Three Leicestershire pubs are raising awareness of testicular cancer during national Balls to Cancer Male Cancer Awareness Week by creating a specials menu to encourage men to check themselves.
The Orange Tree pubs in Leicester and Loughborough, and The Lansdowne in London Road, Leicester, have designed dishes for their specials board which should remind men to keep an eye on what’s happening down below.
And each time a customer chooses one of the dishes - meatballs, fishballs, chicken balls or veggie falafel balls - the pubs will donate £1 to be split between the Balls to Cancer campaign and the Coping with Cancer charity, based in Leicestershire and Rutland.
“Around half of all cases of testicular cancer occur in men under 35 years of age and over 90% occur in men under 55 years,” said Alex Lumley, assistant manager at The Orange Tree in High Street, Leicester.
“Many of our customers fit into this demographic and during Balls to Cancer Male Cancer Awareness Week we want to do our bit to raise awareness of the importance of self-examination.
“The idea is that they check their balls – and then they check ours. We’re hoping that as well as raising awareness, we’ll also collect a good sum for the Balls to Cancer campaign and for the Coping with Cancer charity, which is a local good cause that the Orange Tree pubs and The Lansdowne have supported previously.”
Balls to Cancer’s Male Cancer Awareness Week runs from June 2nd to 9th and is a national campaign which turns the spotlight on male cancers.
The chefs at the pubs have created the special dishes to appeal to a variety of tastes and dietary requirements. They will be available throughout the week.
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Thursday 30 May 2013
East Midlands food and drink firms prepare for flagship event
Organisers are planning one of the East Midlands’ key food and drink sector trade events of the calendar.
Business support organisation The Food and Drink Forum will stage its annual general meeting and members’ supper at Kelham Hall near Newark on Tuesday 25th June 2013.
The event attracts members and associates from across Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire and Rutland, and is the ideal place for those in the sector to network, renew acquaintances and make new contacts.
The Food and Drink Forum, which was founded in 1998, is working with DNCC to raise awareness about the event, and DNCC plans to invite more than 200 of its members who are buyers within the food and drink industry.
This year’s supper is being sponsored and supported by Campden BRI, the UK's largest independent membership-based organisation carrying out research and development and providing technical support for the food and drinks industry worldwide, Clegg Food Projects, a market leader in providing practical design, engineering and construction solutions for major food and drink operations, and the Food and Drink iNet, which is part-funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and run by a consortium led by the Food and Drink Forum.
“This is our flagship event of the year, and is highly anticipated by members and associates who work in the food and drink sector in the East Midlands,” said Food and Drink Forum managing director Fiona Anderson.
“We are delighted that this year we are working with DNCC to promote the event, and as a result we expect to see many new faces joining us.”
This year’s speakers include James Pogson, director of Chesterfield-based Northern Tea Merchants, Kamal Dhutia, director at Leicester-based condiments portion control supplier B I (Europe) Limited, and Phil Ellis, from Attimo – an online sales and distribution project.
Members of The Food and Drink Forum are eligible for free tickets to the event, with the number dependent on their membership level. Additional tickets cost £75 plus vat, with membership discount also available.
Sponsorship and exhibiting opportunities are also available, offering an ideal showcase for any company that works within the food and drink sector. These include the chance for producers to run sampling sessions and for consultants to promote their services.
A networking, buffet supper rounds off the event – featuring some of the region’s finest food and drink products.
Campden BRI business development manager Daphne Llewellyn Davies said: “Campden BRI is delighted to have been given the opportunity to support local food and drink manufacturing in this region. As an organisation, we have taken part in the event for several years and we look forward to an exciting future of continuing to take a key role in the sector in the East Midlands.”
John Moxon, business development director at Clegg Food Projects, said: “This is an event I always look forward to attending. It provides a great opportunity to meet interesting people directly involved at the sharp end of food and drink manufacture and sale.“
The Food and Drink Forum, which operates across the East Midlands and beyond, is based at Southglade Food Park, Nottingham. It is a not-for-profit, membership-led organisation which aims to stimulate and support the sustainable growth and development of the food and drink industry in the region.
It provides a range of support for firms working in the sector in Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire and Rutland, including technical services, accreditation, compliance, packaging and shelf-life advice, and marketing.
The Forum is also the lead partner in the Food and Drink iNet, a project part-funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) which encourages innovation in the region’s food and drink industry.
For information about joining The Food and Drink Forum, tickets to the AGM and members’ supper or exhibiting and sponsorship opportunities, please call 0115 9758810.
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Business support organisation The Food and Drink Forum will stage its annual general meeting and members’ supper at Kelham Hall near Newark on Tuesday 25th June 2013.
The event attracts members and associates from across Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire and Rutland, and is the ideal place for those in the sector to network, renew acquaintances and make new contacts.
The Food and Drink Forum, which was founded in 1998, is working with DNCC to raise awareness about the event, and DNCC plans to invite more than 200 of its members who are buyers within the food and drink industry.
