Young entrepreneurs shortlisted for celebrated award
Three friends who have created a business with a million-pound turnover in just four years have been named among the UK’s brightest new entrepreneurs after being shortlisted for a prestigious national award. Art Lindop, Kieran Flynn and Alex Mills run Alphageek Digital which has beaten off competition from across the UK to be shortlisted in […]
Doughnut fans get in a spin about Alton Towers collaboration
THRILLSEEKERS visiting Staffordshire theme park Alton Towers can add to their adrenaline rush with a range of exclusive doughnuts based on the rides – including one inspired by the legendary Nemesis rollercoaster. Luxury bakers Project D are expecting to sell thousands of specially designed doughnuts at the theme park in the next year after signing […]
Award-winning company expands to keep up with exponential growth
A leading provider of innovative human resources and employment law support has expanded its team to keep up with its growing clientele which includes firms such as Pedigree Chum and Hellmann Worldwide Logistics. Derby-based Precept has welcomed back Associate Robyn Smith, who has been on maternity leave following the birth of her baby Halle, and […]
COSMO’s 11th birthday bash raises funds for local charities
A CITY restaurant has celebrated more than a decade of serving up food from around the globe with donations to two much-loved local charities. COSMO world banqueting restaurant, in London Road, has been cooking up a storm for 11 years, raising thousands of pounds for local charities at the same time. To celebrate its milestone […]
Deaf Ukrainian youngsters find new home in Derby school
Three deaf young people are rebuilding their lives thanks to staff and pupils at a Derby school after they left their homes in war-torn Ukraine. Deaf sisters Anhelina Diug, 11, and seven-year Elvira are in the primary phase of Royal School for the Deaf Derby where they are already fluent in British Sign Language (BSL). […]
Lubrizol employee takes on world’s toughest triathlon – including English Channel Swim – in aid of inspirational former triathlete Sam Perkins’ MND charity
Derbyshire dad-of-two Paul Robinson is taking on the world’s toughest triathlon next month to raise vital funds for Sam Perkins’ Motor Neurone Disease (MND) research fund charity: Stand Against MND – with a swim across the English Channel just one third of the ordeal. Only 58 people have ever managed to complete the Enduroman Arch to […]
Derby teachers dig deep to help local families get through the summer
Staff at a Derby school are set to give up their spare time to deliver food hampers to families living across the community to help them through the cost-of-living crisis during the summer. The hampers, which contain everything from tinned vegetables to cornflakes to pasta, will be handed out to the households this week after […]
Warm-hearted Netherthorpe School sixth former takes to the skies in memory of former pupil
A warm-hearted student at Netherthorpe School in Derbyshire has jumped 15,000 feet from a plane to raise money for a charity helping save lives. Lyla Sears-Piccavey, 17, did her daring feat in aid of Asthma + Lung UK after the school’s former pupil Jordan Smitheman died last year of an asthma attack while in the […]
Purpose Media set to heat up awareness of Derby’s “best-kept secret”
A Derbyshire full-service marketing agency is set to target local firms and football fans to create a blaze of publicity for a heating company described as “Derby’s best-kept secret”. Purpose Media, based in South Normanton, will use giveaways, competitions, incentives and social media adverts to raise awareness of city-based heating engineers S O’Brien Heating Solutions […]
Derby school strikes gold with prestigious accreditation
A Normanton school is one of only 24 in the UK this year to receive a “gold-standard” accreditation for pupils’ speaking and listening skills – despite just 4% using English as their first language. Hardwick Primary School, located on Dover Street, has become the first school in the city to receive this accolade for its […]