Deskbound staff put their best feet forward with 1,202 mile walk to support refugees
A team of employees from a busy Derbyshire marketing agency are taking on a whopping 1,202 walk to support refugees in troubled parts of the globe who must trek many miles in search of safety. A group of ten staff members from MacMartin, a full-service marketing agency based at the Bartonfields Centre in Church Broughton, […]
Manchester scientist colleagues swim, pedal and run in elite triathlon charity challenge
Three colleagues from a Manchester chemicals company swam, cycled and ran their best ever times in an elite triathlon event in aid of mental health charity Mind. Conor Wilkinson, Jonathan Burt and Robert Jennings from Blackley-based chemicals company Lubrizol were the fastest relay team to complete this year’s Birmingham Triathlon at Alderford Lake in Shropshire. […]
Colleague Box celebrate regional award win
Personalised gifting company Colleague Box – the startup created during the first national lockdown by husband and wife Adam and Natalie Bamford – has triumphed at the Midlands Final of the StartUp Awards National Series. The Derby-based business, which has its headquarters on the Northedge Business Park, were named Business to Business Services Startup of […]
Colleague Box collaborate with tree-planting scheme JUST ONE Tree as part of company CSR
Personalised gift company Colleague Box has committed to helping preserve the planet by collaborating with a non-profit organisation that participates in global reforestation. JUST ONE Tree work with business, schools and individuals who want to help combat climate change and cut carbon emissions by planting trees in countries around the world. A tree is planted […]
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 […]