19th March 2024
Eight ‘troops’ from West Nottinghamshire College saw victory on the battlefield, after dealing with bomb disposal, accuracy with firearms and responding to emergency incidents.
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19th March 2024
A Derby law firm is set to continue its long commitment to supporting the city’s popular 10k race after funding another bumper turnout from its staff at the event this weekend.
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18th March 2024
Altia Intel has been listed in the top 100 medium-sized places to work in the UK with employees highlighting the company’s work culture, performance, and direction during an anonymous survey.
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Speaking at Love Business Expo, Sir John Peace called for greater collaboration between businesses, public sector organisations and education providers across the Midlands to unlock productivity, innovation and economic growth.
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18th March 2024
Creative agency Fluid Ideas has unveiled the latest phase of its expansion – a drive-in studio for filming, photography, recording and events.
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18th March 2024
Derby-based Sinfonia Viva, the Orchestra of the East Midlands, is planning to launch a programme of dementia-friendly classical music performances in Derby.
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18th March 2024
As part of its major investment project at its Burton on Trent tile plant Russell Roof Tiles is installing state-of-the-art equipment to support the firm’s Net Zero ambitions.
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Sir John Peace, a time machine, AI, virtual reality and a robotic dog. Love Business Expo 2024 had it all – and more – as it offered thousands of delegates from across Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire a blast to the future.
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18th March 2024
Leading Derby-based project managers, construction cost consultants and building surveyors Armsons Barlow are helping to bring an education facility at Derby College Group’s campus to life.
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18th March 2024
A Derby charity is urgently seeking volunteers so that it can provide a much-needed break to children in the city and county who may be living in poverty or facing challenges at home.
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18th March 2024
Bluesky International has stepped in to help preserve historical local pictures from its neighbourhood’s past.
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Sir John Peace CVO CStJ, one of the region’s most celebrated business leaders, will lead an exclusive seminar on business growth at this year’s Love Business Expo.
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18th March 2024
Stirlin are excited to announce that they have secured the contract for the construction of a cutting-edge 18,000 square foot warehouse in Lincoln, with two offices and high-quality facilities for Lincframe Roof Trusses.
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18th March 2024
A local housebuilder is set to bring 93 homes to Fairham, in Nottingham.
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18th March 2024
An ambitious plan to halt and reverse declining native species abundance across the Peak District has been awarded £1.69 million funding from the Government's Species Survival Fund.
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Loughborough-based print solutions specialist The Printers is stepping up its backing for the Love Business EXPO by signing up as the event’s official print sponsor for 2024.
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18th March 2024
Last week Living Without Abuse (LWA), a local domestic abuse support charity, put out an appeal for a young mum with 2 children who’d fallen victim to an unscrupulous carpet fitter just when they needed help most.
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15th March 2024
Ahead of Global Recycling Day (18 March), Nottingham’s leading shopping destination, Victoria Centre, is highlighting the many ways in which shoppers can do their bit to help reduce waste.
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15th March 2024
The creation of 36 high-spec apartments in a vacant Chesterfield building that once housed Tiffany’s Bar and Restaurant has been completed less than a year after work began.
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Love Business EXPO – the region’s biggest free business event – is blasting into the future in 2024.
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15th March 2024
First Response Finance, the vehicle finance company with offices in Nottingham, Leigh, and Glasgow, has been nominated in the line-up for ‘Best Car Finance Provider’ in this year’s Consumer Credit Awards.
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15th March 2024
This year’s Medilink Midlands Business Awards will see a ‘winner of all winners’ awarded a £5,000 prize to help advance their innovation.
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15th March 2024
One of the largest accountants and business advisers in the Midlands, Duncan & Toplis, is aiming to reduce its total carbon emissions to zero within the next five to eight years.
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This will be our fourth time participating, and we've thoroughly enjoyed being a part of it and meeting all the wonderful attendees throughout the years
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15th March 2024
Colleagues from a Derbyshire company are taking to the skies in a daredevil challenge to raise funds for Rainbows Hospice for Children and Young People.
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14th March 2024
The highly anticipated 2024 East Midlands Finance Awards (EMFA) is proud to announce its partnership with NOVA.
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14th March 2024
Nottingham-based Barratt and David Wilson Homes North Midlands has donated £3,000 to Nottinghamshire Search and Rescue (NSART).
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You can’t outsource the risk, every business owner, director, and senior manager has a moral, financial and legal obligation for managing the health and safety of their organisation.