This year’s supper is being sponsored and supported by Campden BRI, the UK's largest independent membership-based organisation carrying out research and development and providing technical support for the food and drinks industry worldwide, Clegg Food Projects, a market leader in providing practical design, engineering and construction solutions for major food and drink operations, and the Food and Drink iNet, which is part-funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and run by a consortium led by the Food and Drink Forum.
“This is our flagship event of the year, and is highly anticipated by members and associates who work in the food and drink sector in the East Midlands,” said Food and Drink Forum managing director Fiona Anderson.
“We are delighted that this year we are working with DNCC to promote the event, and as a result we expect to see many new faces joining us.”
This year’s speakers include James Pogson, director of Chesterfield-based Northern Tea Merchants, Kamal Dhutia, director at Leicester-based condiments portion control supplier B I (Europe) Limited, and Phil Ellis, from Attimo – an online sales and distribution project.
Members of The Food and Drink Forum are eligible for free tickets to the event, with the number dependent on their membership level. Additional tickets cost £75 plus vat, with membership discount also available.
Sponsorship and exhibiting opportunities are also available, offering an ideal showcase for any company that works within the food and drink sector. These include the chance for producers to run sampling sessions and for consultants to promote their services.
A networking, buffet supper rounds off the event – featuring some of the region’s finest food and drink products.
Campden BRI business development manager Daphne Llewellyn Davies said: “Campden BRI is delighted to have been given the opportunity to support local food and drink manufacturing in this region. As an organisation, we have taken part in the event for several years and we look forward to an exciting future of continuing to take a key role in the sector in the East Midlands.”
John Moxon, business development director at Clegg Food Projects, said: “This is an event I always look forward to attending. It provides a great opportunity to meet interesting people directly involved at the sharp end of food and drink manufacture and sale.“
The Food and Drink Forum, which operates across the East Midlands and beyond, is based at Southglade Food Park, Nottingham. It is a not-for-profit, membership-led organisation which aims to stimulate and support the sustainable growth and development of the food and drink industry in the region.
It provides a range of support for firms working in the sector in Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire and Rutland, including technical services, accreditation, compliance, packaging and shelf-life advice, and marketing.
The Forum is also the lead partner in the Food and Drink iNet, a project part-funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) which encourages innovation in the region’s food and drink industry.
For information about joining The Food and Drink Forum, tickets to the AGM and members’ supper or exhibiting and sponsorship opportunities, please call 0115 9758810.
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Wednesday 29 May 2013
Cherizena Coffee launches Father’s Day range
Mail order coffee supplier Cherizena has unveiled three different designs for its Father’s Day coffee.
The Leicestershire-based company, which supplies premium, speciality and flavoured coffees, has created three bespoke labels for its special blend.
Customers have the option to choose which label they prefer when selecting the Father’s Day coffee from www.cherizena.co.uk
So forget ties and socks this year – and get your coffee-loving Dad something he’ll really enjoy!
The 115g of premium Breakfast Blend coffee costs £3 and is specially ground for filters and cafetieres.
Choose from an ‘I love you Dad’, ‘World’s Best Dad’ or ‘Happy Father’s Day’ label.
Why not add a Cherizena cafetiere to your gift? Prices start from £12.50.
Visit www.cherizena.co.uk and browse the gift section for further details. Father's Day is on June 16th 2013.
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The Leicestershire-based company, which supplies premium, speciality and flavoured coffees, has created three bespoke labels for its special blend.
Customers have the option to choose which label they prefer when selecting the Father’s Day coffee from www.cherizena.co.uk
So forget ties and socks this year – and get your coffee-loving Dad something he’ll really enjoy!
The 115g of premium Breakfast Blend coffee costs £3 and is specially ground for filters and cafetieres.
Choose from an ‘I love you Dad’, ‘World’s Best Dad’ or ‘Happy Father’s Day’ label.
Why not add a Cherizena cafetiere to your gift? Prices start from £12.50.
Visit www.cherizena.co.uk and browse the gift section for further details. Father's Day is on June 16th 2013.
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Food and Drink Forum stages Meet the Buyer event
Specialist food and drink producers from across the East Midlands are being invited to take part in an event to showcase their products to buyers in the independent pub trade, catering, hospitality and retail sectors.
Trade association The Food and Drink Forum has teamed up with Everards Brewery to stage the Meet the Buyer event on June 5th at The Griffin Inn, Swithland, in Leicestershire.
It offers the opportunity for producers to promote their food and drink to potential new customers, and at the same time the chance for buyers to discover the latest trends in catering, source new ingredients and gain ideas for revamping their recipes and menus.
The event runs from 10am to 4pm and includes exhibition stands, cookery demonstrations, company presentations, as well as lunch and networking opportunities.
It is being organised as part of the Leicester Food Specialist project, which is providing business support to food and drink manufacturers in Leicester. The Meet the Buyer event, however, is open to food and drink producers and to buyers from the independent pub trade, and the catering, hospitality and retail sectors, from across the East Midlands.
“Meet the Buyer events are an excellent way for producers to showcase their products and for buyers to source new suppliers,” said Fiona Anderson, managing director of the Food and Drink Forum.
