National law firm Geldards has achieved top rankings in both The Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners legal directories for 2016. Top tier rankings are up by 11% year on year, with 28% of the Geldards’ submissions recording a rise up the Legal 500 tables. In addition to this, 17 partners of the firm are… Read more

We are four Nottingham Trent Business School students participating in an IOD entrepreneurial project for the John van Geest Cancer Research Centre. Starting with only £10 we have 20 days to make as much money for charity as possible. We started by creating a JustGiving donation page and encouraged people to donate through social media… Read more

Nottingham based sustainable property developer Blueprint has had an overwhelming response from local people with memories of the former Trent Lane inland port for a new book which is to be launched in early 2016. Blueprint is redeveloping the site at Nottingham Waterside into a £100 million riverside community, Trent Basin, with over 500 houses… Read more

Nottingham Means Business member The Birchover Residences have launched an estate agency with a unique proposition for landlords and tenants. Birchover Sales and Lettings Limited commenced trading on 2nd November 2015 and intends to become a major new force in the East Midlands sales and lettings marketplace. Dan Wilkinson, Sales and Lettings Director, leads the… Read more

Recently George Osbourne signed a deal with the political leaders of the Sheffield City Region, which includes devolution of power and funding, including £30m per year over 30 years. There are six stands to the proposals – Enterprise, Skills, Built Environment (Housing), Transport, SMART Infrastructure (Digital and Energy) and Public Sector Reform, in addition to… Read more

Nottingham based, independent market research agency, Ampersand Research, has been named as a finalist in the Best New Agency category by the world’s leading authority for the research, insight, marketing science and data analytics sector, the Market Research Society (MRS). Ampersand Research launched 18 months ago with the simple aim of providing considered research delivered… Read more

Nottingham Means Business supported the city council when we adopted our Development Protocol in 2011. This set out our ambition to be the most business friendly development service in the country. It helped establish a planning service offering with speedy, consistent and professional support to ensure the development process is as risk free and cost… Read more

Media and music were the theme of last week’s Nottingham Means Business (NMB) lunch, which was kindly sponsored and hosted by Eversheds. Following a drinks reception and the opportunity to network, members and guests were treated to a delicious lunch courtesy of the Eversheds’ team and a formal welcome from Mark Fletcher. L-R: Sean Akins (NMB), Mark… Read more

CWE, a fast-growing company which specialises in providing engineering solutions has officially opened its brand new manufacturing facility in Shireoaks, near Worksop.  The new 10,000 sq ft premises, based at the Shireoaks Triangle Business Park, will enable CWE to expand the work that it is doing in safety critical engineering in the energy, rail and… Read more

Nottingham’s business community is set to go head to head on Sunday 27th September, when companies all around the city are expected to try their athletic abilities – and limits – in the Nottingham Post Corporate Challenge. Held as part of the annual Ikano Robin Hood Half Marathon, the event attracts thousands of entrants each… Read more