Work has started on a new £8m manufacturing facility which will bring another 50 jobs to Derbyshire’s flagship regenerate site. Northern Ireland’s biggest egg processor, Ready Egg Products has selected Markham Vale site for its new manufacturing facility – creating 50 jobs for local people over the next two years. The company chose the site, […]
Read more >The finishing touches are currently being added to Chesterfield’s Market Hall, which opens later this month after a £4 million redevelopment. Click here for photographs. The new Market Hall, owned and operated by Chesterfield Borough Council, opens on Monday 28 October after the work, which has taken 12 months to complete. The main retail hall […]
Read more >TV chef and presenter Ainsley Harriott has been confirmed as the host of Chesterfield’s inaugural Food and Drink Awards ceremony. Ainsley will host the glittering award ceremony, which will honour the town’s very best eateries, pubs, bars, food producers, established and up and coming chefs at Chesterfield College’s Heartspace on Wednesday 30th October 2013. The […]
Read more >Seventeen businesses have been shortlisted across eight categories in the inaugural Chesterfield Food and Drink Awards, organised in association with Chesterfield College. The shortlisted food and drink establishments were selected from hundreds of nominations received by the competition organisers Destination Chesterfield. More than 50 businesses were nominated in and around Chesterfield. A secret panel of […]
Read more >Destination Chesterfield has welcomed news that the town has maintained its top 10 position in The Local Data Company’s latest report on shop vacancy rates. It is one of only three towns north of the ‘Watford Gap’ that are listed in the report’s top 25 best performing centres with the least vacant shops. The report, […]
Read more >‘You have to be in it to win it;’ that’s the message from Destination Chesterfield, organiser of the town’s inaugural Food and Drink Awards. Arranged in association with Chesterfield College, with support from the town’s business community, the awards are designed to discover the very best Chesterfield has to offer. Nominations are now open across […]
Read more >ChesterfieldCollege has been announced as the headline sponsor of the town’s first ever Food and Drink Awards. The College is also joined by Mr Sparkles, Jumble Design, Franke , Redbrik, Nothern Tea Merchants, Banner Jones and Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire Chamber of Commerce as category sponsors. Officially launched by organisers Destination Chesterfield in July earlier this year, there […]
Read more >All of the traders who were previously trading from Chesterfield’s market hall have been offered space in the new market hall when it re-opens this autumn. The iconic building, owned and operated by Chesterfield Borough Council, is due to open in October after a redevelopment which has cost £4 million in build costs. The council […]
Read more >Chesterfield residents are able to vote for the public artwork they would like to see at a key gateway to the town centre. The project, led by Chesterfield Borough Council, aims to raise the profile of Chesterfield as a place to invest, visit and live. Funding of £500,000 has been secured from Barratt Homes, who […]
Read more >Chesterfield has recruited 25 more willing volunteers to sing the praises of the town, bringing the total of ‘ambassadors’ to 125. The volunteers joined the town’s Ambassador Scheme ahead of the influx of tourists over the summer. The new ambassadors include frontline staff from the town’s businesses, including restaurants, museums, banks and Chesterfield Borough council […]
Read more >Improvements in the housing market mean that Chesterfield is experiencing a boom in new housing – with more than 200 homes being built in the borough. Chesterfield Borough Council is working with developers to encourage investment in the borough. Work is currently underway on 127 homes by Miller Homes as part of the Portlands development, […]
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