Businesses, policymakers and academics will be brought together once again this summer for the University of Northampton’s two-day Sustainability Summit.Taking place at the University’s Waterside Campus on Monday 30th June and Tuesday 1st July, the theme for this year’s summit is Building Sustainable Organisations: Strategies and Partnerships for Enhancing Positive Impact.In addition to highlighting the impact of initiatives inspired by previous summits, this year’s will focus on exploring innovative sustainability strategies available to small and large businesses to enhance their social, environmental and financial performance.This year’s summit is organised by a central working group led by Dr Chijioke Uba and...

14 April, 2025

Northamptonshire’s thriving startup community is set to be celebrated once again with the return of NNSTARTUP DAY — an online annual celebration of enterprise and entrepreneurship across the county.Taking place this year on Wednesday 11th June, NNSTARTUP DAY will spotlight the inspirational stories, journeys, and successes of entrepreneurs from every corner of Northamptonshire. The day will feature exclusive interviews with a wide range of business owners—from startup founders to seasoned small business leaders—sharing insights, challenges, and the realities of running a business in today’s landscape.This year’s event will be officially opened by Tony Robinson OBE, the UK’s Micro Biz Champion,...

11 April, 2025

Commsave Credit Union has launched a 2-Year Fixed Rate ISA, offering members a guaranteed 3.5% interest rate until April 2027—a timely opportunity as economic uncertainty continues and interest rates are forecast to decline.Recent forecasts from the Bank of England suggest interest rates could fall to 3.7% by the end of 2025, stabilising at 3.5% in 2026 and potentially dropping further to 2.75% by March 2027. Against this backdrop, locking in a fixed rate now allows savers to maximise their returns, regardless of future rate fluctuations.Richard Munro, Interim Chief Executive of Commsave Credit Union, explained: "In times of economic uncertainty, a fixed-rate...

11 April, 2025

NNBN, The Northamptonshire Business Network, is urging small businesses, lenders, and industry experts across Northamptonshire to respond to the UK Government’s latest Call for Evidence on access to debt finance. This initiative is part of a broader national mission to support growth, empower entrepreneurs, and shape a more inclusive and effective small business finance landscape.With over 5.5 million small businesses in the UK forming the backbone of the economy, the Government has announced growth as its number one mission. Ahead of the upcoming Industrial Strategy in June and a dedicated Small Business Strategy later in 2025, Ministers are seeking insights...

10 April, 2025

A fledgling Northamptonshire-based environmental remediation and cleaning company has been shortlisted in prestigious local business awards.Specialist Remediation Solutions (SRS) of Desborough has been named as a finalist in the Best New Business category of the SME Northamptonshire Business Awards.The award recognises new businesses that have launched in the last two years and are already being noticed for the excellence in their field.SRS offers a wide range of services including crime scene and trauma clean ups, house clearances and virus decontamination for a variety of clients including commercial businesses, police, care homes, estate agents and other private clients.Since the company was...

09 April, 2025

There’s just one team place left for the sixth annual Silverstone Soccer charity event this summer.The popular five-a-side footballer fundraiser, hosted by Northampton-based company Silverstone Leasing, already has 11 teams signed up, even though it doesn’t take place until Sunday 22nd June.The event, in aid of Cynthia Spencer Hospice, will be held at Daventry Town Football Club and has become a firm favourite in the corporate calendar.A total of 12 businesses from across Northamptonshire will compete in Silverstone Soccer 2025, and the event will also offer plenty of family fun for spectators.With just one team still left to enter and...

09 April, 2025

Northampton’s innovative office hub Vulcan Works has responded to the current cost-of-living crisis by reducing prices for its adhoc work areas.The purpose-built serviced workspace in Northampton’s Cultural Quarter provides characteristic offices to let, as well as dedicated business support for customers including grant and tender opportunities, networking and topical masterclasses.It also offers a dedicated desk provision and coworking spaces for entrepreneurs who need more flexibility around their working hours.The dedicated desk hire has been reduced to £200 per month to reflect the current market.The package includes a dedicated, secure space to cowork in a collaborative, creative community with 24/7 access,...

09 April, 2025

This April, most people’s money will be going down but at Holdenby’ s Magic of Easter Event our famous Golden Egg will be going up from £100 to £150!Alice in Wonderland is hiding lots of eggs to find in Holdenby’s Grade 1 garden and each day a really lucky family will discover her £150 Golden Egg.This year, she’s joined by the mischievous figure of the Queen of Hearts, And the mysterious figure of our travelling magician.When visitors are not egg hunting, there’s great stalls to browse, traditional Fete Games, face painting and  rose painting to enjoy. And Croquet to play....

08 April, 2025

More than £250,000 has been awarded to community groups, charities and volunteer-led organisations across rural Northamptonshire since 1st April 2024, from wind farm funds managed by Northamptonshire Community Foundation.The funds support communities close to wind farms in various rural areas, including Clay Coton, Crick, Lilbourne, Yelvertoft, Winwick, Cold Ashby, West Haddon, Guilsborough, Burton Latimer, Cranford, Rushton and Pipewell.Recently awarded grants from the Winwick Wind Farm Community Benefit Fund have enabled the provision of a new Automatic External Defibrillator for Winwick village and replacement floodlights to benefit West Haddon Junior Football Club. From the Burton Wold Wind Farm Community Benefit Fund,...

08 April, 2025

A local foodbank has benefitted from the support of the MP for Corby and East Northamptonshire, who recently held a surgery at its headquarters to give its users the opportunity to raise and talk about their concerns.Held at St Peter and St Andrew’s Church on Beanfield Avenue, Corby, the session at Corby Foodbank, which distributes three-day emergency, non-perishable food parcels to local people in food crisis, enabled its users to raise issues to MP Lee Barron during his visit.“There are lots of differences in Corby and East Northamptonshire but unfortunately so many similarities,” said Lee Barron MP. “We need to...

08 April, 2025

For those who missed the Big BBQ Bonanza, now is your chance to attend the ultimate BBQ event coming to Northampton this month, which promises to give visitors a mouth-watering experience to help kickstart the BBQ season.The free Sizzling Saturday event, to be held at home lifestyle store – Bell of Northampton’s BBQ Shop on Kingsthorpe Road on Saturday 26th April, promises to be one not to be missed.Taking place from 11am-3pm, the Bell BBQ Shop will be firing up the grills with live cooking demonstrations from top brands like Weber, Pitboss, Broil King, and Gozney Pizza Ovens, showing visitors...

08 April, 2025