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FIGHTING COVID HELPING FRONTLINE WORKERS


The part played by a Ross-on-Wye factory in stopping the spread of the Coronavirus and creating local job opportunities has been recognised with an official visit to open the facility by the Lord Lieutenant for Herefordshire, Mr Edward Harley OBE.


The factory, owned by UK company Ultrafilter Medical, who have spent the last 20 years building an international group of companies specialising in the manufacture of high-efficiency filters for the removal of bacteria and viruses.


With a £3.6m investment from the Kronsbein family, Ultrafilter Medical has established the factory by transforming warehouses on the Alton Business Park into a state-of-the-art facility, equipped with mask manufacturing machines designed by its own engineers who are specialists in filtering airborne viruses.


The company now employs 67 people at the Herefordshire site, manufacturing the Ultramask. Since opening, the Ross-on-Wye site and its sister factory in Germany have produced over 400 million


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NEW SIGNING RUPERT JOINS AGRICULTURAL TEAM


Law firm Lodders has appointed lawyer Rupert Burchett as an associate in its Agricultural and Landed Estates team, based at their Cheltenham office.


After qualifying as a lawyer in 2011, Rupert worked in the agricultural sector for several years, before realising a lifelong ambition to join the army. He completed his military training at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and was commissioned as a Captain.


Of joining Lodders, Rupert says: “I was keen to find a position that enabled me to work with and to support local farmers, landowners and rural entrepreneurs. The role means I can join up my love of the countryside with a rewarding legal position, supporting and helping those living and working there during a time of significant change.”


HELPING WILDLIFE NEW SWEETS BACK HEDGEHOGS


Cotswold-based Just Wholefoods’ Vegebear now has a new mate!


Hot on the heels of the launch of its baking mixes range, Just Wholefoods is pleased to introduce ‘Vegehogs’ to its Vegebear and Frooty Fruits range of organic, plant-based sweets and five per cent of sales of the company’s new Vegehogs sweets is being donated to Tiggywinkles Wildlife Hospital.


Joe Snow, director of Just Wholefoods, said: “Since 2018 we have been gradually expanding our product ranges and felt that our Vegebear should have a friend!


“We wanted to launch a new product that could also do some good for our countryside and wildlife. Hedgehogs are under enormous threat so we decided that for every bag of Vegehogs sold, five per cent will be donated to the Tiggywinkles Wildlife Hospital.”


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masks, used by frontline workers in Herefordshire and further afield, including employees of the Wye Valley NHS Trust, Herefordshire Council, the Swiss Government and hospitals across Germany.


Chairman Dean Kronsbein said: “At the start of the pandemic, when PPE was in short supply in the UK, we asked ourselves how we could use our wealth of experience in filtering airborne viruses to help save lives and make the UK independent of overseas mask imports. I wanted to help my country, it was a call of duty. We also wanted to create much-needed employment and career opportunities for local people here in Ross-on-Wye.”


Alongside his legal role, Rupert will continue his military involvement as a Major in the Army Reserves.


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