“We’re very pleased to be working with Everards Brewery on this event, and hope that both producers and buyers will seize the opportunity to come together for their mutual benefit.”
The event is free to attend for buyers. Food and drink producers in certain areas of Leicester that are part of the Leicester Food Specialist project can also attend free of charge. Contact the Food and Drink Forum for details about eligibility.
The cost of attendance for members of the Food and Drink Forum is £30 plus vat. Other food and drink suppliers can attend the day’s event for £60 plus vat. Places will be allocated on a first come, first served basis.
For more information or to book, please email enquiries@foodanddrinkforum.co.uk or call 0115 9758810.
The Leicester Food Project is being run by the Food and Drink Forum, and is funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), the Food and Drink Forum and Leicester City Council through the Working Neighbourhood Fund.
Visit www.foodanddrinkforum.co.uk
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Trade association The Food and Drink Forum has teamed up with Everards Brewery to stage the Meet the Buyer event on June 5th at The Griffin Inn, Swithland, in Leicestershire.
It offers the opportunity for producers to promote their food and drink to potential new customers, and at the same time the chance for buyers to discover the latest trends in catering, source new ingredients and gain ideas for revamping their recipes and menus.
The event runs from 10am to 4pm and includes exhibition stands, cookery demonstrations, company presentations, as well as lunch and networking opportunities.
It is being organised as part of the Leicester Food Specialist project, which is providing business support to food and drink manufacturers in Leicester. The Meet the Buyer event, however, is open to food and drink producers and to buyers from the independent pub trade, and the catering, hospitality and retail sectors, from across the East Midlands.
“Meet the Buyer events are an excellent way for producers to showcase their products and for buyers to source new suppliers,” said Fiona Anderson, managing director of the Food and Drink Forum.
“We’re very pleased to be working with Everards Brewery on this event, and hope that both producers and buyers will seize the opportunity to come together for their mutual benefit.”
The event is free to attend for buyers. Food and drink producers in certain areas of Leicester that are part of the Leicester Food Specialist project can also attend free of charge. Contact the Food and Drink Forum for details about eligibility.
The cost of attendance for members of the Food and Drink Forum is £30 plus vat. Other food and drink suppliers can attend the day’s event for £60 plus vat. Places will be allocated on a first come, first served basis.
For more information or to book, please email enquiries@foodanddrinkforum.co.uk or call 0115 9758810.
The Leicester Food Project is being run by the Food and Drink Forum, and is funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), the Food and Drink Forum and Leicester City Council through the Working Neighbourhood Fund.
Visit www.foodanddrinkforum.co.uk
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Monday 20 May 2013
Focus Consultants stages golf day for charity
Golfers got into the swing of things for charity and raised £240 for Marie Curie Cancer Care at the Focus Consultants’ annual charity golf day.
The event, which took place at Belton Park Golf Club, Grantham, attracted players from across the East Midlands.
It was organised by Trevor Newton, partner at Focus Consultants’ Lincolnshire offices, and senior building surveyor Craig Gould, who works in Focus Consultants’ head office at Phoenix Business Park, Nottingham.
Twenty four clients, associates and staff took part in the charity day, with Neal Rothwell, head of asset and facilities management at Lincolnshire Police taking the honours in first place. Second was Simon Elkington, from Harvest Associates, and third was Craig Gould, from Focus Consultants.
Prize for the longest drive went to Trevor Newton, from Focus Consultants, with Mark Jones, of Larkfleet, taking the honours for nearest pin. Neal Rothwell also scooped the prize for best under 14 handicap, and hacker of the day went to Andrew Sharp, building surveyor and CDM co-ordinator at Focus Consultants.
Len Hartley and Lee Towsey, from NHS Lincolnshire, and Steve Singleton, from The Manor Academy, Mansfield Woodhouse, took the team prize.
“We were very pleased that a number of our clients in the East Midlands could join us on our annual charity golf day, and delighted to have raised £240 for Marie Curie Cancer Care,” said Trevor Newton.
Focus Consultants, which has offices in Nottingham, Leicester, Boston and Aubourn in Lincolnshire, and in Holborn, London, specialises in funding, research and economic development, project and programme management, construction and property services and energy carbon sustainability services. It works on private and public projects across the UK.
The company decided to support Marie Curie Cancer Care at this year’s golf event after the charity helped a relative of one of its employees before he died last year.
For more information visit www.focus-consultants.co.uk
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The event, which took place at Belton Park Golf Club, Grantham, attracted players from across the East Midlands.
It was organised by Trevor Newton, partner at Focus Consultants’ Lincolnshire offices, and senior building surveyor Craig Gould, who works in Focus Consultants’ head office at Phoenix Business Park, Nottingham.
Twenty four clients, associates and staff took part in the charity day, with Neal Rothwell, head of asset and facilities management at Lincolnshire Police taking the honours in first place. Second was Simon Elkington, from Harvest Associates, and third was Craig Gould, from Focus Consultants.
