MEMBER NEWS IN BRIEF
Profit is up for North Midland Construction PLC
North Midland Construction PLC (NM Group), a UK provider of civil engineering, building, mechanical and electrical services to public and private organisations, has announced its results for the year ended 31 December 2016. Operating profit is up in the
year to £2.24m from £847,000 in 2015, an increase of 164.6%. Revenue has also increased to £250.49m from £217.61m, an increase of 15.11%. The company, which has its
head office in Nottinghamshire, operates nationally with strategically-located regional offices across the country in Huthwaite (Nottinghamshire), Derby, Longbridge (Warwickshire), Warrington, Leeds, Bristol, Plymouth, Exeter and St Austell. John Homer, NM Group’s
Chief Executive, said: “These results demonstrate the considerable strategic advancement made in the business over the past year. Progress has been made and continues to be made to strengthen the quality of the service that we provide to our customers and we are receiving positive feedback on our operational performance from across our stakeholder base.”
Signs point to new Chamber offices
Signs Express (Derby) has managed an extensive project of new signage installations for the Chamber. Winning the tender process
amid competition from ten other local sign companies, Signs Express (Derby) was contracted to supply and fit all the external and internal signs for the new Chamber offices, on Millennium Way, off Dunston Road, Chesterfield. Steve Jarvis, Director of Signs
Express (Derby), said: “It was a great honour to assist with this project. We have a long history with the Chamber, so to be awarded this tender against such strong competition was high praise. The finish my team has achieved has been phenomenal and the entire project was delivered on time, which is always our aim.” Alison Gray, Corporate
Marketing Manager at the Chamber, added: “It was good to have a company that was easy to work with, which kept the project team informed of progress, and which produced a good quality end product, which has been acknowledged by many who visit the premises.”
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Current Tigers players discuss the recent 6 Nations competition
Stars on show at Tigers’ 6 Nations review dinner
Leicester Tigers has played host to past and current legends at its first ever 6 Nations Review Dinner. Ex-players, including Graham Rowntree, Lewis Moody,
Jim Hamilton and Harry Ellis, made the trip to Welford Road for the inaugural event.
‘It was fantastic to welcome back some of our past players alongside our current crop’
They joined current Tigers stars Tom Youngs, Ed
Slater, Manu Tuilagi, Tom Croft and Assistant Coach Geordan Murphy for a Q&A session reviewing this year's 6 Nations, before discussing the upcoming international fixtures. Hosted by ex-Tigers player Matt Poole, the line-up,
which boasts over 1,000 Tigers caps between them, marked the first of what is to become an annual dinner
for supporters and businesses to attend at Welford Road. The exclusive event treated guests to private tables
with the players along with a three course dinner before the highlights of the evening - two Q&A sessions with some of Tigers’ biggest names past and present. Current stars discussed and praised Tigers’ recent
Anglo-Welsh Cup Final success, while the fact that the game and Aviva Premiership was growing more and more competitively was also applauded. The recent 6 Nations tournament was also discussed in detail. To conclude, the second Q&A saw Rowntree, Moody
and Ellis joined Hamilton and Murphy to discuss the upcoming Lions tour of New Zealand. Andrea Pinchen, Commercial Director of Leicester
Tigers, said: "We couldn't have hoped for a better evening. It was fantastic to welcome back some of our past players alongside our current crop to share their stories and insights of their experiences on the international stage.”
Record month for The Mansfield
Staff at Mansfield Building Society are celebrating a bumper month with new mortgage applications exceeding £14m in March and a booming mortgage pipeline of new business at an all-time high of over £33m. The Society also equalled its
highest ever month of mortgage completions, with total advances exceeding £8.1m in March. Chief Executive, Gev Lynott, said:
“Mortgage growth is essential for all of our members, as the income we generate from mortgages enables us to maintain competitive savings rates. “While interest rates in the
market remain low, our continued financial success enables us to keep our savings rates higher for longer, especially when compared to some of our plc competitors. “The Society’s success is down to our staff and the ‘human approach’
Mansfield Building Society staff celebrate a record-breaking month
we have to doing business. At The Mansfield, we don’t rely on automated credit scoring systems to accept or reject applications, it is our mortgage experts that assess each case on its own merits. Our individual approach to lending is our key strength and is valued by borrowers who truly appreciate our personalised service.
“It’s great to see the Society
doing so well as we enter the main house buying season - it demonstrates that we’re responding well to the needs of home buyers. While the market can change quickly, I feel confident that with the dedication of our hard- working staff, we are well placed to deliver further growth.”
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