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Owzat! Ellesmere College has once again clean batted a full century by retaining its place in the Top 100 Senior Schools for cricket in the UK – for the fifth year running. The College has been chosen from a record number of entries to feature in the prestigious 2022 Cricketer Schools Guide as a result of…

On the back of opening its brand-new Nottingham office, national engineering consultancy Rodgers Leask has made a trio of key appointments to its structural engineering team. The new recruits include senior project engineer Matthew Koren, senior structural Revit/CAD technician Ian Aldred and graduate structural…

A Derbyshire creative agency founded and run by two sisters will represent the Midlands at a national awards ceremony where it hopes to be named the Best Small Rural Business in the UK. MacMartin, a full-service marketing agency based in Church Broughton, has been crowned a regional winner in the Rural Business Awards…

Some of the world’s largest retail brands have been handed a major boost in their pursuit for ‘greener’ fashion with news of an exciting new collaboration between Farnborough-based PTC® and Higg. PTC’s retail customers can now leverage the Higg sustainability insights platform alongside its widely used…

Work has completed on a £1.5m plus renovation project to deliver boutique Grade A office accommodation at 21 Bennetts Hill in Birmingham. Property company, Hortons’ Estate Ltd has comprehensively refurbished and upgraded the upper six floors of the art deco style building, in the heart of Birmingham city centre.…

An online personalised tourist trail linking parts of South West Shropshire, Powys and North Herefordshire has been given the go-ahead after receiving a £50,000 grant from Shropshire Council. The Blue Forgotten Hills project crosses county and country borders, enabling visitors old and new to savour the rich history,…

A Shropshire racing car driver has been congratulated by the F1000 championship for officially winning the title – after his engine passed the eligibility test. It’s the second time Lee Morgan, of Perpetuum Motorsports, has been crowned the F1000 champion – which is incredibly rare. Mr Morgan, whose team…

The FA Cup is one of the most renowned competitions in sport – but for years the women’s event has been largely ignored by the public and the media. Ahead of this year’s Women’s FA Cup Final on 3rd December, Leeds based Sporting Heritage CIC is hosting a special online event with the BBC Sports Journalist,…

The freehold of a Kings Norton industrial unit has been sold for £520,000 as demand for warehousing across the Midlands continues to soar. A piping specialist beat a number of potential buyers to secure the 7,400 sq ft unit on Ardath Road after agents Harris Lamb invited interested parties to submit best bids for the…

A caring Derbyshire housing trust manager who has spent years helping many people in tough life situations get back into employment is up for a major national award. Julie Howells, Head of Employability Services at Derventio Housing Trust, is one of only five shortlisted in the Frontline Manager of the Year category…