20th Feb 2012 ⁄ The online shoes retailer, Kindred Sole set up by two Fashion Retail Buying Graduates won Highly Commended for Footwear Brand of the Year at last night's Footwear Industry Awards 2012. The company was among five finalists in the awards...
10th Feb 2012 ⁄ Blue Yates is a professional Classical guitarist, performer and recording artist, specialising in Classical, Acoustic and Latin genres and this February marks the 10 year anniversary of his guitar tuition business...
10th Feb 2012 ⁄ Despite the economic downturn, scores of local jobs have been saved and created, thanks to the Harborough Innovation Centre, which first opened its doors six months ago. The Centre, based at the entrance to the town’s new Airfield Business Park...
8th Feb 2012 ⁄ Performance Horizon Group (PHG), a leading provider of performance marketing technology, has appointed Punch Communications to handle its national, trade-specific and online PR. Established in May 2010, PHG is the latest venture of Malcolm Cowley and Paul Fellows...
30th Jan 2012 ⁄ A host of arts and media celebrities will visit Leicester later this month for De Montfort University’s (DMU) annual student-run Cultural Exchanges Festival. This year’s festival will include public lectures and performances with most events free of charge, and guests including...
23rd Jan 2012 ⁄ A De Montfort University (DMU) graduate’s biker-style collection is to appear on the runway at one of Europe’s most renowned fashion trade shows after winning a prestigious competition. Lauren Pharoah, a fashion design graduate from Leicester’s DMU, is one of...
12th Jan 2012 ⁄ Two graduates from De Montfort University (DMU) are hoping that their online shoe boutique will be a winner at this year’s Footwear Industry Awards. Lizze Leary and Beth Widdowson – who set up KindredSole.com after graduating from DMU in 2009...
9th Jan 2012 ⁄ A graduate from De Montfort University (DMU) who has photographed some of the world’s biggest celebrities has been honoured with an MBE. Andy Gotts – who completed his MA at DMU in 2007 – received the honour in recognition of his services to...
6th Jan 2012 ⁄ Lightworks is a one-night festival of film, sound and new media that takes place in Grimsby Minster in Lincolnshire every year. The aim of Lightworks is to find new audiences for contemporary art and to provide a platform for artists working in new media....
6th Jan 2012 ⁄ Having spent many years scouting clothing stores only to find a disappointing range of boys’ clothes, Kerry Oldfield and Paul Bishop took the matter of fashion into their own hands, launching MyKidBrother.co.uk – a boys-only clothing store...
14th Dec 2011 ⁄ A unique degree course that combines two critical areas in marketing and has the backing of a major blue-chip organisation and a leading social media agency is now recruiting its first students. Launched by Leicester Business School at De Montfort University (DMU) in Leicester...
6th Dec 2011 ⁄ If a partridge in a pear tree is out of the question in the current economic climate, a free app that provides a daily love poem could be the Christmas gift of choice for cash-strapped romantics. The Poetry Advent Calendar app...
22nd Feb 2012 ⁄ West Midlands ⁄ A Birmingham design agency’s newest recruit has big plans for the company. Barques Design, based in the Jewellery Quarter, has appointed Kathryn Small as business development manager...
