Businesses thanked for stepping up to the plate to provide weekly meals for YMCA Derbyshire
Businesses working in IT, accountancy, PR and much more have been warmly thanked for stepping away from their desks to cook meals for the community at YMCA Derbyshire’s campus in Derby. YMCA Derbyshire runs a monthly project at its London Road base, working with businesses and partner organisations who undertake to pay for and cook […]
Oakwood Junior School celebrates football wins
Oakwood Junior School children are kicking off the new term celebrating their football wins. The school in Holbrook Road, part of Odyssey Collaborative Trust, hosted its first football tournament in aid of Derby County Community Trust’s Kenya Appeal while the girls’ football team won its league for the third year in a row. Head of PE, Joshua […]
Mortgage and Finance Arena finds its own new home for 2025
An independent Derby mortgage and financial advice firm, celebrating 10 years of service, has moved into new Pride Park premises ready for one of its busiest times of the year. Suzanne Bradshaw, managing director of Mortgage and Finance Arena, said advice on debt consolidation and unsecured business loans is in demand during January when the […]
UK small businesses looking towards Bluesky after becoming “frustrated” with Twitter/X
A growing number of the UK small businesses are getting “frustrated” with Twitter/X and are looking into alternative social media platforms, according to a Derby UK digital marketing firm. JDR Group, which specialises in working with SMEs and has nearly 3,000 clients based across the country on its books, says more and more clients are […]
Alton Valley ends year on a high with £7m turnover
A Derby-based technology company is celebrating an extraordinary year of growth and innovation, closing 2024 with a record-breaking £7 million turnover – successfully quadrupling revenue in just three years. Alton Valley, based on Pride Park, has grown from a start-up into a trusted supplier of advanced network and security solutions, primarily serving the defence engineering sector. […]
Lubrizol employee says opting for a degree apprenticeship has “massive benefits” after capping off six years with top university prize
A Derbyshire science company employee is officially top of the class after winning a university prize for his work completing a six-year degree apprenticeship entirely funded by his employers. Ben Lewin, a control specialist at Derbyshire science company Lubrizol, is a first class student after winning the “Engineering Apprenticeship Excellence Award” from Sheffield Hallam University […]
Children say no to cars to make the school run safer
The first steps have been taken towards achieving a “School Street” in Derbyshire to reduce traffic and pollution outside a primary school by banning cars and motorbikes at peak times. William Gilbert Endowed CofE Primary School in Duffield, part of Derbyshire Diocesan Academy Trust (DDAT), has taken the bold steps to pilot the School Street concept, […]
Derventio Housing Trust reports providing two million beds to those most in need, as it moves HQ after more than 20 years in former church
Derby homelessness organisation Derventio Housing Trust has moved its HQ after being based in a former church in the heart of the city for more than 20 years, from where it has provided two million beds to those most in need. From beginning life as a night shelter at the end of 2002, Derventio Housing […]
Derby’s Brookfields Nursing Home ends 2024 on a high after winning a string of awards
Staff and residents of Derby-based Brookfields Nursing Home are ending the year on a high after it won a string of top awards in 2024. Brookfields, which is the oldest nursing home in the city, has been crowned with a series of accolades this year after impressing judging panels for the high quality of its […]
Derbyshire school students help bring smiles to the faces of once-homeless Derventio Housing Trust residents this Christmas
Generous students at a Derbyshire school have been helping people facing a lonely Christmas this year by collecting gifts to put a smile on their face. Students at Ripley Academy have been helping out less fortunate people in their communities by putting together festive boxes of treats and groceries to help Amber Valley residents of […]