12th October 2024
A team from Amazon’s fulfilment centre in Kegworth has visited a primary school in Nottingham to spend time with the pupils and encourage fun reading in partnership with National Literacy Trust.
Read more
11th October 2024
East Midlands Chamber has given its reaction to new figures showing the economy grew by 0.2% in the three months until August.
Read more
11th October 2024
Work on a wheeled sports facility designed by ex-pro skateboarder Marc Churchill has begun in Heanor.
Read more
11th October 2024
Benedict Heaver, Managing Director of Streets Heaver Healthcare Computing in Lincoln has been recognised as One to Watch in The LDC Top 50 Most Ambitious Business Leaders programme for 2024, in partnership with The Times.
Read more
Featured
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.
Read more
11th October 2024
East Midlands based, Danaher & Walsh Civil Engineering is proud to announce the signing of a five-year contract as part of the Integrated Maintenance and Repair for Water Recycling (IMR WR) alliance.
Read more
11th October 2024
Northampton College is celebrating this week after its green efforts were praised on the international stage.
Read more
11th October 2024
The work of an artist who has been critically acclaimed by NASA is being showcased in Leicester to celebrate World Space Week.
Read more
Featured
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.
Read more
11th October 2024
CONKERS, the award-winning visitor attraction in the National Forest, has made it through to the finals of the Leicestershire Promotions Tourism and Hospitality Awards 2024 in the Large Visitor Attraction of the Year category.
Read more
11th October 2024
The team at Amazon’s fulfilment centre in Chesterfield has celebrated its fifth anniversary.
Read more
11th October 2024
Two Chimps Coffee Took Home Two Awards at this Year’s Event
Read more
Featured
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.
Read more
10th October 2024
Vans and volunteers are needed to join Treetops Hospice efforts as the end-of-life charity’s tree recycling scheme returns this Christmas.
Read more
10th October 2024
Members of the East Midlands business community gathered last month for the annual CAPs (Construction and Property Sector) Golf Day, held at Rushcliffe Golf Course, to raise an impressive £9,950 in support of PASIC.
Read more
10th October 2024
Accountancy and business advisory firm, BDO LLP, has advised on nine deals in the first three quarters of the year, with a combined deal value of nearly £900 million.
Read more
Featured
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.
Read more
10th October 2024
Market Harborough Building Society is bringing banking services back to the high street this month (October) for hundreds of people who have seen their bank close in recent times.
Read more
10th October 2024
Derby-based project managers, construction cost consultants, and building surveyors, Armsons Barlow have teamed up with engineering consultancy Jackson Purdue Lever to organise a Harvest Festival Food Drive in support of the Derby Food 4 Thought Alliance
Read more
10th October 2024
Tyron Runflat, inventor of the world’s only multi-piece rubber Runflat tyre protector and headquartered in Leicestershire, is marking Tyre Safety Month this October by sharing key advice for road users as the winter months draw in.
Read more
Featured
Love Business EXPO – the region’s biggest free business event – is blasting into the future in 2024.
Read more
10th October 2024
Specialist law firm Michael Cummins Employment Solicitors has welcomed Katie Baker-Clifton as its new senior associate.
Read more
10th October 2024
Winvic Construction Ltd’s Talent Development Manager, Kayleigh Merritt, has won a Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) Top 100 Influential Women in Construction Award.
Read more
10th October 2024
Emily Woodgate, Lecturer of Teacher Training at Derby College Group has just had her first experience of teaching a cohort of deaf students. There were 12 students in total – all Deaf, one student with partial hearing with the aid of a cochlear implant.
Read more
Featured
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
Read more
10th October 2024
Legendary British 400m runner Derek Redmond has signed a new three-year contract with high performance training provider Champions (UK) plc, which will take his association with the firm to 13 years.
Read more
10th October 2024
Yesterday’s National Manufacturing Day was an exciting event at Pennine, where we had the pleasure of welcoming students from Noel-Baker Academy and John Port Spencer Academy.
Read more
9th October 2024
Animals in Need, a Northamptonshire-based charity that helps all types of animals and birds, has received a £1,500 donation from Barratt Homes to assist with its work.
Read more
Featured
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.
Read more
9th October 2024
Established Nottingham public relations consultancy, Eden PR, has boosted its team with the appointment of Ryan Conway as PR and Digital Account Manager.
Read more
9th October 2024
Brookfield Community School’s design and technology students have started a new school year with a bundle of donated drawing equipment.
