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A young student from Derbyshire has impressed some of the UK’s leading business brains to be crowned a winner of Make Your Mark with a Tenner 2010. Scott Chapman, of Woodlands Community School in Allestree, beat off strong competition to win the Outstanding Individual award.
The competition, run by Enterprise UK, gives participants £10 and [...]

Legendary musician and television presenter Jools Holland and world-renowned street theatre performers complete the line up of headline acts for SO Festival 2010 in Skegness.

The host of BBC2’s ‘Later…’ and New Year’s Eve ‘Hootenanny’ shows, Jools Holland will officially kick off this year’s festival with a performance at the Embassy Theatre in Skegness, on [...]

What does 700 litres of water based paint, two international artists, 500 brushes, 50 paint rollers, 30 local people, 10 days and two cement mixers make?
Visitors to this year’s SO Festival will get the chance to find out when world-renowned artist, Ra Kajol, will create the UK premiere of his outdoor colourscape painting, Traffic Art, [...]

Loughborough University has picked up a prestigious award for innovation. The award, for Best Small to Medium-sized Enterprise / University Collaboration, was presented by Wayne Hemingway, one of Britain’s best known designers and champions of innovation, at this year’s Sustainable Construction Innovation Awards ceremony.
Organised by the Sustainable Construction Innovation Network (iNet), the awards showcased innovation [...]

Northamptonshire architects, Victor J Wigley and Associates, has picked up a prestigious award for innovation.
The award, for Most Commercial Impact, was presented by Wayne Hemingway, one of Britain’s best known designers and champions of innovation, at this year’s Sustainable Construction Innovation Awards ceremony.
Organised by the Sustainable Construction Innovation Network (iNet), the awards showcased innovation in [...]

Northamptonshire company, Cool Planet, has picked up a prestigious award for innovation.
The award, for Best Innovative Product or Process, was presented by Wayne Hemingway, one of Britain’s best known designers and champions of innovation, at this year’s Sustainable Construction Innovation Awards ceremony.
Organised by the Sustainable Construction Innovation Network (iNet), the awards showcased innovation in the [...]

A Yorkshire company Oakworth Homes, soon to relocate to Derbyshire, has picked up a prestigious award for innovation.
The award, for Best Overall Innovation, was presented by Wayne Hemingway, one of Britain’s best known designers and champions of innovation, at this year’s Sustainable Construction Innovation Awards ceremony.
Organised by the Sustainable Construction Innovation Network (iNet), the awards [...]

First it was flying drummers and the best of Lincolnshire’s unsigned bands, now it’s the West End stage that’s coming to Skegness as part of the SO Festival 2010.
Lee Mead will bring his show to the Skegness Embassy Theatre on Sunday 25th July.
The singer, who hit the big time after winning BBC series Any Dream [...]

Businesses interested in implementing low carbon initiatives are being urged to attend a series of free events taking place during the East Midlands Innovation Festival (iFestival).
Organised by the East Midlands Development Agency (emda), with support from Nottinghamshire and Northamptonshire County Councils, Northamptonshire Enterprise Limited, and Lincolnshire Enterprise, the Low carbon series will highlight the possibilities [...]

East Midlands businesses wanting to explore the funding options to develop innovative ideas are being encouraged to attend a free financial roadshow.
Taking place between 26 March and 21 April, during the innovation festival (iFestival), the Access to finance Roadshow will provide organisations and budding entrepreneurs with a wealth of advice and support to help understand [...]