Prize for the longest drive went to Trevor Newton, from Focus Consultants, with Mark Jones, of Larkfleet, taking the honours for nearest pin. Neal Rothwell also scooped the prize for best under 14 handicap, and hacker of the day went to Andrew Sharp, building surveyor and CDM co-ordinator at Focus Consultants.
Len Hartley and Lee Towsey, from NHS Lincolnshire, and Steve Singleton, from The Manor Academy, Mansfield Woodhouse, took the team prize.
“We were very pleased that a number of our clients in the East Midlands could join us on our annual charity golf day, and delighted to have raised £240 for Marie Curie Cancer Care,” said Trevor Newton.
Focus Consultants, which has offices in Nottingham, Leicester, Boston and Aubourn in Lincolnshire, and in Holborn, London, specialises in funding, research and economic development, project and programme management, construction and property services and energy carbon sustainability services. It works on private and public projects across the UK.
The company decided to support Marie Curie Cancer Care at this year’s golf event after the charity helped a relative of one of its employees before he died last year.
For more information visit www.focus-consultants.co.uk
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Wednesday 15 May 2013
Loyal customers and charity supporters officially open Croots Farm Shop's new Shires Eatery in Derbyshire
Derbyshire farm shop Croots has officially opened its new café and restaurant, Shires Eatery.
The honours at the farm shop near Duffield were performed by long-standing loyal customers and local charity supporters John and Jean Griffiths.
The retired couple, who live in Draycott, have been shopping and eating at Croots Farm Shop regularly since it opened in 2008, and regarded their visits as ‘therapy’ after a period of ill-health, said Jean.
She said they were astounded to be asked to cut the ribbon to mark the official opening.
“We were absolutely taken aback,” said Jean. “I thought it would be at least the lady mayoress. It’s a lovely thought.”
Croots Farm Shop owner Steve Croot said: “We are delighted to open our new, expanded Shires Eatery. Our coffee shop was popular from day one and I’m so pleased that we can now welcome and serve more than twice as many people. Hopefully we’ll enjoy a sunny summer this year and we’ll be able to open up our decking area too.
“John and Jean have been loyal customers at Croots and we felt it was very fitting that they should help us celebrate the opening by performing the honours. They do such good work in the community.”
Croots has been working since earlier this year to expand its popular coffee shop to create the 60-seat Shires Eatery, which overlooks fields of Shire horses at Farnah House Farm in Wirksworth Road, as well as having a wider view of the Ecclesbourne Valley.
The new restaurant is serving a more varied menu, including a roast meal every day. New chef Kate Griffin is working alongside the existing hospitality team at Croots, and two new part-time assistants have been hired. Croots is also planning to take on an apprentice chef to help in the kitchen.
The expansion project marks a significant investment for the farm shop which was a runner-up in the Best UK Independent Food Retailer 2010 category of the Observer Food Monthly Awards and named in The Independent’s top 50 best food shops the year before.
Croots sells a range of food and drink produced locally, regionally and from further afield. It stocks products from up to 40 producers from within a 50-mile radius of the shop.
It also produces its own range of products, including sausages, pies and ready meals. Since establishing in 2008, it has built up a strong reputation for its butchers’ fresh meat counter - winning dozens of awards for home-made sausages, home-smoked bacon and other meat products.
John and Jean Griffiths cut a ribbon to mark the official opening of Shires Eatery.
John is patron at Treetops Hospice in Risley and Jean was a volunteer there for 20 years and remains a supporter of the charity.
They began visiting Croots not long after it opened and enjoy regular visits – both to shop and to eat.
“I became ill in 2009 and the staff there were so kind. They sent a card and some lovely flowers. We got quite fond of them all. We used to call Croots our therapy,” added Jean. “We have remained loyal ever since. We find the staff so friendly and so helpful. We have always thoroughly enjoyed the food in the café.”
Croots Farm Shop is open Sundays from 10am to 4pm (Shires Eatery until 3.45pm), and from Tuesday to Saturday from 9am to 5pm (Shires Eatery until 4.30pm). It is closed on Mondays.
For more information visit www.croots.co.uk
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The honours at the farm shop near Duffield were performed by long-standing loyal customers and local charity supporters John and Jean Griffiths.
The retired couple, who live in Draycott, have been shopping and eating at Croots Farm Shop regularly since it opened in 2008, and regarded their visits as ‘therapy’ after a period of ill-health, said Jean.
She said they were astounded to be asked to cut the ribbon to mark the official opening.
“We were absolutely taken aback,” said Jean. “I thought it would be at least the lady mayoress. It’s a lovely thought.”
Croots Farm Shop owner Steve Croot said: “We are delighted to open our new, expanded Shires Eatery. Our coffee shop was popular from day one and I’m so pleased that we can now welcome and serve more than twice as many people. Hopefully we’ll enjoy a sunny summer this year and we’ll be able to open up our decking area too.
“John and Jean have been loyal customers at Croots and we felt it was very fitting that they should help us celebrate the opening by performing the honours. They do such good work in the community.”
