre drop-off point for Worcester Foodbank. As the local Foodbank are only open 3 days a week, for limited hours, the drop-off point gives everyone a place that’s open more regularly to...
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How was Quarter 3?
With less than 70 days until the date the UK is set to leave the EU, it has never been more important to use the Chamber’s Quarterly Economic Survey (QES). Make sure you inform government about your business experiences in regard to cash flow, recruitment, export and...
Backing for defence community wins gold award for HCR
Outstanding support and commitment to defence and the armed forces community, including former members of the armed forces and serving members’ families, has won Harrison Clark Rickerbys the highest possible award in the Ministry of Defence’s Employer Recognition...
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BCC comments on DfT statement on HS2
Commenting on the written ministerial statement on HS2 by the Secretary of State for Transport, Mike Spicer, Director of Policy at the British Chambers of Commerce said: “Business communities up and down the country will be disappointed at the prospect of having to...
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BCC comments on DfT statement on HS2
Commenting on the written ministerial statement on HS2 by the Secretary of State for Transport, Mike Spicer, Director of Policy at the British Chambers of Commerce said: “Business communities up and down the country will be disappointed at the prospect of having to...
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Business support brings Christmas carousel fun to local school
Beoley First School in Redditch had a Christmas Fayre to remember thanks to Oakland International, who stepped in and sponsored their Christmas Fayre Carousel. Headteacher Ben Irving, said: “Our annual Christmas Fayre is such an important event for us as it brings our...
GJS Dillon appoints new Commercial Negotiator
Award-winning commercial Property Agency and Chartered Surveyors GJS Dillon has appointed Henry Burlison Churan as a Commercial Negotiator and Trainee Surveyor. Mr Churan joins GJS Dillon from Nicol & Co Estate Agents where he was responsible for day to day sales,...
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Chair’s Report
It’s great to be able to start with news that affects all businesses: mitigating energy costs and hopefully helping many businesses avoid insolvency. Through a new Government Energy Bill Relief Scheme, the Government will provide a discount on wholesale gas and...
Local theatre director launches Crowdfunder campaign to help colleagues in Kherson, Ukraine
Local theatre director launches Crowdfunder campaign to help colleagues in Kherson, Ukraine. Rachael Savage, Artistic Director of Worcester-based Vamos Theatre has started a Crowdfunder campaign to raise money for food, clothes and medicine in Ukraine. As an actor in...
Introduction to Kev Thomas – Enterprise
My name is Kev Thomas from Enterprise. I represent the Business Rental department and work with businesses helping them to realise the business value in tackling ground transportation costs. Our ability to offer several types of products under one brand enables us to...
Lifetime achievement award for Worcestershire solicitor
One of the county’s most respected solicitors has been honoured with a lifetime achievement award by the Worcestershire Law Society. Maynard Burton, senior partner at law firm mfg Solicitors, was recognised by the Society for his successful 40-year legal career and...
National Business Boostcamps series comes to help Worcestershire businesses
The Worcestershire Growth Hub has partnered with Lloyds Bank Academy to bring their Small Business Boostcamp series to Worcestershire. The Small Business Boostcamp series consists of five FREE, face to face workshops which can help smaller businesses to increase their...
Solicitor Sam wins President’s award
Samantha Lloyd, Partner and Head of Wills and Probate at SME Solicitors has won the President’s Award in last week’s Worcestershire Law Society awards. The Worcestershire Law Society (WLS) runs its awards annually and this is a discretionary award given to a recipient...
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