Read more
9th October 2024
Corby-based company See Limited has invested £700,000 into its distribution arm, Performance Panels, to drastically improve its environmental footprint while also revolutionising the day-to-day working operations at its distribution facility in Halifax, W
Read more
Featured
We’re delighted to welcome and announce Mike Kapur, OBE, as a Strategic Advisor to the Board at the East Midlands Cyber Resilience Centre.
Read more
9th October 2024
NG Chartered Surveyors, the Property People, have completed the investment sale of a prime light industrial unit in Ilkeston, Derbyshire.
Read more
9th October 2024
Nottingham-based marketing and PR agency, V Formation, has bolstered its digital marketing offering with the appointment of Rory Chambers, a specialist in website development and digital marketing.
Read more
9th October 2024
Clegg Construction has scooped the prestigious ‘Contractor of the Year’ title at the East Midlands Bricks Awards 2024.
Read more
Featured
East Midlands devolution was again the hotly-debated topic by this year’s Love Business ‘Question Time’ panel.
Read more
9th October 2024
Frozen food distributor Central Foods has appointed Amy Oliver as business development executive.
Read more
9th October 2024
The doors to Dock 3–5 [https://dockleicester.co.uk/] in Space City have officially opened, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony performed by Leicester City Mayor, Sir Peter Soulsby, on October 2.
Read more
8th October 2024
Nottingham Venues is pleased to announce that a student who has spent the past year on work placement with the company has been named as a finalist in a prestigious national industry awards.
Read more
Featured
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.
Read more
8th October 2024
The Northamptonshire awards season kicked off in style with the NNBN Awards – hosting a record number of attendees at the newly branded Mercure Hotel Northampton.
Read more
8th October 2024
A Leicestershire housebuilder is supporting youngsters in sport by sponsoring a local girls’ football team.
Read more
8th October 2024
Midlands-based accounting and advisory firm PKF Smith Cooper welcomes a new audit manager Rachel Wales to its growing team, marking the company’s 23rd audit hire this year.
Read more
Featured
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.
Read more
8th October 2024
A deaf photographer has been encouraging children at a city school to follow their dreams and believe that any career is possible despite their hearing loss.
Read more
8th October 2024
The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has signed a partnership with business bank Allica Bank to give FSB members exclusive access to a market-leading rate of return on their savings.
Read more
8th October 2024
A leading Northamptonshire accountancy firm is celebrating the exam successes of more than half a dozen of its colleagues.
Read more
Featured
It’s crucial you find a credible and reliable UK freight forwarder if importing or exporting is a part of your business growth strategy.
Read more
8th October 2024
A charity has warned ‘nobody is safe’ from homelessness, amid reports of a surge in women across Nottingham seeking help to avoid losing their homes.
Read more
8th October 2024
THE 10TH ANNUAL CEREMONY PRESENTED 18 AWARDS TO LEICESTERSHIRE BUSINESSES
Read more
8th October 2024
The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) is calling on the Chancellor to deliver a decisively pro-small business Budget, saying SMEs are “sick of stagnation.”
Read more
Featured
Why working with a charity can help your business in more ways then you may think
Read more
7th October 2024
A Senior Site Manager overseeing the construction of Barratt Homes’ Midshires Meadow development in Whaley Bridge has won a top national award for the quality of the homes being built onsite.
Read more
7th October 2024
New packaging Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) laws are being phased in for the UK, but there’s a delay for paying EPR packaging fees by a year, so it will now come into force in 2025.
Read more
7th October 2024
Pall-Ex, the number one palletised freight distribution network for quality, is celebrating after its CPC training provision was recognised at the first-ever Training Awards, coordinated by RTITB.
Read more
Featured
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?
Read more
7th October 2024
On the 3rd of October 2024, over 250 guests, presenters and exhibitors attended Medilink Midlands’ annual flagship event, Innovation Day 2024.
Read more
7th October 2024
The team at KH Hair Ripley is celebrating as the salon reaches a 40 year milestone in the town.
Read more
7th October 2024
Rutland-based Nick Orde-Powlett, Founder of specialist school estates recruiter TIB Services Ltd, has been shortlisted as a finalist in the prestigious Soldiering On Awards 2024. In two weeks’ time, the organisation will be celebrated at a black-tie event
Read more
Featured
Cyber security experts have revealed in depth for the first time the logic behind their advice to use three random words when creating passwords.
Read more
7th October 2024
Award-winning marketing agency, MacMartin, proudly announces its acquisition of The Marketing and Leadership Academy (TMLA).
