News from producers around Derbyshire

Joanna Courtney is offering a Zoom workshop on 19th November, The Art of a Good Plot. 

Sign up here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-art-of-a-good-plot-tickets-125874970425

Marketing Derby is gearing up to showcase an impressive portfolio of investment opportunities at a major event due to take place later this month.

Derby Cathedral Quarter Business Improvement District (BID) has launched a new digital platform www.cqlive.co.uk to showcase local businesses and encourage more people to shop local at this crucial time in the run up to Christmas.

CQ Live replaces the BID’s annual CQ Winter Life magazines which have been popular with visitors for the past 12 years.

We are pleased to confirm that Derby Market Place will make a festive transformation to host a COVID-secure traditional Christmas Market on the 4, 5, 6 and 10, 11, 12, 13 December 2020 10:00 – 16:00. 

This is a unique opportunity to showcase your products in a clear and established destination with Christmas footfall and supported by an extensive marketing campaign in run up to Christmas.

We will be providing a covered cabin with heating and power to keep you comfortable throughout your visit.

Writers' events coming up in Derbyshire

Derbyshire County Council, working with District and Borough partners, is supporting the roll out of new one-stop local shopping website across towns and villages in Derbyshire by offering 1 year free subscription to local businesses, including artists and makers. We understand how difficult it has been for so many artists and makers who have been unable to sell their work at markets and fairs, so are we’re really keen to encourage as many as possible to join and benefit from the no commission on sales platform.

A woman who launched her own handmade bath bomb company during the peak of the pandemic has taken on seven members of staff to help her keep up with the demand for 2,000 products a day.

Danielle Dunn left her fulltime job in March and moved into a workshop just five days before the UK’s first lockdown – forcing her to move her business, Divine Box, back into her Swadlincote home.

Although the 33-year-old feared her company might fail before it had even begun, she has been overwhelmed with orders – including one for 22,000 bath bombs.

1. Mark Gwynne Jones is seeking your Peak District snow stories - http://madeinderbyshire.org/news/voices-peak-0 

Dozens of electric scooters are to be made available for key workers travelling to and from work in Derby during a year-long trial starting this month.

We are thrilled to say that throughout October we were able to open up Charnwood Street further to accommodate face to face sessions. Sessions such as Playful Changes with Clay and the Rise and Fall Autumn Art sessions ran from the building and visitors were able to interact and take part in person.