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14th March 2024
The Kuku Embassy Luncheons are open to all
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14th March 2024
In Leicester from Friday 22 to Monday 25 March - The Big Pledge Weekend is set to make a big impact as Leicester Hospitals Charity rallies the community together to support the CenTre Neonatal Transport Service in their mission to enhance the care provide
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14th March 2024
A computer software engineer who started her career in the same year as IBM launched its first home PC is hoping to inspire more women to join the industry after she was nominated for a major award.
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We’re delighted to welcome and announce Mike Kapur, OBE, as a Strategic Advisor to the Board at the East Midlands Cyber Resilience Centre.
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14th March 2024
The historic Paget Estate has announced new tenants for Hungary Lane Farm, which will become the sixth organic farm on the 2,500-acre estate located on the Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire border.
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14th March 2024
A Nottingham-based charity has received a £1,500 donation from Barratt and David Wilson Homes to support its services to provide a peer support group for men that are suffering with their mental health.
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14th March 2024
Leicestershire based building society esbs has recently welcomed Helen Stevens to the Board as a Non-Executive Director.
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East Midlands devolution was again the hotly-debated topic by this year’s Love Business ‘Question Time’ panel.
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14th March 2024
Workplace consultants and interior fit-out specialists Blueprint Interiors has announced the appointment of Caitlin Houlbrook as a Workplace Designer.
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13th March 2024
Nottingham-based contractor Clegg Food Projects is continuing its long-standing relationship with The Greggs Foundation by sponsoring the Breakfast Club initiative at Highbank Primary and Nursery School in Clifton.
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13th March 2024
A new partnership is getting the wheels rolling on a 100-mile bike ride to support two charities giving low tech breaks to hundreds of Derbyshire children who might not otherwise get a holiday at all.
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The chequered flag fell on the Love Business Expo for another year, and this year’s big winners were… everyone who took time out of their day to visit, support or participate in the event.
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13th March 2024
Nottingham-based investigation tech firm, Altia, has appointed a new Chair as the company looks to strengthen its growth plans throughout 2024 and beyond.
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13th March 2024
A successful start to 2024 has led to the creation of more new jobs at asbestos management consultancy, Acorn Analytical Services Northampton.
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13th March 2024
Baby loss charity Forever Stars has issued an urgent plea to local people, businesses, artists and workers for help with a DIY SOS-style makeover project for Queen’s Medical Centre (QMC) Nottingham’s Ward A23 and its garden, where families suffering baby
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Partners and organisers of the Love Business Expo are urging local firms to ‘pass on the baton of opportunity’ in the run-up to this year’s event.
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13th March 2024
A new programme, devised by the charity Framework, can help businesses recycle domestic or office furniture, electrical appliances, fixtures and fittings and, at the same time, transform the lives of homeless people.
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13th March 2024
Frozen food distributor Central Foods has appointed a new business development manager.
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13th March 2024
Connect Receptions - March/April 24
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It’s crucial you find a credible and reliable UK freight forwarder if importing or exporting is a part of your business growth strategy.
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13th March 2024
A Coalville-based charity has received a £1,500 donation from David Wilson Homes to support its services dedicated to improving the physical appearance and overall wellbeing of people living with cancer.
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12th March 2024
Platform Home Ownership has announced the conclusion of a successful Shared Ownership development in Ratby, in partnership with Miller Homes.
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12th March 2024
Burton-based Willshee’s Waste & Recycling is celebrating its 40th anniversary as the company hits £35million turnover and continues its trajectory of 20% year-on-year growth for the 10th consecutive year.
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Why working with a charity can help your business in more ways then you may think
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12th March 2024
The University of Nottingham and Nottingham Trent University have been awarded funding for a centre that will train chemists of the future to find new ways to decarbonise manufacturing sectors, and help the East Midlands achieve its net zero target.
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12th March 2024
A Nottinghamshire town is set to be taken over with Good Friday fun in aid of local Newark charity, Beaumond House Hospice Care.
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12th March 2024
A menswear designer, who was one of the first to move into Northampton’s Vulcan Works, has praised the workspace for establishing ‘a hub of creatives’ that has helped him to grow his business.
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If ever you needed a reminder that telephone fraud is something to take very seriously indeed, the NCSC recently reported that phone fraud increased by 83% between April 2020 and March 2021 compared to the previous year. This data is according to Which?
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12th March 2024
Local charity Treetops Hospice has received £100,000 funding to help Derbyshire care homes support residents who are approaching the end of their life.
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12th March 2024
Barratt Homes Northampton is celebrating the efforts of its team that took on a cycling challenge to raise money for Northamptonshire Health Charity.
