Nottingham based, heavy machinery moving specialists Merritts Machinery Logistics have made two new appointments having recruited Andy Booth as their new Operations Manager and Paula Law as their new QHSE Co-ordinator. Andy Booth previously worked as a supply chain and logistics manager for a construction company. In his new role, he will be responsible for ensuring that Merritts have the systems, procedures, people and equipment in place to provide a high-level machinery moving service to its clients. Having served in the army for over 20 years, Paul Law will work alongside the finance, and health and safety team to ensure […]
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One third of all food produced globally ends up as waste, which equates to millions of tonnes of food wasted around the world every year. The Food Innovation Centre, based at the University of Nottingham, has turned the spotlight on the issue in the latest in a series of factsheets. Designed to help SMEs in the food and drink sector cut their waste, the Food Waste Management and Valorisation factsheet features useful information on the benefits of reducing waste, including how to calculate the cost of waste, supply chain risks, how it can affect customer satisfaction, the environmental issues, and […]
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Specialist insurance provider, insurance2go, is running a promotion dedicated to all pub-goers looking to watch the Euro 2020 matches. The Promotion will run for a limited time and will offer revellers an exclusive £10 discount for new sign-ups in celebration of the pubs being open again. As the UK’s economy starts to recover, heavy footfall is expected in pubs across the country for the late May long weekend. Suffice it to say, Google data also shows a spike in people searching for ‘bars near me[1]’, with search volumes at their highest since September last year. However, fun down the pub could bring with it […]
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Works are in progress at ‘Hindle House’ – a modern residential development in the Southern Gateway area of Nottingham – due for completion in December this year. The scheme, which is being developed by KMRE Group Ltd, has brought 62 contemporary one and two-bedroom apartments to market, including penthouses, with more than 75% already sold off plan. Just 15 properties remain available to purchase at the three-storey development, which features open-plan living spaces, ensuite bedrooms, modern kitchens with integrated appliances, on-site cycle storage, secure entry, a reception area and lift access. Optional car parking is also available for residents. Situated […]
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Multi-disciplinary design practice, rg+p has appointed a new director to lead the next phase of growth for its planning division. Chartered town planner and Member of the Royal Town Planning Institute (MRTPI), Chris Lindley joins the firm, and will initially be based from its Leicester studio. With a strong residential and commercial development background, Chris’s experience includes delivering net zero carbon schemes; development in the Green Belt, of listed buildings and in heritage settings; estate planning and land promotion; appeal hearings; and appearing at local plan examinations and public inquiries (as expert witness). “My entire career has been spent in […]
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A leading Burton manufacturer has launched a major recruitment drive for what it is expecting will be a record year for the business. Russell Roof Tiles, based on two sites in Burton upon Trent is predicating 2021 will be its best year ever, due to the massive market growth as well as the company’s post Covid strategy, which saw the firm resume manufacturing in a fully Covid-compliant, before any of its competitors. Russell Roof Tiles (RRT) is the largest independent manufacturer of concrete derivatives in the UK pitched roofing market and currently employs 140 staff across its three sites (two […]
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An exciting new volunteering initiative which will help support the needs of residents in the Meadows area of Nottingham is set to be launched this month (June 2021). Local charities Notts County Foundation and the Bridges Community Trust have partnered with Meadows Community Helpers to enhance the amount of support available for local residents on a day-to-day basis. The new scheme will be strengthened further thanks to a dedicated page on the HelpMyStreet website, which was established in 2020 by Nottinghamshire entrepreneur Mark Hawkins in order to assist individuals supporting their communities throughout the pandemic. Already established in the Ruddington […]
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SO Resi, the shared ownership brand of Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing, welcomed local South Northamptonshire MP Andrea Leadsom to its MY Resi Upton Square development in Upton, just outside of Northampton, last week (Friday 4th June). The visit was an opportunity for Mrs Leadsom to view the new affordable homes that SO Resi will deliver for local buyers in her constituency. During the visit, Andrea Leadsom MP met with senior representatives from SO Resi to see the progress of the site, where the first phase of new homes are nearing completion. Mrs Leadsom found out more about shared ownership and […]
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With a wedding planned for August, a young couple have flown the nest and found a suitable home to begin their married life in Fleckney. Having stepped on the property ladder to plan for their future, Will Towson and Georgina Harrison (both 25) moved into a two bedroom property at David Wilson Homes’ Fleckney Fields development. The couple, an IT Technician and a Nursery Nurse respectively, each saved through a Help to Buy: ISA and can rest assured now they’ve secured their own space ahead of their wedding. Will said: “We were both living with our parents before so we […]
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Since receiving a £1,000 donation from Coventry housebuilder Barratt Homes, Canley Community Centre ensured it was well-equipped to deal with the new-found needs of local people. The neighbourhood facility received the contribution from the leading housebuilder’s Community Fund scheme to support its projects with young children, but the impact of the pandemic has meant usual operations were postponed and a new way of working was introduced. Canley Community Centre now runs a ‘social supermarket’ which, similar to a foodbank, provides food for families but they have the freedom to visit the Centre and select their own items twice a week, […]
