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JCB Chairman Lord Bamford welcomes Governor Doria to JCB's World HQ


Brazilian investment will help JCB grow


JCB has announced a $25m (£20m) investment in its Brazilian operations as the company gears up for growth. The investment was confirmed as


JCB hosted the Governor of the State of São Paulo, João Doria, at the company’s World HQ, in Staffordshire. Sorocaba, São Paulo, has been


the home to JCB’s Brazilian production operations since 2001. In 2012, the company invested


$100m (£82m) in a new factory in the city, which was opened by then Prime Minister David Cameron. The latest investment will see the


launch of new products for Brazil and neighbouring South American markets. During his visit to JCB, Governor Doria met JCB Chairman Lord Bamford and JCB CEO Graeme Macdonald. Mr Macdonald said: “We have a


world-class production facility in Brazil and the investment announced today underlines our commitment to this important market and enables us to seize all the opportunities for growth which lie ahead of us. The Brazilian market is in very good shape and has grown substantially over the past 18 months and continues to expand. There are some very exciting opportunities ahead.”


Amy and the Quiet Storm team


Quiet Storm’s support for athlete’s Olympic dream


A business development manager at Chamber patron Quiet Storm has taken a career break to focus on her dream of competing in the 2020 Olympic Games, in Tokyo. Loughborough-based Amy


Allcock, who joined the Quiet Storm team earlier this year, is currently ramping up her training ahead of the World Athletics Championships, in Doha, later this month, with Olympics qualification in her sights beyond that. She was also part of the GB


team that competed in the World Relay Championships, in Japan, in May. A speed-based runner, she is


aiming to represent Team GB in Tokyo next year as part of the Women’s 4x400m Relay Team, but


‘The whole team is really proud of what Amy has achieved’


also individually over the 400m distance. In 2018, Amy was ranked as the UK’s third-fastest female over 400m, and 45th in the world. Her personal best stands at


51.36 seconds. She was part of the 4x400m teams that won bronze at the IAAF World Indoor Championships and the European Championships in 2018. She currently trains six-times-


a-week, putting in up to four hours every day in all weathers, but has taken a short break from work in the run-up to the upcoming events to focus fully on achieving her Olympics dream.


Amy is set re-join Coalville-


based Quiet Storm at some point later in the year, to resume her role helping clients to achieve growth using bespoke digital marketing and sales solutions. She said: “I’m based in


Loughborough until 2022 and my main focus is bringing home an Olympics medal next year, but I’m looking forward to resuming my role with Quiet Storm at some point in the future and am grateful for the support they’ve given me.” Steve Megson, Managing


Director of Quiet Storm, said: “The whole team is really proud of what Amy has achieved so far. She’s a great asset to the business and we look forward to her re-joining the team.”


University honoured in Stonewall Awards


University of Derby Vice- Chancellor, Professor Kathryn Mitchell, and Sarah Barley- McMullen, the University’s LGBT+ Allies Staff Network chair, have both received a regional Stonewall Award in acknowledgement of their commitment to role modelling inclusion and equality. Earlier this year, the university


rose 189 points in the Stonewall Workplace Index, putting it within reach of becoming one of the most inclusive LGBT+ 100 employers in the UK. Through the work identified in


the university’s Stonewall Workplace Index submission,


10 business network September 2019


L-R: Professor Kathryn Mitchell and Sarah Barley-McMullen


Stonewall awarded Professor Kathryn Mitchell ‘Stonewall Senior Champion of the Year’ for the Midlands, and Sarah Barley- McMullen ‘Stonewall Role Model of


the Year’ for the Midlands. Professor Mitchell said: “The


University of Derby places great importance on having role models and allies for those with protected characteristics, so we are delighted that our work to promote inclusion, equality and diversity has been recognised in this way by Stonewall. “Our LGBT+ staff network has


over 55 members, who are actively engaged in creating an inclusive culture where students and staff can explore their identity in a safe and supportive environment. “Over the past year we have embedded more specific support mechanisms for Trans and Bi


students, deepening the richness of the university's diversity even further. We know that if someone is able to be their whole self when they come through the university’s doors, then they are more likely to engage proactively in their professional and academic roles.” Sarah Barley-McMullen added:


“The University of Derby does not identify difference in order to consciously be inclusive, but instead it creates a culture that normalises difference and respects who we are all meant to be. Through this approach the university is role modelling positive cultural change.”


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