28th August 2020
A thriving East Midlands assisted living firm has moved into a new 420 square-foot office at the former Rolls-Royce building in the Osmaston area of Derby as business continues to boom. Locally We Do, which helps vulnerable people, such as the elderly a
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28th August 2020
Two businesswomen are set to host a free webinar to give tips to firms on how to thrive beyond Coronavirus. Tina Clough, of Poppy PR, and Lindsey Newman-Wood, who runs Passion Marketing, teamed up earlier this summer to offer a complete public relations
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28th August 2020
When the staff of the Chesterton House Group invited speaker Anthony Bennett to their annual team day earlier this year, little did they know that it would lead to a challenge to complete a collective total of 10,000 miles to raise money for Great Ormond
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28th August 2020
Civil and structural engineer BSP Consulting appointed on Procure Partnerships Framework East Midlands-based civil and structural engineering firm BSP Consulting has been appointed to the four-year Procure Partnerships Framework (Professional Services) A
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28th August 2020
PERMAROOF LAUNCHES RECRUITMENT DRIVE FOLLOWING PERIOD OF GROWTH
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28th August 2020
Pall-Ex has won the coveted Silver Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) award from the Ministry of Defence for its support of the Armed Forces community. The logistics giant has actively supported ex-military personnel by providing jobs and training since s
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28th August 2020
New Regional Employer Engagement Director for East Midlands RFCA Major Bruce Spencer has joined the East Midlands Reserve Forces and Cadets Association (RFCA) as Regional Employer Engagement Director, taking over the post from the recently retired John W
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28th August 2020
East Midlands based Duncan & Toplis will offer a range of legal services to clients Duncan & Toplis has launched Duncan & Toplis Legal Services, a SRA regulated firm that will be able to undertake regulated activities as part of the Duncan & Toplis Group
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28th August 2020
With the Eat Out to Help Out scheme in its final full week, the Federation of Small Businesses is calling on the Government to continue and extend the initiative to further help thousands of small food and drink businesses right across the country. Feder
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28th August 2020
In the latest of a string of appointments to its Board, scientific research charity Fund for the Replacement of Animals in Medical Experiments https://frame.org.uk/(FRAME) has recruited Dr Lesley Gilmour, the Named Training and Competency Officer (NTCO) a
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28th August 2020
Phil will be joining as their new Business Development Manager
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28th August 2020
Commercial property specialists NG Chartered Surveyors have agreed a deal to let a prominent unit in Kirkby-in-Ashfield to a brand new company. Repackaging & Rebranding Foods Limited has taken a three-year lease at the 6,133 sq ft Unit A, Field Industria
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28th August 2020
Lloyds Bank’s Business Barometer for August 2020 shows: Overall confidence of firms in the East Midlands rose 15 points in the past month to -10% Firms’ confidence in their own business prospects was -12%, compared with -21% in July East Midlands is regi
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28th August 2020
DUCHESS OF RUTLAND SEARCHES FOR PATISSERIE AND BAKERY, FARMSHOP AND ICE CREAM PRODUCER FOR BELVOIR CASTLE’S RETAIL DEVELOPMENT BELVOIR CASTLE is expanding the artisan food offering at its retail development, The Engine Yard. The Duchess of Rutland conve
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28th August 2020
KuKu Connect want to put a touch of luxury into your weekend and have set-up a competition to win a luxurious Lexus car for the weekend. You could drive off into the sunset, have a ride out and picnic with family or friends, or one of the best test drives
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27th August 2020
Performance Networks, one of the UK’s leading specialist networking and WiFi providers, has recruited a new business development manager as part of its ongoing drive to provide significant support to clients in the education sector in the coming months.
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27th August 2020
WHILE manufacturing industries may have cut back production in the recent lockdown and cranes stayed idle a Derby engineering consultancy has been laying the groundwork for prestigious projects.
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25th August 2020
East-Midlands-based multi-sector recruitment agency, Recruit 2 You , has expanded its current team with four new appointments.
