Unwanted items have been exchanged for £500 of life-saving research into heart disease by staff at a Derbyshire company.

Workers from Lubrizol in Hazelwood bagged up unwanted clothes, toys, books and DVDs for the British Heart Foundation (BHF) in a bid to boost the charity’s ongoing fundraising efforts.

More than 50 bags were donated to the charity as part of its ‘Bag It, Beat It’ campaign which will be distributed to its UK-wide network of retail outlets.

Christmas is fast approaching and we feel it’s more important than ever to be supporting our local businesses this year.

Derby College Group (DCG) has partnered with dmh associates and Pontydsygu, supported by DfE and Nesta, to develop a highly innovate career chatbot entitled CiCi.

Engineering giant Rolls-Royce has embarked on a new project at its Derby site which aims to make future aerospace servicing technologies a reality.

Calling all Derbyshire artists, creative practitioners and cultural providers with an interest in Social Prescribing.

This December, celebrate the festivities with your family in Markeaton Park with a new series of activities and workshops. Due to Covid-19 restrictions, we can’t bring you Family Festivities in the normal way this year, and so instead we are bringing you Christmas in Markeaton Park!

To the food lovers and the food trade of the UK,

The past eight months has seen disaster and innovation within the regional food & drink sector, possibly in equal measure. We have witnessed the rise and fall of our artisan cheesemakers and watched with sadness as our cousins in food service saw their trade plummet overnight.

This has been balanced by independent retailers attracting new customers, adopting the internet as a tool to keep them, and unearthing previously unknown suppliers from their area to broaden the retail offer.

A powerful new group has been formed to give England’s food and drink industry a strong collective voice in the wake of Covid 19 and Brexit.

Get your shopping done early this year with some of these suggestions..

Christmas will soon be approaching - and whilst the Barn is currently closed to the public, you can still find some great ideas for festive gifts from our website's shop page!

We are pleased to confirm that Derby Market Place will make a festive transformation to host a COVID-secure traditional Christmas Market.

Taking place on the 4th, 5th, 6th, 10th, 11th, 12th and 13th December 2020 10:00am – 16:00pm.