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Smart Accountancy Solutions joins with Ballards to strengthen Worcestershire team and SME offering
Left to right: James Syree and Mark Smith Ballards, one of the Midlands fastest growing independent business advisory, consultancy and accountancy firms, has further strengthened its presence in Worcester and the wider Worcestershire region as Smart Accountancy...
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Smart Accountancy Solutions joins with Ballards to strengthen Worcestershire team and SME offering
Left to right: James Syree and Mark Smith Ballards, one of the Midlands fastest growing independent business advisory, consultancy and accountancy firms, has further strengthened its presence in Worcester and the wider Worcestershire region as Smart Accountancy...
Member News
New Head of People at Hoople Group
Hoople Group is delighted to announce that Julie Bridgewater has been promoted to Head of People and joins the company’s Executive Management Team. Julie has over 20 years’ experience in HR, including investigation, complex casework, employee relations and developing...
Literature Expert to Give Insights on Messaging in Children’s Fiction
A free talk at The Hive will uncover the surprising moral and political messages woven into the children’s books we grew up loving. Professor Jean Webb, a University of Worcester expert in International Children’s Literature, will lead the session, titled “Not Just...
Patron & Strategic News
Documentaries Earn Honours for Two University of Worcester Graduates
Two University of Worcester graduates have won prestigious awards at an event celebrating the top journalists in the region. 21-year-old Aiden Holland, from Dudley, who studied Journalism and History, won Student Television Journalist of the Year at the Midlands Media...
Monthly Book Club Goes Weekly for a Dickensian December
The adult reading group at The Hive will go weekly in December, as one of the most famous Christmas stories of all time is brought to life. Books Aloud usually meets on the last Wednesday of each month. A short story is chosen, read aloud to the group, and then...
Chamber News
Welcome new Members!
We would like to extend a warm welcome to our newest Members! Brockencote Hall Hotel Limited – Brockencote Hall Hotel, Worcestershire, is a beautiful Victorian country manor house hotel set in 70 acres of stunning Worcestershire parkland. CKLD Ltd (Craig Kershaw...
The Spring Business Expo is just around the corner with only 2 weeks to go!
Herefordshire & Worcestershire Chamber of Commerce are delighted to be hosting their bi-annual Business Expo at the Three Counties Showground in Malvern, on Thursday 9 March from 9:00am-2:30pm. The event, which is delivered in partnership with Hewett Recruitment,...
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Introduction to Kev Thomas – Enterprise
My name is Kev Thomas from Enterprise. I represent the Business Rental department and work with businesses helping them to realise the business value in tackling ground transportation costs. Our ability to offer several types of products under one brand enables us to...
Introduction to Kev Thomas – Enterprise
My name is Kev Thomas from Enterprise. I represent the Business Rental department and work with businesses helping them to realise the business value in tackling ground transportation costs. Our ability to offer several types of products under one brand enables us to...
Policy News
UK trade data reveals decline in services imports and exports
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) have released new data about UK services trade over the past couple of years. The data shows that UK service exports and imports have declined since Quarter 1 2019, with EU trade falling more than non-EU trade. In Quarter 1...
Government’s Innovation Strategy aims to boost UK productivity
On 22 July, the government published their Innovation Strategy. The strategy aims to boost private sector investment in R&D across the whole of the UK and make the UK a global hub for innovation. The strategy consists of plans in four areas, which will support the...
Skills News
Herefordshire Employers Celebrate Apprentice Success
Herefordshire Group Training Association welcomed over 300 guests to its Annual Apprentice Awards Evening on Wednesday 13 November at The Courtyard Theatre in Hereford. Each year the Employer led, not for profit training provider, currently in its 52nd year, welcomes...
Worcestershire employers celebrate apprentice success
Worcestershire Group Training Association welcomed over 200 guests to its Annual Apprentice Awards Evening on Tuesday 12 November at the University Arena in Worcester. Each year the employer led, not for profit training provider, currently in its 52nd Year, welcomes...
