Commercially focused strategic business planning expert and former South West Trains director, Rufus Boyd, has been recruited to the UK headquarters of internationally operating rail consultancy Interfleet Technology.  

Conference Derbyshire will join forces with sister company Visit Peak District & Derbyshire to promote the area’s prime assets as both a business and leisure destination at a major national events showcase later this month.  

Derby-based commercial property and regeneration specialists, Rigby & Co, have promoted Ben Wisher to the post of associate director after three years with the company.  

Derwent Living has been given a big thumbs-up from its residents, with a recent satisfaction survey showing that they are more satisfied with the service they are receiving than ever.  

National tourist board VisitEngland is backing the Peak District’s bid to be a world-class destination at the heart of campaigns promoting the country’s unique assets at home and abroad.  

Leading Swiss confectionery firm F. Hunziker & Co. AG has installed Ishida’s advanced IX-EA-2161 X-ray inspection system, along with a DACS-W-012 checkweigher, to provide maximum quality control in the packing of pastilles and powdered drinks into bags at its factory in Dietikon, near Zurich.  

New Erewash MP Jessica Lee has joined the board of Ilkeston-based enterprise agency Erewash Partnership.  

UK security company, Octavian Security, has announced its entry into the world aviation security market, as the company has become the official UK security arm of Swissport International - by taking ownership of the Checkport UK franchise.  

A Midlands based insurance firm is warning homeowners in Nottinghamshire to be extra vigilant after a brand new report placed Bestwood Village, Bulwell and Old Basford in the list of top home insurance theft postcodes.  

Booth 408 will be hive of activity not to be missed at the NEC this September, as leading manufacturer's Atlas Composites will be showcasing an array of new components and manufacturing capabilities for aerospace, motor sport and defence industries. In addition there will be information on their new recruitment drive and their new website will also be revealed.  

More than 125 guests, including famous faces from the sporting world, turned out in force to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Derbyshire Sports Injuries Clinic.  

Tourism continues to be big business across Derbyshire according to the latest official figures – which reveal that tourists spent more than £1.46 billion in the county in 2009.  

Derwent Living customers have given the housing provider a big ‘thumbs up’ after staff spoke to over 1,000 people during its recent customer call out week.  

Just a year after expanding its operation and relocating to Pride Park, a Derby recruitment firm has launched an innovative online service that is set to take the industry by storm.  

Derbyshire farm shop Croots will be staging its first vintage car day and beer festival on Saturday 28th August 2010.  

Derby-based Develop Training, the leading technical skills training provider in the UK, has made three new appointments, strengthening its Electrical, Water and Streetworks divisions.  

The head chef of Masa Restaurant in Derby has been chosen to cook up a stir alongside celebrity chefs Alan Coxon and Rachel Green at the Chatsworth Country Fair.  

Cherry Professional, has celebrated its expansion into Derby with the announcement of its 100th candidate placement.  

A free seminar is being hosted by Derbyshire based Jay Financial on 7th September 8.30am-10.30am to give local businesses the information they need to prepare for the 2012 pension reforms.  

A specialist manufacturer of educational equipment based in Long Eaton is playing its part in boosting exports as the country recovers from the recession.  

Derby based housing provider Derwent Living is offering free swimming lessons for local children as part of a large scale community cohesion project.  

For the third successive year, a firm of Derby architects will be volunteering its time and expertise to the nationwide ‘Architect in the House’ scheme, which has already raised more than £800,000 for the charity Shelter.  

Derwent Living has donated money to a project that is helping people to build on their job hunting skills and confidence, at a hostel for young offenders in Birmingham.  

For the second successive year, Derby-based Midlands law firm, Flint Bishop, has been recognised as one of the UK’s leading employers in a national survey published in the Daily Telegraph.  

Derby-based Motorpoint has teamed up with leading independent insurance broker and 2010 British Insurance Awards finalist Autonet to become the first car supermarket to offer drivers’ potentially huge savings off their motor insurance premiums.  

An Ilkeston firm is under no optical illusions about its new production line for a solution to clean contact lenses - it clearly sees it as a winner.  

Croots Farm Shop in Derbyshire has scooped a One Star Gold Great Taste Award for its Cow Juice Beer.  

