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SUPPORTING INNOVATION: From left, Peter Roach, Mike Paxton, Sandy Johal, David Nuttall, Tony Steinert and Roy Pulley.

12:50pm Thursday 18th February 2010

WORCESTERSHIRE manufacturers looking to become more innovative are being urged to tap into a service that will help them develop new products, processes and unique technologies.

Youngsters help open revamped Co-op store

SNIP! The revamped Co-op in Ronkswood, Worcester, is opened.

5:20pm Wednesday 17th February 2010

Gill Corbett, centre, manager of the Co-op in Lichfield Avenue, Ronkswood, Worcester, has celebrated the opening of the revamped store.

Now you can get fit like Rocky

SHAPE UP: Get fit like Sylvester Stallone in Rocky

5:03pm Wednesday 17th February 2010

NOW you can get fit the way Rocky did in the eponymous fight-game film.

Medical firm leads the way with three awards

TOP TEAM: From left, Ken Findlay, Brian Deane and Alan Press, all of Kimal, with Professor the Lord Darzi of Denham.

1:18pm Monday 15th February 2010

WORCESTERSHIRE medical devices company Kimal enjoyed a highly successful trade show in Dubai, winning three major awards and launching a groundbreaking home haemodialysis machine.

Scheme will help community thrive

PLAN: Sarah McAdam, left, Rebecca Frost and Nicola Lloyd discuss the Rural Development Programme for England.

5:10pm Sunday 14th February 2010

A LOCAL approach to delivering more than £10 million of Rural Development Programme for England (RDPE) funding will be a huge positive for Worcestershire.

Extra help and protection for private tenants

3:10pm Thursday 11th February 2010

HOUSING Minister John Healey has announced new practical help and protection for tenants in Worcestershire and Herefordshire who live in privately rented homes.

Butchers have recipe for sausage success

WINNER: Alan Crowley, left, of sponsors AW Swift of Birmingham, and Tristan Meier of H Dayus Butchers, of St John’s.

3:59pm Wednesday 10th February 2010

A WORCESTER butcher’s shop has won the title of the tastiest speciality sausage.

Election hopeful gets up to speed with haulage industry

Focusing on Freight: Left to right are Grahame Taylor, MD of TM Logistics; Ian Gallagher, FTA policy manager, Harriett Baldwin, David Bratton of TM Logistics and Adam Purshall of TM Logistics.

11:50am Tuesday 9th February 2010

TO raise awareness of the issues affecting the UK haulage industry, national supply chain specialist TM Logistics met with Harriett Baldwin, Conservative party candidate for West Worcestershire.

I’m going to back this great county

FLYING THE FLAG: David Rowe says he’s determined to promote what’s good about enterprise in Worcestershire.

1:30pm Monday 8th February 2010

THE new chairman of Advantage West Midlands Enterprise Board has said he will help Worcestershire become more enterprising by focusing on its strengths.

Time is right to back social enterprises

Jon Argent, from Halo Leisure, and Freer Spreckley and Kavin Maton, both from Social Enterprise West Midlands, look at the new prospectus for the sector.

12:30pm Sunday 7th February 2010

THE growth of social enterprise could lead to a jobs boom in Worcestershire, it has been claimed Kevin Maton, network director for Social Enterprise West Midlands, made the prediction during the launch of The Time is Now – the new vision and prospectus for the sector which calls for greater understanding, innovation and support.

Firm aims to get its teeth into market at dog show

Seafood consultants Jill and Robert Angell, who launched the Droitwich-based company Fish4Dogs, are pictured at last year’s Crufts event.

2:24pm Thursday 4th February 2010

A WORCESTERSHIRE firm which specialises in fish-based nutrition for dogs and cats is hoping to net hundreds of customers when it launches a new puppy club at this year’s Crufts.

New clinic is to specialise in non-surgical treatments

MEET THE LODGE TEAM: Left to right, Spire South Bank Hospital director Ben Nicholson, clinical business manager Dawn Russell, head of sales and marketing Debbie Colebourn and cosmetic surgeon Dalvi Humzah. The clinic is in the gate house at the hospital.

1:40pm Wednesday 3rd February 2010

A NEW Worcester-based clinic specialising in non-surgical cosmetic procedures has opened.

Everything’s coming up roses at firm

ROSE TO THE OCCASION: Ice cream with a difference.

1:10pm Wednesday 3rd February 2010

AN ice cream company in Worcestershire has launched an alternative Valentine’s treat for romantic couples.

Tom and Lauren to lead group with young ideas

YOUNG PEOPLE’S ENTERPRISE PARTNERSHIP: Tom Baker-Price, Kingsley College, and Lauren Thompson, Brook Street.

11:58am Tuesday 2nd February 2010

TWO members of the newly launched Young People’s Enterprise Partnership come from Worcestershire.

Husband and wife team sweep away opposition

ALL-CONQUERING: Sarah and Lee Shelton of Procaterserv.

4:10pm Monday 1st February 2010

HUSBAND and wife team Lee and Sarah Shelton, directors of Worcestershire kitchen and catering design house Procaterserv, are taking on the UK catering sector after conquering competitor giants and securing major appointments.

Visit to Gambia changed my life

HOTEL: Susan Clifford-Webb and her son Oliver, at Hibiscus House out in the Gambia.

3:10pm Sunday 31st January 2010

A WORCESTERSHIRE woman who visited the Gambia nine years ago to escape the cold British weather is now entering her fourth season as a successful hotelier there.

Go global is advice to waste company

GLOBAL: Lord Jones of Birmingham, right, who was given a general waste recycling bin for Claverdon, where he lives, by Peter Selkirk, left, chief executive officer of Taylor, Elmley Lovett, near Droitwich. Second left is David Williams, managing director

4:20pm Thursday 28th January 2010

LORD Digby Jones has visited leading Worcestershire recycling and waste containment solutions provider Taylor to advise the company on shaping its strategy for building the business in overseas markets.

Ex-tennis pro and top medic a winning team

ANYONE FOR TENNIS: Games Education partners Michael Crooks and Fraser Harban with electronic device Hotspot.

4:00pm Wednesday 27th January 2010

A FORMER professional tennis player and a consultant anaesthetist have joined forces to develop a new training system that could revolutionise sports training.

The best start to new year for city apprentice

Martin Priddey, who has graduated from the apprentice scheme, with the company’s operations director Bill Duffy.

1:50pm Tuesday 26th January 2010

A WORCESTER apprentice has received a great start to the new year – a permanent employment contract.

Butcher a cut above the rest

Tristan Meier's sausages impressed the judges.

5:10pm Monday 25th January 2010

A YOUNG Worcester butcher’s sizzling sausages have taken him to the finals of a taste competition.




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