The Hive is fast positioning itself as a high-quality hub of resources and events for people wanting to get ahead in business. Its regular business breakfasts, talks and live streaming webinars from some of the country’s biggest entrepreneurs have proven to be...
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WBA support received by Industrial Switchgear ltd has injected a huge confidence boost into the company
The Company: Established in 1959, Redditch-based Industrial Switchgear Ltd has been manufacturing electricity distribution and control apparatus for almost 60 years, and chairman Graham Poole has been there for almost all of them. With a turnover of £1.1m, it employs...
200th client milestone for energy saving programme
After just over one year of a three year project, Worcestershire County Council and its partners has signed up its 200thbusiness to the Business Energy Efficiency Programme (BEEP). BEEP is one of a suite of seven ERDF-funded business support programmes operating under...
Countryside Productivity Scheme
The RDPE Countryside Productivity Scheme provides funding for projects in England which improve productivity in the farming and forestry sectors and help create jobs and growth in the rural economy. It is administered by the Rural Payments Agency (RPA). Under the RDPE...
Co-Working at The Hive
Join other small business owners, freelancers and start-ups, at The Hive. WINN are hosting co-working events each Friday at The Hive with The Kiln Co-Working Group. Based in the Glass Room on level 0, the group runs every Friday, 9am - 5pm, and is intended to act as a...
Great reception for Opening Doors to Business
More than 40 Employers, teachers, careers advisers and business leaders interested in helping young people to find out about the world of work attended an ‘Opening Doors’ event at the Palace Theatre in Redditch on Wednesday 24 January. The aim of this informal event...
FUNDING HELPS BROMSGROVE TAX CONSULTANTS DOUBLE IN SIZE
Bromsgrove based tax consultancy, Woodshires Business Solutions Ltd, has seen its business double in size after funding from the Worcestershire Business Loan Fund allowed them to employ additional staff. Established by father and son team Paul and Stuart Wood in 2014,...
National Barometer looks to delve even deeper into the ‘Productivity Puzzle’
Recent economic data has suggested UK industry is starting to solve the ‘Productivity Puzzle’ and a major national survey aims to delve deeper into this topic. Launched 25th January, the Manufacturing Barometer is urging small to medium sized manufacturers (SMEs) to...
Farmers urged to remember their ‘three Rs’ – research, research, research – to make money from diversification
Farmers should resist the temptation to pursue what seem like ‘quick-win’ diversifications without thoroughly researching them, says rural surveyor and founder of The Business Barn, Hannah Moule. “There is a lot of scope to make money through diversification, but...
Worcestershire Skills Show 2018
Join us on 7th March 2018 and encourage over 2000 of our young people to consider careers within your industry. Help us explain to them the skills and qualifications employers are looking for and provide them with the opportunity to undertake a have-a-go activity to...
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