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HCR Law Announces Winners of the 2026 HCR Spark Award
HCR Law is delighted to announce the winners of the 2026 HCR Spark Award, an inspiring initiative designed to support and encourage young people considering a career in the legal profession. Following an exceptional response from schools and colleges across...
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HCR Law Announces Winners of the 2026 HCR Spark Award
HCR Law is delighted to announce the winners of the 2026 HCR Spark Award, an inspiring initiative designed to support and encourage young people considering a career in the legal profession. Following an exceptional response from schools and colleges across...
Member News
John Truslove finds bigger new home for BeanPrint
A thriving web-based printing business has more than doubled its footprint after moving to a new home in Redditch after calling in commercial property agents John Truslove. The move to the Washford Industrial Estate will enable BeanPrint.co.uk to expand, acquiring new...
Is your website losing mobile enquiries?
Pick up your phone and look at your own website. Not the desktop version you checked when it launched, the version most of your customers actually see. More than half of all web traffic in the UK now happens on mobile. If your site was built for a desktop screen and...
Patron & Strategic News
May 2026 Cohort: TDM Unveils AI & Automation Practitioner Level 4 Apprenticeship for Local Employers
Time to turn your AI ambitions into action. As artificial intelligence and automation rapidly reshape the way organisations operate, many local businesses are asking the same question: Where do we start? Or if they have started – How can we scale this? The...
Wills specialists help to raise over £3,260 for Worcester Cathedral
SME Solicitors is pleased to announce that its Private Client team, alongside other local firms, have helped to raise £3,262.50 for Worcester Cathedral as part of last year’s ‘Make a Will This Summer’ scheme. As part of the campaign, SME Solicitors and other...
Chamber News
Co-locate with us!
We have an exciting opportunity for businesses in Herefordshire and Worcestershire to utilise some space in our Worcestershire office, at Warndon Business Park, WR4 9NE. Our new flexible working arrangements, have freed up some space in our office, that we would like...
Inflation falls again to 7.9%
The UK’s rate of inflation dropped to 7.9% in the year to June, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). Inflation is now at its lowest for more than a year, after several months of being stuck around the same level. The Office for National...
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Welcome SEO Social to the Chamber
Are you ready to become your own marketing expert? SEO Social will provide you with all the tools and expertise you need. They work one-to-one, teaching you how to put digital marketing concepts into practice on your own website and social media. The one-day course...
Welcome SEO Social to the Chamber
Are you ready to become your own marketing expert? SEO Social will provide you with all the tools and expertise you need. They work one-to-one, teaching you how to put digital marketing concepts into practice on your own website and social media. The one-day course...
Policy News
New Survey Invites Opinions on Proposals for Redditch DMIC
Redditch Borough Council have commissioned SQW to carry out a survey to help inform the development of the Redditch Digital Manufacturing and Innovation Centre (DMIC). As a key part of Redditch’s Town Investment Plan, the DMIC aims to become a focal point for...
Will you be levelled by the UK Shared Prosperity Fund?
Much will have been heard about “Levelling Up” The government say it’s their central mission to level up the whole of the United Kingdom and this can take many forms. This revolves around levelling up opportunity and prosperity and overcoming deep-seated geographical...
Skills News
£23.5 million funding programme helping companies grow
A £23.5m funding pot for businesses across the Marches is delivering real results for small and medium-sized companies across the region, the chair of the Marches Growth Hub said today. Paul Hinkins said the ERDF Business Growth Programme 2 had already helped a number...
Excitement building ahead of Worcestershire’s Largest Careers Event
Excitement is building ahead of Worcestershire’s largest Careers event, the Worcestershire Skills Show on the 4 March 2020. This year’s skills show returns to the Chateau Impney Hotel and Exhibition Venue, Droitwich Spa, with approximately 6,000 young people,...
Charity News
Light Night Worcester 2025
Following a really successful Light Night Worcester 2024, Severn Arts are now looking forward to bringing our popular Light Night back to Worcestershire’s families and communities over two nights in half term on 19th and 20th February, 2025. ‘A real feast...
Countdown to this year’s annual Elgar Festival
Organisers of the annual celebration of the life and music of Worcestershire’s most famous composer are counting down the days until the event. The Elgar Festival’s 2024 event will take place between Monday 27 May and Sunday 2 June. The Festival – which was launched...
Firms Seek Certainty As US-China Trade Talks Loom
Assessing the mood of business ahead of President Trump’s discussions with China’s President XI this week, William Bain, Head of Trade Policy, said: “Businesses will be watching these talks very closely in the hope of divining some certainty on the direction of travel...
BCC News
Firms Seek Certainty As US-China Trade Talks Loom
Assessing the mood of business ahead of President Trump’s discussions with China’s President XI this week, William Bain, Head of Trade Policy, said: “Businesses will be watching these talks very closely in the hope of divining some certainty on the direction of travel...
Worcestershire News
Gardeners can now Buy Bare Root Hedging Direct from Growers Online
A TOP British nursery has launched a new website selling bare root hedging to gardeners while also allowing them to access the business’ decades of horticultural expertise in one hit (September 2023). Wyevale Nurseries’ new website www.wyevalehedges.co.uk was born out...
Business Support Programme Set to Continue to Help Local Businesses
The Worcestershire Growth Hub is pleased to announce that its Professional Business Advisors programme will continue for a fourth wave. The Professional Business Advisors is a free programme offering 1-2-1 specialist advice, guidance or services to...
Herefordshire News
Companies join a force for climate action at NMITE in Hereford
Over 75 delegates including some of the county’s leading businesses and arts organisations came together at Hereford’s NMITE in Skylon Park on Wednesday 18th to celebrate the strides being taken towards the county’s net zero ambitions, and to share ideas on how...
Fearless February for 2Faced Dance
2Faced Dance are an artistic cultural organisation based in the centre of Hereford, of nearly 25 years’ standing. A workplace of permanent staff, a home to freelance artists, a space for 20 other community arts and dance organisations, a place to dream for 500...
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Had a Baby in Worcestershire? Researchers Want Your Story
Historians at the University of Worcester are calling on mothers across Worcestershire to share their experiences of giving birth, as part of a major research project exploring how childbirth has changed in the region over the decades. The research is being undertaken...
Talbots Law Named Conveyancing Firm of the Year at the British Conveyancing Awards 2026
Employee-owned law firm Talbots Law has been named Conveyancing Firm of the Year – Midlands & Wales at the British Conveyancing Awards 2026, held in Manchester. The award recognises excellence in residential conveyancing and highlights the achievements of...
Berrys Strengthen Engineering Team
We are pleased to announce the continued growth of our engineering team with the appointment of Luke Rodgers as a Transport Planner. Luke brings his previous experience in transport and highways planning consultancy, having previously worked for practices in...
New Chair Elected by BCC Board
The board of the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) has unanimously elected Michael Hayman MBE DL as the new Chair of the organisation. Michael, who joined the BCC board in October last year, succeeds Sarah Howard MBE who has served as Chair for the last six and a...
Tariff Clouds Weigh on Exports as 2026 Begins
Commenting on the first trade data release of 2026 by the Office for National Statistics, William Bain, Head of Trade Policy at the British Chambers of Commerce said: “Goods exports trade with the EU and the rest of the world, excluding the United States of...
Economy Flatlines as Firms Struggle to Invest
Reacting to the latest GDP data, published by the Office for National Statistics this morning, Stuart Morrison, Research Manager at the British Chambers of Commerce said: “Today’s data shows the UK economy remains stuck in a worrying low growth trap. “A three-month...
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