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  • 29 October 2014

    World’s First Cultural Centre For Gaming To Open In Nottingham In 2015

    National Videogame Arcade to open in Nottingham in March 2015 Centre to promote the cultural, economic, educational and social benefits of gaming Public exhibitions will feature material from the National Videogame Archive Exciting example of the ambitious large scale projects identified for support by The Nottingham Growth Plan Focus on Nottingham’s digital sector where the city has developed a competitive advantage and high growth potential GameCity has announced that...

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  • 29 October 2014

    EVENT: The progression & commercialisation of innovation and research through partnerships:

    Innovation NETwork at the Advanced Engineering UK events 11-12 November 2014. This year the UK’s largest annual advanced engineering exhibition is actively encouraging commercial organisations, R & D institutions and universities, to come to the show with their innovations and find potential routes to industry partnership and commercialisation. Crossing the ‘Valley of Death’ Promoting new innovations and facilitating development through commercial...

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  • 28 October 2014

    Switzerland expert heads home to boost trade links with Derbyshire

    A former Derbyshire resident who is now responsible for promoting UK trade in Switzerland and Liechtenstein is returning home to the region to offer her expert insight on exporting. Anna Faber, a Senior Trade Adviser at the British Embassy in Switzerland, will be visiting to share her expertise  as part of UK Trade & Investment’s (UKTI) ExploreExport roadshow at The Radisson Blu Hotel at East Midlands airport on 13 November. She will be one of 60 experts visiting the...

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  • 28 October 2014

    Export chief visits Derbyshire-based Manthorpe Engineering as they announce new turnover targets

    East Midlands’ export chief, Alison Zhu visited Ripley-based manufacturing outfit Manthorpe Engineering today, to hear how the business will be driving significant expansion over the next five years, with help from exports and UK Trade & Investment (UKTI). The privately owned mid-sized business (MSB) is a precision machinist and fabrication specialist for the aerospace, power, defence and nuclear sectors, working for companies such as Rolls-Royce and Siemens. The...

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  • 28 October 2014

    Innovate UK – Technology Inspired Innovation Competition For Feasibility Study Funding

      Thu 20 Nov  8:00 AM - 10:30 AM MediCity, D6 Building West,  Thane Road, Nottingham, NG90 6BH This free to attend breakfast event will be an early opportunity to find out about the £2m in feasibility studies funding available to SMEs in a new time limited funding call from Innovate UK.  Dr. Chris Jones, Lead Technologist – BioSciences will guide us through the background of the competition, the thematic areas (Biosciences, ICT, ESP and...

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  • 24 October 2014

    Vision to drive vibrant job-creating construction sector across Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire is unveiled

    The D2N2 Local Enterprise Partnership today outlined five key strategic asks that will have a major impact to drive forward and create a vibrant and economically robust construction sector. This sector employs more than 40,000 people across Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire but while significant, it is substantially lower than was the case before the onset of the recession in 2008/09. Now, D2N2 has published its Construction Sector Action Plan where it highlights its strategic...

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  • 24 October 2014

    Reaction as GDP grows by 0.7% in third quarter

    Today it was announced that GDP grew by 0.7 per cent in the third quarter of 2014 – and by 3.0 per cent compared to the same quarter a year ago. This is slightly down from the 0.9 per cent increase in Q2 2014 on a Quarter-on-Quarter basis, although the fall of 0.2ppts is well within the usual volatility that we see in the quarterly figure. It means the UK is now 3.4ppts above the pre-crisis peak (in Q1 2008), after the great recession shrank the economy by 6.0 per...

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  • 23 October 2014

    Partnership is the Way Forward

    Message to East Midlands firms from new UKTI Chief Executive visits to Rolls Royce and Smith of Derby The new Chief Executive of UK Trade & Investment (UKTI), Dominic Jermey, today ( Thursday 23 October) issued a clear message to East Midlands firms on his first visit to the region since taking up his post in June 2014. He stressed there would be an increased emphasis on more partnership and collaboration across government and with the private sector in a bid to ensure the...

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  • 23 October 2014

    Access to Finance Survey 2014

    The Local Enterprise Partnerships in the East Midlands and South East Midlands are conducting a survey of businesses in our area to find out whether businesses are able to get access to finance to support their growth.  We would like to know about your experience if you have sought funding recently or if you plan to seek funding for future investment projects. We would also like to know if you have any barriers to growth. By completing the survey, you will help the Local...

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  • 23 October 2014

    D2N2 helps unlock potential of Nottinghamshire tin packaging manufacturer

    A £95,000 grant is helping a Nottinghamshire firm invest in state-of-the-art machinery to create six new jobs. JKP Tins manufactures tin plate components and the grant from the D2N2 Local Enterprise Partnership has helped get the £475,000 project off the ground. It has seen a second sheet feed metal press purchased, so the Sutton-in-Ashfield firm can switch production between two machines, as well as extend its premises in Hamilton Road. The grant is from...

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