Croots has been working since earlier this year to expand its popular coffee shop to create the 60-seat Shires Eatery, which overlooks fields of Shire horses at Farnah House Farm in Wirksworth Road, as well as having a wider view of the Ecclesbourne Valley.
The new restaurant is serving a more varied menu, including a roast meal every day. New chef Kate Griffin is working alongside the existing hospitality team at Croots, and two new part-time assistants have been hired. Croots is also planning to take on an apprentice chef to help in the kitchen.
The expansion project marks a significant investment for the farm shop which was a runner-up in the Best UK Independent Food Retailer 2010 category of the Observer Food Monthly Awards and named in The Independent’s top 50 best food shops the year before.
Croots sells a range of food and drink produced locally, regionally and from further afield. It stocks products from up to 40 producers from within a 50-mile radius of the shop.
It also produces its own range of products, including sausages, pies and ready meals. Since establishing in 2008, it has built up a strong reputation for its butchers’ fresh meat counter - winning dozens of awards for home-made sausages, home-smoked bacon and other meat products.
John and Jean Griffiths cut a ribbon to mark the official opening of Shires Eatery.
John is patron at Treetops Hospice in Risley and Jean was a volunteer there for 20 years and remains a supporter of the charity.
They began visiting Croots not long after it opened and enjoy regular visits – both to shop and to eat.
“I became ill in 2009 and the staff there were so kind. They sent a card and some lovely flowers. We got quite fond of them all. We used to call Croots our therapy,” added Jean. “We have remained loyal ever since. We find the staff so friendly and so helpful. We have always thoroughly enjoyed the food in the café.”
Croots Farm Shop is open Sundays from 10am to 4pm (Shires Eatery until 3.45pm), and from Tuesday to Saturday from 9am to 5pm (Shires Eatery until 4.30pm). It is closed on Mondays.
For more information visit www.croots.co.uk
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Tuesday 14 May 2013
Cherizena serves up new branded coffee packs
Speciality coffee producer Cherizena has launched a new service providing sachets of branded coffee for boutique hotels and guest houses.The Leicestershire-based firm, which supplies premium, flavoured and speciality coffees to a wide range of trade customers, has begun serving up the new 60g sachets after investing in new labelling equipment.
The new equipment allows the company to be much more flexible with its bespoke labels for branded products, said Kate Jones, who runs Cherizena.
Among the products the firm is now offering are branded sachets of coffee, which are ideal for hospitality facilities in guest bedrooms. The 60g sachet provides around eight cups of coffee and is perfect for use in small cafetieres…providing enough coffee for a number of servings.
Cherizena is also providing small personalised coffee packs for special occasions such as weddings, milestone birthdays and wedding anniversary celebrations.
The company can feature all sorts of designs on its labels, and then package any of its coffees into the branded packs.
One of the first outlets to take advantage of the new service launched by Cherizena is 5* bed and breakfast and event venue Vale House Belvoir, near Grantham.
Host Lara Young said: “Guests really appreciate the personalised and individual touches, and we were very pleased to find a local coffee supplier that could provide high quality coffees in Vale House Belvoir branding that we could put in our guest bedrooms and also use when we host special occasions, such as weddings.”
Cherizena’s breakfast blend and Italian roast coffees are proving to be the most popular coffees chosen for the branded packs, but the firm can pack any of its range of more than 20 flavoured coffees and 30 single-origin coffees and blends into branded sachets.
“Offering individual labelled products helps a boutique hotel or guest house to stand out from the crowd, and provides added value to guests,” said Kate Jones. “We are delighted that we can now offer this service for our coffee.”
As well as supplying 60g sachets, Cherizena can also offer much larger branded packs of coffee.
Cherizena is a family-run firm based at Wartnaby near Melton Mowbray, and supplies coffee as beans or ground, regular or decaffeinated.
It invested in the new labelling with support from the Food and Drink iNet, which is funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and run by business organisation the Food and Drink Forum. The iNet provided a match-funded grant of just over £3,000 to help with the innovation, which also included a new e-commerce website.
For more information contact 01664 820111 or visit www.cherizena.co.uk
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Monday 13 May 2013
70th anniversary of the Dam Busters raid brings back memories at Lindhurst Innovation Engineering
Eight years ago, the Sutton-in-Ashfield company built a replica bouncing bomb.
The bombs were invented by Barnes Wallis and used seventy years ago by the RAF in one of the most ingenious and daring air raids of the Second World War.
The replica is now housed in a museum located in the west tower of Derwent Dam in Derbyshire - in the section dedicated to the 617 “Dam Buster” Squadron and its crews.
A service takes place on May 16th at 10.45am at the museum to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Dam Busters raid, with an unofficial fly past expected by spitfires, tornadoes and other aircraft.
Lindhurst happened to be carrying out work for Severn Trent Water at Derwent Dam in Derbyshire in 2005 when Lindhurst project engineer Les Abbs, now retired, spotted that the existing replica bomb at the museum was made of wood.
“He tapped it, which everyone does, realised it was made of wood and then Lindhurst offered to make a replica bouncing bomb in metal,” recalls Vic Hallam, who runs the museum.
