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Networking & Events

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22 April 2024
22 April 2024

BNI Advantage Derby Business Networking Breakfast

Time: 7:00am - 9:00am
Where: Derby
22 April 2024

BNI Genesis Syston

Time: 6:45am - 8:45am
Where: East Goscote
22 April 2024

BNI Two Valleys (Ilkeston)

Time: 7:00am - 10:00am
Where: Long Eaton
24 April 2024
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19th April 2024

Financial planning firm shortlisted for illustrious local awards

A leading financial planning firm has been named as a finalist in two categories of the prestigious SME Northamptonshire Business Awards.
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19th April 2024

Derby company Barron McCann shortlisted for national award for its work with retail giants Iceland

A leading Derby business has been shortlisted for a national award for its work with a top High Street grocery retailer.
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19th April 2024

Flare Partners with Bolt to Revolutionise Rider Safety

Flare, a pioneer in safety technology and part of the Microlise Group, has forged a new partnership with Bolt, the largest micromobility operator in Europe, to elevate the safety and visibility of riders globally.
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19th April 2024

BPP Education Group announces the acquisition of Buttercups Training

BPP Education Group, the global leader in professional and vocational education, is delighted to announce its acquisition of Buttercups Training Ltd.
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19th April 2024

Mediq relocates to £30m UK headquarters at Castle Donington

Leading healthcare provider Mediq has centred its UK operations at a huge new base in Castle Donington.
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19th April 2024

Bakewell entrepreneur, Rob Hattersley, hopes to turn long-shut former bank into a premium Peak District dining destination

Peak District hospitality entrepreneur, Rob Hattersley has announced his hope to transform the historic Royal Bank of Scotland building, in the heart of Bakewell, into a premium dining experience.  
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19th April 2024

Shakespeare Martineau announces Leicester promotions

National law firm for life and business Shakespeare Martineau has announced nine promotions across a variety of teams and locations, including two in Leicester.
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19th April 2024

Marrons announces Leicester promotion

Planning, design and development consultancy Marrons has announced two promotions across its planning and socio-economics teams, including one in Leicester.
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19th April 2024

Reuse packaging company, Reuseabox, announced as a finalist for the Small Business awards.

Reuseabox, based in Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire, has been chosen as a finalist for the Net Hero award at this year’s Small Awards.
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19th April 2024

Three newly-qualified solicitors join Browne Jacobson’s education team

Browne Jacobson’s education practice continues to grow after welcoming three newly-qualified solicitors in this year’s intake.
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18th April 2024

Nicola launches HR Dept Loughborough, West Bridgford, and Ashby-De-La-Zouch.

A human resources expert from Ashby-de-la-Zouch has established her own business offering HR advice and support to local small and medium-sized companies in the area.
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18th April 2024

Cowork Club brings creative freelancers together to tackle work isolation

A brand-new innovative coworking event being held at Northampton’s Vulcan Works aims to bring together solo entrepreneurs and freelancers and tackle isolation and loneliness at work.
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18th April 2024

Nottingham To Welcome Thousands of Ice Hockey Fans For Annual Showpiece

Motorpoint Arena is pulling out all the stops to stage an epic weekend for more than 6,500 ice hockey fans descending on Nottingham for the season finale play offs.
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18th April 2024

Fluid Ideas makes key appointment to its senior team

Full-service creative agency Fluid Ideas has made a key strategic addition to its senior team with the appointment of Olivia Elliott as its head of performance and innovation.
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18th April 2024

Local Business OHK Earns Gold Recognition at the HSJ Partnership Awards 2024

OHK (formerly known as Oak House Kitchen), a local East Midlands-based business, is proud to announce their recent Gold Award win at the HSJ Partnership Awards 2024.
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18th April 2024

Global expansion continues for UK-based optics company

Nottingham-based tissue-therapy company NuVision Biotherapies has expanded its global presence with the consolidation of a new partnership in the Netherlands.
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18th April 2024

Browne Jacobson to advise East London Waste Authority on major waste programme

Browne Jacobson is supporting one of the UK’s largest waste authorities to plan how it will manage its recycling and waste treatment and disposal services for the next few decades.
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18th April 2024

1284 shortlisted for Specialist PR Consultancy of the Year

1284 has been shortlisted for Specialist PR Consultancy of the Year at the industry-leading CIPR Excellence Awards 2024.
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18th April 2024

Kuku Connect Receptions - April, May 2024

Kuku Connect Receptions - April, May 2024
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18th April 2024

Students bring skills to one of county’s finest hotels

An historic Nottinghamshire hotel welcomed a new workforce this spring as students from West Nottinghamshire College took over the kitchens, bars, restaurants and spa for a week.
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17th April 2024

CUBO ANNOUNCES SECOND DERBY WORKSPACE

Leading flex office provider Cubo has announced that it is set to open its second workspace in Derby, taking the total number of sites across the UK to eleven.
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17th April 2024

LWA Loughborough Colour Run is back on Sunday 23rd June 2024 Registrations are now LIVE!

