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Derby’s regeneration magazine /issue number seven
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04 UPDATE News from Derby’s £2 billion regeneration programme
08 QUALITY oF LIFE City living with countryside on the doorstep
15 UNIVERSITIES AND SKILLS Academia accelerates as innovation drives the city’s economy
19 BUSINESS INCENTIVES Derby City Council’s support for business growth and job creation
22 MAP Location of the city’s major development schemes under way
24 PRoJECTS A summary of some of the major schemes in Derby
29 UK CAPITAL FoR INNoVATIoN Planes, trains and automobiles – plans for first building at Infinity Park Derby
34 HEDoNISM A great city for food – and the UK beer capital
40 MARKETS Performance in retail, commercial and residential sectors
43 RAIL INDUSTRY In celebration of 175 years of manufacturing
46 MADE IN DERBY Deaf Alerter, the market leader in fire warning systems for people who are deaf or hard of hearing
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QUoTE oF THE ISSUE:“Derby is
incredibly well-located: it’s not until you move here that you realise how close it is to everything”
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Intu buys Westfield
Intu Derby is the new name for the Westfield shopping centre, which has been sold to Intu Group for £390 million – the city’s largest ever transaction in retail inward investment.
Westfield opened the centre in 2007, but put it up for sale last year to shift its focus to purchasing sites in the world’s capital cities.
The centre attracts 26 million visitors annually. Westfield took a stake in Derby’s Eagle Centre in 1998 and embarked on a £12.8 million refurbishment – the first major investment in the shopping centre since it was completed in the mid 1970s.
Intu chief executive, David Fischel, said: “The transaction is a rare and attractive opportunity to acquire a further prime shopping centre in line with our strategy to focus on the UK’s largest and most successful destinations.”
Update News from the £2 billion regeneration programme in Derby, one of Europe’s top performing small cities
Destination Derby REGENERATION
Derby has been named in the top 25 European ‘cities of the future’ in this year’s fDi Intelligence shortlist. The east Midlands city has been ranked in the ‘Top 25 European Cities Overall’, placing it alongside major cities such as London (1st) Berlin (8th) and Paris (16th). The city was one of only eight in the UK to make it to the list.
Derby also came third in the Top Ten Small European Cities, behind Eindhoven in the Netherlands and Ghent in Belgium.
The annual awards, compiled by the fDi Intelligence division of the Financial Times, collects data from 468 locations throughout Europe and ranks them in six categories –
economic potential, human capital and lifestyle, cost effectiveness, infrastructure and business friendliness and FDI strategy.
John Forkin, managing director of inward investment company, Marketing Derby, said: “It is important to recognise that these league tables are about economic performance and not size; which is why Derby scores so well.
“Our hi-tech economy, based on being UK HQ to Bombardier, Toyota and Rolls-Royce, supported by many hundreds of SMEs, is leading to significant investment enquiries, especially in sectors seeking engineers. To win five separate fDi awards is a fantastic endorsement.”
RETAIl pROpERTy
pride park site for developmentDeveloper St Modwen and Network Rail have signed a joint venture to regenerate Chaddesden Triangle, the last parcel of land next to Derby’s Pride Park.
St Modwen is developing a masterplan for the site – initial proposals would see an employment-led scheme, to create a business location for financial services and corporate occupiers.
An outline planning application will be submitted to Derby City Council this year that will provide further details of the proposals for the site, which is already allocated for employment uses.
The site is located within close proximity to Derby rail station and city centre amenities and directly off the main A52, which provides connectivity to other business centres in the region.
Peter Rudd, senior development surveyor at St Modwen, commented on the opportunity: “Pride Park is a regional success story, having been transformed over the last 15 years into one of the premier business destinations within the east Midlands.
“We are looking forward to developing our plans for the site in conjunction with Network Rail and adding to the existing business offer in the area.”
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REGENERATION
First let for new creative studios
A design and digital solutions specialist has received a grant from the Derby Enterprise Growth Fund (DEGF), to allow it to move to Sadler Bridge Studios. BinaryFold4 is the first company to sign for space at the new purpose-built facility for micro and small businesses.
The firm has agreed a three-year let for 77.7sq m of office space, moving from its Friar Gate Studios base, after experiencing significant growth since starting up in 2009.
It will establish a new sister company with the £29,544 grant – BinaryFold4 Labs – which will be launching a new “device lab” at Sadler Bridge Studios.
The lab will feature a range of consumer electronic devices, such as mobile phones, tablets and games consoles, upon which a variety of software, apps and websites can be tested.
Benjamin Roberts, director of BinaryFold4 said: “The atmosphere and facilities at Friar Gate Studios have enabled us to establish a happy, motivated and creative environment and form alliances with a number of other tenants.”
