2019 Annual Worcestershire Festival of Business

The 2019 Worcestershire Festival of Business took place at Chateau Impney Hotel in Droitwich Spa. The sixth annual celebration of Worcestershire enterprise and entrepreneurship was the biggest event so far, bringing together the Worcestershire business community to showcase the diversity of businesses in the county, and build connections within the local supply chain.

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Worcestershire Recruitment Firm Plans Digital Growth As Unemployment Falls

A Worcestershire recruitment company is investing in digital application technology to help firms fill vacancies fast amid a shortage of people looking for work.

Record low unemployment has been a welcome boost for the economy but has left businesses struggling to fill jobs, according to county recruitment firm Workforce Staffing.

The project will be led by newly promoted manager Lucy Cotterill. In a twin recruitment approach, it will see Workforce’s Kidderminster office become a recruitment centre for interview and selection, with vacancy management, customer service, worker induction and training offered from the firm’s office in Worcester’s Foregate Street.

Water monitoring experts pour into Redditch

A leading supplier of water monitoring equipment has moved its European base to Redditch, with the help of commercial property agency John Truslove.

In-Situ Europe has been providing firms with specialist equipment to monitor surface and groundwater for more than two decades.

But increasing demand has seen the company expand to the point where it had outgrown its previous base in Shirley and it had to start looking for new premises.

Financial controller Julie Rose said: “We have expanded quite a lot in the last few years and we needed somewhere that combined office accommodation with warehouse space for our expanding range of technical equipment.”

Start-ups and freelancers now have a new home in Worcester

Worcestershire’s start-ups, freelancers and small businesses can now use a long-anticipated co-working space at the Old Police station in Copenhagen Street, Worcester following its grand opening.

The Kiln, a collaborative community to help entrepreneurs and lone workers, provides hot desking for more than 60 people. It has undergone extensive building and renovation work, creating a practical space for professionals to use as their base, and to share ideas and network.

The launch of The Kiln comes hot on the heels of The Kiln 0.5, a smaller scale, temporary hub based at The Guildhall in Worcester’s High Street.