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25th August 2020
A partner with leading Midlands accountancy firm Dains has raised more than £1,000 for specialist Derbyshire charity Safe and Sound after completing a gruelling 100-mile cycle ride. John Southwell had originally entered the My Prudential RideLondon event
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25th August 2020
intu Derby offers entrepreneurs the chance to win a rent-free shop just in time for Christmas Small businesses from across the region have the chance of winning free retail space at one of the Midlands' most popular shopping destinations, thanks to the r
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25th August 2020
AS LOCAL high streets begin to return to normality, businesses in North Nottinghamshire are saving thousands of pounds a year by taking advantage of North Notts BID’s savings scheme. The North Notts Savings Service – which has identified potential savings
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25th August 2020
A hand sanitiser station featuring £1M innovative software is helping to keep staff and visitors safe at the region’s leading business representation organisation. The Black Box Edge™, developed by Derby-based IT support firm RDS Global, is incorporated
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25th August 2020
Key staff appointments and investment in new technologies have enabled Oberoi Consulting to give game-changing support to the NHS since lockdown.
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25th August 2020
The huge cultural change in British food ordering habits has prompted a burgeoning Derby app development company to make four new key appointments.
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20th August 2020
New coronavirus regulations mean that any travellers arriving in the UK from countries with a high number of Covid-19 cases must enter an immediate 14-day period of self-isolation. Here's what employers should bear in mind.
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20th August 2020
Nottingham-based Octavian Security has announced that it has secured SafeContractor Accreditation. Accreditation has been achieved for all Security services following assessment of the company’s Health and Safety procedures and documents which underpin
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20th August 2020
Ibstock plc’s 2019 Sustainability Report – published this morning 5th August – evidences its progress towards confirming its position as the most sustainable manufacturer of clay and concrete products in the UK. This year’s report highlights progress
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20th August 2020
A DERBYSHIRE IT firm has recruited a new apprentice as it boosts its sales support team. Eighteen-year-old Josh Young has joined Axess Systems, which is based on the Denby Hall Business Park, as an internal account manager. The role will see Josh deal
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20th August 2020
Award-winning East Midlands Renault Trucks Dealer, RH Commercial Vehicles (RHCV) is expanding its operation, with Isuzu. RHCV has four sites in total, in Nottingham, Cossington (Leicester) and Alfreton, (Derby) plus Northampton which it acquired in 20
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20th August 2020
A Leicestershire lighting and electrical installations company has thrown its shoulder to wheel in the leisure industry’s fight to ease public safety concerns and enhance the customer experience ahead of last Saturday’s long-awaited reopening of indoor en
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20th August 2020
Denby-based manufacturing company Liniar has been shortlisted for the Positive Social Impact award at the prestigious 2020 Lloyds Bank National Business Awards. Previous winners include fitness sensation Joe Wicks, DPD UK and Hotel Chocolat. Liniar’s entr
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20th August 2020
PLANNING permission has been granted by Nottingham City Council for the highly anticipated multi-million-pound development of Nottingham’s Guildhall, which brings the currently vacant building into its next lifetime and will create more than 250 jobs for
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20th August 2020
Fishers Solicitors are delighted to announce that they have been shortlisted for two awards by Today’s Wills and Probate. The two awards are the Probate Provider of the Year and the Solicitor Firm of the Year. Both awards recognise the efforts of the past
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19th August 2020
Leicester College will officially re-open for the autumn term on Tuesday 1 September 2020. In line with government guidelines, Leicester College has conducted significant work to keep staff and students as safe as possible and ens Leicester College.jpg
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19th August 2020
ONLINE auction house John Pye Auctions has recorded its highest auction figures in its 52-year history, with a 79% sales increase compared to pre-lockdown, after handling some of the biggest cases in the fall out from Covid-19. John Pye, crowned the UK
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19th August 2020
Local property firm Andrew Granger & Co Ltd has sponsored the upcoming Leicestershire Ride+Stride event by £500, for the seventh year in a row. The popular national event, which takes place across the county on Saturday 12 September, raises crucial fu
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18th August 2020