On the back of its success at the 2009 Business Awards Derbyshire, a Derby property auctioneer defied the economic climate and launched a new estate agency division. Fast-forward twelve months and despite a continuing slow-down, Graham Penny Estates has enjoyed considerable success and is now expanding its team.  

Marketing campaigns by Visit Peak District & Derbyshire to promote the area as a world-class tourism destination have generated more than £13 million for the region’s economy.  

The Peak District & Derbyshire’s growing reputation as a quality destination for business and ideal conference location is spreading far and wide thanks to the success of a second fact-finding tour for travel and events organisers from across the UK.  

An apprentice at Federal-Mogul’s Chapel-en-le-Frith manufacturing plant has been named as the 2009 to 2010 ‘Electrical Apprentice of the Year’ by training experts SETA.  

Residents from a women’s refuge in Derby have pulled on their caps and gowns and are celebrating passing a range of qualifications.  

Housing provider Derwent Living has jumped nine places in a list of the top fifty developers in the country.  

A Derby company has stepped in to help turn a couple’s dream of creating a website where friends and families can record and share their life stories, into a reality.  

MSS Lasers is the latest high profile business to relocate to a new headquarters at Prospect Park, Cedar House Investments’ successful industrial warehousing scheme in Rugby.  

Derbyshire resident Darren Haney has praised a regional employment scheme managed by the University of Derby which has got him off the dole and back into work.  

Ellis Fermor and Negus Solicitors are delighted to announce the merger of two local charities, ‘Amber Valley Community Transport’ and ‘Chesterfield and District Community Transport’.  

Derwent Living is encouraging local residents to give their bikes a health check when it helps launch a bicycle road show on Derby market place next week.  

AVRec, an independently owned staff consultancy based in Derbyshire last night revealed their new brand of “Talk Staff” to eagerly awaiting clients, candidates and other local businesses at the opening of their new offices and on-site training facilities on King Street in the heart of Belper.  

Residents from over 2,700 Derwent Living properties in Derbyshire will get the chance to win impressive prizes when they take part in a survey gauging customer satisfaction.  

Derby housing provider Derwent Living has launched a new facilities management company – and intends to use thousands of pounds made in profit to boost affordable housing schemes across the county.  

Staff at Pride Park-based Document Network Services could be getting pampered, driving a Ferrari or watching the latest West End show, thanks to a new scheme that has been launched to reward its growing team.  

291 of the UK’s top junior squash players travelled to Nottingham recently to take part in the largest junior squash tournament in the UK.  

Pride Park-based Silver Pride Software has given Derbyshire Children’s Holiday Centre some fun and laughter this Summer holiday after it stepped in to create an innovative new website and online marketing tool for the charity.  

Thirteen Derbyshire tourism businesses – including Buxton Festival, which opens Wednesday July 7 - are celebrating after being shortlisted for the final of the seventh East Midlands Tourism Enjoy England Excellence Awards.  

Derby-based Develop Training Ltd, the leading technical skills training provider in the UK, has launched a unique behavioural training programme designed to provide those working in technical roles such as utilities or construction with effective management training.  

Just weeks after opening its doors, Avisa, Derby’s only high street mortgage and independent financial services company, is already expanding its team to keep pace with increasing demand.  

A Derby lawyer is warning companies to act now in order to avoid falling foul of the UK’s tough new anti-corruption laws.  

New websites to promote businesses in the towns of Ilkeston and Long Eaton have gone live.  

A local financial co-operative has reached a major milestone – providing more than £1 million in low-cost loans to people in Erewash borough.  

Derby-based housing provider Derwent Living has announced a £774k increase in surplus since 2008.  

Esker Ltd, global leaders in document process automation solutions, have appointed Susan Wilkinson as Marketing Campaign Coordinator.  

Cedar House Investments, one of the region’s most proactive developers, has scooped the title of Property Company of the Year at the 2010 regional Estates Gazette Awards for the successive year.  

A new enterprise with the aim of mentoring and supporting young people in Nottingham who are in danger of making poor choices in relation to drugs, alcohol, sex and education has been launched by ‘Vivant Mentoring Community Interest Company’.  

