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HEB Complete £3m Investment Deals in Just Four Weeks
Posted on 02. Feb, 2012 by editor.
Despite a mixed investment market, Nottingham property agent heb has completed £3 million worth of investment transactions across the East Midlands in just four weeks.
Rob Maxey (pictured) of heb said that despite slow investment activity in 2011, there was still good interest for the right product.
He said: “It is very much a two-tier market. There [...]
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Local Business Leaders React to LEPs Funding Announcement
Posted on 01. Feb, 2012 by editor.
Reacting to the Government’s allocation of the Growing Places Fund to Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs), George Cowcher, Chief Executive of the Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire Chamber of Commerce, said: “Today’s announcement confirms that the D2N2 LEP will be given the full allocation of £17.8m from the Growing Places Fund, as announced last year, which is good [...]
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East Midlands LEPs Allocated Funds to Boost Economic Growth
Posted on 01. Feb, 2012 by editor.
The Government has confirmed the allocation of the £500milllion Growing Places Fund, designed to boost economic growth by getting the required infrastructure built to enable the creation of new homes and jobs and get stalled projects moving again.
The funding has been allocated to the country’s 38 Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs), who will now decide what [...]
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Notts Firms Deliver Landmark University Project
Posted on 31. Jan, 2012 by editor.
Work has completed on The University of Nottingham’s state-of-the-art School of Humanities building, one of the most environmentally sustainable buildings in the area.
Nottinghamshire firms Clegg Construction and architects CPMG have worked together to complete the landmark BREEAM rated ‘excellent’ building on the University Park Campus after CPMG and engineering consultants Arup won a design competition [...]
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New Employment Partner Joins Shakespeares
Posted on 31. Jan, 2012 by editor.
Shakespeares has appointed Shelley Harcourt as partner to lead its employment team in Nottingham.
With over 12 years’ experience practising employment law, Harcourt has moved to Shakespeares from Eversheds where she worked for ten years, many of those alongside legal director Hilary Campion whom she rejoins at Shakespeares.
Shelley Harcourt (pictured) said: “I joined Shakespeares at the start of [...]
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Derby Firm Commits to Creating 2012 Jobs in 2012
Posted on 31. Jan, 2012 by editor.
Derby-based training organisation Aspire Achieve Advance Limited (3AAA) has announced a commitment to create 2012 new jobs for young people aged over 16 in 2012.
3AAA’s 2012|2012 commitment was launched at the official opening of the group’s newest National IT Partnership academy and Accounting Academy Partnership in Milton Keynes.
Di McEvoy-Robinson, Director, 3aaa, speaking at the launch, [...]
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Business and Education Links Strengthen in the East Midlands
Posted on 30. Jan, 2012 by editor.
The re-location of CBI East Midlands to New College Nottingham’s (ncn) city centre campus will take place in February 2012, with both organisations saying the move demonstrates their commitment to developing business and education links and to getting the East Midlands working.
Amarjit Basi, ncn Principal and Chief Executive, said: “I look forward to welcoming the CBI’s [...]
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IoD and UKTI Experts Team Up to Boost Local Exports
Posted on 30. Jan, 2012 by editor.
Two of the country’s top business organisations and local companies join forces in an international trade panel event to be held in Derby on Tuesday 7 February, in a bid to boost exports.
The Institute of Directors (IoD) and UK Trade &Investment (UKTI) are hosting an early evening business seminar in the Derby Enterprise Centre. A [...]
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Community Stores Buck the Trend in Retail Lettings
Posted on 27. Jan, 2012 by editor.
Whilst a snapshot of the UK’s High Street continues to reflect challenging times for retailers, Lincoln-based chartered surveyors, Banks Long & Co are enjoying phenomenal success in letting premises at the heart of bustling communities.
The surveying firm has completed a string of recent deals in Lincolnshire and in Nottinghamshire.
Banks Long & Co is confident that [...]
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Report Reveals the Top Ten Business Opportunities for 2012
Posted on 26. Jan, 2012 by editor.
A report from Startups.co.uk has outlined the most promising business openings for 2012
The report, entitled What Business to Start in 2012, pinpoints the 10 specific business openings which offer the greatest potential for the year ahead.
According to recent research by Creditsafe, the number of new businesses launched in the UK in 2011 was almost 20% [...]
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Regeneration Specialist to Reveal Plans for Derby’s New Gateway
Posted on 26. Jan, 2012 by editor.
Plans for a £100m transformation of the Castleward area of Derby will go on display at Westfield Shopping Centre this week at a public information event hosted by regeneration specialist, Compendium Living.
The developer will be showcasing their highly anticipated plans for the first time this month, revealing exactly how they will breathe new life into [...]
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New Student Links for Nottingham Trent University and the IoD
Posted on 26. Jan, 2012 by editor.
Nottingham Trent University will be the first university in the country to pilot a scheme to provide free student membership to the key international business organisation, the Institute of Directors (IoD).
Some 120 Nottingham Business School and School of Architecture, Design and the Built Environment students will be the first to benefit from the scheme which [...]
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FPB’s Response to UK Economy’s 0.2% Contraction
Posted on 25. Jan, 2012 by editor.
Responding to figures released today by the Office for National Statistics, which show economic activity in the UK contracted by 0.2% in the last three months of 2011, Phil Orford, Chief Executive of The Forum of Private Business, commented: “There’s no escaping it, the figures are disappointing. But it’s important to put it into perspective.”
Orford [...]
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Is Your Business Ready to Take Advantage of London 2012?
Posted on 25. Jan, 2012 by editor.
Over three-quarters of large businesses in the UK expect the 2012 Olympic Games to generate an increase in demand for their goods and services, according to a new report from Deloitte, the official professional services provider to London 2012. The research reveals that 81% of companies across the UK anticipate an economic boost from the [...]
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Free Advice Service for New East Midlands Businesses
Posted on 24. Jan, 2012 by editor.
New businesses in the East Midlands are being urged to use a free advice service, Start Up Smart Up, launched by the Institute of Directors (IoD).
The service is an on-line initiative providing simple, impartial and practical advice on the most important aspects of setting up and growing a business in the early stages.
Each year thousands [...]
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The Money Shop Plans Huge Expansion
Posted on 24. Jan, 2012 by editor.
Nottingham-based The Money Shop has announced its pawnbroking business is experiencing a resurgence and that it will be opening 50 new stores and creating 330 new jobs in 2012.
The Money Shop currently has ten stores in the East Midlands
The short-term lender says this month, which is traditionally the busiest time of the year for the [...]
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Last Chance for Socially Innovative Firms to Become a Deloitte Social Innovation Pioneer
Posted on 24. Jan, 2012 by editor.
Deloitte is calling on the most socially innovative local businesses to nominate themselves for the ‘Deloitte Social Innovation Pioneers’ programme, before entries close on 31 January. The national programme will identify and support 50 leading socially innovative small and medium sized companies across the UK.
The Deloitte programme, which was launched in November by Nobel Laureate, [...]
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Cities Report Paints A Misleading Picture of Derby
Posted on 24. Jan, 2012 by editor.
Commenting on the findings about Derby in the Cities Outlook 2012 report published by the Centre for Cities Think Tank , George Cowcher (pictured), Chief Executive of the Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire Chamber of Commerce, said: “The figures quoted in this report about Derby having the highest percentage of workers in the UK with no qualifications [...]
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