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Dedicate a shooting star this Christmas to someone you’ll never forget
A unique, handcrafted ‘shooting star’ tribute to remember someone loved and missed is at the heart of an emotional campaign from Acorns Children’s Hospice this December – to ensure their memory still shines bright. Celebrate Your Star invites people to honour lost...
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Dedicate a shooting star this Christmas to someone you’ll never forget
A unique, handcrafted ‘shooting star’ tribute to remember someone loved and missed is at the heart of an emotional campaign from Acorns Children’s Hospice this December – to ensure their memory still shines bright. Celebrate Your Star invites people to honour lost...
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Worcestershire Solicitor Issues Paperwork Alert to Homeowners
A Worcestershire conveyancing specialist has warned homeowners with unregistered property to consider voluntary registration with the Land Registry over the risk of facing severe delays and additional costs on property sales where deeds have been lost. The warning...
Wyevale Nurseries partners Herefordshire Wildlife Trust to Save Wood & Become an Investor in Wildlife
WYEVALE Nurseries is sponsoring a wood near its site in partnership with the Herefordshire Wildlife Trust to help save the habitat which was originally given to the charity by the company’s founder (January 2025). The collaboration surrounding Wyevale Wood marks a...
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Rising temperatures outside…and in the workplace
Partner, Darryll Thomas at Worcestershire law firm mfg Solicitors, is advising employers to take care of their staff during the hot weather. In recent weeks we have enjoyed another great run of hot weather with pockets of high temperatures, as high as 32c in places,...
Students Tackle Philosophical Questions in Science Fiction-Styled University Event
A-level students from local schools took part in a special conference exploring a science fiction-styled moral issue, at the University of Worcester. The ‘Out of This World’ event involved Science and Religious Education students from four local schools: RGS...
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Over 5,000 young people attend Worcestershire’s largest ever skills event
Approximately 6,000 young people, employers and education providers from across the Midlands attended last week’s Worcestershire Skills Show 2019. A total of 46 schools and colleges attended the event on Wednesday 13 March, with over 110 of the county’s most exciting...
BCC Forecast: UK economy to falter further as Brexit uncertainty bites
The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) has today (Monday) slightly downgraded its growth expectations for the UK economy, forecasting growth of just 1.2% in 2019 (down from 1.3%), which if realised would be the weakest growth in a decade. The BCC has also downgraded...
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BCC responds to Prime Minister’s statement
Responding to the announcement that Theresa May will step down as Prime Minister, Dr Adam Marshall, Director General of the British Chambers of Commerce, said: “We wish the Prime Minister well and thank her for her decades of public service. “Businesses must be...
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BCC responds to Prime Minister’s statement
Responding to the announcement that Theresa May will step down as Prime Minister, Dr Adam Marshall, Director General of the British Chambers of Commerce, said: “We wish the Prime Minister well and thank her for her decades of public service. “Businesses must be...
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Family-run Cotswold company continues to grow thanks to increased sales of farm machinery
Family-run Heming Engineering Ltd is right on track for future expansion by growing its sales portfolio of some of the country’s leading brands of tractors and farm machinery. The company, based in Willersey, near Broadway, and part of the 51-year-old Heming Group has...
Nursery Supports Kidderminster Library Christmas Card Appeal
Children at Little Trinity Nursery are supporting Kidderminster Library’s festive Christmas Card Appeal and have been busy painting and colouring cards ready for local people to enjoy. Manager, Gaynor Carter, said: “The children love creative activities and this...
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Thursfields comments on new law criminalising travellers camping on land without permission
New legislation now makes it a criminal offence for people with vehicles to camp out on land without permission, according to Jon Clifford of leading Midlands law firm Thursfields Solicitors. The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022, which was passed into law...
Wyevale Nurseries launches new non-climbing ivy at Four Oaks Trade Show
Wyevale Nurseries is launching an innovative new ivy aimed at commercial landscapers and garden retailers at the 50th anniversary Four Oaks Trade Show in Cheshire this month (September 2022). Hedera Algerian Bellecour®, which is non-climbing, versatile, easy to look...
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Worcester 6 Business Park continues to receive investment with further commitments and funding secured to continue working on the 60 acres – approved for development earlier this year. We can therefore look forward to attracting even more high quality national...
Worcester charity event supports Three Peaks Challenge fundraising
A special charity evening in Worcester has boosted fundraising efforts by a local recruitment firm as its staff prepare to take on the Three Peaks Challenge this month. An amazing £2,070 was raised by the team from city jobs firm GMP Recruitment through an auction at...
Lottery Final – The world first ABI Games is a huge success
Partnering with the University of Worcester Arena, charity Headway Worcestershire has hosted the first ever ‘National Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) Games’ over the August bank holiday weekend, and it was a hugely successful event. Thanks to a two-year £50,000 grant from...
The Chamber to help deliver local skills improvement plan
Herefordshire & Worcestershire Chamber to deliver local skills improvement plan for Worcestershire, and in partnership with Shropshire Chamber, for the Marches. Reacting to the news that Accredited Chambers of Commerce will be leading 32 of the 40 local skills...
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