Derby’s Alphageek helps ease the cost of living for its staff as it launches its own Greggs-style profit-share scheme
A Derby digital agency is easing the cost of living for its young staff members by launching a co-operative-style profit share to boost their earnings every month. Alphageek Digital, based at Cubo in Victoria Street, brought in the scheme at the start of the month to add extra money to its 16-strong workforce’s incomes in […]
Smith Partnership Solicitors bring light to the high street as they spread Christmas cheer
Smith Partnership Solicitors is bringing Christmas cheer to the high street this year through donating decorations and mugs to charity and lighting up its headquarters in Friar Gate. The company, which has offices across the East Midlands, has created a new, festive display in its Derby window and has donated all its previous decorations to […]
Students surprised by Britain’s most decorated Olympian
Britain’s greatest ever Olympian Sir Jason Kenny surprised children at a city school when he made a special appearance at their awards evening telling them to be ambitious and not to be scared of failing. The track cyclist, who has more gold medals than any other British athlete, shocked pupils at Noel-Baker Academy, in Alvaston, […]
Staff play Santa as care leavers gather for their big Christmas treat
Staff from a Swadlincote company pulled on their Christmas jumpers and handed out chocolates, gifts and dozens of hearty lunches when they helped give a group of care leavers a festive treat. The volunteers, who all work for rail maintenance firm MTMS, based in Swadlincote, gave up their time to work at a very special […]
Derbyshire social farm Helping Hooves facing tough winter due to rising cost of living and pleads for help
A social farm that supports school groups, those struggling with substance and alcohol abuse and mental health problems is facing financial hardship as the cost-of-living crisis deepens. Helping Hooves Derbyshire is a not-for-profit organisation based in Little Eaton. It is also home to horses, goats, sheep, chickens and a few quail who, according to founder […]
Why Kimberley has so much Enthusiasm for Derby charity
A Derby teenager who lost her job and her home after being diagnosed with fluid on the brain has thanked a city charity for helping her to rebuild her life, saying she ‘wouldn’t be here’ without them. Kimberley Leask was just 19 years old when she was rushed to hospital in an ambulance after collapsing […]
Staff and pupils celebrate ‘good’ report
A Nottingham secondary school has been described as happy and caring by Government inspectors who have continued to rate it ‘good’ following a recent inspection. Pupils at Bluecoat Beechdale Academy, in Billborough, were found to be friendly and polite, with high levels of punctuality and a desire to learn. They also told inspectors from Ofsted […]
Littleover Community School gets a ‘good’ report from inspectors
A Derby school has been described as having an ‘inclusive and academic culture’ after its first Government inspection in 16 years rated it as ‘good’ with an ‘outstanding’ Sixth Form. Littleover Community School is among several Derby schools to be inspected by Ofsted under its new framework and its report highlighted the ‘high expectations and […]
Leadership expert Kul Mahay says retention of staff is key to success for organisations in 2023
A top leadership expert believes that creating cultures that focus on staff retention and confidence will be critical for most organisations in 2023. With further industrial action planned across both the public and private sector – and more than one million working days lost to strike action by the end of December, according to the […]
IVC Brunel Healthcare helps workforce through cost-of-living crisis with free daily hot meals and an extra £400 winter payment
Amid plummeting UK temperatures, a Derbyshire company helping ward off coughs and sniffles by making vitamins is caring for its own employees with free hot meals and two extra winter payments during the coldest months of the year. Employees at IVC Brunel Healthcare in Swadlincote are currently busy helping boost the nation’s immune systems by […]