The East Midlands
Promoting Derby and Derbyshire to Investors – Marketing Derby
Marketing Derby is the award-winning investment promotion agency for Derby
and Derbyshire.
The organisation aims to make it as easy as possible for investors and businesses to invest in the city and county by providing free and confidential advice, as well as local insight, that can help them make the right decision.
Its investment team offers a comprehensive suite of services to investors, acting as an ‘honest broker’.
Since it was founded in 2006, Marketing Derby has had a hand in many of the major investments that have been made in the city, often operating under the radar to make them happen.
It is an approach that over the years has reaped dividends – attracting hundreds of millions of pounds of new investment and thousands of new jobs.
However, rather than waiting for them to come, Marketing Derby proactively promotes the city and county, both nationally and internationally, to ensure the region is well and truly on the radar of investors.
The organisation showcases investment opportunities at events such as UKREiiF – a major annual real estate event held in the UK – and MIPIM, which is regarded as the largest property investment fair in the world.
Marketing Derby markets Derby as the ‘UK’s Capital for Innovation’, home
It also works hard to dispel myths and to change perceptions of the city in order to help attract investment – that Derby is a city home to several high- tech companies, developing innovative products, with a workforce whose salaries are, on average, the highest in the UK outside of London and the south-east.
Marketing Derby’s key strength is that all of its activities are underpinned by a genuine public-private sector partnership. At the heart of this is its Bondholders – companies and organisations that showcase all that is best about Derby and Derbyshire, who act as ambassadors for our region.
These Bondholders, of which there are almost 350, recognise the importance of improving the city in which they are based, and helping businesses and investors establish themselves in the city.
Also key to Marketing Derby’s success is the support it receives from its public sector stakeholders – Derby City Council, Derbyshire County Council and the D2N2 Local Enterprise Partnership.
It is this collaboration that enables Marketing Derby to roll out the red carpet to potential investors and contributes to the positive development of our place.
If you are a company, investor or developer with plans to grow and want to learn more about how Derby and Derbyshire could be the right place for you, contact the Marketing Derby team.
Amber Valley
Heanor is a Market Town, located in the Borough of Amber Valley, which is in the centre of England.
Connected to major
access roads and a busy bus network, Heanor, like many towns has been in decline for a number of years.
Amber Valley Borough Council saw an opportunity for an investment in Heanor, using the Future High Streets Fund (FHSF). The FHSF was established to help towns across the country respond to changes in retailing and to regenerate town centres as attractive places to live and work for the future.
Three key projects were identified in Heanor, new homes on a brownfield site, a revitalised Marketplace and acquisition of a former Grammar School which was falling into disrepair having fallen into private ownership a number of years ago.
The former school will be known as THE GRAMMAR and will be a central location for businesses and events. Businesses will be able to lease spaces on short or long term arrangements, and sizes of unit can be varied. Events will be able to take place in and outside of the building, all while retaining the period features worthy of Grade II classification. The main contractor
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The Marketplace in Heanor will retain a similar structure, with a mix of a short stay car park and central market square. Many small changes will combine to have a large impact, with materials chosen to be modern but functional and long lasting. A carefully selected planting scheme and additional lights will ensure a welcome visit to the centre of town.
In the region of 42 new homes are
proposed for an area a stones throw to the North of the Marketplace, in an area that is currently designated as a car park. The area is currently under-utilised and a developer will bring forward new affordable family homes with easy access to the town centre and its facilities.
Excitement is already growing in the town centre with a large number of shops improving their shop fronts and few empty units. Over the coming months, Amber Valley Borough Council will be increasing the marketing activity to ensure the general public are aware of the fantastic results that can be achieved by the Future High Streets Fund.
Adjacent to the factory, the two interconnected new build apartment blocks have been designed to integrate with the existing structure, enhancing the development’s architectural appeal, and helping to reduce overall massing. Upon completion, the development will feature 171 residential
units,
as well as an associated commercial unit which will be available to serve both residents and the surrounding community.
Established in 1991 and based in Nottingham, Monk Estates is one of the UK’s leading, family-owned property development and investment companies. Now part of Begbies Traynor Group, MAF Finance Group (previously Midlands Asset Finance) was established
in 2009 and spans the complete
financial market across the UK, working to support the SME and larger corporate markets to source funding across a range of products.
COMMERCIAL PROPERTY MONTHLY 2023
for both sites was appointed in September 2023 and works will be completed in 2024.
MAF Finance Group Helps Secure £25m Build-to-Rent Loan for Midlands Residential Scheme
Working in conjunction with the Housing Growth Partnership (HGP) and Pluto Finance, MAF Finance Group (MAF) has helped secure the completion of a £25m build-to-rent loan for Monk Estates, enabling the property developer to create 171 homes at a historic site in Leicester. The build-to-rent (BTR) loan will be instrumental in supporting the repurposing of an Edwardian factory and the construction of two interconnected new build apartment blocks. Spanning four storeys, the redeveloped former hosiery factory will be transformed into a modern and stylish residential hub, blending heritage with contemporary design.
to companies like Rolls-Royce, Alstom and Toyota – global giants who underpin a strong, resilient economy and business community.
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