Peterborough has been awarded a £3million grant by the UK’s innovation agency the Technology Strategy Board to develop a smarter city of the future.
MORE than 1,000 pieces of art will be hidden around Peterborough city centre for local people to find and keep.
The ‘FindMeKeepMe’ event will take place in Cathedral Square on Saturday, March 30 from 11am to 3pm. It has been organised by Creative Peterborough – an independent funding body set up in 2011 to champion the needs of city artists – and supported by Vivacity and the Arts Council.
CORPORATION tax for small businesses should be cut in the budget, according to a Peterborough-based accountant.
Chancellor George Osbourne’s budget should slash corporation tax for smaller firms in line with the 25 per cent drop enjoyed by larger firms since the coalition government came to power, says a senior executive at V&A Vigar & Co LLP.
THE Peterborough Area Down’s Syndrome Group in partnership with ‘DS – the BIG Picture’ is launching an exciting and unique exhibition to raise awareness of Down’s syndrome at the Peterborough Garden Park in Eye from March 21, 2013. The exhibition will last for three months, opening from 10am to 3.30pm each day, longer at weekends and Thursdays.
PETERBOROUGH MP Stewart Jackson has welcomed the news that in just four months the number of FTSE 350 firms signing up to the Prompt Payment Code has tripled. There are now 126 FTSE 350 firms signed up to the code, with 94 new firms since November last year. Three quarters of FTSE 100 companies have signed, or are in the process of signing, the Code.
The news has been welcomed by business groups, including the Federation of Small Businesses and the Forum of Private Business.
LAST year saw a record number of company formations in Peterborough, according to a new report from company formation specialists, Duport.co.uk.
PETERBOROUGH has been invited to exhibit at leading business innovation event Innovate UK in London between 11-13 March 2013.
Run by the Technology Strategy Board and UK Trade & Investment, the event aims to accelerate UK economic growth by stimulating business-led innovation and opening up international trade opportunities.
The event will bring together over 4,000 people from UK and international business, Government and academia. Peterborough has been selected by the Technology Strategy Board to exhibit at the event as one of the UK’s most innovative cities.
FOLLOWING the revelation that British Gas saw a significant increase in profits in 2012, thanks in part to big price rises for consumers, and the prime minister’s efforts to force greater tariff transparency among energy providers, lots of attention has been on fuel costs again.
A NEW online care directory featuring local companies, which will help adults and carers choose the services they need to help them lead a full and independent life, is being launched by Peterborough City Council.
BUSINESSES in and around Peterborough are being encouraged to “Think Peterborough” with the launch of a new education partnership in the city.
ATHENE Communications has been nominated for a national industry award for a successful community engagement campaign in Peterborough.
ACCOUNTANTS in Peterborough have seen pay rises of seven per cent over the past year, assuming they have kept pace with the national average.
A LOCAL initiative to encourage businesses in Peterborough to get involved in school career events has received a boost from a local video producer.
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PETERBOROUGH-based BGL Group, one of the UK’s leading personal lines insurance groups, has expanded its HR leadership team with the appointment of a new associate director for executive recruitment. Shelley Simone will manage the executive attraction strategy and will be responsible for ensuring BGL continues to attract top quality leaders as the business moves forward with its growth drive.
ACTIVE 8 IT, the Peterborough-based computer systems specialist, has secured a £1million contract with the babycare giant Kiddicare to implement support systems to ten new stores around the country.
THE UK Centre for Economic and Environmental Development (UK CEED) and Opportunity Peterborough are holding a major event with regional and national funders on Wednesday January 23 2013, in Peterborough.
MANY of Peterborough’s small businesses are throwing money away by failing to review their outgoings often enough, according to new research.
AWARD-winning estate agency Connells has announced the appointment of Neill Henderson as area partner for Peterborough, Lincolnshire and East Northamptonshire.
PETERBOROUGH businesses could benefit from attending a major environmental technology event in Turin on January 24 and 25, especially as the follow-up event will be held in Peterborough in June.
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