DEALS, MERGERS AND PARTNERSHIPS
Local firms add support to Spireites
Chamber member Chesterfield Football Club has announced sponsorship deals with two local companies for the next two seasons. Leengate Valves has agreed to
continue as the Spireites’ back of shirt sponsor for the first-team kit, extending its long association with the club. The deal, which covers the
2019/20 and 2020/21 seasons, will also feature the Leengate Valves logo on the team’s shirt sleeve. The club has also agreed a new
training kit sponsorship deal with housebuilder Avant Homes Central. Based in Chesterfield, Avant
Homes is one of the leading private developers of residential property in the UK. Its central regional office is
located at Holmewood Business Park and is responsible for the new £36m Waterside Quarter development, which will bring 173 new homes to the town as part of the £340m Chesterfield Waterside regeneration scheme. Chesterfield FC’s Commercial Manager Jim Brown said: “Leengate Valves have been major sponsors, as well as supporters of the club, from our days at Saltergate. We very much appreciate their continued support.
Partnership to aid drug discovery
A new partnership between the Universities of Nottingham and Strathclyde and pharmaceutical company GSK will accelerate research into the discovery of new medicines. The five-year programme
will see the partners deliver a new suite of methods and approaches to tackle some of the major challenges in the discovery, development, and manufacture of medicines. The total project funding is
£12.9m, including a £5.5m grant award from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council. The research programme
aims to enable the production of transformative medicines at lower costs with reduced waste production and shorter time for manufacture. Researchers will apply
cutting edge artificial intelligence and machine- learning technologies to the efficient identification of next generation medicines.
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Stuart Rowlands with Chesterfield player Sam Wedgbury and Commercial Manager Jim Brown “We’re also delighted to be
working in partnership with Avant Homes, who have some exciting plans in place. I’d like to thank managing director Stuart Rowlands and his colleagues for supporting
the club with their valued sponsorship.” Leengate Valves’ managing
director Steve Pickering said: “I’ve been a supporter for over 50 years and it’s great that we have been
able to have our name on the back of the shirts for over ten years.” Avant Homes Central Managing
Director Stuart Rowlands added: “We are delighted to be sponsoring the team for the next two years.”
Innovative system aims to ‘cleen’ up washroom facilities
A national consortium which campaigns for the provision of specially-adapted washroom facilities has adopted an innovative system which has been developed by a Derby company to help raise standards across the UK. The Changing Places Consortium – co-chaired by Muscular Dystrophy UK – has campaigned for more than a decade for fully-accessible toilets for people
with severe disabilities who need extra equipment and space to use toilets safely and with dignity. More than 1,300 Changing Places facilities are now
registered across the UK but many areas still lack adequate provision. Monitoring the Changing Places network will now
be far easier thanks to Cleen - the UK’s first fully integrated washroom services management tool and review app – which has been developed by Hygiene Services Group (HSG) in Pride Park. Cleen enables washroom users to log and publish
reviews – good and bad – via a free app. Reviews of Changing Places toilets can be published on issues such as faulty bed hoists and unreachable emergency cords as well as cleanliness issues. Alternatively, users can highlight positive
HSG’s Cleen app
experiences which are shared publicly on the app. Clare Lucas, Head of Policy and Campaigns at Muscular Dystrophy UK, which co-chairs the Changing Places Consortium, said: “Having access to a well-equipped toilet is a matter of respect and dignity for people who are severely disabled. “However, the stark reality is that without enough Changing Places many disabled people face the choice of not going out or being changed on dirty floors. We’re delighted that Cleen is supporting Changing Places. We look forward to working together to campaign for a more inclusive society.”
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