Lindhurst managing director Martin Rigley explains: “The museum had all the old paper technical drawings. We turned the original pencil drawings into electronic drawings using AutoCAD.
“Obviously we were manufacturing the unit – not a complete bomb – so we had to use a bit of poetic licence and we applied a few modern techniques to make it look like the original.
“The museum’s a charity and we were proud to create a replica bouncing bomb and donate it to them. Since we handed it over, it’s been seen by thousands of visitors to the museum.”
An apprentice fabricator and welder at Lindhurst at the time and aged 18, Karim Mahamdi was given the task of producing the bouncing bomb unit, under fabricator George Asbury, also now retired.
Karim recalls: “At the time, I knew about what had happened with the Derwent Dam and the history behind it. As we were putting the replica bomb together I remember thinking ‘when they were building this all those years ago, what was going through their minds?’
“It was quite special to be involved in putting some history back into the country. All in all it wasn’t too bad to build. I can’t remember any challenges that we came across that weren’t sorted.”
Karim, now 26, who lives in Sutton-in-Ashfield, and who is now mechanical project manager at Lindhurst, recalls how the team worked out the bend of the metal, and how the steel plates were rolled into the shape of the bomb.
“We made it in sections and then put it all together,” he adds. “It was certainly a very different project…a one-off.”
Lindhurst specialises in one-off engineering projects and no request is too off-the-wall – from light-weight lifting platforms for the heavy metal group Iron Maiden’s stage shows to large-scale engineering for landmark projects such as London’s Canary Wharf Underground Station and anaerobic digestion technology to generate power from food and farm waste.
The full-scale replica bouncing bomb is one of the most unusual items that the firms has ever made, however.
The exhibit has been very popular with visitors to the museum, which is open Sundays and bank holiday Mondays.
Vic adds: “It’s the one thing that people are photographed standing against. It’s photographed nearly as much as the dam is. It’s treasured and always will be.”
www.lindhurstinnovation.co.uk
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Wednesday 1 May 2013
Lindhurst Innovation Engineering MD inspires youngsters with cow pat lesson
Managing director Martin Rigley went back to the classroom as part of a nationwide campaign to inspire youngsters to realise their dreams and aspirations.
The MD of Sutton-in-Ashfield company Lindhurst Innovation Engineering joined celebrities, business leaders, councillors and a range of other figures across the country taking part in the Every Child Can campaign.
Organised by education charity Teach First, the week-long campaign aimed to shine a light on the inequality in education that exists in the UK and the role that a great teacher can play in supporting every young person to develop a brighter future.
Martin gave a maths lesson to year nine students at The Manor Academy, Mansfield Woodhouse…..focusing on cow pats!
His subject matter was the value of ‘poop power’, since Lindhurst Innovation Engineering is involved in developing pioneering technology which turns cattle waste into energy.
“The maths lesson was based around our microbial fuel cell technology, which is turning waste material from cattle and the food industry into electricity and bio-gas through the process of anaerobic digestion,” said Martin. “We worked out that the poop value of the waste from all the cows in the UK is £2 billion worth of energy every year, if you could release the energy of it all.
“The students seemed very interested in the concept, and all got the correct calculations in the end. I was delighted to be invited to give a lesson as part of the Every Child Can campaign, which highlights how important it is to inspire our young people.”
Martin, who attended Brunts School, Mansfield, before doing a degree at Trent Polytechnic – now Nottingham Trent University – is also vice chairman of the East Midlands Sector Skills Council for Science, Engineering and Manufacturing and a skills champion for the CBI in the East Midlands.
Lindhurst, based in Midland Road, Sutton-in-Ashfield, was founded in 1985 and initially served the UK mining market. The company has continued to innovate and diversify, and offers a range of engineering services. Lindhurst specialises in one-off engineering projects and no request is too off-the-wall – from light-weight lifting platforms for the heavy metal group Iron Maiden’s stage shows to large-scale engineering for landmark projects such as London’s Canary Wharf.
Last year the company was named the Campden BRI Innovation Champion at the Food and Drink iNet Innovation Awards 2012 for the development of ground-breaking technology to turn waste into renewable energy.
Manor Academy teacher Matt Sneller said he thought pupils would gain a number of useful things from the experience of Martin giving a lesson.
“Firstly aspiration in terms of taking someone who is from Mansfield themselves and has then gone on to do a number of things, things he’s passionate about and things that have had an impact… The second thing is actually thinking about how what they learn in the classroom will have an impact later down the line, whether it’s the science or the maths, that what they learn in the here and now is important,” he said.
Among those giving a lesson as part of the Every Child Can campaign at schools across the country were London Mayor Boris Johnson, TV presenter and writer Dan Snow, and Guardian journalist Polly Toynbee.
Press release issued by Nottingham PR company Perfect 10 PR www.perfect10pr.co.uk
The MD of Sutton-in-Ashfield company Lindhurst Innovation Engineering joined celebrities, business leaders, councillors and a range of other figures across the country taking part in the Every Child Can campaign.
