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17 May 2013
Chesterfield and Tsumeb celebrate 20 year link
This year sees Chesterfield and it's Namibian twin town, Tsumeb, celebrate twenty years of twinning.
16 May 2013
Parkside student beats 1500 students to top spot in engineering challenge
Parkside student, Corylee Chamber attempted the Chesterfield Special Cylinders Assembly Challenge at the 'Get up to Speed' Global Manufacturing Festival in Sheffield last month. This involved the assembly of a series of fixtures and fittings in a particular method. His time of 55 seconds was the winning time by over thirty seconds, beating over 1500 students from Sheffield schools and the surrounding area.
16 May 2013
Banner Jones Solicitors Secures Quality Mark for the 2nd Year
Banner Jones Solicitors has secured membership to the Law Society's Conveyancing Quality Scheme (CQS) for the second year running. The CQS accreditation is the mark of excellence for the home buying process and it has to be renewed every year to ensure that the firm is still providing the exacting standards of service as set out by the scheme.
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16 May 2013
Duo to take on Directorship at Derbyshire Sport
Ilana Freestone and Hayley Lever have been appointed as the new Director of Derbyshire Sport on a job share basis.
16 May 2013
Open week at St Peter & St Paul's School
Chesterfield based St Peter & St Paul School has a lot to celebrate and it is opening its doors to potential parents for an Open Week from Monday 24th June to Friday 28th June 2013 so they can see for themselves.
16 May 2013
Chesterfield to entertain Owls
Chesterfield will take on Sheffield Wednesday at the Proact Stadium in a pre-season friendly the week before the new season gets underway.
15 May 2013
Improvements to blue bin collections in Chesterfield
In the coming weeks residents will instead be asked to put card and paper in the main part of the bin along with plastic and cans, and place their glass bottles and jars in the caddy. A public consultation found 80 per cent of residents backed the proposal.
13 May 2013
Taking Control of Your Future - a Free breakfast seminar on the 6th June in partnership with the new Banner Jones Wealth Management team
Banner Jones Solicitors are hosting a Free breakfast seminar on the 6th June in partnership with the new Banner Jones Wealth Management team.
13 May 2013
Cathelco supply pipework anti-fouling systems for Lamprell jackups
Cathelco have won a series of orders to supply seawater pipework anti-fouling systems for jack-up rigs which are to be built by Lamprell Energy Ltd, the UAE based provider of diversified engineering services for the offshore oil and gas industry.
13 May 2013
Chesterfield wins a national tourism award
Chesterfield has been voted Coach Friendly Town or City of the Year at the annual Coach Tourism Awards.
10 May 2013
Where can residents park for free in Chesterfield?
Councillor Chris Ludlow, Chesterfield Borough Council's executive member for environment, said: "The scheme has proved really popular with residents so we feel it important to remind everyone about where the permit is valid."
9 May 2013
Chesterfield FC announce sponsorship deal with NAPIT
Chesterfield FC is proud to announce that NAPIT will be the new shirt sponsor for the club for the next three seasons.
9 May 2013
New Chesterfield base for newspaper after three-month exil
Staff at the Derbyshire Times are preparing to move to new premises next month – nearly three months after their old premises closed.
8 May 2013
Vicar Lane car parking competition
If you love driving you could be in with a chance of winning a Super Car Driving Experience.
8 May 2013
Chamber Welcomes Queen's Focus On Growth
Reflecting on the Speech from the Throne by HRH Queen Elizabeth II at today's State opening of Parliament, George Cowcher, Chief Executive of the Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire Chamber of Commerce (DNCC), said: "Businesses will welcome the renewed focus on economic growth highlighted in the Queen's Speech today.
7 May 2013
Free travel on Chesterfield buses
Bus passengers in parts of Chesterfield can benefit from free travel as part of a new month-long scheme to get more people using public transport.
7 May 2013
D2N2 LEP delighted after showcasing ‘UK's most inspirational postcode' to Whitehall chief
Chief Executive David Ralph believes D2N2 last week showed just why it is the ‘most inspirational postcode in the UK' during a visit from Whitehall chief Peter Schofield.
3 May 2013
Do you want a healthy, active and more productive workforce?
The Community Sports Trust (CST), a Derbyshire-based community interest company, is looking to engage a small number of local employers to help it design a new activity programme called Workfit.
3 May 2013
Businesses invited to launch of Chesterfield Marathon
Next month Chesterfield Champion, Kids 'n' Cancer UK, will reveal their plans for a Chesterfield Marathon in 2014. As well as raising money to save many children's lives, the proposed Marathon aims to put our town on the map.
3 May 2013
Love your Local Market
Chesterfield is taking part in the love your Local Market campaign. The campaign aims to attract new market traders. During the week, the council will offer new traders the opportunity to trade for £10 (terms and conditions apply).
3 May 2013
Civil War comes to Chesterfield
The sights and sounds of the English Civil War will be brought to life in a free Chesterfield Borough Council-run family event.
3 May 2013
Hollywood's Greatest Legends Reunite at Chesterfield Theatres
The Watermill Theatre's musical comedy Some Like It Hotter is coming to Chesterfield Theatres.
2 May 2013
LEP to recruit two new business leaders
The Sheffield City Region Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) is out to recruit two new Private Sector Board Members.
2 May 2013
Large local employer creates new job roles
Rykneld Homes has created a number of new jobs to strengthen their current workforce, in order to help them continue to deliver excellent housing and maintenance services to council homes across North East Derbyshire.
1 May 2013
Top listing for Chesterfield Waterside set to bring it to the attention of investors
Chesterfield's commercial property offering has been brought to the attention of national investors after the town's Waterside development was announced as one of the UK's largest Regeneration and Renewal projects in a prestigious list of major schemes issued for 2013.
1 May 2013
Plan your bank holiday weekend
We've compiled a list of top events and activities to keep you entertained from Thursday 2nd - Monday 6th May.
1 May 2013
Water Spectacular a Revelation for May Bank Holiday
Chatsworth is turning up the taps this May bank holiday (4-6 May) for a water spectacular celebrating the return to the garden of Angela Conner's iconic ‘Revelation' bronze flower sculpture, gravity-fed from the lakes above the estate.
1 May 2013
Free Health and Social Care course for the unemployed
One to One Support Services, based in Hasland Chesterfield, are proud to offer those who unemployed and over 18 free Health and Social Care and Employability training.
30 April 2013
Road opening brings further job creation opportunities
Traffic is now using a new road which opens up further land for jobs creation at Derbyshire's flagship regeneration site.
29 April 2013
Chesterfield Waterside to welcome Communities and Local Government director general
D2N2 – the Local Enterprise Partnership for Derby, Derbyshire, Nottingham and Nottinghamshire - is hosting a visit from Peter Schofield, the Director General of the Department for Communities and Local Government (CLG), on Friday, May 3.
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