Rok celebrates Coachway contract win
2nd June 2009
Construction work is due to start this month, with the new Coachway expected to open in the spring. The £2.6 million building has been funded by Milton Keynes Partnership and the...
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Truck firms receive apprentice funding
1st June 2009
More apprenticeships will be open to young people thanks to £11 million in Government funding as part of a new approach to help employers train the skilled workers of the future, Skills...
Advisers answer business calls for help
1st June 2009
Enquiries in January 2009 were nearly 70% higher than January 2008, as businesses sought advice on how to respond to the recession. The quality of Business Link’s advice and...
Osborne joins business forum
28th May 2009
He held a forum with 30 leading business people and outlined the Conservative party’s plans to encourage innovation and the green agenda, to restore economic confidence, to simplify the...
Partnership holds no fears for Dons
26th May 2009
The agreement will run throughout the forthcoming 2009-10 season and Dread will provide 250 bespoke jackets and vests for the Stadium:MK safety team. Dan Wheeler, of Dread,...
e-learning pioneer wins national award
21st May 2009
Skills2Learn’s work to develop an advanced e-learning programme to help students and tutors in the solar power industry earned the Milton Keynes-based company the Training Initiative of...
Marketing team takes centre stage
21st May 2009
The marketing team and theatre chief executive Elizabeth Adlington collected accolades in the Renee Stepham Award for the Presentation of Touring Theatre and TMA Award for Achievement in...
Awards honour most innovative companies
18th May 2009
Network management specialist Parallel was named Technology-Led Business of the Year and won the overall bright Sparc Award, while Acuigen collected the award for Best Use of Technology by a...
Group puts small firms on election agenda
18th May 2009
Launching its Local Government Manifesto in England, the Federation of Small Businesses is calling on council candidates to focus on small businesses - which employ just over half of the...
End of an era as founder retires
14th May 2009
He stepped down from the DRS board at the company’s annual general meeting in May. Sir David Brown was appointed as the company’s new non-executive chairman and will also...
City transport study under way
13th May 2009
Milton Keynes Council has commissioned transport planning consultants Halcrow to develop the model, which will take into account people who travel by car, bus and rail as well as those...
Brightest sparks prepare for awards night
8th May 2009
Five finalists from Milton Keynes are among those trail-blazing firms from around the region which have been invited to the awards presentation at Cranfield University on May...
Business pays tribute to ‘a true professional’
1st May 2009
He had been suffering from cancer and died peacefully at home, aged 63. Friends and business colleagues have been paying tribute to Mr Douglas (pictured), who was also a director of the...
MP says city is well-placed for upturn
30th April 2009
Dr Phyllis Starkey, MP for Milton Keynes South West, was speaking at the annual Milton Keynes & North Bucks Chamber of Commerce Budget Breakfast event, held two days after one of the most...
Businesses put on swine flu alert
29th April 2009
Advice and support service Business Link has put comprehensive guidance on its website www.businesslink.gov.uk/swineflu. The Business Link website also features guidance on how to...