Derby based, nationally operating security company Octavian Security, has announced that each of its security officers, managers and administrators are to undertake NVQ’s in Customer Service to further improve its robust offering to clients.  

A Birmingham-based company that started life in Derby has returned to its roots - and chosen Derby’s Friar Gate Studios as the location for its second operation.  

One of the world's leading providers of information and decision support tools for businesses and professionals has found a way to save money and reduce its carbon footprint, thanks to a new service provided by Derby-based Esker Ltd.  

Derby-based project managers and construction cost consultants, Armsons, have promoted Duncan Brown to the post of associate director.  

A trio of accounting apprentices from Babington Business College in Derby are gearing up for the finals of the WorldSkills Competition to be held later this month, after beating off the competition and scoring an impressive 97 per cent during the qualifying heats held earlier this year.  

Two mums from Derbyshire are now running their own businesses thanks to coaching and mentoring support from a Euro-funded community project.  

Derbyshire farm shop Croots will be celebrating its second birthday on Saturday June 19th with a BBQ, bouncy castle and face painting.  

Lawyers at a Derby firm are set to raise money to help pay for the care of children who have been diagnosed with brain tumours after choosing the Liberty Rose Trust as their charity of the year.  

BSP Consulting is celebrating the news that a new medical centre which benefited from the firm’s civil, structural and geotechnical engineering expertise has been named the best health property in the UK.  

A group of women from Derby have set up a support group for sufferers of domestic violence.  

Employers are being urged to protect themselves from possible staff shortages, unexpected absences and lower productivity when the football World Cup gets underway this week.  

A Derwent Living resident is enjoying a new home and a new career in retail, thanks to help from YMCA Derbyshire and Derwent Living.  

Derwent Living has appointed Suzy Brain England OBE to take over the reigns as its new chair.  

A women’s refuge in Derby is warning that with just over a week to go until the World Cup kicks off, so will incidents of domestic violence in the home.  

Premiership footballer Rory Delap has launched a World Cup range of sausages and burgers at Croots Farm Shop to raise money for a Derbyshire children’s charity.  

Just weeks after launching Derby’s only high street mortgage and independent financial services company, a local financial adviser has set himself a new challenge - to saddle up with his walking boots in tow and raise funds for The Lymphoma Association and Downs Syndrome Derby.  

Masa Restaurant on Brook Street in Derby has strengthened its front of house team with the appointment of Monika Zurawska at Restaurant Supervisor.  

Two new directors, an industrialist and a long-standing councillor, have joined the board of enterprise agency Erewash Partnership.  

HR professionals, directors and business owners are invited to attend the official launch of HR Exchange, Derby’s first dedicated HR networking event, which is taking place on Thursday 10th June.  

Poppy-PR, the leading Derbyshire PR agency has today teamed up with online marketing consultants Media Precision, to deliver both PR and full SEO solutions to Belvoir Lettings Sheffield.  

More and more people are discovering or re-discovering the pleasures of camping and caravanning – and as the holiday season gets into full swing, an informative new guide has been launched in the Peak District and Derbyshire  

There are clear signs that the local economy is improving as leading regional developer Cedar House Investments has sold another unit at Calico Business Park, its five and a half acre mixed-use development in Tamworth.  

Derby-based chartered accountants and business advisors, Smith Cooper, have announced that they have extended their sponsorship deal with Derbyshire County Cricket Club for the 2010 season.  

A manufacturer’s health and safety campaign produced winners all round – a reduction in accidents to workers, employees who won prizes and a local hospice which gained a cheque donation.  

A former pub and hotel in Wirksworth town centre is facing a new lease of life as a home for two commercial units and six apartments  

After a two-year absence, financial services have returned to Derby city centre, after two firms of independent advisers merged to launch the only high street mortgage and independent financial services company.  

Derwent Living is bidding farewell to its board chairman Duncan Smith after three years at the helm.  

Derwent Living is helping unemployed people to get back on their feet by giving them the chance to join its workforce through the government’s Future Jobs Fund.  

An innovative rail company, which has one of its main offices located in Nottinghamshire, is further expanding its plant business after doubling its turnover in the last three years.  

Leading Midlands law firm, Flint Bishop, has reinforced its credentials in the education sector with the appointment to Derby College’s legal panel.  

