14th April 2025
THIRTEEN years ago Destination Milton Keynes, the official tourism organisation for the city, had an idea. What if it could create a day on social media to help people across the city and beyond share...
1st April 2025
........................................ THE Milton Keynes Business Achievement Awards once again reminded us of the remarkable individuals shaping our city. This year, Monica Ferguson, chief...
21st March 2025
........................................ ITS COMMITMENT to training and to developing the next generation of talent has earned the company a string of accolades and industry-wide recognition. Now...
10th March 2025
........................................ THE VISION for the Oxford-Cambridge growth corridor, with Milton Keynes and Bedford at its heart, came under scrutiny at a round table discussion involving...
1st March 2025
LAST month, Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves reaffirmed the Oxford-Cambridge Arc as a critical engine for the UK’s long-term economic growth, positioning it as a cornerstone of national...
11th February 2025
........................................ THE 'BACK to the office’ conversation has quickly become one of the defining workplace debates of our time. January 6 marked the unofficial beginning of...
29th January 2025
........................................ THIS MORNING (Wednesday), the Chancellor spotlighted the Oxford-Cambridge Arc as a major growth corridor, a linchpin in the UK’s strategy to turbocharge...
2nd January 2025
MILTON Keynes has always defied expectations. Once dismissed as a soulless, post-modern, new town, it has evolved into a vibrant urban success story, often heralded as the best hope for the future...
2nd December 2024
........................................ IN MY last column, I touched upon the pressing issue of the skills shortage. However, given its critical importance, I find it necessary to revisit this...
28th November 2024
........................................ MOST people are aware that International Women’s Day is in March. Very few, however, know that an International Men’s Day exists or when it is. “Why do...
21st November 2024
LAW firm Howes Percival has reported a turnover increase of 10% on a pro-rata 12-month basis in 2024, according to its latest annual results. Howes Percival, which has an office in Knowlhill in...
5th October 2024
THE MILTON Keynes Business Achievement Awards 2025 have launched with a theme that resonates deeply with the challenges faced by many businesses in our vibrant city: the need to close the skills...
27th September 2024
DIGITAL marketing agency Red Giraffe has become the first in its sector in Milton Keynes to achieve B Corp status. The agency, based in Central Milton Keynes, achieved B Corporation certification...
13th September 2024
CLOSING the skills gap and increasing educational opportunity is the theme of the 2025 Milton Keynes Business Achievement Awards. The city and wider region is facing an ongoing skills shortage...
28th August 2024
FORMER philanthropy director at Milton Keynes Community Foundation Ranjit Singh is the new commercial director at Willen Hospice. He takes up his role in September, with the brief to focus on growing...
