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Liz is the High Sheriff of Derbyshire


Funding for innovation


By David Southall Fellowships Coordinator The University of Nottingham


Do you know that your business can tap into University of Nottingham expertise and facilities to help solve problems and develop new ideas? Smaller businesses generally


do not have access to the kind of equipment and resources available at universities as their resources are more limited, so a new scheme has been designed to enable local enterprises to get the help and support they require from The University of Nottingham. Local businesses can now


tap into this invaluable source of both knowledge and world class facilities and equipment through the University’s Innovation Voucher Scheme, and businesses in the Nottinghamshire or Derbyshire areas can access support at little, or no cost at all to the enterprise. One of the businesses


which benefitted from accessing University of Nottingham expertise through an Innovation Voucher is Shadow Innovation. The company used the


voucher to work with University specialists in 3D printing and electronic engineering to develop a new hand-held thermal imaging device - the first of its kind on the market. Managing Director, Rob


Reeve, said: “Despite our considerable experience in this sector, working with the University has challenged our thinking about how we do things; and being able to access the Innovation Vouchers has enabled us to bring our idea to life.”


Businesses from all sectors are able to apply to the scheme - for further details, please contact David Southall at The University of Nottingham e: david.southall@nottingham.ac.uk or tel: +44 (0)115 84 67246


14 business network May 2016


Liz Fothergill, Immediate Past President of the Chamber and Chairman of Derby-based Pennine Healthcare, has been installed as High Sheriff of Derbyshire. She started work as a librarian


but in 1977 started helping out in the firm founded by and named after her father, Ivor Shaw. The business evolved and started


making a range of disposable plastic medical products. Now called Pennine Healthcare, the business turns over in excess of


‘I am honoured to have been invited to be High Sheriff for Derbyshire’


£30m a year, has 380 employees and produces 250,000 items a day, of which 70% are exported. Away from work, Liz gives much back to Derby. She was HRH the


Prince of Wales’ Ambassador for Business in the Community in the East Midlands from 2012 to 2014, she is Derby City business representative for D2N2 and a member of Derby Renaissance Board. Liz was Deputy Chair of the University of Derby from 2003-


2013, is Chair of Derwent Stepping Stones, business champion of YMCA Derbyshire and a governor of Landau Forte Moorhead Academy. She was formerly Chair of Derbyshire Dales Careline and is Chairman of the Derby Book Festival. Liz said: “I am honoured to have been invited to be High Sheriff


for Derbyshire and I hope I will make the most of the opportunity.” Chamber Chief Executive Scott Knowles said: “The Chamber


congratulates Liz. We’re sure she’ll take her enthusiasm for business and for Derbyshire into her new role and we wish her every success.”


Chamber warning on press cuttings licences


The Chamber is warning members not to be duped into buying a licence they don’t need. The Copyright Licencing Agency has launched an aggressive campaign to


encourage firms that copy and distribute media cuttings to buy its licence. If a company receives press cuttings by


any means and distributes them then, under Copyright and Related Rights Regulations 2003, it must have a licence. The CLA is not the only licencing


organisation. The Chamber, which enjoys


considerable coverage and collates cuttings for senior management, holds a Newspaper Licencing Agency licence. That didn’t stop the CLA arguing that


we needed its licence as well. It even argued that we needed a


licence to take cuttings from Business Network and it was authorised to collect cuttings fees on our behalf. It has no such authority and we don’t need a licence to distribute our own magazine content. Jon Smart, the Chamber’s New Media and Communications Manager and


Editor of Business Network, was the CLA’s target. In an exchange of emails, Jon explained that we held a licence adequate


for our needs and were under no obligation to buy a CLA licence. The CLA said the cost of its licence would be at least £440+VAT for firms


with 51+ employees. However, it also suggested a per-employee charge which could have ramped up the Chamber’s bill to £7,448+VAT – ten times the NLA licence cost. Jon said: “You don’t necessarily need a CLA licence and we would


strongly urge firms to investigate other options before acceding to its heavy-handed demands.”


Letter calls for Core Maths in schools


The Chamber has put its name to a letter calling for a general adoption of the Core Maths programme. Backed by Loughborough MP and


Education Secretary Nicky Morgan, the letter, put together by the Department for Education, calls on all colleges and sixth forms across the East Midlands to offer Core Maths to their students. The letter said: “Practical maths


skills are essential for success in work, study and life. Independent polling conducted by YouGov demonstrates that 85% of businesses in the East Midlands say that employees with practical maths skills have a competitive edge over their colleagues.” Chamber Chief Executive Scott


Knowles said: “Maths is a crucial life skill. Anything that improves the maths capabilities of young people, thereby making them more employable, should be fully supported, which is why the Chamber is backing the Core Maths initiative.


Liz in her High Sheriff regalia


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