£6m business park upgrade
Plans for a £6 million upgrade to the Railway Technical Centre (RTC) business park in Derby have been announced.
The scheme is estimated by the council to create 200 skilled jobs at the 11-ha London Road site, where more than 50,000sq ft of commercial space will be refurbished, as well as improvements to the rail-connected workshop and other facilities.
Funding is made up of £2.2 million from Derby City Council’s Regional Growth Fund and £3.8 million from London and Contintental Railways.
Fund helps create jobsDerby-based advanced composites manufacturing company Pentaxia is expanding its order books in the civil aviation and automotive markets, with support from the Derby Enterprise Growth Fund (DEGF).
Based in Ascot Business Park, Pentaxia has secured a £168,000 grant from the £20 million fund towards its £673,000 expansion and investment programme.
DEGF support has helped accelerate plans to purchase hi-tech manufacturing machinery and increase production space. Increased capacity resulting from the investment will lead to the creation of 12 new jobs, from graduates to apprentices.
DEGF is supported by the government’s Regional Growth Fund, run by the council, to support growth and job creation in Derby businesses, through a mix of loans and grants.
Pentaxia managing director Stephen Ollier said: “The DEGF grant approval has coincided with our AS9100 approval, which enables us to manufacture components for the aerospace industry and presents substantial opportunities. The demand for advanced composites in aerospace and automotive manufacturing industries is particularly buoyant.”
Derby City Council director of regeneration Richard Williams is a member of the DEGF panel of industry and financial experts who consider applications. He said: “Research shows that the advanced composites market is set to treble over the next five years. Increased production capacity will mean more local jobs for local people.”
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REGENERATION
Health centre plansproperty investment firm Assura Group has unveiled plans for a multimillion pound health centre at Duckworth square.
A specialist in developing buildings for
the NHs, the Assura Group bought the site in partnership with lsp from Derby based regeneration specialist Rigby & Co.
partners will invest over £5 million in
the “ultra-modern” health centre, which is likely to include doctors’ surgeries, blood-testing facilities and other front-line public health services.
Derby-based plane and train manufacturer, Bombardier, has won a £1 billion contract to provide trains for the Crossrail project.
Transport for London and the Department for Transport (DfT) confirmed in February that Bombardier had been chosen to supply 65 new trains, as well as a depot at Old Oak Common.
The 200m-long trains will be manufactured at the Bombardier plant in Derby and will have the capacity for 1,500 passengers.
DfT said Bombardier’s contract would provide
760 manufacturing jobs and 80 apprenticeships in the city.
Business secretary Vince Cable said the news had provided a “big boost” for the area: "The government has been working hard with industry to support the UK rail supply chain to maximise growth opportunities through contracts like this."
Andrew Wolstenholme, Crossrail CEO, said: “We look forward to working with Bombardier to ensure the delivery of the new trains.”
Crossrail services are planned to start in 2018.
bombardier wins Crossrail contract
bottoms up A beer distribution centre at Derby Commercial Park is dedicated to Heineken’s off-trade division. The £45 million Küehne and Nagel Drinks Logistics (KNDL) facility is located at the 67-ha park. Set over 60,000sq m, it was fully operational by the end of May.
In addition, the company’s head office is based at the site, as well as warehouse space, which can cater for 75,000 pallets in a rack and block stack. The storage facilities cover an area of six standard size football pitches. A national planning control tower at the site controls KNDL’s vehicle movements across the UK. The company has a 10-year lease on the facility.
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quality of life
Mad, bad and dangerous to know, as Lord Byron may well have been, he knew a thing or two about scenery. “I can assure you there are things in Derbyshire as noble as Greece or Switzerland,” he wrote, on the county’s abundant natural
beauty. His words were no exaggeration: the flower-rich grasslands and the striking, open moors of the Peak District bring tourists to the area in droves each year.
And as Mary Johnson-Evans, founder of Derbyshire Relocations, says: “Why wouldn’t you want to live in a place where people come for their holidays?”
Johnson-Evans established her company four years ago to help meet a growing demand for tailored property advice in Derby. The city’s status as a services hotspot was on the up and talented, prominent people were increasingly looking to settle here with their families. Johnson-Evans has since helped dozens of people find their ideal homes in and around the city, working both with companies, such as Rolls-Royce and Derby County Football Club, and estate agents and private landlords.
Reasonable housing costs allow many relocators to Derby to trade up and the range of properties available, from stunning country piles to a new wave of sleek, city-centre homes, means there is something to suit all tastes and lifestyles.
Johnson-Evans, a mother-of-three who relocated to Derby from London herself, says: “There are just so many benefits to moving to Derby. People are incredibly friendly around here for a start. Unlike in London, there’s a sense that people have time for you. The health service is very good, and the history of Derby is fascinating. In terms of connectivity, we are England’s most central city. You can get trains anywhere and the M1 goes right through everything.