A much-loved Derbyshire bakery is aiming to celebrate the generosity and spirit of its local community by launching a formal search for three lockdown heroes. Stacey's Bakery, which has branches in Ilkeston, Eastwood and Heanor, was quick to adapt its se
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18th August 2020
Business leaders from across Leicester and Leicestershire are today (Thursday 6 August 2020) encouraging firms to access the finance options available to help manage and recover from the coronavirus. The awareness drive is supported by the British Busine
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18th August 2020
A Derby company which has developed a new payment system for the games industry has secured a further £200k investment from the MEIF Proof of Concept & Early Stage Fund, managed by Mercia and part of the Midlands Engine Investment Fund (MEIF). Transactio
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18th August 2020
Brookside Day Centre (BDC) Healthcare & Education received the funding to help purchase a new care facility and create several employment opportunities. A Corby care service for adults with learning disabilities has secured a £200k loan from the Midlands
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18th August 2020
The IoD has unveiled a new leadership team for Leicestershire and South East Midlands, with experienced lawyer and dual accredited mediator Sarah Canning named as branch chair. Sarah will work alongside built environment and sustainability expert Dr S
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18th August 2020
East Midlands based renewable energy company Geo Green Power have been awarded Best Renewables Supplier at the first ever Homebuilding & Renovating Awards. The new 2020 Homebuilding & Renovating Awards were hosted at the Virtual Homebuilding & Renovat
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18th August 2020
THE REGENERATION of Stapleford has moved a step closer after suggestions for how the £25m Towns Fund could be distributed were discussed by the town’s Executive Board. The key points of the plans – futureproofing the town’s high street, the creation of
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18th August 2020
trentbarton is making its most significant return to pre-coronavirus levels of bus services from Sunday (August 23), with almost all routes back to normal. The bus operator is gearing up for the reopening of schools and colleges, plus providing services f
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18th August 2020
Pall-Ex Group has acquired the Fortec Distribution Network. Purchased by a new subsidiary company For-Ex Distribution Network Ltd, the network will remain trading as Fortec Distribution. It will continue to operate as a separate pallet network within the
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18th August 2020
For a video about how North Notts BID has supported businesses through Coronavirus and beyond, click here.
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18th August 2020
One of the UK’s leading specialist interior fit-out contractors based in the Midlands has recorded the highest annual revenue in its 123-year history The record-breaking annual results of EE Smith Contracts Ltd reveal activity has grown by over 50 per ce
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14th August 2020
Nottingham-based business Be Your Best Version has launched a new service supporting businesses to minimise anxiety and boost the well-being and performance of their staff as they return to the workplace.
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14th August 2020
New data published today shows that businesses across the East Midlands have received a total of over £2.7bn in funding under the government’s two largest Covid-19 loan schemes, the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme and the Bounce Back Loan Sc
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14th August 2020
Translation services firm PAB Languages stepped forward with a free offer of help to ensure that companies and other organisations could swiftly share vitally important information about Covid-19 with their non-English speaking staff and those for whom En
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13th August 2020
Responding to new Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures showing that there are an estimated 730,000 fewer employees on payrolls compared to March 2020, and the self-employed community reduced in size by a record 238,000 between Q1 and Q2 of this ye
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13th August 2020
A Derby company which has developed a new payment system for the games industry has secured a further £200k investment from the MEIF Proof of Concept & Early Stage Fund, managed by Mercia and part of the Midlands Engine Investment Fund (MEIF). Transac
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13th August 2020
Leicester-based gas spring and damper manufacturer Camloc Motion Control has strengthened its customer-facing team with the appointment of experienced Sales Manager, Ian Sinclair. Ian joined the business just as the UK’s lockdown began to take effect and
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13th August 2020
Oriental food wholesaler Asiana Ltd has sold its warehouse HQ building at a well-established Nottingham industrial park for £2.2 million following a business restructure. The 38,000 sq ft unit on Dabell Avenue, the central spine road through the Blenheim
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13th August 2020
Rippon Homes’ Wellow Gardens development in Ollerton has been shortlisted for the East Midlands Local Authority Building Control (LABC) Building Excellence Awards 2020.