Read more
5th October 2024
Continuing in its streak of award nominations, Corby-based See Limited has been announced as a finalist for the Best Carbon Reduction Innovation or Practice Award at the prestigious Building Innovation Awards.
Read more
5th October 2024
The Midlands Family Business Awards 2024, which celebrate family businesses across the East and West Midlands, has revealed its full list of winners at an Award Ceremony on 3 October 2024 at Athena in Leicester.
Read more
5th October 2024
Star Platforms, a leading powered access specialist, is proud to announce its support for Forever Stars by donating £650 as part of its 'WE RISE' initiative.
Read more
5th October 2024
The Protocol Group, a recruitment company headquartered in Nottingham, has announced that staff can choose to work a four-day week.
Read more
5th October 2024
RHCV has announced the acquisition of Renault Truck Commercials Coventry dealership for an undisclosed sum, making them one of the leading independent distributors in the Renault Trucks Network.
Read more
5th October 2024
Established in 1973, Home-Start is a voluntary organisation committed to promoting the welfare of families with at least one child under five years of age.
Read more
4th October 2024
Two showhomes were unveiled at Ashberry Homes’ new Swinfen Vale development in Ellistown, near Coalville at the weekend.
Read more
4th October 2024
Construction works to protect and enhance the Grade II* Listed buildings and onsite museum at Taylor’s Bellfoundry in Loughborough - the last bellfoundry of its kind in Britain – are now complete.
Read more
4th October 2024
A partnership between the University of Derby and a charity that supports the economy, sustainability and development of the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site has been agreed.
Read more
4th October 2024
Nottingham’s chicken fans are set to celebrate, as Popeyes® UK announces a second restaurant is opening its doors – and lanes.
Read more
4th October 2024
To mark World Homeless Day on 10 October, the charity working to help rough sleepers off the streets of Nottingham and Nottinghamshire is launching an urgent appeal to save its street outreach services as numbers sleeping rough have soared by 35 percent.
Read more
4th October 2024
Hallam is delighted to announce its latest client: Serenity Shield.
Read more
4th October 2024
Superior Wellness is proud to announce that two of its directors, Rob Carlin, Managing Director, and Gareth Ward, Global Sales Director, have been recognised in SpaRetailer’s 2024 30 Under 40 list, highlighting their exceptional contributions to the hot t
Read more
4th October 2024
Leicestershire workplace consultancy and commercial interior design company Blueprint Interiors has undergone a management buyout (MBO), following a decision by the firm’s chairman and founder, Rob Day, to move towards retirement.
Read more
4th October 2024
Leicestershire’s Hike SEO, a digital marketing platform which guides small businesses with little to no knowledge of SEO to the top of search engine rankings, has secured a £250,000 intellectual property-backed loan from NatWest to support its growth plan
Read more
4th October 2024
Nottingham headquartered national auction house, John Pye & Sons Ltd, has bolstered its Board with the appointment of Bruce Burton as a Director.
Read more
3rd October 2024
Thirty golfers from RS in Corby, a global product and service solutions provider for industrial customers, have raised more than £850 at a charity golf day in aid of Corby Foodbank, which distributes three-day emergency, non-perishable food parcels to lo
Read more
3rd October 2024
A former RAF Firefighter and a former Laboratory Analyst are among two new recruits set to strengthen the team at a Northampton-based health and safety consultancy.
Read more
3rd October 2024
A free event to celebrate World Mental Health Day takes place in Derby on Thursday, October 10 – thanks to the St Peters Quarter Business Improvement District (BID) and Pure Gym.
Read more
3rd October 2024
Business owner Nicky Buckley is taking the lead in the fight against motor neurone disease (MND) alongside her beloved cocker spaniel, Bonnie.
Read more
3rd October 2024
Frozen food distributor Central Foods has partnered with global food company Tyson Foods’ UK division to increase Tyson’s distribution to independent frozen food wholesalers in the UK.
Read more
3rd October 2024
Center Parcs has launched a brand-new app in time for Winter Wonderland, which returns to Sherwood Forest on Monday 4 November.
Read more
3rd October 2024
The Access Group, a leading provider of business management software to mid-market organisations in the UK, Ireland, the US and Asia Pacific, today announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Tradify, extending its offering in ERP software
Read more
2nd October 2024
AIM Qualifications and Assessment Group is gearing up for a spectacular awards evening dedicated to celebrating all that is Access to Higher Education.
Read more
2nd October 2024
Anniversaries of Cultural Quarter business centres include 20 years of LCB Depot, 15 years of Phoenix Leicester and 10 years of Makers Yard
Read more
2nd October 2024
Derbion has announced that it is searching for a new charity partner for 2025 as part its ongoing initiative, Derbion Cares.