Organised by education charity Teach First, the week-long campaign aimed to shine a light on the inequality in education that exists in the UK and the role that a great teacher can play in supporting every young person to develop a brighter future.
Martin gave a maths lesson to year nine students at The Manor Academy, Mansfield Woodhouse…..focusing on cow pats!
His subject matter was the value of ‘poop power’, since Lindhurst Innovation Engineering is involved in developing pioneering technology which turns cattle waste into energy.
“The maths lesson was based around our microbial fuel cell technology, which is turning waste material from cattle and the food industry into electricity and bio-gas through the process of anaerobic digestion,” said Martin. “We worked out that the poop value of the waste from all the cows in the UK is £2 billion worth of energy every year, if you could release the energy of it all.
“The students seemed very interested in the concept, and all got the correct calculations in the end. I was delighted to be invited to give a lesson as part of the Every Child Can campaign, which highlights how important it is to inspire our young people.”
Martin, who attended Brunts School, Mansfield, before doing a degree at Trent Polytechnic – now Nottingham Trent University – is also vice chairman of the East Midlands Sector Skills Council for Science, Engineering and Manufacturing and a skills champion for the CBI in the East Midlands.
Lindhurst, based in Midland Road, Sutton-in-Ashfield, was founded in 1985 and initially served the UK mining market. The company has continued to innovate and diversify, and offers a range of engineering services. Lindhurst specialises in one-off engineering projects and no request is too off-the-wall – from light-weight lifting platforms for the heavy metal group Iron Maiden’s stage shows to large-scale engineering for landmark projects such as London’s Canary Wharf.
Last year the company was named the Campden BRI Innovation Champion at the Food and Drink iNet Innovation Awards 2012 for the development of ground-breaking technology to turn waste into renewable energy.
Manor Academy teacher Matt Sneller said he thought pupils would gain a number of useful things from the experience of Martin giving a lesson.
“Firstly aspiration in terms of taking someone who is from Mansfield themselves and has then gone on to do a number of things, things he’s passionate about and things that have had an impact… The second thing is actually thinking about how what they learn in the classroom will have an impact later down the line, whether it’s the science or the maths, that what they learn in the here and now is important,” he said.
Among those giving a lesson as part of the Every Child Can campaign at schools across the country were London Mayor Boris Johnson, TV presenter and writer Dan Snow, and Guardian journalist Polly Toynbee.
Press release issued by Nottingham PR company Perfect 10 PR www.perfect10pr.co.uk
Croots Farm Shop tastes success at the British Pie Awards
A pie made by Derbyshire farm shop Croots has been rated as one of the best pies in the country at the British Pie Awards 2013.
The game pie produced by Croots came second in the Speciality Pie section of the annual awards, which celebrate the UK’s best pies.
Hosted and organised by the British Pork Pie Association in Melton Mowbray, the awards attracted almost 1,000 pies this year across 20 different classes.
Croots Farm Shop owner Steve Croot said: “We are thrilled that our game pie was rated so highly in the speciality pies category.
“We narrowly missed out on taking the champion slot but we were up against some amazing pie makers and pies from across the UK, so to be a runner up and come second is absolutely brilliant. The feedback we get from customers about our pies is great, but to have it recognised by the judges at the British Pie Awards is excellent and a real coup for the team at Croots.”
The game pie is one of a number of sweet and savoury pies made by deputy manager Margaret Robinson at Croots Farm Shop, which is based at Farnah House Farm, Wirksworth Road, Duffield.
The game pie features venison, pheasant and rabbit, with ingredients varying throughout the year depending on what’s in season.
Croots has won several accolades at the British Pie Awards previously. Last year it won five silver or bronze awards, and the previous year it scooped four gold, silver or bonze awards.
More than 130 producers from across the UK entered their pies into the awards. Some 106 judges were recruited to munch their way through the entries, including TV chef and food campaigner Rachel Green, food writers and journalists, and cricket broadcaster Jonathan Agnew.
Croots Farm Shop has won more than 60 awards for its sausages, pies and home-made items since opening in 2008, and has built up a strong reputation for the quality of its butchers’ counter. Croots also sells a range of food and drink produced locally, regionally and from further afield. It stocks products from up to 40 producers from within a 50-mile radius of the shop
Next month it is due to open its extended restaurant area, which is being built in response to customer demand.
Croots Farm Shop is open Sundays from 10am to 4pm, and from Tuesday to Saturday from 9am to 5pm. It is closed on Mondays.
For more information visit www.croots.co.uk
Press release issued by Nottingham PR company Perfect 10 PR www.perfect10pr.co.uk
The game pie produced by Croots came second in the Speciality Pie section of the annual awards, which celebrate the UK’s best pies.
Hosted and organised by the British Pork Pie Association in Melton Mowbray, the awards attracted almost 1,000 pies this year across 20 different classes.
Croots Farm Shop owner Steve Croot said: “We are thrilled that our game pie was rated so highly in the speciality pies category.
