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A second Liveryman zooms in for a virtual admission

Published on: 14 May 2021A second Liveryman zooms in for a virtual admission

At the May Court meeting, held on 7th May, The Court were delighted to welcome to the Livery a second Liveryman to be admitted to the Company virtually.

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Not quite a walk in the park for Gerald

Published on: 6 May 2021Not quite a walk in the park for Gerald

When Liveryman Gerald Shortland received an invitation from our Charity Partner, Teach First, to run a virtual Half Marathon this year, he simply couldn't resist.

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Virtual Pub Crawl - Crawling through London's Liquid History

Published on: 6 May 2021Virtual Pub Crawl - Crawling through London's Liquid History

Not content with sitting in a chilly pub garden, Liverymen quickly signed up to join a virtual London pub crawl. With a drink in hand, Liveryman Roger Kelsey recalls the night we all came together for a fascinating boozy, warm night in...

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Wine & Tapas event breaks the 100 barrier!

Published on: 27 April 2021Wine & Tapas event breaks the 100 barrier!

It was time to bring a little sunshine into a chilly Friday, with a delicious Wine and Tapas tasting event at home. Warden Steve Chick tells us more...

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Redundancy Support for Apprentices

Published on: 20 April 2021Redundancy Support for Apprentices

Keen to support apprentices who may have been affected by redundancy, please spread the word to apprentices that will benefit from this Redundancy Support Service.

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WCB Nuffield Scholar benefits from virtual briefing conference

Published on: 19 April 2021WCB Nuffield Scholar benefits from virtual briefing conference

James MacCartney, the Worshipful Company of Butchers’ 2021 Nuffield Scholar has taken on a big challenge with his project - looking at ‘UK red meat production. How to win the battle for environmental sustainability in the mind of the consumer’.

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Zooming, Looming (and muting)

Published on: 25 March 2021Zooming, Looming (and muting)

Assistant Paul Dolan tells us what it is really like to film a Virtual Career talk video of yourself for Teach First.

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Keeping your Whits about you

Published on: 22 March 2021Keeping your Whits about you

As 19 teams gathered for our second WCB Virtual Quiz on, there were new challengers ready to battle against the reigning WCB Egghead champions, team Professor Quiz Whitty.

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Lambie bowls us over

Published on: 26 February 2021Lambie bowls us over

Lockdown delivered another fabulous virtual fellowship event with guest speaker Allan Lamb - aka Legga, Lambie. Assistant Jim Connell tells us how this former England cricketer and captain was batting at his very best on Zoom.

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A Valentine's cook-a-long that was far from Bland

Published on: 25 February 2021A Valentine's cook-a-long that was far from Bland

Keen to get all our buddying chefs cooking again, Assistant Rachel Griffiths tells more about our Valentine's Cook-a-long with guest chef Dan Bland.

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We like to keep most things open for all to see, but for news and announcements that are for Liverymen only we will post here, with access to members only.

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