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12th March 2024
Popular Derbyshire farm shop Croots is celebrating winning an award at the annual British Pie Awards.
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Cyber security experts have revealed in depth for the first time the logic behind their advice to use three random words when creating passwords.
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12th March 2024
More than 40 representatives of some of the UK’s top venues, ticket operators and event organisers have come together to share good practice about improving accessibility for disabled people at an event organised by Derby-based Nimbus Disability.
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12th March 2024
Financing supports the over 50s to pursue their business dreams.
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12th March 2024
Researchers at the University of Nottingham have received a share of one billion pounds for a project aiming to reduce CO2 emissions through the creation of an AI model that will improve the accuracy of short-range weather forecasting for photovoltaic (PV
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11th March 2024
Baked Earth Bakery has launched two new flatbread wraps for the food service sector.
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11th March 2024
World-class athletes will feature alongside 1,000 runners at SportsShoes.com’s inaugural Podium Festival, a community running and brand exhibition event being held on March 16 at New College, Leicester.
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11th March 2024
Nottingham College has received its first Outstanding Ofsted grade at its most recent inspection, marking the start of a new chapter for the college as it continues its journey towards becoming an Outstanding college, over the next three years.
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11th March 2024
National law firm Freeths has advised SmartParc on the development of an innovative low carbon energy solution for a major food production and distribution hub in Derby.
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11th March 2024
Derby based independent management consultancy FPA Consulting has expanded its team following the appointment of Hannah Smith.
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11th March 2024
Housebuilder Allison Homes East has welcomed Georgina McCrae to the team as Planning Director, to help its growth across the region.
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11th March 2024
The closing date for entries of this year’s Nottingham Young Creative Awards is fast approaching on 15 March 2024 and business leaders in the city are encouraging young people to get involved.
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11th March 2024
Independent financial planners, Belmayne, are preparing to celebrate the firm’s 20th anniversary by tackling a 20-mile sponsored hike around their home town of Dronfield.
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11th March 2024
An exciting line up of summer events in Derby has been announced by the Cathedral Quarter Business Improvement District (BID).
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11th March 2024
An award-winning Derbyshire sustainable business making recycled plastic outdoor furniture is helping the public get into the growing spirit by launching a competition to name its latest design: a flat pack raised bed.
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11th March 2024
THIS March marks Nottingham Express Transit (NET)’s 20th anniversary. To celebrate, the network is treating tram users to a whole year of surprises and treats.
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11th March 2024
Young Derbyshire sea cadets have been given a welcome boost to help with training after a generous donation from a Midlands rail maintenance firm.
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11th March 2024
An affordable animal healthcare provider from Leicester, a vintage high street emporium supporting their community, a recruitment team from Chesterfield and a training company pioneering diversity and inclusion: The FSB Celebrating Small Business Awards E
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8th March 2024
For International Women’s Day (March 8), Platform Home Ownership is shining a spotlight on two inspirational women and their routes into the housing industry in the hope that it will inspire others to consider a career in the sector.
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8th March 2024
A chef Lecturer at West Nottinghamshire College has spent a week cooking at celebrity chef Heston Blumenthal’s Three Michelin star ‘renowned temple to innovative modern British cuisine’.
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8th March 2024
To celebrate World Book Day (7th March), pupils from Langold Dyscarr Community School were treated to a storytelling event organised by Barratt Homes.
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8th March 2024
This International Women’s Day, Forterra is celebrating Charlotte Wood, Plant Manager at its Measham Brickworks in Leicestershire.
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8th March 2024
Aqua Sana Spa, located in Sherwood Forest, Nottinghamshire has been named ‘Employer of the Year’ at the Professional Beauty Awards 2024.
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8th March 2024
Leicestershire based Earl Shilton Building Society is proud to announce the launch of “Paul’s Podcast”; its latest initiative to foster financial literacy and support its members with information, guidance, and financial insight from esbs’ Chief Executive
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8th March 2024
A developer providing brand new homes across Leicestershire is inspiring inclusion this International Women’s Day (March 8), by sharing the story of an assistant site manager who secured a career in construction immediately after leaving school.
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8th March 2024
A Nottinghamshire funeral firm says it is reflecting the changing times in the industry after it appointed an all-female team at its Stapleford office.
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8th March 2024
An Assistant Site Manager for Barratt Homes in Melton Mowbray has highlighted her experience working in the construction industry for International Women’s Day (Friday 8th March).