Derby based security firm Octavian Security has launched a new service offering to keep lone workers, such as pizza delivery drivers, security officers and nursing staff, safer in their jobs.  

Leading Midlands developer Cedar House Investments has announced the sale of further office space at Charter Point, its five-acre, flagship office development in Ashby.  

Belper based boiler manufacturer Glow-worm was awarded the accolade of Marketing Initiative of the Year Award at the H&V News Awards in London on 29th April 2010.  

A female entrepreneur has launched the very first PR agency to be based in Ilkeston, Derbyshire.  

Chauffeur specialists Pinnacle Chauffeur Transport went more than the extra mile to beat the travel chaos in Europe caused by grounded air flights and return business representatives safely home.  

Champagne corks are popping as two Peak District accommodation providers celebrate news that they have scooped top awards in a prestigious national competition highlighting England’s top tourism businesses.  

A Pride Park-based computer software company is set to take the industry by storm with the launch of a pioneering new web management suite that will allow businesses and service providers such as web developers and designers to save money by managing their own websites and online marketing.  

At a time when many property companies across the UK are still experiencing a downturn in trade, two Derby-based firms of independent advisers are bucking the trend with news that they plan to merge and launch Derby’s only high street financial services company.  

Pride Park-based Document Network Services has reinforced its commitment to customer excellence and created a number of jobs with the launch of a new demonstration suite and refurbished showroom.  

Local solicitors’ firm Ellis-Fermor & Negus is pleased to announce the qualification of Crime solicitor Andrew Coley with Higher Rights of Audience.  

Derwent Living has appointed a new service manager for its mechanical and electrical division.  

Seventy years after she last worked at Treak Cliff Cavern in the Peak District, 86-year-old Rosamund Pratt took a nostalgic trip back in time to help celebrate two special anniversaries at the famous Castleton tourist attraction.  

Leading UK independent commercial vehicle group Sherwood Truck and Van is celebrating the winning of a major order with a fleet transport company.  

Ten years after joining the Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply, Mike Mari has left the organisation to start up his own company.  

Managers at a south Derbyshire hotel have praised staff for helping the venue to achieve four-star status.  

Derwent Living is joining forces with Groundwork Derby and Derbyshire to run a social enterprise project that will create training and job opportunities for its customers.  

Derbyshire-based Chevin Fleet Solutions, a leading supplier of fleet and asset management software, has narrowly missed out on a top industry award at one of the fleet industry’s most prestigious events this month.  

A Derby lawyer has raised £250 for leukaemia research after helping to make a piece of running history in the world’s first Kilomathon.  

Orchid IT, the Midlands’ leading supplier of IT support and services, has been awarded official Silver Partner status by Aruba Networks, global market leader in secure enterprise wireless LANs.  

An Ilkeston firm which delivers training packages for the construction industry has struck gold ahead of the 2012 Olympic Games.  

Derby-based Orchid IT, the Midlands' leading supplier of IT support and services, is flying the flag for the Midlands, as it attempts to win the coveted title of IT Support Company of the Year.  

Despite the job uncertainty facing many employees at Toyota’s Burnaston plant, they have put their worries aside to raise a massive £3,800 for Treetops Hospice in Risley.  

The new business partner at Yorkshire Bank in Derby has come full circle. Nigel Wilson is returning to his business roots to strengthen the team at Yorkshire Bank’s Financial Solutions Centre (FSC) in St Peter’s Street.  

Derbyshire businesses got the opportunity to discover business potential in emerging overseas markets thanks to an exclusive event held by the East Midlands International Trade Association (emita) and the UK Trade & Investment (UKTI).  

Motorpoint has become the first car supermarket in the East Midlands to seek Specialist Automotive Finance (SAF) approval.  

Derbyshire-based leading asset management consultancy and software house, Chevin Fleet Solutions, is preparing for a glitzy awards evening after cruising to the final of 2010’s prestigious Fleet News Awards.  

Lawyers at a Derby firm have turned their seasons’ greetings into the gift of life for heart patients after making a donation towards a fund to buy vital equipment.  

More than three-quarters of the supporters of enterprise agency Erewash Partnership think that the organisation is doing a good job, according to an on-line survey.  

