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Swing Into Golf – 250 New Golfers and Counting at Gaudet Luce

Swing Into Golf – 250 New Golfers and Counting at Gaudet Luce

Over the past year, Gaudet Luce Golf & Leisure Complex has proudly welcomed more than 250 new golfers through our Swing Into Golf programme — helping complete beginners take their first steps into the game in a relaxed, friendly setting. The programme offers a...

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Chamber’s Quarterly Economic Survey now open

Chamber’s Quarterly Economic Survey now open

Our latest Quarterly Economic Survey is now open. Click here to take part. Herefordshire & Worcestershire Chamber of Commerce represent the views of our members to national government, ensuring that the business case drives government policy. A great benefit of...

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Introducing our brand new Cost Savings Hub!

Introducing our brand new Cost Savings Hub!

Businesses, and their employees, across Herefordshire and Worcestershire have been and continue to face challenges with the costs of doing business and cost of living generally. These pressures combined, make business growth hard to maintain. You’ve requested and...

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Our Latest Member

Welcome new Members!

We would like to extend a warm welcome to our newest Members! Worcestershire Decanters Ltd – We help brands realise their full potential; driving awareness and loyalty through innovative memorable experiences. Dynamite Lifestyle T/A Simply Prosperity – I...

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Welcome new Members!

Welcome new Members!

We would like to extend a warm welcome to our newest Members! Worcestershire Decanters Ltd – We help brands realise their full potential; driving awareness and loyalty through innovative memorable experiences. Dynamite Lifestyle T/A Simply Prosperity – I...

Policy News

A summary of today’s health and social care announcement

A summary of today’s health and social care announcement

The NHS is getting £36bn over the next three years “to fund the biggest catch-up programme in the NHS’s history, tackling the Covid backlogs.” Prime Minister Rt Hon Boris Johnson, MP, said: “The pandemic has illuminated chronic problems in our health and...

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Skills News

Health And Safety Within A Construction Environment

Health And Safety Within A Construction Environment

Last week saw Worcestershire-based training provider, InterLearn, launch their first classroom delivery since lockdown measures were enforced in March, benefitting local residents who find themselves out of work as a result of Covid19, by providing much-needed...

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Higher technical education reforms

Higher technical education reforms

The Department for Education (DfE) is planning to improve higher technical education to help people train or retrain for high-skilled jobs. These reforms will cover learners studying for higher technical education qualifications. The reforms are designed to: improve...

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Charity News

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#getpinktostmichaels

A charity has invited one of the world’s biggest singing sensations to visit its Herefordshire home.   Patients and staff at St Michael’s Hospice Hereford have made a video plea to music superstar P!nk, asking for her to stop off at the charity’s Bartestree base...

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Growth Suffers As Firms Face Choppy Waters Ahead

Growth Suffers As Firms Face Choppy Waters Ahead

Responding to the latest GDP data released by the ONS, Stuart Morrison, Research Manager at the British Chambers of Commerce, said: “With businesses facing an impending avalanche of cost pressures, it’s unsurprising that growth is in trouble. With GDP shrinking in...

BCC News

Growth Suffers As Firms Face Choppy Waters Ahead

Responding to the latest GDP data released by the ONS, Stuart Morrison, Research Manager at the British Chambers of Commerce, said: “With businesses facing an impending avalanche of cost pressures, it’s unsurprising that growth is in trouble. With GDP shrinking in...

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Worcestershire News

University Historian Explores Aftermath of Gunpowder Plot

University Historian Explores Aftermath of Gunpowder Plot

If successful, it was an event that could have changed the course of history. But a University of Worcester historian will argue that the Gunpowder Plot still made a huge impact on British life in an upcoming talk. Taking place on Sunday, November 5, the same day that...

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Herefordshire News

Rotherwood Healthcare Breaks Ground on Colwall Care Home

Rotherwood Healthcare Breaks Ground on Colwall Care Home

Rotherwood Healthcare holds groundbreaking ceremony as it begins construction on its 60-bed care home development in the village of Colwall, on the border of Herefordshire and Worcestershire. Officially named ‘Colwall Care Home’, the home has been designed by Lawrence...

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Social Media: Your Secret Weapon for Business Growth

Social Media: Your Secret Weapon for Business Growth

In today’s fast-paced digital landscape, social media is no longer a ‘nice-to-have’—it’s a critical tool for business growth. Yet, many business owners still see it as overwhelming, time-consuming, or even unnecessary. The truth? When used strategically, social media...

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Hundreds Attend Celebration of Arts and Culture in Worcester

Hundreds Attend Celebration of Arts and Culture in Worcester

Family, friends and members of the community celebrated the very best artwork from students in Worcester at the packed opening night of The Show 25. The Show is an end-of-academic-year exhibition of work by final-year students at the University of Worcester’s...

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arrangeMY Gold Award Winners

arrangeMY Gold Award Winners

Worcester-based Business Travel specialists, arrangeMY, have recently been awarded a much-coveted gold award for their sustainable efforts and procurement processes within their supply chain by industry environmental accreditation experts, Greengage Solutions....

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