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Warwickshire College Group (WCG) Secures £4.8 Million to Propel Pershore Construction Academy to the Next Level
Warwickshire College Group (WCG) is thrilled to announce it has successfully secured nearly £4.8m in grant funding from the Department for Education’s Construction Skills Capacity Fund. This major investment will fund a rapid and transformative expansion of the...
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Warwickshire College Group (WCG) Secures £4.8 Million to Propel Pershore Construction Academy to the Next Level
Warwickshire College Group (WCG) is thrilled to announce it has successfully secured nearly £4.8m in grant funding from the Department for Education’s Construction Skills Capacity Fund. This major investment will fund a rapid and transformative expansion of the...
Member News
Hazelton Mountford Celebrates Team Promotions
Hazelton Mountford is delighted to share the recent promotions of three team members: Latisha, Amaash and Amelia. These well-earned promotions reflect the business’s commitment to recognising hard work, supporting development and creating opportunities for staff to...
Worcester City Women FC named Community Club of the Year in landmark season
Worcester City Women FC (WCWFC) has been named Community Club of the Year at the FA Women’s National League Awards, recognising the club’s leadership in local engagement, inclusion and outreach across Worcestershire. The award reflects a year of sustained...
Patron & Strategic News
BUILT ON VALUES – DRIVEN BY PEOPLE Celebrating Our 2026 Trueline Values Award Winners
The team gathered to celebrate a standout moment in the company calendar, the Trueline Products Values Awards 2026 ! These awards recognise the commitment shown by employees to the company’s core values and the positive impact they make every day. Such as: Excellence,...
SUTCLIFFE & CO CROWNED SME OF THE YEAR AT SOUTH WEST BUSINESS & COMMUNITY AWARDS
Worcester based Sutcliffe & Co Insurance Brokers, are celebrating being crowned ‘SME of the Year 2026’ at the coveted South West Business & Community Awards. Having been shortlisted in three categories, Employer of the Year, SME of the Year and Outstanding...
Chamber News
Salary & Benefits Survey 2023/24
With many local businesses experiencing challenges trying to recruit locally, in order to maintain business growth. Addressing the local and regional skills gap remains one of the Chamber’s priorities as we continue to support businesses in the months ahead. According...
Would you like to join Herefordshire & Worcestershire Chamber of Commerce Area Council?
Herefordshire & Worcestershire Chamber of Commerce has a vacancy on the Herefordshire Area Council. The Chamber has two Area Councils, one that represents Herefordshire and one that represents Worcestershire. Area Councils meet six times a year: three meetings per...
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Welcome new Members!
We would like to extend a warm welcome to our newest Members! Herefordshire Calming Connections Ltd – Developing a positive mental health environment for the benefit of everyone Eight Three Eight – Search Engine Optimisation Packages, WordPress Training...
Welcome new Members!
We would like to extend a warm welcome to our newest Members! Herefordshire Calming Connections Ltd – Developing a positive mental health environment for the benefit of everyone Eight Three Eight – Search Engine Optimisation Packages, WordPress Training...
Policy News
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...
Improve your staff recruitment and retention with the Salary & Benefits 2022/23 benchmarking report, in partnership with Hewett Recruitment
Businesses are currently operating in an incredibly tight labour market and are doing their best to survive amongst the cost of doing business crisis due to spiralling energy costs. The competitive labour market is impacting business’ ability to invest and grow....
Skills News
2020 Employer Skills Survey
Skills Support for the Workforce (SSW) are gathering information on the skills gaps and training needs SMEs face in Worcestershire, particularly in relation to the use of digital technologies. As part of this assessment, we are asking our colleagues, business support...
Take part in the Worcestershire Digital Skills survey
Worcestershire Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP), working with Serco, is seeking the views of Worcestershire employers to understand how organisations can be supported to develop the skills needed to adopt digital technologies, especially in the context of Covid-19.
