On Saturday 7th December, the Derby business community united to celebrate Small Business Saturday UK at the University of Derby’s Enterprise Centre. Over 100 local independent companies attended the event with those exhibiting ranging from new start-ups, established names and business support organisations such as the FSB and East Midlands Chamber. All of whom united…
Derby Hub member, Yvonne Gorman, and her Print Angels at Essential Print Services, based on Pride Park in Derby, are celebrating achieving two of the best months in the businesses’ history! Essential Print Services has achieved a 20%+ increase in sales in both September and October this year, making them the best two months in…
Yvonne Gorman, owner of Essential Print Services and Derby Hub member, is leading an initiative to reduce intu car parking costs for people that work on Pride Park or The Wyvern Business Park. The new initiative is aimed at drawing workers from the outskirts of town to help boost retail in the city centre and…
The name cookies often evokes images of something more mouth-watering and tempting than website regulations. But your cookie policy and, essentially, how you convey that policy is vitally important. By not giving your cookie policy the attention it deserves – and the Cookie Law that defines it – you could be putting yourself at risk…
Last month, Owen Conti of Code 56, a Derby-based IT support company, was recognised as just one of 100 small businesses in the UK to be selected as part of the Small Business Saturday campaign. As part of this, he was allocated one day where Code 56 would be in the national spotlight, that day…
Yvonne Gorman, owner of Essential Print Services and Derby Hub member, has been recognised among just twelve small business owners in the country to be named a “Small Business Hero”. Small Business Saturday is a nationwide programme that selects twelve business owners to be the spokesperson and public face of the campaign, and Yvonne recently…
Karen Sutton-Johal – Speaker, Trainer, Author and Derby Hub member – of Financial Success Training company The Penny Drops is celebrating successful reception of her book. Karen’s book ‘The 4 Money Mindsets’ has been reviewed by ‘Knowledge is King’ a very reputable and large book seller. Their reviewers were amazed by the book, it’s originality and…
Each year the campaign to find the Small Biz 100 launches in recognition of the very best small business entrepreneurs in the country as part of the Small Business Saturday campaign. This year’s list has been revealed, and five Derby companies have been selected, making Derby one of the most successful regions and extending the…
Substantial growth across the entire service offering has meant that Derby-based creative agency, Koobr, is once again on the lookout for new talent to join its team of marketing specialists. 2019 has seen the agency continue the accelerated growth it achieved last year. As such the agency is currently recruiting, and in September will be…
Derby Hub Founder member, Yvonne Gorman, owner of Essential Print Services on Pride Park in Derby has been shortlisted for the Great British Entrepreneur Awards. The Great British Entrepreneur Awards acknowledge the hard work and inspiring stories of entrepreneurs and businesses. They celebrate the incredible stories that have taken entrepreneurs to where they are today,…