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Paloma Capital and Graftongate gain triple planning win in Banbury
Paloma Capital and Graftongate gain triple planning win in Banbury

Paloma Capital and leading real estate developer, Graftongate, have secured three new planning consents at a logistics location in Oxfordshire. The joint venture partners have gained approval to develop a drive thru Starbucks, a new electric vehicle (EV) charging facility and a surface level car park on a site off…

From our garden to yours – hospice children’s gift to house winner
From our garden to yours – hospice children’s gift to house winner

The winner of a brand new £250,000 house in Blackburn will always keep a little piece of Derian House Children’s Hospice with them thanks to a sweet gesture by the charity’s volunteers. Plant cuttings grown by the children at the hospice have been lovingly planted in the back garden of the brand new property –…

Foot-dragging divorcee pays price for unnecessary COVID-19 adjournment
Foot-dragging divorcee pays price for unnecessary COVID-19 adjournment

Some divorcees drag their feet in a misguided attempt to put off the hour when they must divide their assets with their ex-partners. However, a case involving a husband who caused costly delay when he asserted that he had COVID-19 showed that family judges are well able to detect and deal with such behaviour. Ruling…

Southend survivor launches national campaign to stop over treating men for prostate cancer
Southend survivor launches national campaign to stop over treating men for prostate cancer

Charity campaigner Paul Sayer, from Southend, has launched a campaign to bring pioneering HIFU therapy to NHS hospitals in all corners of the UK in a bid to provide non-invasive treatment for prostate cancer which does not carry life altering side effects. The Prost8 charity was founded by Paul Sayer in 2019 following…

Kurt Schreurs, appointed as Chief Revenue Officer at Gravitas Recruitment Group
Kurt Schreurs, appointed as Chief Revenue Officer at Gravitas Recruitment Group

Gravitas Recruitment Group, a leading UK headquartered international recruitment company, announces three major milestones in their growth strategy with the appointment of Kurt Schreurs, Global Chief Revenue Officer; the opening of a German office and appointment of a German Country Director, Guido Sieber; and the…

New baby store officially opens in Wellingborough
New baby store officially opens in Wellingborough

A new baby product showroom has opened in Wellingborough, following a ribbon cutting ceremony performed by Mayor of Wellingborough, Cllr Jon Ekins, and a launch party. Lilycuddles, which up until now has been an online only retailer, has landed in Wellingborough with lots of visitors coming to get a glimpse of the new…

Author & businesswoman launches event to raise awareness of domestic abuse
Author & businesswoman launches event to raise awareness of domestic abuse

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. When Scarborough resident and author, Ros Jones signed up to do the McCain 10k run in the North Yorkshire town this October, there was only one charity she had in mind to support, IDAS (Independent Domestic Abuse Services) – the specialist Yorkshire charity supporting…

Charities join forces to kick off Sporting Heritage celebrations
Charities join forces to kick off Sporting Heritage celebrations

The BIG Kit Donation launched last week by Sporting Heritage and Action For Sport. Yorkshire based charities, Sporting Heritage CIC and Action For Sport are calling for people to donate their unwanted football boots, trainers and sports kit to be donated to school children and families to enable them to participate in…

Net zero carbon project to be completed in Wales
Net zero carbon project to be completed in Wales

A new net zero carbon project has started in Wales this month – with sustainability and environmental impact key. Two new business units will be built at Treowain Enterprise Park, Machynlleth, by contractors SWG Group. The company is using designs and materials that are sustainable, robust, low maintenance and…

Patients to benefit from new critical care car in Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire
Patients to benefit from new critical care car in Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire

A new lifesaving service has been launched by Midlands Air Ambulance Charity in Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire. Following extensive research into patient need across the area, the charity has introduced a new critical care car service in the region which has already been dispatched to more than 80 incidents since…