Read more
2nd October 2024
Platform Home Ownership is marking Shared Ownership Week (September 25 – October 1) by highlighting Shared Ownership as an affordable way of getting onto the property ladder and the various benefits of taking that route, when other options may not be avai
Read more
2nd October 2024
Leading Wirksworth based foam and fibre converter, Peak converters has announced that this month will see the start of its solar energy project, which will involve the installation of five hundred solar panels on its factory roof.
Read more
2nd October 2024
Celebrating a decade of success, the highly anticipated LBF 2024 line-up has been revealed, featuring over 70 impressive events – now open for free booking on the official Leicester Business Festival website.
Read more
2nd October 2024
Nottingham College catering students had a unique opportunity to explore the flavours and sustainability of fresh, homegrown ingredients, thanks to GrowNotts Managing Director, Jack Harris, who shared his knowledge on foraging and the importance of choosi
Read more
2nd October 2024
The team at KH Hair in Leicester has rounded up a month of movement to help raise money for the Leicester Children’s Holidays charity with a 5K run at Victoria Park.
Read more
2nd October 2024
Loughborough University has announced a wide-ranging agreement with the organisation behind Charnwood Forest’s bid to become a UNESCO Global Geopark.
Read more
1st October 2024
Investment in skills, reform of business rates and a strengthened trade strategy are among six key asks set out by East Midlands Chamber, ahead of the government's Autumn Statement on 30th October.
Read more
1st October 2024
Kyla Bellingall, Regional Managing Partner at BDO in the Midlands, has welcomed BDO UK’s new Managing Partner who begins his new role today [1 Oct 2024] restating the firm’s commitment to the mid market.
Read more
1st October 2024
In celebration of World Space Week (4-10 October), Space Park Leicester is thrilled to announce a special exhibition of work by renowned Leicester space artist Matt Turner.
Read more
1st October 2024
Midlands contractor, G F Tomlinson, is on schedule with works for construction of a new multifunctional building and grounds at Sutton on Sea’s former Colonnade and Pleasure Gardens site.
Read more
1st October 2024
A leading property consultancy has announced 24 promotions across the East Midlands following a strong period of success for the firm.
Read more
1st October 2024
Rothera Bray LLP strengthens its position as one of the East Midlands’ leading law firms by announcing its merger with Massers, a well-established and reputable firm known for its commitment to excellent client care.
Read more
1st October 2024
Nottingham-based John Pye & Sons is preparing to field what it hopes is its best ever team for an annual Charity Shield Football match, with the goal of regaining the winners title to take the lead in games won since the Forever Stars charity fundraiser b
Read more
1st October 2024
Cyber security specialist Rob Kneller has become the third Director of the East Midlands Cyber Security Cluster.
Read more
1st October 2024
A Notts-based seamstress has seen her business take off after a casual chat on a holiday plane landed her a job offer she could not refuse.
Read more
1st October 2024
The free-to-attend event will offer talks on handling difficult conversations, new employment rights, and how to target the right market for your business
Read more
30th September 2024
The University of Derby has appointed a new Associate Provost to lead on Industry Engagement and to drive forward employability, enterprise and business development.
Read more
30th September 2024
Leading developer Barratt and David Wilson Homes has conducted a series of mock job interviews for the students at Springwell Community College in Chesterfield.
Read more
30th September 2024
A new board that will strengthen links between businesses and East Midlands Combined County Authority is recruiting members.
Read more
30th September 2024
Vistry Group, the UK’s leading provider of affordable mixed-tenure homes, has been given the green light to build 763 much-needed new homes at Top Wighay, Nottinghamshire with almost £6million committed to bolstering local services.
Read more
30th September 2024
A Saturday open event is coming to West Nottinghamshire College’s Derby Road campus on Saturday 5 October to give young people the chance to find out more about college life and the courses available.
Read more
30th September 2024
Leading Nottingham charity, The Friary, has teamed up with Tesco employees in Nottingham to walk up Mount Snowdon, raising over £3,200 for charity.
Read more
30th September 2024
Now officially launched, the leading developer will be delivering a range of three, four and five bedroom homes to the new neighbourhood.
Read more
30th September 2024
Pennine Healthcare, one of the UK’s leading employee-owned manufacturers and distributors of single-use, sterile Ward & Theatre Consumables and Custom Procedure Packs, proudly hosted an educational and inspiring workshop for local Derby pupils yesterday,
Read more