East of England-based chartered accountants Moore Thompson have welcomed their local MP to their offices as part of an initiative organised by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW). John Hayes, the Conservative MP for South Holland and The Deepings, visited the firm’s Spalding office…
20th May, 2014
Blusource, the leading supplier of strategic recruitment and advisory solutions to the professional services and commerce and industry markets, has promoted Claire Dickerson to Partner. Claire will be responsible for heading up the recruitment team for the East Midlands and East of England regions from Blusource’s…
12th May, 2014
The Garden Industry Manufacturers’ Association is launching a £5,000 seed corn fund to help support the drive for innovation within the UK gardening industry. The UK garden industry was worth in excess of £4.9b in 2013 and is forecast to grow to £5.6b in 2018 (source Mintel), but despite this optimistic outlook,…
10th April, 2014
Succession planning and growth strategy are the top business challenges facing family businesses in 2014, according to the findings of a survey run by the national, independent support organisation for family businesses, Families in Business (FiB). At the latest in its national programme of events for family…
26th March, 2014
Consumer car buying service WeWantAnyCar.com has launched a high profile television advertising campaign this month. The campaign will coincide with the successful Staffordshire based businesses expansion plans, which will see its network of 60 branches in the UK exceed 100 by the end of 2014. The company recently…
22nd January, 2014
A host of top names from industry and commerce turned out to the opening of the new Business and Leadership Centre at Milton Keynes College’s Silbury Campus and gave ringing endorsements for the collaborations taking place between them. Chris Hawes from banking giant, Santander, said, “A few months ago I…
2nd December, 2013
A local designer has hit the big time after the prestigious American lifestyle brand Anthropologie approached her to design and supply some products for its US stores. Rosey Willis, from Raunds, Northamptonshire, set up a business designing and making wedding stationery in 2009. She does this is in her spare time,…
28th November, 2013
Businesses across the UK are being urged to contribute to a major business barometer report. Accountants Chantrey Vellacott DFK are conducting a survey to capture the expectations and challenges of Owner Managed Businesses (OMBs) in 2014. Longstanding family businesses, sole traders and entrepreneurs through to…
27th November, 2013
Midland motor company Morgan marked a massive milestone this week with the production of the 1,000th bodyshell for their relaunched 3 Wheeler model. Coventry-based Premier Group manufacture the shells for Morgan using the latest cutting-edge computer-aided technology. The original 3 Wheeler was built at Morgan’s…
15th November, 2013
Invest Black Country and Business Birmingham officially launched the Black Country Bullet, a virtual car with around 70% of components made in the Black Country at the Advanced Engineering UK on 12 November 2013 at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham. To showcase the Black Country’s world class engineering…
12th November, 2013