With 2.46 million people in the UK now jobless*, more and more people are thinking of taking the plunge and starting their own business. Now, a local business incubation centre is offering grants to help anyone affected by the recession start up on their own.  

Year-long celebrations to mark two special milestones at Castleton’s Treak Cliff Cavern in the Peak District are sure to be sweet thanks to Treacle the truffle hound and an award-winning local chocolatier.  

Derbyshire solicitors Ellis-Fermor & Negus have chosen to support Treetops Hospice at Risley for their Charity of the Year 2010.  

Due to continued growth and demand for its flexible fleet management information systems in Australia, the Derbyshire-based asset management consultancy and software house, Chevin Fleet Solutions has relocated to larger, new offices on the outskirts of Sydney.  

Derwent Living is helping its residents to tackle their money problems and has appointed a money advice specialist to its supported housing team.  

Leading Midlands law firm, Flint Bishop LLP, has expanded its personal injury division with the appointment of Andrew Royce as personal injury solicitor.  

Employers should prepare for more changes in the law governing discrimination in the workplace, with age issues looking set to dominate the agenda for the rest of the year.  

CBVC has announced that it now has over 1,500 vehicles using its innovative fleet management solution for SMEs, which is based on FleetWave software from Chevin Fleet Solutions.  

Visit Peak District & Derbyshire (VPD&D) has welcomed news that the leading agency promoting the county’s economic prosperity is to support its first-ever Excel Tourism Awards - as the shortlist of nominees is announced.  

Utility Exchange has kicked off the new decade by securing significant investment funds to kick-start its expansion plans.  

They say ‘too many cooks spoil the broth’ but one Derby restaurant showing that working as a team in the kitchen can add real value to your business.  

Corporate College @ Derby College is celebrating being named The Learning and Skills Council’s Train to Gain Provider of the Quarter after meeting their delivery targets and achieving a success rate of nearly 90 percent for over 10,000 learners in the past year.  

Chesterfield-based Evolution Training is looking for additional assessors to help cope with the demand as a result of new contracts that have been confirmed — tripling their turnover for the current financial year.  

Following an investment of £90,000, customers of the new look Varsity bar in Derby (Friar Gate) enjoyed their first weekend in style.  

Derbyshire farm shop Croots will be celebrating Farmhouse Breakfast Week this month by launching a new sausage.  

The Derby and Derbyshire Rail Forum (DDRF) is hosting an Enabling Technology and Environmental Event in conjunction with Transport Innovation Network (iNet) on Tuesday 19th January from 10:30am-1:30pm at The Whitehouse Hotel in Kegworth, Derby.  

Staff at a Matlock hair and nail salon have proved they are head and shoulders above the opposition by winning a window dressing competition to encourage local businesses to engage in a county-wide tourism promotion.  

Derbyshire based company A M Bromley Ltd is achieving great success in South America thanks to the help and support of UK Trade & Investment (UKTI).  

Visit Peak District & Derbyshire (VPD&D) is celebrating news that Chatsworth is to be the main sponsor and venue for its first-ever Excel Tourism Awards on Thursday March 4.  

Leading Midlands developer Cedar House Investments has made a positive start to 2010, with the announcement that it has leased further office space at Charter Point, its five-acre, flagship office development in Ashby.  

Leading consulting engineers, GCA (UK) Ltd have appointed Peter Hirst as regional director.  

Derbyshire-based Chevin Fleet Solutions’ web-based FleetWave system has been cherry-picked by the UK’s largest comprehensive tyre service provider, ATS Euromaster, to help manage and optimise its 1,400 vehicle fleet.  

Housing provider Derwent Living is working with contractor and developer, William Davis Ltd, to offer a range of much needed affordable homes in Grantham.  

Derbyshire-based Three Valleys Housing has strengthened its Executive Team with the appointment of two new Directors.  

AN Ilkeston engineering firm which has been celebrating its 30th anniversary is ending the year on a high note by winning the second biggest contract in its history.  

NFU Mutual has donated £660 to The Treetops Hospice Ripple Appeal, which is raising funds for a much needed New Day Care Centre at the Hospice in Risley, Derbyshire.  