“A lot of people here move from London, which is only 90 minutes away. But they’re staggered at the countryside: the Peak District, places like Ashbourne, villages like Duffield [at the junction of the rivers Derwent and Ecclesbourne], Chatsworth house – there are so many opportunities for great days out: Derby offers the full package.”
Blessed with beautiful countryside, conveniently located and with investment and leisure opportunities aplenty, Derby is now firmly established as a relocation destination. High-achieving services professionals are making beelines for the city, bringing their skills, families and spending power with them, as Lucy Purdy finds out
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quality of life
Previous page: The Roaches, dramatic wind-formed landscape, is popular with climbers and walkers.Below: The Steppping Stones across the River Dove at Dovedale.Right: Derby County’s fans are famous for their passion.
Recognised as one of the finest historic houses in the country and set in the beautiful Derbyshire landscape, Chatsworth has passed through 16 generations of the Cavendish family and is home to the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire. It features regularly on screen including in Pride and Prejudice, 2005, The Duchess, 2008, The Wolfman in 2010 and Death Comes to Pemberley in 2013.
Johnson-Evans’ business is about providing a holistic service, which gets to grips with the multiple and exacting requirements of this kind of relocator. “We sit down at the beginning of the process,” she explains,” and have an in-depth chat with the client. What do they enjoy doing? What sort of property would they like? Where are they
living currently and how does it suit them? It is very much a tailor-made service. It is such a satisfying job, to see people relocate here happily and to be able to settle down and really enjoy life.”
Johnson-Evans has worked with Marketing Derby and has developed good relationships with local estate agents as well as private landlords, who now frequently pick up the phone to her first of all when properties become available. “Not all landlords want all of their properties posted up on Zoopla,” she says.
Fuelling the appeal of Derby is the new city centre residential development, bringing a palpable buzz to the area’s heart. Part of the council’s ambition to create or refurbish 1,800 city-centre homes by 2028, schemes such as Compendium Living’s ‘urban village’ Castleward development or the 400-home Nightingale Quarter scheme on the former Derby Royal Infirmary site will tempt young professionals to the city – ambitious graduates starting out at the likes of Toyota, Bombardier or Rolls-Royce – looking for places to live which offer a thriving social life to match their working one.
One of Derby’s highest-profile relocators is Sam Rush, Derby County FC chief executive, who moved to the city with his wife and two young children in December 2012. He is a vociferous advocate of the kind of lifestyle Derby makes possible: “the benefits of city life but with the added bonus of countryside access”, as he puts it.
He told Perspective: “The sense of community here is good, and I love the fact that I’m only a short distance from my place of work in the centre of Derby, yet live in the countryside. There is an extremely good level of housing stock in and around the centre and I like the city’s size, which is just right. The schools are excellent. Derby is incredibly well-located: it’s not until you move here that you realise how close it is to everything.”
One surprise for Rush was an unexpected element of semi-rural life. “The weather!” he says. “Having grown up and lived in the city all my life, where snow turns into muddy slush within minutes, to moving here in a winter where we had a lot of snowfall: I’ve never seen so much pristine snow! It took a bit of getting used to.”
Rush, whose club faced a tense Championship-playoff at Wembley the week we spoke, is keen to express the sense of community in Derby, one which manifests itself in residents’ support for their beloved ‘Rams’.
“The club has huge support in the city, a wonderful by-product of which is reflected in the team taking 40,000 supporters with it to Wembley. To see fans queue
“It is such a satisfying job, to see people relocate here happily and to be able to settle down and really enjoy life”
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throughout the night, to see a packed stadium and so much good feeling is incredibly uplifting. I knew the club had good support here but I wasn’t quite prepared for the level of feeling there is towards us.”
And tellingly, many of Derby FC’s players, who made moves Derby-wards when they were signed to the club, choose to stay on when their career takes them elsewhere. “Many of them stay living around here,” says Rush. “They make Derby their permanent home because they really enjoy living here and their families are happy.”
So what about businesses – is Derby a good place to set up shop? The council’s current projects list would suggest that conditions are exactly right for business success, here in the centre of the country. Quality units are being created in city centre refurbishments such as Kings Chambers, Shot Tower, Sadler Bridge Studios and the former magistrates’ court – a £3 million scheme by Wilson Bowden.
Choice is key. As Johnson-Evans puts it: “Here in Derby, you can set up in a beautiful new office complex, or a historic building. I visited [print and digital communications company] Stimulating Minds recently, which has a floor in a mill. It’s a stunning, welcoming space.”