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13th August 2020
A major milestone has been achieved in the development of Chesterfield’s Northern Gateway Enterprise Centre with the erection of the structural steelwork frame for the new building. Work on the site has been progressing safely through the Coronavirus pan
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13th August 2020
Opus Trust Communications, the omni-channel communications expert based in Leicester, has become the first UK company to enter into an agreement with global customer experience specialist, Quadient, joining its ‘Digital Now’ program. As part of Digital No
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13th August 2020
intu Victoria Centre has unveiled a new Lockdown Gallery featuring a selection of 22 images captured by the local community during lockdown. Located on the lower mall next to HMV, the new gallery provides a snapshot into what life in the city was like ju
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13th August 2020
Major Chris Brannigan, who is walking the length of the country barefoot to raise money for genetic research for his 8 year old daughter Hasti, was welcomed by the High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire, Dame Elizabeth Fradd, as he passed through Ollerton last w
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13th August 2020
East Midlands Airport has further improved its environmental credentials by adopting an innovative water conservation system at the Castle Donington passenger terminal. EMA is the latest company to team up with Derby-based washroom water conservation spec
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13th August 2020
Pall-Ex Group has acquired the Fortec Distribution Network. Purchased by a new subsidiary company For-Ex Distribution Network Ltd, the network will remain trading as Fortec Distribution. It will continue to operate as a separate pallet network within the
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13th August 2020
Steve Nugent joins the growing team of coaches in an exciting new ‘Virtual FD’ role
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13th August 2020
THIS year has been challenging for most businesses but Marc Allen, owner of Pride Park-based Blucomms was determined to make 2020 – his company’s 10th year in business – a success. And whilst it has, at times, been – in his own words, ‘interesting’; runn
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13th August 2020
AS LOCAL high streets begin to return to normality, businesses in North Nottinghamshire are saving thousands of pounds a year by taking advantage of North Notts BID’s savings scheme. The North Notts Savings Service – which has identified potential saving
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13th August 2020
ONLINE auction house John Pye Auctions has recorded its highest auction figures in its 52-year history, with a 79% sales increase compared to pre-lockdown, after handling some of the biggest cases in the fall out from Covid-19. John Pye, crowned the UK’s
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13th August 2020
A Derby HR firm has launched a new service for its East Midlands clients following a review of its busines model during lockdown. Loates HR Consultancy, based at the World Heritage Site in Darley Abbey Mills, Derby has developed the innovative new scheme
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13th August 2020
Entrepreneurs who took inspiration from a 1970s children’s TV show to set up a platform for swapping business services in Derbyshire have now expanded over the border into Nottinghamshire. After the success of the Derby Swap Shop, which attracted more th
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11th August 2020
LEADING roof supplier Permaroof has partnered with New Zealand-based Tilcor Roofing Systems to become a UK stockist of its textured-finished Bond tiles – which capture the refined look of a traditional-style roofing tile while incorporating the lightweigh
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11th August 2020
Retail Assist’s latest partnership supports local businesses to re-open safely to help Nottingham’s economy
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11th August 2020
Experts from Network Rail are helping to get Wicksteed Park’s famous railway ready for passengers once again – after volunteering to do essential track repair and maintenance work for free. Around 20 volunteers from the arms length government body, wh
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11th August 2020
The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) is holding a regional online webinar on Friday 31st July 2020 1-2pm to help food businesses to improve their marketing and reach their full potential. The purpose of this session is to share thoughts about how
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11th August 2020
The owners of a Derbyshire wedding venue have appealed to their local MP for guidance and support because they believe their industry is being neglected by the Government. The family running Shottle Hall, near Belper, has contacted the MP for Amber Valle
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11th August 2020
