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In Brief
Chamber extends its support for charity
Solihull Chamber has decided to keep Help Harry Help Others (HHHO) as its chosen charity for a second year. The charity, HHHO, which is run by Georgie
Specialist appointment: Dean Parnell with Samantha Glynn
Midlands law firm Sydney Mitchell has appointed Samantha Glynn to its dispute resolution team. Samantha is a specialist employment
solicitor who has considerable experience of contentious employment matters, as well as supporting employer clients with HR related advice and assistance. Dean Parnell, partner, said: “We are
delighted to be welcoming Sam into our team and in addition to taking on a good mix of employment tribunal claims she will also be providing support to our Employment Armour retainer clients.” Employment Armour is a legal protection
scheme, and operates as a ‘one stop shop’ for all the legal needs a business might have. Samantha Glynn said: “I am looking forward
to working with Dean and the rest of the team at Sydney Mitchell. “The firm has an excellent reputation and
their Legal 500 status is well deserved. I really enjoy being part of a highly motivated team who are focused on getting the very best results for their clients.”
Virgin Trains has broken new records for passengers travelling on its west coast route between the West Midlands and London. As the intercity operator celebrates 20 years
of operating the west coast route, new figures show it carried 12,190,013 customers between the West Midlands and London in 2017, an increase of 6.8 per cent compared to the same period the previous year. In the four week period leading up to
Christmas a record 1,117,979 journeys were made on the route. The highest ever number of journeys taken on Virgin Trains between London and Birmingham New Street was recorded in the same period, 202,950, up 10.8 per cent on last year. Significant increases in customer journeys were also seen between London and Coventry (7.1 per cent), Rugby (8.3 per cent) and Sandwell and Dudley (4.5 per cent). Chamber chief executive Paul Faulkner said:
“As our region continues to go from strength to strength, it’s essential we have first class rail links to support this growth. It’s great to see Virgin Trains investing heavily in improving services between the West Midlands and London.” “Not only are Virgin Trains putting the
needs of the customer at the heart of the travel experience, they are a playing a massive part in enriching regional connectivity.”
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Moseley, has just relocated from Stechford to the Solihull area, and provides a lifeline service to adults and children affected by any type of cancer. The inspiration for the charity comes from
Georgie’s son, Harry, who bravely battled cancer for two years before passing away at just 11. However, in those two years, he organised more than 100 events, to help people affected by brain cancer. HHHO was initially based in Stechford, where
it ran a support centre, but this was threatened with closure at the end of last year, due to a redevelopment scheme. The charity has now moved to a new base in
Tile Cross, which was opened last month on what would have been Harry’s 18th birthday. The centre was opened by TV presenter Ben Shepherd, an HHHO ambassador. Georgie said: “The last 12 months has been a
very difficult time in trying to secure new premises in order to continue our much needed service. “While at times there didn't seem like any
options I just couldn't lose the faith and kept on searching. We are delighted that after a frustrating 12 months we can now get back and focus 100 per cent on evolving our services and offering even more support to families affected by cancer throughout Solihull.”
New home: Georgie Moseley (left) with Joan Smith Solihull Chamber director Joan Smith said:
“The work that Georgie does for this charity is unbelievable. Solihull Chamber chose her as our charity for 17/18 to help raise her profile and raise awareness for all the fantastic work she does for the community. “When we got the news that she had to
relocate to another centre, we decided to keep the charity on board for another year. We need to work on a plan for supporting her for 18/19.”
School backs education drive
A Solihull school has been to the heart of the Government in a bid to draw attention to a campaign to improve global education. The pupils from Lyndon School, in Dalesford
Road, have been taking part in the ‘Send My Friend to School’ campaign. This is a little-known campaign which
originated in 2000, when world leaders promised to deliver free primary education for all children by 2015. Not surprisingly, this was reneged on. And more political disappointment was in
store for the children from Lyndon School as they attempted to raise the issue with Prime Minister Theresa May at 10 Downing Street. According to the school, Mrs May was too
busy appointing her new Cabinet to meet to talk about the campaign. Despite not meeting the Prime Minister, the school intends to carry on with the campaign, and principal Abid Butt said: “We are planning on raising more awareness in our summer term of the importance of education across the world.”
Heart of Government (L-R): Danyal Ahmed, Zainab Ali, Emily Careless and Danyal Qaiser
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