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Local legends officially open MKM Nottingham

Nottingham Forest great Mark Crossley and charity founder and community leader Dr Marcellus Baz (BEM) were the special guests for the grand opening of MKM Nottingham. The UK’s largest independent builder’s merchant invited the two local heroes to mark the branch officially opening its doors to the trade and public earlier this week. To kick-off… Read more

Switch Up continues to create life-changing Notts partnerships

Nottingham charity Switch Up continues to show the power of partnerships for changing the lives of the city’s young people, announcing further collaborations with organisations and businesses across the county. Most recently, founder and CEO Marcellus Baz revealed the charity would be teaming up with the National Literacy Trust.  The Switch Up mentors deliver essential… Read more

Switch UP commits to doing even more to tackle youth crime

Nottinghamshire charity Switch Up, which provides mentoring, counselling and training to deter young people from violence, crime and anti-social behaviour, is growing both its team and its regional partnerships to achieve even more in 2023. Founder and CEO Marcellus Baz recently announced the organisations partnership with the Stephen Lawrence Day Foundation to combine forces and… Read more

Notts Charity Delivers Hope to Hundreds During Harsh Winter

More than 150 food parcels were delivered to people in need during December, including one volunteer dropping off these vital supplies on Christmas Day. As the number of people facing hardship has increased, distribution has continued into January and February. GENEROUS businesses, organisations and residents across Nottinghamshire have pulled together during December and January to… Read more

High Growth Nottinghamshire – Nottingham Partners and Beauhurst event 19.01.2023

Nottingham Partners kicked off 2023 with a collaboration event with data platform, Beauhurst. Invest in Nottingham recently commissioned Beauhurst to create a report on High Growth Nottinghamshire, shining a spotlight on Nottingham and Nottinghamshire’s high growth companies, top sectors, and investors. The report is available to view here. We were also delighted to welcome six… Read more

Marketing Nottingham Appoints New Directors to Board

Marketing Nottingham, the official place marketing organisation for Nottingham and Nottinghamshire is delighted to announce the appointment of eight new directors to its board. The new directors were chosen following a public exercise seeking new recruits for the board last year and  bring with them a wealth of industry experience and expertise, in the process… Read more