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MADE Festival Star Invests in Sheffield
Luke Johnson, one of the keynote speakers at this year’s MADE: The Entrepreneur Festival, has invested in Sheffield after experiencing the vibrant, cosmopolitan and entrepreneurial city first hand during his time here in September.
Luke is the Chairman of Pattiserie Valerie which has opened its 50th UK store in Sheffield’s Barkers Pool this week.
Johnson said: “MADE [...]
KRAFT FOODS UK PLANS FOR GROWTH WITH SHEFFIELD MANUFACTURING INVESTMENT
Kraft Foods has today announced proposals for further investment in the UK, one of its key global markets and a major manufacturing base for the company. The £50 million investment programme will expand Kraft‟s UK manufacturing capacity and drive productivity towards world-class levels, including plans to expand production at the Sheffield factory.
A £6 million investment [...]
Prime Minister congratulates talented students on their revolutionary idea
Innovative Sheffield students have impressed the Prime Minister with their revolutionary mobile phone app designed to improve personal safety.
The talented team visited 10 Downing Street yesterday (Wednesday 16 November 2011) after scooping a national prize for their creative invention Safe Trip, which uses Government crime statistics, GPS location and Google maps to plot the safest [...]
Rolls-Royce jobs plan gets boost
Aerospace giant Rolls-Royce’s plans to create hundreds of hi-tech jobs in South Yorkshire have cleared the first hurdle.
http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/business/rolls_royce_jobs_plan_gets_boost_1_3871486
Leading Marketing Agency Arrives in the Heart of the City
Sheffield city centre is now home to a leading full service marketing and design agency.
Objective Creative is now located in the heart of the city in the Circle on Rockingham Lane.
The agency is already working with clients as diverse as manufacturing companies in South Yorkshire, leisure providers in Spain and technical specialists in [...]
Yorkshire and Humber Companies Steal The Show As Excellent Manufacturers
Loadhog, the Sheffield-based transit packaging innovator, has been identified by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMECHE) as one of the country’s best manufacturers.
They have been shortlisted in six of the nine categories in the Institution’s 2011 Manufacturing Excellence (MX) Awards scheme, designed to assess and celebrate the UK’s outstanding manufacturing.
Yorkshire is the most successful region, [...]
Sheffield is Enjoying a Bumper Conference Season
Sheffield is enjoying a bumper conference season in summer 2011 according to the Sheffield Convention Bureau and Sheffield International Venues (SIV).
Sheffield has seen a broad selection of conferences come to the city over the past few months, with many more yet to follow, spanning sectors as diverse as healthcare, technology, hospitality, literature, politics and more. [...]
Renishaw hall now offering vinyard tours and wine tasting
Renishaw Hall estate in north Derbyshire is offering two special days of vineyard tours and tastings on Sunday 4 and 18 September 2011.
Led by Vineyard Manager Kieron Atkinson, the tours will give a history and insight in to the running of Derbyshire’s oldest and most famous vineyard, once the most northerly vineyard in the world.
“Renishaw [...]
Your chance to be on Channel 4…
MOVING IN TOGETHER?
The Garden Productions, an independent production company founded last year by the team who made the BAFTA award-winning series One Born Every Minute and more recently, 24 Hours in A&E, is making an exciting new series for Channel 4 about love.
This intelligent and sensitive series will reflect relationships throughout a lifetime – from [...]
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