Multi award winning high street app LoyalFree has launched a series of Eat Out to Help Out ‘trails’ on the free app, showcasing which local establishments are participating in the governments Eat Out to Help Out scheme. The government initiative, designed
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11th August 2020
Midlands-contractor G F Tomlinson is due to start highway infrastructure works this August as part of the £2.4million re-development of a mixed-use business park site in Skegness for Lincolnshire County Council, via the Scape Regional Construction framewo
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11th August 2020
BEESTON’S new cinema will be handed over to its operators before the end of the year, as the team behind the project provided an update on its progress. The eight-screen cinema – which will be operated by Arc Cinema – forms part of the wider Beeston Squa
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11th August 2020
A record 17 organisations in the East Midlands have achieved a Ministry of Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) Gold award for actively demonstrating their support and advocacy for the Armed Forces community. The organisations that have achieved
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11th August 2020
BT’s Small Business Support Scheme to help firms boost connectivity, cash flow and confidence following coronavirus pandemic Specialist help for small businesses available from BT’s retail stores – rejuvenating high streets and levelling up the country L
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11th August 2020
The capital will support the creation of seven new jobs to expand the business’s presence across the UK. Corby-based Green Life Buildings Ltd has received a £600k funding package from the Midlands Engine Investment Fund (MEIF) East & South East Midlands
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11th August 2020
A biotech company which is developing new treatments for patients with serious spinal conditions has completed a £2.25m funding round led by Mercia Asset Management to help to continue its ground-breaking research and bring its first products to market.
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11th August 2020
Funding will enable the company to employ four new staff members and expand its business operations and sales function. Luxury homeware wholesaler, Fifty One Percent Limited, has received a £250k finance package from the Midlands Engine Investment Fund D
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11th August 2020
Nightingale Quarter development properties are in flight as work re-starts after Covid-19 lockdown
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11th August 2020
The IoD has appointed James Pinchbeck as Policy Voice Ambassador for the East Midlands. James is a partner with Streets Chartered Accountants, a mid-tier and multi-regional accountancy practice. He succeeds Natalie Gasson, who has been appointed as br
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11th August 2020
Yü Energy has announced the acquisition of Bristol Energy’s business customer base. Bristol Energy which is owned by Bristol City Council is a national gas and electricity company supplying c.4000 business meter points. Earlier this year Bristol City
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10th August 2020
East Midlands-based civil and structural engineering firm BSP Consulting has been appointed to a new £10.4m framework. The company has been selected on the EN:Procure Ltd Consultancy Framework, the specialist procurement arm of social housing consorti
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10th August 2020
Award-winning homebuilder Miller Homes has seen an increase in interest in its rural developments across the East Midlands in recent months as househunters begin to reassess their priorities in light of the pandemic. It follows newly released figures
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10th August 2020
NATIONAL property, construction and infrastructure consultancy Pick Everard has been shortlisted for three awards in the 2020 New Civil Engineering Awards. Director of HR, Elizabeth Hardwick-Smith, has been shortlisted for this year’s ‘Leading in Talent
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10th August 2020
A dozen brand new ultra-low emission buses are arriving in the skylink fleet in a £2.1 million investment into cleaner, greener and more comfortable journeys. The first of the 12 spacious new British-built buses are now on the road. providing a vital link
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10th August 2020
Leicester City Council commissioned Hedera Screens to work with them to provide planter boxes containing living ivy screening, to enforce COVID-19 social distancing across the city. This comes as Leicester are just about to be allowed out of lockdown and
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10th August 2020
DEVELOPERS Peveril Securities and Sladen Estates, the team behind the landmark Unity Square scheme in Nottingham, have acquired a number of key buildings in the heart of the city’s Southside area. The sites, which include Albion House in Greyfriar Gate,
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10th August 2020