A housing officer in Ilkeston has been honoured by her neighbourhood for encouraging youngsters to take pride in their community.  

A housing officer from Three Valleys Housing has been honoured by Derbyshire Constabulary for helping to transform a graffiti-strewn wasteland in Ilkeston.  

Unsung heroes and heroines of the tourism industry in the Peak District and Derbyshire are poised to step into the spotlight thanks to a prestigious new awards scheme.  

Specialist automotive and military seat manufacturers, The Seat Design Company, (SDC), based in Alfreton, Derbyshire are celebrating recent successes in winning contracts.  

Following the launch of Oakland International’s Irish multi temperature distribution hub earlier this year, business remains brisk at the Ashbourne depot, with interest in the operation continuing to grow.  

New Year’s Day may bring a few more aching heads than normal this year, as Gordon Brown’s temporary tax cut is withdrawn and VAT returns to 17.5%  

DERWENT Living is celebrating after winning a national award for a new service that is being offered by its women’s refuge.  

The largest property deal in Derby for almost a decade has been completed after Derby College signed a long term lease on a 93,000 sq ft building at The Point on Pride Park.  

Three Valleys Housing is driving the success of its care and repair services by investing more than £300,000 every year in its customised fleet of vehicles.  

Bob Hingston has been elected Chair of Three Valleys Housing. Bob is a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Housing and a member of the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health, with 40 years’ experience in the housing sector at senior manager, director and deputy CEO level.  

Miller Homes East Midlands is urging prospective house-hunters in the region to consider the many advantages of choosing a new build property when looking to take a step on the property ladder.  

A Derby planning consultancy has successfully achieved permission for housing developments in two villages, despite local opposition.  

ILKESTON company Derwent Analytics has become a sponsor of enterprise agency Erewash Partnership which works to regenerate the borough.  

Chevin Fleet Solutions, the Derbyshire-based asset management consultancy and software house, has announced another record-breaking year. The firm’s financial figures for the year to September 2009 show that the market-leading provider has now enjoyed 19 years of continuous growth.  

Attractions across the Peak District & Derbyshire enjoyed a spine-tinglingly successful late-season boost thanks to the new autumn half-term family festival, Spookyshire.  

The recent publication of preliminary GDP figures for the third quarter of 2009 by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed that the UK economy contracted by 0.4% between July and September.  

Sandicliffe Motor Contracts are showing their commitment to their local hospice by lending Treetops Hospice Ripple Appeal fundraiser, Kate Shaw, a car  

A training company is warning that professional drivers could lose their licence and their livelihoods if they do not update their skills.  

Two new sausages designed by customers have gone on sale at Croots Farm Shop & Kitchen this week as part of National Sausage Week.  

CHRISTMAS has come early for a Ripley company that provides temporary buildings.  

Derby-based patent and trade mark attorneys Swindell and Pearson beat off competition to win a top national training award.  

Leading international rail constancy Interfleet Technology has welcomed the former head of its Maintenance Services team back to the business.  

HOUSING provider Derwent Living has announced its first push into London’s expanding student market – sealing a £17 million deal to build 136 studio flats near the capital’s City University.  

A 17 year old musician known for his hard rock gigs across Shirebrook and the surrounding towns, is set to help other aspiring musicians to do the same, with help from Euro cash.  

A caring North Derbyshire man with learning disabilities is brightening up the social lives of the older community thanks to a Euro funded project.  

Chartered accountants and business advisers Dains are pleased to announce that they have opened a new office on the Wyvern Business Park, Derby.  

CLEANING company Office Care has won a contract to work at Palletforce’s new state-of-the-art transport hub at Burton.  

Potential home-buyers in Derbyshire are being invited to take one final peek around the last remaining property on sale at Miller Homes East Midlands’ popular Fernwood Place development.  

A prominent empty building on the edge of Derby city centre is set to be transformed to house three businesses.  

A farmyard of beers is now on sale at Croots Farm Shop & Kitchen after the addition of Ewe Drink and Cow Juice  

Leading travel commentator Simon Calder will share his hot tips on how tourism businesses can stay at the cutting edge of success at Visit Peak District & Derbyshire’s (VPD&D) annual conference this autumn.  

