Members of Soaring Dragons, Dragon Boat Racing Club are one step nearer to their dream of having a new boat thanks to a donation from a regional builder. Persimmon Homes North Midlands has donated £500 to Soaring Dragons as part of its

Nottingham based digital marketing agency Hallam has been shortlisted in two categories in the Google Premier Partner awards. The first award the team of PPC experts has been nominated in recognises their skills in delivering Google Shopping campaigns that have boosted client sales. And

Grantham-based law firm JMP Solicitors has received a silver Investors in People accreditation for investment in its staff – an accolade which is awarded to just five per cent of those assessed.   Nationally recognised, Investors in People is a standard for

An award-winning architecture practice is gearing up to begin work to help save the UK’s last remaining major bellfoundry, located in Loughborough, Leicestershire. Oliver Caroe and Mark Hammond, architects and heads of Cambridge and London-based Caroe Architecture, will be using their team’s

Lincolnshire-based commercial interiors, fit out and construction firm APSS has completed refurbishment works on the London North Eastern Railway (LNER) first class lounge at Leeds train station – transforming the project from start to finish in just one week. The first class

Leading developer Barratt Homes is inviting property seekers to Willow Grove in Wixams this weekend (17th and 18th August) to find out more about their Stamp Duty offers which aims to make buying a new home more affordable. The Southern Cross development

Leading developer Barratt Homes North Midlands is offering Nottinghamshire house hunters the chance to secure £5,000 worth of offers when securing a new home at Romans’ Quarter in Bingham this weekend (17th and 18th August) . The event will take place at

Marking the end of Barratt and David Wilson Homes’ Building Buddies Award, the staff and pupils of Godmanchester Bridge Academy in Cambridgeshire have enjoyed a ceremonious trophy presentation to draw the academic year long project to a close. A number of pupils

Nottingham Trent University has successfully undertaken a digital transformation of its payroll and HR function in collaboration with industry experts MHR. The university, which was named University of the Year 2019 in the Guardian University Awards, has gone live with MHR’s market leading cloud-based

Midlands based ecology specialists RammSanderson is celebrating its fifth birthday and has also appointed eight new staff at its Stafford office. Founded in 2014 by Oliver Ramm and Nick Sanderson, Ramm Sanderson has steadily grown its turnover to £2m and expanded offices

Loughborough Bellfoundry awarded crucial development funding but £1 million still needed to help save it The Loughborough Bellfoundry, also known as John Taylor’s Bellfoundry, is the last major bellfoundry in the UK and Commonwealth. Its bells can be heard by hundreds of

Following completion of a contemporary offsite modular project in its historic grounds, pupils at the Sir John Moore C of E Primary School in Appleby Magna, Leicestershire, are enjoying lessons in a new state-of-the-art classroom.   Architectural and construction consultancy YMD Boon,

J Tomlinson has been appointed by VINCI Construction UK to undertake £2.6m of mechanical and electrical engineering (M&E) work on a new motorway services area development. Work has recently got under way on the scheme for MOTO at junction one of the

Derbyshire hotel and leisure complex Morley Hayes has announced that it is to host its first ever Gin and Fizz festival, with an eight-day event taking place later this month. The festival is taking place in the Old Stables Bar, a specially

Commercial interiors, fit out and construction firm, APSS, has finished fit out works on the conference, training and storage centre for national motorcycle insurance company MCE – laced with references to the company’s rich history in motorcycle racing. Lincolnshire-based APSS began work

Sponsorship packages are available for this year’s fbe East Midlands Awards – giving sponsors the chance to raise their profile within the construction, property and development sectors. The annual awards ceremony takes place in Nottingham on 24th October 2019. Recognising and rewarding

Focus Consultants has been appointed by the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB), the Sector Skills Council and Industry Training Board for the construction industry, to evaluate a suite of grant-funded projects worth nearly £3.5 million. There is a recognised shortfall in trained vocational qualification assessors within

Three award winning companies have combined skills to help Ibstock Brick open its new on-site staff restaurant. Called ‘Food Factory,’ the new restaurant  was completed in April and was recently officially opened at a gathering of the project team that involved interior

Derbyshire hotel, restaurant and golf complex Morley Hayes has boosted its golf team with the appointment of Max Howard as golf manager. Max joins the Morley Hayes team from the Marriot Breadsall Priory Hotel & Country Club, where he spent more than

A mother and son have secured their ideal home in Barton Seagrave after discovering the three storey Cannington style home at Bertone Manor. Adam Blyth (20) and his mother Susan Blyth (55) both wanted a modern and flexible home to move in