“We narrowly missed out on taking the champion slot but we were up against some amazing pie makers and pies from across the UK, so to be a runner up and come second is absolutely brilliant. The feedback we get from customers about our pies is great, but to have it recognised by the judges at the British Pie Awards is excellent and a real coup for the team at Croots.”
The game pie is one of a number of sweet and savoury pies made by deputy manager Margaret Robinson at Croots Farm Shop, which is based at Farnah House Farm, Wirksworth Road, Duffield.
The game pie features venison, pheasant and rabbit, with ingredients varying throughout the year depending on what’s in season.
Croots has won several accolades at the British Pie Awards previously. Last year it won five silver or bronze awards, and the previous year it scooped four gold, silver or bonze awards.
More than 130 producers from across the UK entered their pies into the awards. Some 106 judges were recruited to munch their way through the entries, including TV chef and food campaigner Rachel Green, food writers and journalists, and cricket broadcaster Jonathan Agnew.
Croots Farm Shop has won more than 60 awards for its sausages, pies and home-made items since opening in 2008, and has built up a strong reputation for the quality of its butchers’ counter. Croots also sells a range of food and drink produced locally, regionally and from further afield. It stocks products from up to 40 producers from within a 50-mile radius of the shop
Next month it is due to open its extended restaurant area, which is being built in response to customer demand.
Croots Farm Shop is open Sundays from 10am to 4pm, and from Tuesday to Saturday from 9am to 5pm. It is closed on Mondays.
For more information visit www.croots.co.uk
Press release issued by Nottingham PR company Perfect 10 PR www.perfect10pr.co.uk
Food and Drink Forum appoints new commercial manager
Business support organisation The Food and Drink Forum has appointed a new commercial manager.
Andrew Collinson has joined the organisation in the new role and will be responsible for promoting The Food and Drink Forum skills and services, and for developing the business through private and public opportunities.
The Food and Drink Forum, which is based at the Business Centre at Southglade Food Park, Nottingham, operates across the East Midlands and beyond, and is a not-for-profit, membership-led organisation. It was founded in 1998 to stimulate and support the sustainable growth and development of the food and drink industry in the region.
It provides a range of support for firms working in the sector in Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire and Rutland, including technical services, accreditation, packaging and shelf-life advice, compliance, and marketing.
Since its launch, The Forum has forged strong, strategic links with a range of organisations and authorities to help develop the food and drink sector in the region, and has a track record of applying for funds on behalf of the industry. Andrew aims to build on this by developing current links and creating new partnerships and funding opportunities to benefit the food and drink sector across the East Midlands.
The Forum is also the lead partner of the Food and Drink iNet, which is part-funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and provides innovation support to food and drink producers in the East Midlands.
A former sector development executive at Yorkshire Forward, Andrew said: “I am very pleased to have joined The Forum and I look forward to building on the reputation that the organisation has achieved within the industry as a key sector support body.
“The Forum has been helping companies to grow and develop for many years, and I relish the opportunity to raise awareness and promote the skills and services that it offers and to develop strategic links with public organisations.”
Andrew, who has an MBA in business management from the University of Hull, has more than ten years’ experience in creating and implementing business development projects across various disciplines to support business growth.
Food and Drink Forum managing director Fiona Anderson said: “Andrew has wide experience within the sector and we welcome him as part of the team.”
Press release issued by Nottingham PR company Perfect 10 PR www.perfect10pr.co.uk
Andrew Collinson has joined the organisation in the new role and will be responsible for promoting The Food and Drink Forum skills and services, and for developing the business through private and public opportunities.
The Food and Drink Forum, which is based at the Business Centre at Southglade Food Park, Nottingham, operates across the East Midlands and beyond, and is a not-for-profit, membership-led organisation. It was founded in 1998 to stimulate and support the sustainable growth and development of the food and drink industry in the region.
It provides a range of support for firms working in the sector in Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire and Rutland, including technical services, accreditation, packaging and shelf-life advice, compliance, and marketing.
Since its launch, The Forum has forged strong, strategic links with a range of organisations and authorities to help develop the food and drink sector in the region, and has a track record of applying for funds on behalf of the industry. Andrew aims to build on this by developing current links and creating new partnerships and funding opportunities to benefit the food and drink sector across the East Midlands.
The Forum is also the lead partner of the Food and Drink iNet, which is part-funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and provides innovation support to food and drink producers in the East Midlands.
A former sector development executive at Yorkshire Forward, Andrew said: “I am very pleased to have joined The Forum and I look forward to building on the reputation that the organisation has achieved within the industry as a key sector support body.
“The Forum has been helping companies to grow and develop for many years, and I relish the opportunity to raise awareness and promote the skills and services that it offers and to develop strategic links with public organisations.”
Andrew, who has an MBA in business management from the University of Hull, has more than ten years’ experience in creating and implementing business development projects across various disciplines to support business growth.
Food and Drink Forum managing director Fiona Anderson said: “Andrew has wide experience within the sector and we welcome him as part of the team.”
Press release issued by Nottingham PR company Perfect 10 PR www.perfect10pr.co.uk
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