Spines are chilling, blood is curdling and creepies are crawling as the Peak District and Derbyshire get into their ghoulish guise as Spookyshire during the autumn half-term break.  

Subway franchisee James Fleck is already seeing cost savings amounting to thousands of pounds a month thanks to new technology from retail IT solutions provider PXtech.  

A Derby developer is planning to transform an old industrial site in the city and build speculative units, despite the recession.  

Advice, new products and huge discounts will be on offer to HGV firms, farmers and agricultural contractors as the UK’s leading manufacturers, suppliers and service providers gather under one roof thanks to the launch of a new industry exhibition.  

Tourism businesses in the Peak District & Derbyshire now have a new ally to help them succeed and prosper in a competitive market.  

Just over a year ago Pattonair Works council made the decision that they would like to have an annual official Pattonair nominated charity. A vote was held among the employees and Treetops Hospice Ripple Appeal were voted as their charity of the year for the period September 2008 to August 2009.  

FORMER world boxing champion Nigel Benn will be pulling no punches when he visits Derby on Saturday to promote a city entrepreneur’s new clothing label.  

With the game fair season now in full swing, all eyes are now on the premier event in the countryside calendar. Attracting over 87,000 visitors, the Midland Game Fair offers a huge range of attractions and areas of interest.  

Derbyshire fitness presenter, Rachel Holmes has become the first in the country to offer an on-line qualification in fitness instructing to music.  

Time is running out for buyers wanting to snap up the remaining few properties at one of Miller Homes East Midlands’ most sought-after developments, Highfields Park.  

Remploy has been selected to deliver the Government’s Flexible New Deal (FND) employment programme to support long term unemployed into work in Derbyshire.  

One of the biggest business networking events in the Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire area is set to take place next on Tuesday 8th September.  

Regeneration agency Erewash Partnership is distributing 30,000 guides to promote the benefits of shopping in Ilkeston.  

Despite the on-going economic downturn, leading Midlands developer Cedar House Investments has announced the lease of further office space at Charter Point its five-acre, flagship office development in Ashby.  

Intelligent software from Derby-based IT solution provider PXtech is making the sharing of information easier for Early Years services in Derbyshire.  

Every time people in the UK swallow a drink made by the world’s largest beverage company they may be surprised to know that a small firm in Ilkeston, Derbyshire has played a part.  

The Treetops Hospice Ripple Appeal Challenge has been shortlisted as a finalist in the ‘Communications Campaign’ in the Third Sector Excellence Awards.  

Internationally-operating Interfleet Technology in Derby has just completed the first phase of its passenger train design project for the Saudi Railway Company (SAR).  

A Derbyshire business has received funding through the Sustainable Construction innovation Network (iNet) to help develop its unique range of heating and energy systems.  

One of the UK’s leading distributors of cycles, scooters and accessories has turned to Mercedes-Benz to help drive its business forward.  

As Britain’s leading manufacturer and supplier of electrical and mechanical workshop equipment, Clarke International knows all about first-class machinery – and in the new Mercedes-Benz Actros it’s found just that!  

Ashfield District council is backing a Health and Safety Executive (HSE) pledge to encourage a common sense approach to health and safety – by taking centre stage at the recent Ashfield Show.  

A skills development company is setting up its own venue to train workers for the construction industry and so provide labour when the economy improves.  

Another innovative new enterprise has joined the growing family of creative businesses housed within Derby’s Friar Gate studios.  

Derwent Living has teamed up with building society, The Nottingham, to help give first time buyers a lift on to the housing ladder.  

After being made redundant from Avon Cosmetics in April, Weller Howard was made up to go back to work within a week and be among the first to benefit from the new Euro-funded ‘Response to Redundancy’ (R2R) training.  

The finance chief of a large employer in the Ilkeston area has joined the board of enterprise agency Erewash Partnership.  

Entrepreneurs and business-minded foodies from across the region are being invited to make their mark on the newly refurbished café bar within Friar Gate Studios, the home of Derby’s creative industries.  

Derby-based independent mortgage advisors, Mortgage Arena, have teamed up with one of the Midlands' best-known auctioneers and estate agents to offer expert financial mortgage advice to its home buyers.  

