Top leadership expert Kul Mahay joins elite group of professionals
A leadership expert who spent more than 30 years working for Derbyshire Constabulary before embarking on a successful career helping NHS Trusts and universities has joined an elite group of professionals in becoming a Fellow of the Institute of Leadership and Management. Kul Mahay says that he is ‘honoured’ to become a Fellow of the […]
Award-winning Vibrant Accountancy teams up with innovative app to save businesses money
Award-winning Derby business Vibrant Accountancy has teamed up with an innovative app that helps companies to save hundreds of pounds on their bills – at a time when we’re all feeling the pinch. Vibrant, who are based on Lodge Lane in Derby, have introduced money-saving app Reducer to its clients. The app links with […]
SureScreen Diagnostics, TestCard and Guy’s and St Thomas’ collaborate to trial monkeypox lateral flow test
A new lateral flow test that can detect monkeypox infections in humans in just 10 minutes is being trialled in London as part of a research partnership between UK life science firm SureScreen Diagnostics, medical technology provider TestCard and Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust. The antibody test, which is run by using a […]
Farming, food and fun at the Derbyshire County Show
Thousands of people are expected to turn out for the best in traditional countryside pursuits and spectacular showground entertainment at this Sunday’s 140th Derbyshire County Show. Dozens of volunteers have been busy transforming the 56-acre site at Elvaston Showground to accommodate more than 1,000 animals and 500 different breeds from bees to bulls. Although the […]
Melton Mowbray’s Brian to celebrate 67-year carnival band career at Peaky Blinders actor’s nostalgic knees-up
Musicians from Melton Mowbray’s long-running Toy Soldiers carnival band will be playing their hearts out at a large-scale community event celebrating the colourful movement which once lit up the East Midlands with spectacular marching, music and costumes. Among them will be Brian Gordon, who is still playing the trumpet with the now sadly diminished […]
Derbyshire chemicals firm staff step back in time to ‘reveal’ historic canal by fairy tale cottage
Employees from a Derbyshire company swapped the lab for the scythe and pickaxe when they spent the day outdoors working to reveal an historic canal unused since the 1930s, situated next to one of Derbyshire’s prettiest old cottages. Staff from science company Lubrizol, based at Hazelwood near Belper, joined Derbyshire Wildlife Trust’s (DWT) regular […]
Peaky Blinders actor and musician to hold nostalgic knees-up celebrating carnival bands of yesteryear
A Peaky Blinders actor and musician will be putting on a nostalgic community celebration in Derby this summer to celebrate the magic of the carnival bands which once lit up the East Midlands with their music, marching and showmanship. Former members of carnival bands from across Derby, Derbyshire and the East Midlands, including the Derby […]
High Sheriff’s visit invites children at The Bemrose School to think big
Children at a city school were given an insight into one of the most ancient jobs in Derbyshire when the High Sheriff paid them a visit. Youngsters in the primary phase of The Bemrose School, in Uttoxeter Road, enjoyed a talk from former solicitor Mike Copestake, who was appointed High Sheriff of Derbyshire in April. […]
Double award win for Enthusiasm Trust in Derby
A Derby charity that has helped countless young people achieve a better life has won two awards in recognition of its outstanding contribution to the city. Enthusiasm Trust, which is based in Cotton Lane, has been helping children from disadvantaged backgrounds reach their full potential since the charity was launched in 1992. The organisation was […]
Former Noel-Baker IT whizzkid is shortlisted for national award
A former Noel-Baker student who launched his own business at the age of just 18 has been shortlisted for a national award. Lee Jepson set up L.E.A.D. IT Services – known originally as Noel-Baker IT Services – in 2017 and, since then, the company has more than tripled in size, working with schools, businesses and […]