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Self contained first floor office to Let, Nottingham Road Derby. Situated opposite the expansive Cardinal Square complex, accessed via stairs next to the popular cafe ‘Chill @ chives’, this modern office can be is available for immediate occupation. Self contained with kitchen and WC with onstreet Parking available. This is a great little space for […]
I’ve a strong hatred of being sold to. Especially cold callers. People who think that by calling me out the blue I’ll instantly engage and buy £6k of adword spend, a second phone contract or the big one at the moment, some kind of advertising in a community magazine. I’m not going to say I’m […]
Family-owned Wathall’s, Derby’s longest established independent funeral directors, have expanded their unique Dandelions Bereavement Support programme to help more local people come to terms with losing a loved one.The new bereavement counselling service is run by Wathall’s experienced grief support team members Fay Bloor and Sarah Legg who are both qualified Psychotherapeutic Counsellors and accredited […]
Family-owned Wathall’s, Derby’s longest established independent funeral directors, have expanded their unique Dandelions Bereavement Support programme to help more local people come to terms with losing a loved one.The new bereavement counselling service is run by Wathall’s experienced grief support team members Fay Bloor and Sarah Legg who are both qualified Psychotherapeutic Counsellors and accredited […]
Sky Recruitment Solutions is to open three new UK offices following a “phenomenal” growth in turnover and staff numbers during 2020. The company, based in The Strand, Derby, with additional offices in Ripley and Huddersfield, is planning the three new site launches by the autumn. Locations for the new offices are yet to be revealed […]
An award-winning East Midlands PR Boss has hired an experienced journalist and PR professional, to provide on-call support for her expanding client list. Tina Clough, managing director at Castle Donington based Poppy-PR, has appointed Phil Stubbs (54) of Duffield, with a view to bolstering a team that already offers decades of proven journalistic expertise. Phil, a qualified journalist with […]
Pennine Healthcare, one of the UK’s leading privately-owned medical manufacturers, is delighted to announce it is working with the UK Cabinet Office, to produce UK manufactured face coverings.The face coverings are part of a £14 million Government investment to help in the fight against COVID-19.Millions of coverings can be produced on a weekly basis at […]
Wathall’s, Derby’s longest established independent funeral directors, has renewed its partnership with Derby County Football Club for a fourth year.With branches in Derby city centre, Alvaston, Ashbourne Borrowash, and Burton-on-Trent, Wathall’s remains a Rams Preferred Partner enabling families to have special access to Pride Park Stadium following the unique and personal funeral of their loved […]
As the reality of the next few months sinks in, more parents in Derby once again face the hardships of home schooling and home working, we explore how parents can cope with the pressures of working from home with kids (again). “Our hearts literally sank when the Prime Minister said those words “schools in Derby are […]
A Derby-based industrial recruitment firm has laid the foundations for the expansion of its white-collar sister brand, with a new office in Nottingham.Sky Recruitment Solutions, based on The Strand, has been a specialist provider of personnel for industrial roles since 2014 – but in the wake of a flurry of white collar enquiries, company MD, […]
Derbyshire’s specialist child exploitation charity Safe and Sound has finished an award-winning year with news that the charity’s chief executive Tracy Harrison has been recognised in the Derbyshire Live Heroes awards.Tracy was presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award by Safe and Sound’s chair of Trustees Allen Graham.He nominated Tracy for the award in recognition of […]
Before the outbreak of the COVID -19 pandemic, many employees already worked without supervision or colleagues by their side. This included those who visit clients, customers or service users on-site or in their home, as well as those who worked at their company premises on their own. With almost all office workers having shifted to […]
A fundraising campaign to secure the future of Sing Viva – the two Derbyshire carers’ choirs set up by Sinfonia Viva, the East Midlands’ professional orchestra – has reached its target. A fantastic response from members of the public has led to a donations total of £1,800 which has been matched by a generous benefactor. […]
Sinfonia Viva, the East Midlands’ Grammy-nominated professional orchestra, has released tickets for its first online New Year’s Eve performance. The Orchestra has performed an early-evening gala concert at The Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham, on December 31st for more than 25 years which has obviously had to be cancelled due to the pandemic this year. Thanks […]
Grammy-nominated Sinfonia Viva, which is based in Derby and the only professional orchestra in the East Midlands, has secured support as part of the Government’s £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund (CRF). The £72,123 grant, announced today (Saturday October 17) by the Culture Secretary, will enable the Orchestra to secure its future and the livelihoods of […]
St Peters Quarter Business Improvement District (BID) is launching an innovative MonsterHero Safari Trail as part of the BID’s fundraising campaign for the Royal Derby Hospital Intensive Care Unit. MonsterHero Safari is a high street story-trail experience where families are tasked with hunting down the monster superheroes, displayed in public windows. Sponsored by Wild in […]
DANCING firefighters, cheerleading nurses and clapping care workers have all answered a call by a Derbyshire singer, who has released a song for two national charities. Anthony Parsons, from Bolsover, released ‘Rise Above It All’ on May 1 and it is already setting the charts alight. Last week, it was announced as BBC Radio Derby’s […]
Sinfonia Viva, the East Midlands’ Grammy-nominated professional orchestra, has released tickets for its first online New Year’s Eve performance. The Orchestra has performed an early-evening gala concert at The Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham, on December 31st for more than 25 years which has obviously had to be cancelled due to the pandemic this year. Thanks […]
Nigel (LJ) Da Silva, a local business man and owner of Silver Creative has finally published his first book The Zombie Dialogues on Amazon. LJ has spent most of his life writing, both as a copywriter and as a journalist. He has now turned his hand to writing novels. His book The Zombie Dialogues harks back to the slow […]
The first selection of new homes at a new housing development in Wingerworth will be released for sale in the new year, with construction well underway on site. Ashberry Homes is building 80 new homes at Mill Fields, off Mill Lane, Wingerworth, including 12 homes to be provided as affordable housing for local people. The […]