Four members of staff from a Derby firm of solicitors are in training for ‘Race the Sun’ a gruelling cross-country challenge, in a bid to raise funds for leading medical charity, Action Medical Research.  

A newly-formed company is the first tenant of premises in Ilkeston town centre that have been created specifically to house new and growing businesses.  

Derby based housing provider Derwent Living has announced a £435,000 surplus – and a 20.5% rise in social housing lettings to £15.97 million in 2008.  

The £48 million transformation of the Roundhouse at Pride Park into stunning new facilities for Derby College has been officially handed over and the first staff have moved in.  

Derwent Living has been shortlisted in the Inside Housing magazine Sustainable Housing Awards 2009.  

Multi-award winning housebuilder, Miller Homes East Midlands is to showcase how a Government-backed scheme could be helping people to get a foot on to the property ladder in Derbyshire.  

Members of the local business community turned out in force for the official launch of Derby Cathedral’s new meeting and conference facilities, which have been developed following a £30,000 refurbishment programme.  

The first of a new series of workshops designed to help business owners or leaders work with less stress is set to take place in Derby next month.  

A bespoke software system developed to provide a consistent and easily accessible approach to fleet management information is helping one of Interfleet Technology’s clients to record increased efficiency.  

A Glossop engineering firm is going from strength to strength thanks to increased export sales – boosted by support from UK Trade & Investment.  

A Derbyshire fitness professional has been recognised by a leading national training body for her cutting edge Fitness Pilates qualification.  

Work has started at the National Arboretum in Alrewas on the St John Ambulance memorial garden, with construction equipment provided free of charge courtesy of world leading manufacturer, JCB.  

Derby-based independent mortgage advisers, Mortgage Arena, have found an innovative solution which will help buyers with little or no deposit to get on or climb the property ladder.  

Fresh from its success at the Business Awards Derbyshire, leading property auctioneer Graham Penny Auctions has announced that it is set to expand its operation with the launch of a new estate agency division.  

Cedar House Investments, one of the region’s most proactive developers, has scooped the title of Property Company of the Year at the 2009 regional Estates Gazette Awards.  

A Derbyshire company that specialises in providing temporary buildings has finished its two biggest projects in terms of both size and financial deals.  

A young and growing web design company has won a contract to redesign the Derby Does It portal that is a gateway to three sites about the city. Silktide Studios, based at Brunel Parkway, Pride Park, beat off stiff local competition to win the tender for the work in a deal costing tens of thousands of pounds.  

Derby based Derwent Living is bucking the trend during the economic downturn and has been named as one of the top 50 developers in the country.  

It’s the end of an era for one of Ashbourne’s best-known firms of accountants as it says goodbye to its longest serving member of staff.  

A group of local companies based in Derby’s Friar Gate Studios have joined forces to showcase their creativity and stamp their mark on the building.  

Cathedral Quarter Hotel, Derby’s first boutique hotel, has launched a brand new service to help women escape the stresses of nine-to-five in their lunch hour.  

Derbyshire Enterprise agency Erewash Partnership has notched up a record number of supporters.  

Firm interest has been shown in an old building in Ilkeston which has been renovated and refurbished to create offices for new and growing businesses.  

Loughborough-based contractor and developer William Davis Ltd has welcomed G&H Associates onto its prestigious Gresley Business Park at Tetron Point, Swadlincote, South Derbyshire.  

MoonSha Bar and Restaurant, Derby’s first Japanese Teppanyaki restaurant, is open for business. The 400-cover fine dining restaurant is making the former HI-Q tyre and exhaust centre on Friary Street the new home of Teppanyaki food in Derby, following a £600,000 extensive refurbishment.  

A small manufacturing company is defying the recession, exporting its specialist education equipment across the globe which includes helping to train students in war-torn Iraq.  

A Derby architect’s practice has been involved in making surroundings more comforting for patients at the city’s new superhospital.  

A £1.253 million scheme will be launched today by the East Midlands Development Agency (emda), the Peak District National Park Authority and the Derby and Derbyshire Economic Partnership (DDEP) to support rural businesses and communities  

Derbyshire based Primopost Limited has been given a Grant for Business Investment (GBI) from East Midlands Development Agency (emda) to help develop its business.