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Scoring Big: Brookes Catering Celebrates 25 Years with Stadium Triumph
Celebrating 25 years in business, Worcester’s Brookes Catering is having a landmark year, demonstrating how strategic growth can build on a legacy of quality. Long respected for bespoke corporate and wedding catering, the company’s reputation for fresh food and...
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Scoring Big: Brookes Catering Celebrates 25 Years with Stadium Triumph
Celebrating 25 years in business, Worcester’s Brookes Catering is having a landmark year, demonstrating how strategic growth can build on a legacy of quality. Long respected for bespoke corporate and wedding catering, the company’s reputation for fresh food and...
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New Partnership for Women’s Cricket at Worcester
The Women’s Cricket Team at the University of Worcester has joined forces with a national campaign to fight sexism in the world of sport. They’ve partnered with Her Game Too, which aims to create inclusive environments for players while raising awareness of women’s...
Research Aims to Improve Support for UK Armed Forces Families
A senior psychologist at the University of Worcester is leading a new national research project aiming to improve support for UK Armed Forces families. Dr Gabriela Misca was the co-author of a landmark report, published five years ago, which highlighted the unique...
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VAT and the Import One Stop Shop
The EU is introducing some VAT changes from 1 July 2021 which may make it easier for UK businesses to sell goods to EU consumer customers: Goods below €150 sent direct to EU consumers from the UK In the case of goods valued at less than €150 (£135) there will be a new...
Annual leave and paid holiday no longer “use it or lose it” after rules change
Employees are being reminded they are now legally entitled to carry over up to 20 days of annual leave to the next two financial years under changes to working time regulations. Worcestershire employment lawyer Kate Jones said the move, introduced because of the...
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Policy paper on digital trade
The UK Board of Trade published a new policy paper on digital trade at its meeting in Derry/Londonderry last week, covering the UK’s current and forthcoming trade negotiations and outlining greater opportunities for e-commerce and data flows. Read it...
Norway-UK Trade agreement
The UK signed a trade in goods agreement with Iceland and Norway on 8 December 2020. The upgraded Norway-UK trade agreement has come into force. It offers further tariff reductions, labour mobility opportunities and expansion of digital trade through electronic...
FX Review 2021 by Moneycorp
As we head towards the end of 2021, just as we all thought we would be heading into a New Year with Covid all under control, the emergence of the new covid variant Omnicron, saw many countries closing their borders and the UK reactivating the red lists. With Christmas...
Governments new 12-point export strategy
The government has launched its new 12-point strategy to help boost the UK’s annual exports to £1 trillion by 2030. The ‘Made in the UK, Sold to The World’ campaign is intended to give firms the tools to seize new opportunities in global markets. Currently, the UK...
Troubled waters bring railway bridge appeal
The Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway Trust (GWRT) – the Registered Charity that supports the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway – launched a £200,000 appeal to fund the repair of the water-damaged ‘Bridge 8’ over the railway between Toddington and Broadway early...
The Power of Nature
The Cottage in the Wood Malvern in partnership with Clare Knivett introduces The Power of Nature package for those looking to reconnect with the natural world The Cottage in the Wood Malvern is not really a cottage in the wood, but a hotel on the hill – located in a...
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