Breakthrough Cancer Treatment Technology the world’s first vacuum-driven cryo system Burton on Trent company Nitro Medical Limited announces completion of the latest testing phase of its new Cryoneedle Cryotherapy device for destroying cancerous tu
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10th August 2020
Baldwins Group, one of the UK’s fastest growing accountancy and business advisory firms, is pleased to announce that it has won IAMCATZ Ltd., which trades as Smart Outdoors, as a new client in its North East region. Based in Tyne and Wear, the Company pro
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10th August 2020
LINCOLNSHIRE POTATO supplier Branston is planning to virtually travel around the world in 80 days to support its charity of the year, Lincolnshire and Nottingham Air Ambulance. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the spud supplier had to cancel its fun
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10th August 2020
Julian and Jennie Churchill of Tollerton are the lucky winners of a fully fitted solar PV system, donated by Nottinghamshire renewable energy company Geo Green Power, which will be fitted to their family home this summer. In May, Geo Green Power offered
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10th August 2020
After months of lockdown restrictions, Leicester residents and guests from all across the Midlands will be welcomed back to the region's most exciting temporary exhibition this Friday. Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience is housed in the medieval All Sain
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10th August 2020
A Leicestershire business is playing its part in the fight against coronavirus with the development of a new safeguarding technology for care homes. And it is hoped the innovative system will provide some relief for care home owners looking to host visit
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10th August 2020
New government figures show that 9.6 million jobs have been furloughed through the Job Retention Scheme and 2.7 million claims have been made through the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme. Just under 1.4 million applications have been made for a boun
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10th August 2020
The Leicester and Leicestershire Enterprise Partnership Ltd. (LLEP) has today received £20 million from the government’s Getting Building Fund which will be allocated to four key infrastructure projects. On 30 June, Prime Minister Boris Johnson outlined
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10th August 2020
A Leicestershire accountancy firm that prides itself on its personal, forward-thinking advice for a diverse range of businesses is celebrating the success of its client FB Ross Electrical, which has become a Government approved installer of electric car c
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10th August 2020
The announcement comes as part of a £20 million package announced by the government to support the recovery and growth of small and medium-sized businesses following the Coronavirus pandemic. Nottingham Business School will be delivering the Small Busines
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7th August 2020
Local property developer, Stirlin Developments, have completed the first phase on their brand-new Leafbridge Business Park in North Hykeham. The first phase includes buildings F and G, which offer 7 light industrial units all built to a high specification
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7th August 2020
At a time when many businesses are having to face difficult decisions regarding the people that they employ, it’s heartening to see a company that has been active in the recruitment market recently. Chesterfield based solicitors, Spencers, have added hig
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7th August 2020
KuKu Connect, a business membership service which connects businesses and entrepreneurs, will reach its 100th business-focussed daily update video bulletin on Tuesday (4th Aug) whilst simultaneously helping thousands of businesses everyday, with a range o
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7th August 2020
• Clare James MBE replaces Karen Smart who takes on Managing Director role at Manchester Airport A new Managing Director has been appointed at East Midlands Airport (EMA). Clare James MBE replaces Karen Smart who is leaving EMA to take up
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7th August 2020
The Bodie Hodges Foundation, based in Blaby, Leicestershire, have received an unexpected boost of optimism following numerous meetings with local business man, Anthony Clark. The result of these conversations will be game-changing for the charity, with t
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7th August 2020
Following a successful audit of practices and procedures, JMP Solicitors has secured its Lexcel accreditation this month, achieving a rating of ‘excellent’. The Grantham-based law firm was found to be fully Lexcel compliant in the recent major assessm
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7th August 2020
RECORD YEAR – NEW OFFICES – 15TH YEAR IN BUSINESS
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7th August 2020
Ten projects across the region will benefit from a combined £44.4m investment to deliver homes, infrastructure, and jobs.