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8th March 2024
The CEO of Leicestershire-based Pall-Ex Group is calling on the logistics industry to create more career opportunities for women and support their professional development in a heavily male-dominated sector.
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8th March 2024
The Access Group, a leading provider of business management software has announced the appointment of Giulio Montemagno as managing director of its Access PaySuite division.
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7th March 2024
THE owner of a leading city IT firm is gearing up for a busy year of fundraising for local charities that includes a family fun run and an epic bike ride to Skegness.
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7th March 2024
2024 marks a new chapter for the Derbyshire based property group, Clowes Developments, as they implement their brand-new charitable giving policy.
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7th March 2024
Three leading East Midlands female commercial property figures are set to mark International Women's Day this Friday (March 8th) by supporting a Nottingham domestic abuse charity.
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7th March 2024
A major event is set to bring together leading schools and employers from across the East Midlands to an innovative careers conference, aimed at helping teachers better prepare their students for the world of work.
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7th March 2024
Nothing truly heralds the approach of Spring like the sight of newborn lambs in the pastures, together with the appearance of daffodils, snowdrops, and brighter evenings.
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7th March 2024
Leicestershire’s heritage railway, Great Central Railway, will be ‘reunified’ with Great Central Railway Nottingham for the first time in over 50 years as part of a major weekend of events in March to celebrate the 125th Anniversary of this award-winning,
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7th March 2024
A Derby company, which specialises in refurbishing social housing properties across the East Midlands, has expanded into larger serviced offices at Oberoi Business Hub in Pride Park in line with its growing customer base.
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6th March 2024
Russell Scanlan, one of the UK’s longest established insurance brokers, has acquired Leicester based specialist insurance firm, Building & Land Guarantees(BLG), in a move that will see both businesses benefit from the growth opportunities presented by the
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6th March 2024
Mel Archbould, owner and Managing Director of Cloud-busting, a business scale-up consultancy based in Chesterfield, has joined NLT Training Services’ Board of Directors.
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6th March 2024
This International Women’s Day (8th March), homebuilder Rippon Homes is highlighting some of its female employees, and their roles within the company and construction industry.
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6th March 2024
A LEADING UK packaging company with a factory in Clay Cross has donated cardboard to a local charity’s annual event that aims to highlight homelessness and poverty in Derbyshire.
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6th March 2024
Home and garden specialist PR agency, Honest Communications, has bolstered its leadership team with the promotion of longstanding employee, Fay Clarkson, to the position of Operations and Account Director.
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6th March 2024
A refugee who is being accommodated by Derby-based Derventio Housing Trust is in the running for a prestigious Stephen Lawrence scholarship in one of the world’s top law firms.
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6th March 2024
Viking Transport Ltd has collected an award for its contribution to the logistics industry.
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6th March 2024
Derbyshire full-service marketing agency Purpose Media has made a major move into the education sector after winning contracts to create 30 new websites and give digital support to two leading Midlands academy trusts.
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6th March 2024
A new online survey is now open to anyone who wants to share their views on the future of County Hall in West Bridgford.
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6th March 2024
Inspiring more young people from marginalised and economically-deprived backgrounds in the Midlands about technology, science and engineering is the aim of a new community funding offer.
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6th March 2024
Rothera Bray has recently donated over £5,000 to Headway Nottingham, both in memory of a former colleague and as part of its appeal to raise funds to continue providing invaluable support for brain injury sufferers across Nottinghamshire.
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6th March 2024
Young people struggling with their mental health have been given their own garden getaway thanks to a Midlands-based outdoor building business.
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5th March 2024
Derby-based SortRefer has been named Conveyancer of the Year at the Moneyage Mortgage Awards 2024, which celebrate excellence within the UK mortgage industry.
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5th March 2024
Leicester-based metalwork firm, ADS Laser Cutting Limited, has pledged its support to students at Leicester College as it seeks to invest in future local talent and address ongoing skills development.
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5th March 2024
The number of new technology companies incorporated in the East Midlands jumped by a fifth (20%) to 1,627 last year, up from 1,358 the prior year.
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5th March 2024
LOCAL artists have gathered to celebrate their artwork being prominently displayed in the first outdoor art gallery at Nottingham’s The Island Quarter.
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5th March 2024
Starting a new business can seem like a daunting prospect for many. There can be so much to think about and it's easy to get overwhelmed. With this in mind, LLEP Business Gateway Growth Hub is running Business Boost: Focus on Start-up Support on 12 March
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5th March 2024
Innovative Trunking Lane and Enhanced Tracking Capabilities Promise Simplified Processing for EU Shipments.
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