From https://www.businessinnovationmag.co.uk/principality-building-society-moves-into-alban-house-hereford/ Principality Building Society has been unveiled as the first of two retail tenants at Alban House, the fire-damaged development in High Town, Hereford, which...
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FEATURED | The Black Lion prepares to re-open
The Black Lion Hereford - A pub that refused to give in despite the floods and then Coronavirus. When the team at The Black Lion in #Hereford raised a glass to welcome in the New Year, not in their worst of nightmares could they have guessed what was around the...
NEWS | Knife Angel Sculpture to visit Hereford
The iconic British sculpture, The Knife Angel, is coming to Hereford on 1st June 2021. Created to raise awareness around knife crime in the UK, The Knife Angel is made out of 100,000 confiscated knives received from 43 Police Forces across the UK. It is an incredible...
NEWS | Beauty Salon owners left in limbo over Coronavirus restrictions
Karla Davies & Aimee Howard who run Beautifique in Ledbury are currently in limbo due to the current government legislation. They currently run a well established beauty salon in Ledbury. With 20 years experience as therapists they have always had their clients...
NEWS | Leisure Centre and Local Authority come together for Covid community effort
The sports hall at Hereford Leisure Centre is used to seeing groups of people come together to get active, but recently it welcomed a new type of team which has been flexing its muscles and pulling together for an entirely different reason. Hereford Leisure Centre may...
FEATURED | Local agency’s podcast raises £850 for charity
Leominster based agri-food PR and marketing agency, Pinstone, has been busy fundraising during lockdown, contributing a total of £850, which has been shared between Leominster Food Bank and NHS Charities Together. The award-winning agency has been donating £10...
NEWS | Royal National College for the Blind welcomes new fundraising manager
The Royal National College for the Blind (RNC) Welcomes New Fundraising Manager This month, RNC said ‘hello’ to its new Fundraising Manager, Melanie Denning, who joins from The Courtyard Arts Centre where she was Individual Giving Manager for many years. Melanie is...
NEWS | Herefordshire tourism project awarded £440,000 of Marches LEP funding
A major campaign to help Herefordshire's tourism and visitor economy recover from the devastating impact of the coronavirus lockdown and February’s flooding has been awarded £440,000 by the Marches Local Enterprise Partnership. The money will help launch a...
NEWS | Herefordshire Armed Forces Week 2020
A message from the team delivering Herefordshire Armed Forces Day 2020. Like every year, Herefordshire would be looking forward to celebrating Armed Forces Week through a number of public events in the planning prior to Covid-19. Not to be defeated in our...
FILM REVIEW | Review of Da 5 Bloods by Pearcey’s Picks
Da 5 Bloods tells the story of Four African-American vets who return to Vietnam seeking the remains of their fallen Squad Leader and the gold fortune he helped them hide. Filled with social commentary, heated racial debates and interesting new info on many unsung...
FEATURED | Cyber Quarter experts to support SMEs in Herefordshire
More than 50 businesses in Herefordshire are being invited to take advantage of specialist training ahead of the opening of the new £9m Cyber Quarter – Midlands Centre for Cyber Security being built in the county. The cyber security courses,...
CHARITY | Nick’s 100 Challenge for St Michael’s Hospice
Diagnosed with a rare and incurable cancer in 2006, Nick Nenadich needed four major operations to remove tumours, part of his diaphragm and a lobe of one lung. He also endured sessions of chemotherapy and latterly immunotherapy. Throughout this time, Nick has remained...
CHARITY | Maddie smashes fundraising target
Maddie is just 9 years old and has been growing her hair for 3 years. She has been determined to donate her hair to charity The Little Princess Trust. Maddie smashed her £150 fundraising target within hours. Within a week she has hit £1000! Her family are all totally...
BUSINESS | Marches businesses receive £154m to support through the pandemic
Businesses in the Marches have benefitted from more than £154 million of Government grant support during the pandemic to date, new figures revealed today. The Chair of the Marches LEP Mandy Thorn today congratulated the region’s three councils for their hard...
NEWS | Herefordshire Council’s Cabinet approves Carbon Management Plan
Cabinet approves new Carbon Management Plan. Herefordshire Council’s Cabinet last week officially approved a new Carbon Management Plan, which sets the council on the path to carbon neutrality by 2030/31. The new Plan sets an interim target of a 75% reduction in...
NEWS | Leahpaige donates £128 worth of food to Hereford Food Bank
Leahpaige has been busy during lockdown making hugs to sell, for people to give to their loved ones because they cannot hug them in person. She raised £128 and purchased a shopping trolley full of food to give to Hereford Food Bank UK. If you have a community based...
NEWS | Volunteers step up to support Herefordshire’s shielding veterans
Herefordshire’s Veteran Support Centre (VSC) might be closed due to the Covid-19 emergency, but at-risk veterans are still receiving the support they need. The centre provides access and coordinated support in Herefordshire as a one-stop shop for veterans, serving...
NEWS | Local company makes masks for NHS Charities Together
Herefordshire based Tailor, Curtis Fulcher from PudlestonMakes, has raised over £600 for NHS Charities Together selling facemasks online to customers worldwide. The facemasks were a drafted, adapted style to give maximum comfort to the face from feedback from...
NEWS | Blackfriars Tattoo raise £1120 for the Wye Valley NHS Trust with ‘Stay Home’ t-shirts
When COVID-19 struck the UK, the team at Blackfriars Tattoo in Hereford put their heads together to find a way in which they could make a contribution to the frontline. Being artists the sensible thing to do was to create art, WEARABLE art, and co-owner Jon Harper put...
JOBS | Conversion Operator jobs at Elite Plastics Ltd
Elite Plastics Ltd are a leading manufacturer of polythene products. They are looking for conversion operators to join their team in Rotherwas manufacturing urgently needed PPE. This role involves working in a production environment so factory experience is preferred...