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A new sales director has been appointed by Leicestershire-based housebuilder Bellway East Midlands. Rachel Fay, joins Bellway with over 30 years of experience in sales and marketing within the sector under her belt. Rachel, who lives near Solihull, is relishing the challenge of working for one of the country’s biggest national housebuilders. And the married mother of two says the biggest change she has witnessed during her three decades in the industry is the drive towards greater gender equality. Rachel said: “When I started working for a housebuilder in the 1990s, all the senior team were men, including all board […]
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Connect Derby, the city’s primary manged workspace provider, has stepped in to provide global IT company Bam Boom Cloud with short term accommodation in its new furnished office space at Friar Gate Studios while its new HQ is being refurbished. Earlier this year, Bam Boom Cloud, formerly Cooper Parry IT, announced it was relocating from its offices near East Midlands Airport to a 6,500 sq ft, Grade II listed property in The Wardwick area of Derby. With renovations at its new property still being completed, the company needed to find accommodation quickly. Ann Bhatti, head of Connect Derby, stepped in, […]
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Chestnut Homes shows support to Alford takeaway for National Fish and Chip Day The housebuilder is giving away £20 vouchers for house-hunters to spend at the Jolly Friar in Alford, which is just down the road from its Bridgeways development. Lincolnshire developer Chestnut Homes has teamed up with a local takeway to celebrate National Fish and Chip Day (Friday 4 June). Ten vouchers are up for grabs for buyers who reserve or move into their home at Bridgeways this week (Monday 31 May to Sunday 6 June). The giveaway is taking place to mark National Fish and Chip Day, which […]
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A year on from opening their doors to non-creative businesses, Connect Derby’s Friar Gate Studios and Sadler Bridge Studios have half of their available space to businesses from across the supply chain to the non-creative sectors. The Studios welcomed non-creative businesses for the first time in winter 2020 after being given the green light from the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (MHCLG) to let up to 30% of their space to tenants from across the creative industries supply chain in a bid to further promote entrepreneurship within the city. Since then, and despite the challenges faced by the […]
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Six local businesses have completed a mammoth golf challenge and, having raised £10,828 for the charity BigCLittleC which supports local NSPCC and Cancer Research initiatives, they have now committed to make it an annual event until £100,000 is raised. The event, which took place on Friday 28 May, was organised by Bev Cook from Simple Marketing Consultancy who in her year as 2020 Lady Captain at the Nottinghamshire Golf and Country Club pledged to unite businesses across the East Midlands in a “3 Peaks” style golf challenge.  Aptly renamed “The 3 Bunkers Challenge” the teams gathered at 6.30 am to […]
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Acres Architects has identified “pocket living” as a growing new trend in the interior layout design of our dwellings due to increased home working. The term, which has also been dubbed “Open Plan 2.0” by the East Midlands-based architectural practice, describes a move away from the fully open plan designs that developers and householders have come to favour in recent years. While open plan areas remain important to modern families, people are now demanding that additional “pockets” of functional office space are created to enable home workers to escape other distractions at home. The vastly altered working lives of many […]
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Midlands-based developer Mulberry has donated to the Leicester Children’s Hospital Appeal to support Phase One of a dedicated children’s hospital in Leicester. The £7.5m Leicester Children’s Hospital Appeal was set up in response to the East Midlands being the only region in England without a dedicated, single-site children’s hospital. Currently, Leicester’s Hospitals offer one of the largest children’s acute services in the country, however these are spread across two hospital sites and mixed in with adult services. Patients, families, carers and medical staff often have to move between hospitals, resulting in extremely stressful experiences and an inefficient service, such as […]
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Leicestershire-based architectural practice, InkDrawn has been appointed as lead design for a new, £35m residential development in Ashford, Kent. The Triangle is the first phase of a new masterplan for Ashford town centre that will eventually see the creation of some 400 homes and apartments on part of a former power generation site, overlooking the Great Stour river. Working on behalf of the developer, Kings Crescent Homes, InkDrawn will oversee delivery of The Triangle, which includes 143 one, two and three bedrooms apartments. InkDrawn’s director, Dan Nestoruk said: “The Triangle will act as a catalyst for further regeneration of this […]
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Lidl GB and C&W Property Developments have acquired a 3.78-acre site off Woodhead Road in Birstall, close to the Junction 27 Retail Park, and are preparing to submit a planning application to Kirklees Council for a new Lidl store. The plans also include a new Home Bargains store for the site. The new development would provide a 23,412 sq ft Lidl supermarket and a 24,535 sq ft Home Bargain store with garden centre, along with 175 shared car parking spaces including 10 accessible, 9 parent & child spaces and two rapid electric vehicle charging spaces. If successful, Lidl’s proposals for […]
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Commercial vehicle manufacturer Isuzu Truck UK has once again combined forces with East Midlands truck distributor RH Commercial Vehicles (RHCV). RHCV’s newest and fifth site in Newark – which has just opened, has also been appointed as a dealer point for Isuzu Trucks. This follows the successful appointment of RHCV as its truck dealer in Northampton in the autumn of 2020. The brand new 20,000 square-foot site at Tuxford Business Park, near Newark includes 8,000 square-foot of workshop space that can fit up to nine trucks in three bays.  It is part of a 3-acre site close to the A1, […]
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