LWA’s Loughborough Colour Run is back for a sixth year and promises to be a fun, family-friendly event not to be missed!
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17th April 2024

Countdown on for the top 100 UK female led businesses

On the 25th of April, E2E, a driving force behind entrepreneurship, whose community contributes £230bn in turnover to the UK economy and employs 1.15 million people, will announce the top 100 female-led businesses in the UK.
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17th April 2024

Record attendance at Countryside Lincs 2024

The Lincolnshire Agricultural Society (LAS) has announced record-breaking attendance at its annual Countryside Lincs event.
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17th April 2024

University of Nottingham driving force behind new driver drowsiness and attention warning system

The University of Nottingham's Human Factors Research Group, in collaboration with BlueSkeye AI, has successfully validated the company's vehicle drowsiness detection technology for use in cars in Europe ahead of a new law which comes into effect on 7 Jul
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17th April 2024

New Woodlands Room brings the outside in at hospice

A new multi-purpose room designed ‘to bring the outside in’ has opened at Cynthia Spencer Hospice.
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17th April 2024

Game On For Derby Business Community

Local companies and organisations are being invited to recapture their childhoods and compete in a series of fun sporting challenges based on the traditional school sports day.
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17th April 2024

Love Sadler Gate Promises Blooming Good Time at Spring Market

Love Sadler Gate, the collective of independent businesses in the iconic Derby Cathedral Quarter street, will be holding a vibrant Spring Market on Saturday May 4 from 11am to 4pm.
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17th April 2024

Hallam expands Project Management team

Strategic full-service digital agency, Hallam, continues to develop its Client Services department, welcoming a new hire and internal promotion to its Project Management team. 
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17th April 2024

OFFICE TAKE UP IN CHESTERFIELD SURGES AS 54,000 SQ FT LET FOLLOWING REFURB

DHU Healthcare CIC and a 5A1 covenant strength company have become the latest anchor tenants to snap up newly refurbished office space in Chesterfield as FI Real Estate Management’s (FIREM) office development, The Quad, is fully let.
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16th April 2024

Step into the spotlight: apply now to host a Leicester Business Festival event

This year, the Leicester Business Festival (LBF) celebrates its impactful journey over the past decade including an impressive track record of 938 events and the involvement of nearly 50,000 people.
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16th April 2024

Armsons Barlow chooses Derby Food 4 Thought Alliance as its annual charity

Derby-based project managers, construction cost consultants, and building surveyors, Armsons Barlow have adopted the Derby Food 4 Thought Alliance (DF4T) as their annual charity.
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16th April 2024

Lincolnshire showcasing £1bn of investment opportunities as exhibitor at UKREiiF

Councils from Greater Lincolnshire will be represented at the annual real estate investor forum UKREiiF next month, alongside representatives from the Greater Lincolnshire Local Enterprise Partnership (GLLEP) and Team Lincolnshire - a public and private s
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16th April 2024

UK Medical device manufacturer, Pennine Healthcare honoured as finalists i three prestigious awards after latest Medilink Midlands Recognition

Pennine Healthcare are proud to have been shortlisted as finalists for the Medilink Midlands Business Awards 2024, which will be held on Thursday 9th May.
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16th April 2024

Barlborough-based housebuilder Avant Homes appoints group head of marketing

Barlborough-headquartered housebuilder Avant Homes has promoted Alicia Hattersley to the position of group head of marketing in just over a year since she joined the business.
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16th April 2024

New London office marks milestone in global expansion for local recruitment agency

Distinct, a leading recruitment agency headquartered in Nottingham, opened its first office in London last week.
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16th April 2024

HelloFresh celebrates the opening of its largest European distribution centre in Derby

HelloFresh – the UK’s leading recipe box company and food solutions group – celebrated the opening of its latest flagship automated production facility in Derby.
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16th April 2024

Eddisons secures £1.2m funding for Derby schools buildings improvements

Property consultant Eddisons has secured more than £1.2m of funding on behalf of the Odyssey Collaborative Trust, which runs seven primary schools in Derby, to improve buildings across four of its schools in the city.
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15th April 2024

