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When Is It Time to Move On from Your Website Platform?

When Is It Time to Move On from Your Website Platform?

Squarespace, Wix, Shopify, they all work brilliantly when you’re starting out. Drag, drop, done. The trouble starts when your business has outgrown what the platform was ever designed to do. There’s usually a specific moment you notice it. You want a...

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When Is It Time to Move On from Your Website Platform?

Squarespace, Wix, Shopify, they all work brilliantly when you’re starting out. Drag, drop, done. The trouble starts when your business has outgrown what the platform was ever designed to do. There’s usually a specific moment you notice it. You want a...

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Patron & Strategic News

Ormerod Rutter Chartered Accountants Opens New Audit Centre

Ormerod Rutter Chartered Accountants Opens New Audit Centre

Leading Worcestershire accountants, Ormerod Rutter, has opened its third premises in Droitwich, Layton House. The new facility serves as a dedicated centre for audit excellence, housing the firm’s rapidly growing audit team. The expansion reflects significant...

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Student Performance Brings Local Nursing Stories to Life

Student Performance Brings Local Nursing Stories to Life

First-year Theatre, Acting and Performance students at the University of Worcester staged a powerful community theatre performance, drawing directly on the lived experiences of former nurses from Worcester Royal Infirmary. The performance, titled Nursing Stories, was...

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Chamber News

Chair’s Report April 2024

Chair’s Report April 2024

There’s lots happening at the Chamber as we move, hopefully, towards Spring and Summer. Numerous events for all levels of membership, dinners, networking events and the Awards Gala in June. There will also be news regarding a re-vamped and enlarged Expo for October....

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Our Latest Member

Welcome new Members

We would like to extend a warm welcome to our newest Members! Arkif Limited – Business Consultancy based in Malvern. Dewsall Court – A unique destination venue in the heart of Herefordshire used for weddings, gatherings and corporate events. Eventuelle...

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Welcome new Members

Welcome new Members

We would like to extend a warm welcome to our newest Members! Arkif Limited – Business Consultancy based in Malvern. Dewsall Court – A unique destination venue in the heart of Herefordshire used for weddings, gatherings and corporate events. Eventuelle...

Policy News

National Insurance Contributions Holiday for Veterans

National Insurance Contributions Holiday for Veterans

Now that the dust has settled on the recent autumn budget announcement, and the implications of the increase in employer National Insurance contributions to 15% begins to dawn, especially for small businesses, how many of you are aware that there exists a National...

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Skills News

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The Courtyard, Hereford – May Film Listings

The Courtyard, Hereford – May Film Listings

Mon 19, 6.30pm RADIX FILM CLUB: KIM’S VIDEO (18) Kim’s Video, an iconic video store in New York City, mysteriously closed its doors and sent its legendary film archive to a Sicilian village for “safekeeping.” But what starts as an homage to cinema quickly becomes a...

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Services Trade Continues To Stall

Services Trade Continues To Stall

Reacting to the latest trade data for November 2025 from the Office for National Statistics, William Bain, Head of Trade Policy at the BCC, said: “Services exports have been the standout feature of UK trade over the past decade, and the prospect...

BCC News

Services Trade Continues To Stall

Reacting to the latest trade data for November 2025 from the Office for National Statistics, William Bain, Head of Trade Policy at the BCC, said: “Services exports have been the standout feature of UK trade over the past decade, and the prospect...

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Worcestershire News

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Immersive 1940s events return to the Severn Valley Railway

Immersive 1940s events return to the Severn Valley Railway

The Severn Valley Railway is inviting visitors to relive the spirit of wartime Britain as its much-loved Step Back to the 1940s weekends return this summer, taking place across two consecutive weekends on 27–28 June and 4–5 July. Promising an immersive journey into...

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