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Creative Sheffield to shun MIPIM
Creative Sheffield will be slashing its presence at property conferences, such as MIPIM, this year, chief executive Ian Bromley has confirmed after releasing a ten-point plan of things the city development company will, and wont, be doing. Bromley said: Its really a matter of money and resources. For the last five years or so Sheffield has had a big presence, which was the right thing to do at the time. But there are not as many projects here now and we have a lot of office space so we will focus our limited resources on conferences geared towards the people who will fill that space. He said Creative Sheffield will still have a couple of people there with Yorkshire Forward, participating in their Yorkshire and Humber cities events.
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Horbury gains from move to public sector
Rotherham-based construction company Horbury Group has seen success in its move to focus on public sector contracts instead of residential contracts. The group won almost £25m of contracts on new hospitals, schools and other public sector developments in the UK. Also in 2008 the company has launched its ninth subsidiary, Croft Electrical Engineering, moved into new £5.5m headquarters and appointed four new employees. Trevor Wragg, managing director of the Horbury Group, said: The groups success in this field means that we will continue to pursue increasingly complex contracts as the government maintains its programme to build more schools and hospitals. 
Doncaster Ambassadors to attract conferences to town
Yorkshire South Tourism has launched its Conference Ambassador Programme, in which business people promote their local events and conference facilities to the organisations and societies of which they are members, in Doncaster. Stephen Shore, Chief Executive of Doncaster Chamber, was Doncasters first Ambassador. He said: I receive at least one conference invitation every day. With the facilities that Doncaster has, we should be bidding to bring more of them to the town.
The Ambassador Programme has already directly contributed £172,000 to the sub-regional economy.
B. Braun Medical best in KLAS
B. Braun Medical, based in Sheffield, has received an industry award for its smart pump medication administration technology. The KLAS Report, published every six months, recognised the company as category leader for two years in a row for the technology. Hans Hux, group chief executive of B. Braun Medical in the UK, said: The KLAS ratings are one of the most important benchmarks of our success because they reflect the opinions of our most valued audience - our customers.
Faster trains to London
East Midlands Trains will launch a new timetable on 14 December 2008. This will see faster journey times and more available seats between Sheffield and London.
Doing business with Poland from Robin Hood
The British Polish Chamber of Commerce is offering business advice on cracking the Polish market at an event, held at Directions at Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield on November 18. The event will show some of the changes which have happened since Poland joined the European Union, such as the pound being 40 per cent weaker against the zloty than four and a half years ago. Polands growth is projected to be three to four times faster than the UK economy with consumer spending growing 15 per cent year on year. Experts will also advise on what grant funding is available to companies in the Robin Hood airport region, which flies to five Polish destinations with WizzAir.
Downturn ânot matching convention'
The current economic downturn is failing to follow a conventional pattern, according to Richard Lewney from Cambridge Econometrics. Speaking yesterday at Insiders first Northern Strategy Forum in Leeds, Lewney said that regions that benefit most from a boom usually suffer the most when the economy slides, but both Yorkshire and the North East of England had seen proportionally much steeper falls in house prices and rises in unemployment than might have been expected from their grown in the past few years. Also at the forum, sponsored by Baker Tilly, Chris Murray from Core Cities explained why his organisation was lobbying for his eight member cities to be able to retain any uptake from business rates that might be generated from local economic growth. He said cities in the UK were currently only able to retain five per cent of their local tax uptake, while successful European cities retained nearly 45 per cent.
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French bistro chain moves into Sheffield
Le Bistrot Pierre chain of French bistros is launching its first restaurant in Sheffield, to open in January 2009. The restaurateur has taken the first of three retail units on a new development on Ecclesall Road, Sheffield, in a deal advised by DLA Piper on behalf of developer J F Finnegan.
Environment Agency signs new deal on contact centre
The Environment Agency has secured a 15-year lease off Sheffield Parkway to house its new National Customer Contact Centre, in a deal negotiated by law firm Lupton Fawcett. The 28,000 sq ft Quadrant 2 office building, on Parkway Business Park, has capacity for at least 350 employees. The customer contact centre will handle telephone enquiries to the Environment Agency on all aspects of its activities, and will deal with all of the administrative activity for environmental permit applications for the UK.
MB Advertising seeks £1.7m new HQ
Sheffield-based MB Advertising is commissioning a new £1.7m corporate head office with room for future expansion after its offices were flooded in summer 2007. The agency was forced into temporary accommodation but has decided to invest in its own HQ. A new building is being proposed by White Design which will include studios, offices and meeting room areas.
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Taylor & Emmet expands property team
Taylor & Emmet Solicitors has appointed commercial property partner, Julian Rowden, who is returning to Sheffield after two years at niche commercial practice, Brooke North, in Leeds. Previous to this, he made his name in Sheffield with Keeble Hawson.
Holland joins LawNet board
Ashton Morton Slack partner Zoe Holland has been elected to join the board of independent law firms network LawNet. LawNet offers networking and support to middle market law firms. Holland is one of eight members and the only female on the board. She said: Being elected onto the board enables me to take an active role in the strategic and operational considerations of LawNet.
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Insider UK Investment Forum 2008
After the huge success of last year’s inaugural event, Insider is heading to London again next month for the Insider UK Investment Forum 2008. This year’s event is entitled How UK Cities Can Create Competitive Advantage and will feature an exclusive presentation by Prof Michael Parkinson on the impact of the credit crunch on UK regeneration projects. To be held over lunch at the Hotel Andaz in London on 7 November, the forum marks the launch of the UK Business Insider 2009 title, our guide to the UK regions, and will feature a panel including Chris Brown, chief executive of Igloo Regeneration and Ken Shuttleworth, director of Make architects. If you are interested in attending this event or would like further details please email helen.power@newsco.com.
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