East Midlands Small Business of the Year Nachural Awards 2024

What a fantastic evening for Quiet Storm and the event was made all the more enjoyable by winning SME of the year award.
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14th April 2024

Living Without Abuse host their first Charity Quiz night to raise vital funds and support local victims of domestic abuse

Fundraisers from LWA are hosting a charity quiz night to raise funds and allow them to continue to support anyone affected by domestic abuse across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.
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13th April 2024

Children See Farm Animals for the First Time at Bluebells Farm School

Bluebells Farm Park, a family-run farm park and micro-dairy based on the outskirts of Derby in Spondon, has relaunched its popular educational programme for schools and nurseries across the region to learn all about farming and the environment.
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13th April 2024

Derby-based Infuse celebrate 20th anniversary of “integral” team member Ian Taylor

Derby-based IT solutions provider Infuse Technology is celebrating the 20-year anniversary of Technical Training Mentor Ian Taylor joining the firm.
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12th April 2024

Charlie’s chef success

A trainee chef at West Nottinghamshire College has enjoyed a week of learning new skills at a Derbyshire-based, three rosette restaurant and secured a new job.
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12th April 2024

Celebrating the best of innovation, collaboration and connectivity across the Midlands

Thirty-four outstanding life sciences and medtech companies and industry collaborations from across the Midlands have been shortlisted in this year’s Medilink Midlands Business Awards.
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12th April 2024

Timms Solicitors Make Key Promotion

Timms Solicitors have promoted Charlotte Day to head the growing Wills and Probate department across their offices in Derby, Burton, Ashby and Swadlincote.
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12th April 2024

EAST MIDLANDS ACCOUNTANCY FIRM PROMOTES FROM WITHIN

Nottingham-based accountancy practice Page Kirk has confirmed three promotions – recognising talent from within the firm.
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12th April 2024

Over £13,000 raised in hospice Lottery Super Draw to support local patients and families

Leading end-of-life care charity, Treetops Hospice, has raised over £13,000 from its annual Lottery Super Draw. Proceeds go towards providing nursing care and emotional support for adults and their families.
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11th April 2024

Thoughtmix Founder Acquires Distract

Peter Watson and Bradley McKenny, former Directors of Distract, have sold the digital marketing agency to Steve Bryant, founder and Managing Director of Umbrella Brands Group, behind affiliate marketing agency Thoughtmix.
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11th April 2024

Glowfrog Video Production Wins Excellence Award for 4th Year Running

In receipt of a ThreeBestRated® Excellence Award, for the fourth year in a row, is Glowfrog Video Production based in Derby.
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11th April 2024

Record sales year for Carfulan Group as it helps industry work smarter

A surge in demand for advanced manufacturing and 3D printing systems has paved the way for a record year for one of the East Midlands’ fastest growing industrial specialists.
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11th April 2024

Big Fang Collective confirms three new multi-concept site openings

Big Fang Collective, the group behind Golf Fang, Big Fang Karaoke, Big Fang Arcade and Nothing Cheezy has confirmed it plans to launch three new multi-concept destinations in London, Bristol and Nottingham later this year.
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11th April 2024

HEXA secures first national framework appointment with Pagabo

One of the UK’s fastest growing engineering consultancies – Hexa Consulting - has secured its first major framework appointment, being named one of the successful suppliers on Pagabo’s Professional Services framework for the UK.
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11th April 2024

Accounting group appoints two new service-line heads

One of the biggest accountants and business advisers in the Midlands, Duncan & Toplis, has announced a new head of payroll and a new head of tax. 
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11th April 2024

Baker Hughes’ Druck Pressure Sensor Technology Helps Reduce Lap Times for Hawk Racing

After helping reduce lap times in 2023, race-proven pressure measurement solutions from Druck, a Baker Hughes business, is set to help Hawk Racing achieve further success ahead of the 2024 British Superbike season.
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10th April 2024

Spin-out company launches that will revolutionise power generation sector

One-of-a-kind AI-driven software that can monitor the “health” of critical power plant components is being developed for sector use with the launch of a new spin-out company.
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10th April 2024

Geo Green seals Fusion21 accreditation for public sector renewables

Nottingham-based Geo Green Power has been appointed to Fusion21’s Heating, Renewables and Electrical framework which supports UK Public Sector organisations in accessing an outstanding supply chain of trusted contractors for the full provision of Heating,
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10th April 2024

Browne Jacobson announces Nick MacKenzie to succeed Mark Blois as head of Browne Jacobson’s education team after completing another year of growth

UK and Ireland law firm Browne Jacobson’s education team will soon be under new leadership as Nick MacKenzie steps up into the role.
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