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7th August 2020
A huge new inward investment, creating 4,500 jobs, has been announced today. The £300m SmartParc - a 140-acre campus on the former Celanese site - will combine world-class food production facilities with shared utilities, amenities and services to provid
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7th August 2020
DETAILS have been released about a 'virtual' event that will replace a Derbyshire town's popular annual transport extravaganza. Ilkeston Heritage and Classic Vehicle Show, organised by the events arm of enterprise agency Erewash Partnership was due to be
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7th August 2020
Responding to the announcement from the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government that it is launching a major new consultation on reforming planning laws, Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) Policy & Advocacy Chair Martin McTague said:
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6th August 2020
KATIE Gillies - a 27-year-old surface and product designer from Nottingham – has been shortlisted in the Young Entrepreneur of the Year category at the Great British Entrepreneur Awards regional finals. Based at One Thoresby Street, an artist-led complex
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6th August 2020
Today, SAVORTEX is delighted to announce the launch of its ‘Smart’ Hand Sanitiser, a revolutionary hygiene product designed to help restart the office economy in a post-Covid environment. The innovative product uses smart technology to deliver the exact a
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6th August 2020
Chesterfield Borough Council has adopted an ambitious plan to support and rebuild Chesterfield’s economy in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. The Chesterfield Economic Recovery Plan, which was approved by the council’s Cabinet on Tuesday 14 July, outlin
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6th August 2020
VICKY McClure, ROB.GREEN and the Scream Queenz – along with more than 5,000 viewers across Nottinghamshire – celebrated Pride this weekend from the comfort of their own homes. On Saturday, 25 July, Nottinghamshire Pride went online for the first time in
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6th August 2020
Ambitious independent logistics operator Europa Worldwide Group which recently opened a state of the art site in Corby (Northants) has revealed its results for year-ending 31st December 2019, showing another 16.5% growth with a record turnover of £205mill
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6th August 2020
A new company set up this month (July) to make PPE is drawing on the benefit of over 17 years’ experience of manufacturing parts for the automotive sector. Pinnacle PPE has been set up by Nottinghamshire-based Interflex 2000 who specialise in the product
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6th August 2020
A new Regional Commercial Manager has joined Fortec Distribution Network, supporting the company’s transport and haulage members based in London and the south of England. Gary Flight, who formerly ran his own transport company, joins fellow commercial
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6th August 2020
For the first time, the UK Timber Packaging and Pallet Confederation publicly raised concerns that the UK is not ready for new regulations due to be enforced on 1st January 2021 as required by the EU post-Brexit and that Covid-19 has scuppered the UK pall
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6th August 2020
Airline to operate up to three daily return flights from East Midlands These flights will be the only service connecting EMA to Belfast Stobart Air, operator of Aer Lingus Regional, will launch a new Belfast to East Midlands Airport servic
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6th August 2020
Derby Swap Shop – the retro-swapping child of 3 local businesses has reached the Midlands Finals of the Great British Entrepreneur Awards, alongside 70 other applications. Swap Shop is one of 4 shortlisted companies up for the Midlands “Entrepreneur for
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6th August 2020
A Nottingham property developer is set to invest £25Million in a major new housing development, just four miles from its own headquarters in Chilwell. Peter James Homes has submitted phase one plans to Broxtowe Borough Council for the site near the Heml
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6th August 2020
A driver from City Plumbing Supplies has been recognised as a true driving hero in the Microlise Driver of The Year Awards 2020. With nomination-based awards receiving more entries than ever before and telematics-based categories containing an initial eli
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5th August 2020
Nottingham based Paragon Law, the niche immigration law firm, is celebrating after receiving three major accolades.
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4th August 2020
The Government has agreed to provide £12m in funding to help launch a revolutionary high-tech food manufacturing campus in Derby, which will create up to 4,500 jobs.
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4th August 2020
Manufacturers have been hit hard by the impact of Covid-19. Jim Griffin, Managing Director of Nottinghamshire automotive parts manufacturer Interflex, explains how his company is taking proactive steps to ensure survival.
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