Latest News & Events

• 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.
• 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 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.
• 21 May 2008 DDEP Launches £5 Million Grant Programme
  Derby and Derbyshire Economic Partnership (DDEP) has launched a new grant programme worth £5 million to help fund capital projects over the next three years.
  
• 7 May 2008 Mentoring for All
  Mentoring for All - Expertise to help your business grow. Designed to help business owners access the knowledge and expertise of another business leader.
• 17 April 2008 Business Link - Business Training Diary
  Business Link - Business Training Diary
• 2 April 2008 DDEP LAUNCHES NEW RURAL ACTION PLANS
  Derby and Derbyshire Economic Partnership (DDEP) has launched two new action plans outlining its plans for developing the rural economy within the sub-region.