Latest News & Events

• 8 March 2010 emda news 5th March 2010
  The latest news from emda
• 5 March 2010 iFestival e-bulletin - 05.03.10
  The latest iFestival bulletin
• 3 March 2010 Put YOUR town in the spotlight - enter YOUR project in the National Market Town Awards
  Could YOUR town and YOUR project be a winner in the 2010 National Market Town Awards?
  
  We want to give towns the chance to shout from the rooftops about the innovative projects they have been working on over the past year.
• 3 March 2010 First tenants settle in at Hathersage Hall Business Centre
  Hathersage Hall Business Centre (the new £3.5m Grade II listed rural office development in the Hope Valley) is celebrating the arrival of its first two tenants, with the promise of more local firms to follow suit over the coming weeks.
• 19 February 2010 The Technology Strategy Board (TSB) is supporting this year
  The Technology Strategy Board (TSB) is supporting this year's iFestival innovation EXPO
  (iEXPO) - the premier innovation event in the East Midlands for business in all sectors.
  
• 11 February 2010 emda EVENTS 25 March, 2010 - Tender Opportunities for London 2012
  In 2012, the UK will be host to the world's biggest sporting event and with that comes enormous business opportunity for the region's business community.
  That is why Business Link will be hosting a number of events across the region to outline what opportunities might be available, particularly for small to medium sized businesses and how you can go about accessing them.
  
• 2 February 2010 2010 iFestival - iEXPO - boost your business: innovate! - 12th March, Athena, Leicester
  The iEXPO is an event to inspire, motivate and equip businesses to compete successfully by becoming more innovative. It brings businesses and the support needed to turn ideas in to profitable new products and services together.
  
• 2 February 2010 Broadband to Rural Areas - Closing Date: 01-04-10
  Rural communities that do not have access to next generation broadband are set to receive a share of £1 billion of government investment. The Next Generation investment will upgrade the UK's digital infrastructure to bring super-fast broadband to 90% of the country.
• 8 January 2010 FOLLOWING IN DARWIN'S FOOTSTEPS: SCHOOL GROUPS OFFERED CHANCE TO WIN UNIQUE TRIP TO GALAPAGOS ISLANDS
  One group of UK students could be about to follow in the footsteps of Charles Darwin on a voyage to the Galapagos Islands. The trip is first prize in a competition being organised by the Wellcome Trust to celebrate the end of Darwin 200, the bicentenary of Darwin's birth.
• 20 February 2009 Ingenuity Programme
  The Ingenuity Programme is a pilot project designed to promote and demonstrate to businesses the benefits of engaging with sources of knowledge that could potentially be used within a commercial context.