Archive for September, 2010
Cherry Professional Is ‘Most Promising New Business’
Posted on 30. Sep, 2010 by editor.
Financial recruitment specialist, Cherry Professional, was named Most Promising New Business of the Year at the Nottinghamshire’s Best Business Awards 2010 recently.
The awards were hosted by Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire Chamber of Commerce. Cherry Professional is now in with a chance to represent the region and if successful will advance to the national finals.
George Cowcher, Chief [...]
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Catapult Invest In nanoTherics
Posted on 30. Sep, 2010 by editor.
Catapult Venture Managers, alongside Mercia Technology Seed Fund, have invested £1.1m into Staffordshire-based nanoTherics, a company at the cutting edge of the growing gene therapy replacement market.
Mercia has invested £200k alongside Catapult’s injection of £600k from its Advantage Enterprise and Innovation Fund, which is specifically targeted at businesses looking for up to £2m of equity [...]
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Barclays appoints new Director for the East Midlands
Posted on 25. Sep, 2010 by editor.
Nigel Winkett has recently been appointed Business Development Director for Barclays Corporate in the East Midlands.
Nigel will be responsible for leading the East Midlands Corporate Business Development Team, which specialises in providing financial services solutions to medium sized businesses in the area.
Nigel joins Barclays from Royal Bank of Scotland where he worked for twenty four [...]
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Celebrating 45 Years In Business
Posted on 25. Sep, 2010 by editor.
While many business have failed to survive the recent economic downturn, one company in Lincolnshire has managed to withstand the last three recessions and come out stronger as a result.
Signmaking and vehicle livery specialist Allen Signs, which has worked for some of the county’s best known organisations since its formation in 1965, is celebrating its [...]
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Fresh Insights into UK Life Science Company Start-Ups
Posted on 24. Sep, 2010 by editor.
A new report, UK Life Science Start-Up Report 2010, has reported that there are vast, untapped opportunities to start up and develop life science companies across the UK.
The report, by Mobius Life Sciences Fund and BioCity Nottingham helps to identify these opportunities and calls for any public investment to be better targeted at four UK [...]
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Derwent Analytics Has Clear Vision
Posted on 15. Sep, 2010 by editor.
An Ilkeston firm is has opened up an additional production line to make the most of a new solution to clean contact lenses.
Derwent Analytics is so convinced about its new venture it is expanding into extra premises and plans to take on several highly-skilled staff.
The family run company makes bespoke mineral solutions that are used [...]
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New College Opens For Business
Posted on 15. Sep, 2010 by editor.
A new vocational centre, which will provide further educational opportunities for hundreds of local youngsters, has been opened in Leicestershire.
The £400,000 state of the art facility at Countesthorpe Community College was officially opened by Margaret Allen, East Midlands director for the HCA, as part of the college’s 40th anniversary celebrations.
Built in partnership with regional property [...]
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New Tenants At Castledine House
Posted on 15. Sep, 2010 by editor.
Three new tenants have been welcomed to Ilkeston’s Castledine House, a £300,000, self contained, fully serviced, office project led by regeneration agency Erewash Partnership and grant-aided by Derbyshire Economic Partnership (DEP)
Architects Lacey and Owen, which worked on the renovation and conversion of the building last year have moved in, alongside new business Claire Broughton Photography [...]
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Freeth Cartwright Celebrate International Role
Posted on 14. Sep, 2010 by editor.
Freeth Cartwright Solicitors are celebrating their involvement with an international provider of renal dialysis services, Fresenius Medical Care Deutschland GmbH of Bad Homburg, Frankfurt, Germany. This involvement arises from their historic relationship with Fresenius Medical Care (Holdings) Limited, the UK subsidiary of this international organisation whose UK Headquarters is in Huthwaite, Sutton-in-Ashfield.
The latest project which they have [...]
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New Additions at NatWest
Posted on 14. Sep, 2010 by editor.
NatWest in Northampton has welcomed two new additions to its business and commercial banking team.
Sotia Bosco and Chris Barker have joined as relationship managers. Bosco, who has been with the bank for ten years, will be responsible for a wide portfolio of business customers across the county, whilst Barker is returning to his childhood roots, [...]
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County Business Event Is Opportunity For Networking
Posted on 14. Sep, 2010 by editor.
Business people from all over the county will be celebrating Lincolnshire Day (1st October 2010) by meeting up at the second annual Lincolnshire Business Convention.
The new countywide networking event is to open to all business people in the county and will this year be held at RAF Cranwell near Sleaford.
The Lincolnshire Business Convention is being [...]
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How To Select The Right PR Agency For You
Posted on 09. Sep, 2010 by editor.
Greg Simpson, founder of Press For Attention PR, discusses the key considerations that should be made when looking to recruit a PR company.
Some fundamental things apply when selecting a PR agency and it is not all about who walks in through the door on pitch day – firstly take a look at yourself.
Why do you [...]
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Fleur Fields In Award Success
Posted on 08. Sep, 2010 by editor.
Brixworth-based wine producer Fleur Fields has celebrated ten years in the business with a host of top wine-making awards.
The company was recently short-listed for their Champs d’Amour Sparkling White in the ‘Best Local Drink’ category of the Carlsberg UK Northamptonshire Food and Drink Awards. The couple then picked up a handful of gongs at the [...]
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The Wright Move For Catalyst
Posted on 08. Sep, 2010 by editor.
Catalyst Corporate Finance, the award winning international adviser, has appointed Chris Wright to the firm’s deal making team in Nottingham.
Wright, who has a First in Maths with Statistics from Bristol University, joins Catalyst from Ernst & Young where he gained his ACA qualification. He brings with him a wide range of experience of working with [...]
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Chapco Surf For New Acquisitions
Posted on 08. Sep, 2010 by editor.
Lutterworth-based business services provider Chapco has secured a £5m investment from financier Next Wave Partners in order to expand its operations, immediately snapping up Scottish competitor 24Seven.
The latest deal follows on from last year’s purchase of Bedfordshire telecommunications provider Globe Worldwide.
All three deals were overseen by Lisa Botterill, an associate and corporate specialist with Midlands [...]
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New Owners For Cotgrave Place Golf Club
Posted on 07. Sep, 2010 by editor.
The Nottinghamshire Leisure Group Ltd has bought Cotgrave Place Golf Club, near Nottingham, from Crown Golf. The club will be rebranded as The Nottinghamshire Golf and Country Club from 1st September 2010.
The new owners comprise a group of Nottinghamshire businessmen, Alan Hardy (Managing Director of Paragon Interiors Group Plc), Simon Robinson (owner of Joshua Tree [...]
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Shelton Imports secure new market opportunities
Posted on 03. Sep, 2010 by editor.
Coffee specialist Shelton Imports has won an order from prestigious store Harrods, increasing its consumer reach, following support from the Food and Drink iNet.
The Leicestershire-based company supplies flavoured Colombian coffee cubes in individual wraps direct to customers via its website and to retailers like delicatessens and farm shops.
More recently, the firm has moved into the [...]
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Sturgess on the road to expansion
Posted on 03. Sep, 2010 by editor.
Leicestershire motor retailer W E Sturgess & Sons has agreed a £5.2m funding deal with the East Midlands team of Lloyds TSB Corporate Markets.
The family owned business, which has been selling vehicles in Leicester for over 113 years, has performed extremely well in a tough market. Sturgess has an annual turnover of around £60m and [...]
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