Charity News
Worcestershire Breast Unit welcomes metastatic Kate Nurse
The Worcestershire Breast Unit Haven charity, the only breast cancer charity in Worcestershire, has announced that it is funding a newly created nursing role caring specifically for patients in Worcestershire with stage 4 breast cancer. This nurse is being funded for...
Vamos Theatre Tours Sharing Joy, a colourful, interactive performance, to local care homes.
Worcester-based Vamos Theatre, the UK’s leading full mask theatre company, is to take its popular show, Sharing Joy, out on the road this June to visit care homes and other venues in Worcestershire. Sharing Joy is a vibrant and colourful interactive performance...
Government Spending Must Help Economy Grow
The BCC is urging Government to help business boom as it considers its future spending plans. As the Comprehensive Spending Review looms this Wednesday it has set out the key asks that business believe can help grow the economy. These include: Get Britain Thriving...
BCC News
Government Spending Must Help Economy Grow
The BCC is urging Government to help business boom as it considers its future spending plans. As the Comprehensive Spending Review looms this Wednesday it has set out the key asks that business believe can help grow the economy. These include: Get Britain Thriving...
Worcestershire News
Worcestershire’s Farmers Given Expert Advice to Benefit From Future Land Sales
Farmers and landowners across Worcestershire could be in for a significant financial windfall if the value of their land increases in the future – even after they have sold it on. Rural affairs experts at county law firm mfg Solicitors say they are dealing with...
Why are motor insurance premiums at a record high?
Analysis by The Association of British Insurers (ABI), which looks at 28 million motor insurance policies, suggests that the average price paid for motor insurance in the second quarter of 2023 continued to increase. The average premium paid for private comprehensive...
Herefordshire News
The Big Give Christmas Challenge: Engineering life-changing bursaries
NMITE has been selected to participate in the Big Give Christmas Challenge, the UK’s largest match funding campaign. Between the 29 November and the 6 December 2022, NMITE will be raising money to provide life-changing bursaries to students from Herefordshire joining...
Cost-of-Living Bulletin: Supplementary Monthly Monitoring Report November 2022
The November 2022 Monthly Monitoring Report has just been published. The monthly monitoring report is a supplementary report to the quarterly Cost-of-Living Bulletin and provides the latest data from the limited number of datasets that are updated on a monthly...
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Friends of Isaac’s Foodbank – Christmas Appeal
Reaching out to the powers of the Chamber of Commerce and my awesome network here! If you know Santa, or have any connections that know Santa, can you please share this in the hope the man in the red suit can come to my aid again this Christmas! I want to be sure that...
Mayfield Report Can Help Renew UK’s Workforce
Responding to the publication of the ‘Keep Britain Working Review’ report, Jane Gratton, Deputy Director of Public Policy at the British Chambers of Commerce said: “The workplace health crisis is damaging for individuals, employers and the economy. So, this report is...
Act Now: Transform Rural Families and Strengthen Your Workforce
Herefordshire charity Vennture is urging local businesses to invest in families and schools to build a stronger, more resilient workforce. Across rural communities, unresolved parental conflict, isolation, and limited access to services quietly undermine children’s...
Hoople Training share life-saving techniques in Restart a Heart Month
‘Restart a Heart Month’ is a national campaign to raise awareness of cardiac arrest and to encourage people to learn CPR. Hoople Training proudly used their expertise to support the initiative by providing opportunities for the public to learn CPR, free of charge,...
University of Worcester Coach to Lead Birmingham Panthers’ New U23 Netball Hub
The University of Worcester’s Head of Netball has been appointed to lead a new netball development and training hub in the city designed to get players to the elite level. Netball Super League franchise Birmingham Panthers have appointed Worcester graduate Holly...
Simple Design Works x Bonham & Brook partner to build a seamless ecosystem for innovation
West Midlands product design agency, Simple Design Works, has partnered with leading R&D tax consultancy Bonham & Brook to help businesses transform ideas into market-ready products while maximising financial returns from innovation. De-risking innovation...
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