Business News & Updates
- 12th September 2013
If you run a business in Heanor and Ripley and want to know how to improve your carbon footprint, our local Chamber of Commerce is holding an event that will be of interest to you. Find out how to run a sustainable, green business at the DNCC's The Future Economy: Sustainability Best Practice Summit.
- 28th August 2013
Do you dream of starting your own business? Do you hate your boss and want a whole new career? If we told you there's a way to start your own home-based business in Heanor and Ripley with absolutely no cash outlay and someone to show you everything you need to know, would you be interested?
We're urging local businesses to make the most of a new pot of money which aims to help those with innovative ideas.
Many businesses across Heanor and Ripley have taken advantage of the grants and funding available to employ apprentices. Now the Government is planning significant changes to the way the training for these apprentices is delivered. Find out more here...
Companies in Derbyshire could be in line to bid for grants of up to £50,000 after Government funding of £3 million was provisionally secured for the county.
Strong UK sales and easing cash flows enabled local businesses to record their strongest performance in two-and-a-half years in the second quarter of the year, according to the results of the region’s biggest regular independent business survey.
Businesses and stores throughout the Amber Valley are going online and working together to prevent retail crime.
Business owners from Ripley met tonight to raise their concerns and discuss the way forward to bring life back into the town. Find out more about what happened and the outcomes in our latest blog...
- 4th June 2013
If you're not collecting positive comments and feedback from your customers, you're missing a huge opportunity in your business. Thebestof member Glazedale & K&A Cox Ltd is blazing a trail in local word of mouth marketing and has just collected it's 300th testimonial!
- 26th February 2013
When anyone asks local people how to revive our struggling High Streets, the first thing most of them say is that there should be free parking! The Council say they can't afford to fund such a change, so the retailers in Heanor have come up with their own scheme to address the problem.