Charity News
Local Businesses Raise Over £3,000 for Grace Kelly Childhood Cancer Trust
Worcester-based accountancy firm Ballards LLP and Four Squared Recruitment have joined forces in an impressive fundraising campaign, raising over £3,000 to date for the Grace Kelly Childhood Cancer Trust. Through a series of challenging and creative events, employees...
Dom Joly discusses The Conspiracy Tour which comes to The Courtyard on Wednesday 30 October, 7.30pm
Tell me what can audiences expect from The Conspiracy Tour ? It’s a companion to my latest travel book- The Conspiracy Tourist in which I travelled the globe again looking into the strange world of the Conspiracy Theorist. I will take the audience through a range of...
Pharma Deal A Welcome Boost For UK
Reacting to news of a pharmaceuticals deal with the US, William Bain, Head of Trade Policy at the BCC, said: “The original trade deal, agreed with the US in May, promised preferential outcomes on pharmaceuticals tariffs for the UK. We are pleased to see this has now...
BCC News
Pharma Deal A Welcome Boost For UK
Reacting to news of a pharmaceuticals deal with the US, William Bain, Head of Trade Policy at the BCC, said: “The original trade deal, agreed with the US in May, promised preferential outcomes on pharmaceuticals tariffs for the UK. We are pleased to see this has now...
Worcestershire News
You Do Better Ltd celebrates 6 years in business
You Do Better Ltd is thrilled to commemorate a significant milestone, as it proudly marks six years of providing pay-as-you-go Public Relations to SMEs across Worcestershire, Herefordshire, Gloucestershire and beyond. Since its inception in 2017, the company has...
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...
Herefordshire News
Herefordshire IT Company Celebrates 25 Years of Innovation and Growth
ActiveIT, a leading provider of cutting-edge IT solutions and services, proudly celebrates its 25th anniversary this month. Since its founding in February 1998, the company – which has a base near Ross-on-Wye – has established itself as a leader in the industry...
Wyevale Nurseries supplies trees as part of Council’s ‘tree planting’ ambition
Wyevale Nurseries in Hereford has supplied more than 100 different projects with trees as part of Gloucestershire County Council’s commitment to plant at least a million trees (February 2023). It has supplied trees, transplants and container shrubs as part of the...
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Sustainability Book Series Idea Earns Worcester Students a Big Cash Boost
Two University of Worcester students have scooped a £5,000 cash investment in their business in a Dragon’s Den style event. 3rd year Business Management students Evan Greenlees and Kasra Salehi pitched their idea for the company, Little Guardians, at this year’s BOSS...
Worcester Students Shine in National Live Poetry Contest
University of Worcester students showcased their live poetry talents in a national contest, securing an impressive second place finish. The UniSlam 2026 event saw the best university spoken-word poet teams go head-to-head, performing their own works in a bid to take...
Smarter Supply Chains for UK Businesses
PJB Logistics Solutions Ltd, a recently established consultancy, reflects this growing demand by supporting organisations in identifying inefficiencies and delivering operational improvements. With a focus on hands-on implementation, the business represents a broader...
Will He Make it a Quadruple? Stourport’s ‘Digital Alchemist’ Secures Double National Nomination
STOURPORT-ON-SEVERN – Marc Jukes (known as ‘Storme’), founder of Your Digital Alchemist Ltd, has been officially named a double finalist at The UK Small Business Awards—and all eyes are now on whether he can secure a massive quadruple nomination. Just six months after...
Marches HR continues growth with second team appointment
The Herefordshire-based, independent HR consultancy supporting small businesses and charities has welcomed Annette to the team as HR Advisor. Annette’s appointment builds on the business’ recent growth and reflects increasing demand for practical, personal HR support...
Dandelion Video Production’s What Do You Do? Podcast is Back for Season 2
The second season of Dandelion Video Production’s jobs and careers podcast “What Do You Do?” has launched this week. The podcast examines jobs most people don’t know anything about, and explores unique approaches on ones we think we do. Initially launched in January...
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