Contractor agreed for major expansion to Herefordshire primary school A £6million expansion of a popular Herefordshire school has taken a major step forward after a contractor was appointed to carry out the work. Herefordshire Council has signed a contract with...
The Marches Local Enterprise Partnership is to inject nearly £1.6m into the regional economy to support tourism and businesses affected by flooding and the coronavirus. It will be allocated to the LEP’s partners, councils in Herefordshire, Shropshire and Telford...
Local Business - Georgia Staples Art Georgia Staples is an 18 year old artist based in North Herefordshire. She uses professional quality coloured pencils for all her drawings and all cards and pictures are printed using a local family run business. She is currently...
The government is expected to to pour cold water on Wetherspoon’s plans to reopen its hotels and pubs in the ‘near future’. The deputy chief medical officer for England was quick to shoot down hopes that beer gardens could reopen any time soon. Professor Jonathan...
The Traditional Chip Shop on Quarry Road in #Hereford will be reopening on Wednesday 29th April. The chip shop will be open from Wednesday to Saturday, with temporary opening hours of 4pm-7pm. Gluten free option is available again. Signage and social distancing...
The Florist Bromfield delivered these two beautiful bouquets of blue roses to the West Midlands Ambulance Service Hereford Hub to say thank you to staff for their hard work during the COVID19 pandemic. Paramedics Alisa and Sam were on hand to receive them. We...
A huge shout out to Allensmore Nurseries Ltd for donating a selection of plants to Wye Valley NHS Trust. Andrew from the Hereford Community Recycling Group had the following to say: “I am so pleased to have been able to help put this together. Now not only do we have...
Local businesses Celtic Marches Beverages and Penrhos Spirits team up to make hand sanitiser. Two Cousins Hand Sanitiser // 1 Litre Bottle for £15. Produced and packaged by Marches Bottling and Packaging in #Bromyard, with special thanks to Penrhos Spirits for...
Little Princess Trust’s beautiful wigs are now being sent out in equally stunning packaging after a company close to their Hereford home kindly agreed to print the items for free. The presses at Elite Plastics Ltd were set whirring into action before 8,000 of the...
An amazing 188 Easter Eggs have been given to West Midlands Ambulance Service in #Hereford by Poundland after the company matched the number donated by customers in store. Good work ????
Over 90% of Herefordshire properties can now access superfast broadband Herefordshire Council’s Fastershire project and Worcester-based broadband network supplier, Airband, are celebrating reaching the 1000 premises milestone under their rollout of fibre broadband in...
Specialist advice to help Herefordshire businesses strengthen their companies in the wake of the UK leaving the European Union is being offered by experts from the Marches Growth Hub. The hub’s Herefordshire team are offering a series of one-to-one advice sessions...
Herefordshire will be home to the UK’s leading centre of excellence in cyber security – a £9m state-of-the-art hub supporting innovation and industry in the sector when construction completes on site in 2020. Herefordshire Council Leader David Hitchiner and...
Over the course of 2019, Avara Foods has invested £6.5m in its Hereford site, manufacturing capabilities and employees. As part of a company-wide investment programme – implemented to increase efficiency and productivity – its local operations are seeing...
Eligible businesses are being urged to sign up to workshops which could help them get their hands on special funding to boost rural enterprise across the Marches. The events will provide advice and guidance to any business which meets the criteria...
Three new centres to train the next generation of engineers could be built on Hereford’s Enterprise Zone after the Marches LEP agreed a £5.66m funding package for the city’s proposed new university. The decision follows a submission of a business case...
Workplace training specialists HGTA (Herefordshire Group Training Association) celebrated local businesses and learners at their Annual Apprentice Awards Evening last Wednesday (13 November). Cllr Kath Hey, Mayor of Hereford with Chairman of Herefordshire Council,...
HRH The Prince Of Wales visited ETL Systems Ltd, a British satellite technology company at its headquarters in Madley, Herefordshire. The visit was to congratulate and commend the company on achieving global success from a rural location. The visit from HRH The...
The organisation driving economic growth across the Marches has spelled out ambitious plans for the next 12 months in its new annual report. The Marches Local Enterprise Partnership – the business-led body which brings together the private and public sectors to...
Leominster is to benefit from full fibre broadband thanks to a grant from Herefordshire Council’s Fastershire project and part funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) [Centre] Councillor Trish Marsh and George Thomas, Director at G. P. Thomas...