The creation of tempting spaces goes hand in hand with targeted support from the council: particularly packages appealing to creative and tech companies. The
Derby: why we’re here Mary Johnson-Evans, founder, Derbyshire Relocations:
“You just have to drive around Derby nowadays to see all the building going on, all the cranes. The Cathedral Quarter was exciting to see come to life, and now there are new hotels, the regenerated magistrates’ court and new restaurants. The city was lacking in this department when I first arrived but now there are some fantastic restaurants and independent cafes, nice tapas bars, and things like that. There is a real feeling that something exciting is happening here now.”
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transportquality of life
Right: The quintessential English country house – Chatsworth is one of the finest examples, set in the Derbyshire landscape.
Derby: why we’re here Tony Walker, deputy managing director, Toyota Motor Manufacturing (UK):
“Derby is a city where manufacturing and engineering have been important for generations. Both local government and the local community provide a very supportive environment for businesses.
We have always been able to hire and retain capable people who are interested in developing and learning new skills. Our Derby workforce is the major reason that we have been able to continuously bring new investment and products to our plant at Burnaston for more than 20 years.”
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“The sense of community here is good, and I love the fact that I’m only a short distance from my place of work in the centre of Derby, yet live in the countryside”
Derby: why we’re here Chris Neve, joint managing director, Radleigh Homes:
“Creating the right type of housing in key locations will prove critical to the continuing growth and prosperity of the Derbyshire business community. Exciting businesses looking to start up, expand or relocate, are going to look at quite a few determining factors when they choose where to set up shop, and one of them will certainly be the quality of housing available for its production and management teams.
We will have seven live sites in the next 18 months, all designed to offer high-quality, aspirational housing that will be very attractive, both to existing Derby residents and people considering moving for new employment. We think it’s the type of new home Derby needs, and the fact we’re consistently selling all of our homes off-plan is good evidence that we’re on the right track.”
authority is investing heavily in managed workspaces through the Derby Connect project, which is seeing four new buildings being added to those already in existence for small to medium businesses. This is set to provide up to 300 workspaces across the city centre by spring 2015. The first development, Sadler Bridge Studios, is a £3.2 million scheme, “on-site now, on budget and on time,” as Richard Williams, Derby City Council’s director of regeneration told assembled crowds at MIPIM, the international property conference in March. The council is now actively seeking investor and developer partners for phase two, a mixed-use scheme including residential and offices.
The authority is also investing in broadband provision, a must-have for any area serious about securing tech and digital firms. High Speed Harris is the promotional device for the council’s SuperConnected Derby scheme, currently
being implemented. It involves a £1.3 million voucher scheme for SMEs to invest in the capital equipment required for good quality broadband, and a £1.1 million investment in public WiFi provision too.
Forward thinking doesn’t stop there. The council’s biggest development of recent months is the £30 million Derby Arena project, next to Derby County FC’s iPro Stadium on Pride Park, and set to be open for business in January 2015. A fly-through video of the finished scheme reveals a potentially iconic building. It will be capable of hosting concerts with 5,000-strong audiences, offers a large sports hall and conference centre on the ground floor and a velodrome track on the first floor. Sleek, carefully planned and grand in scale, it speaks of the sense of positivity in the city at the moment: a symbol perhaps, for a new and newly ambitious Derby. ◆
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universities and skills
Thinking space
As a centre of advanced engineering, Derby’s economy is boosted not only by its large employers but by hundreds of smaller firms in the city and its region, which form the supply chain for Rolls-Royce, Toyota and Bombardier. Along the chain, innovation is part of the demand with world-class engineering manufacturers striving to keep ahead of global competition. Colin Marrs finds the University of Derby adept at feeding the skills its economy needs
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universities and skills
Previous page: The University of Derby, Kedleston Road.Right: Professor Ming K Lim heads the University of Derby’s new Centre for Supply Chain Improvement.Below: The Rolls-Royce supply chain creates employment for skilled people.
“We listen to what sort of research will help employers and let them know what we can offer in terms of logistics expertise”
Academic research is the fuel for the UK’s manufacturing industry. Harnessing the intellectual capital and research emanating from universities is a key plank of chancellor George Osborne’s “march of the makers” strategy, aimed at reviving industrial sectors.
The government is building a network of innovation centres to create stronger links between businesses, scientists and engineers. But in Derby, educational institutions and the local authority have long been proactive in strong relationships with the manufacturing supply chain.
Earlier this year, following £10 million of investment, the University of Derby opened its own Institute for Innovation in Sustainable Engineering in an old mill building on Quaker Way. The institute houses resources for advanced manufacturing, product design and development, along with electronic solutions. It will support engagement with local industrial partners, based on a solid foundation of research and development, and will provide an active learning laboratory for innovative teaching and learning.
Institute director Professor Richard Hall says: “It is all about how we can help industry with skills and innovation followed up by research and development.” The institute has also received £600,000 from central government to support master’s students into internships at local companies, which can lead to permanent positions. Hall
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“Firms nearby are superb at recognising the importance of growing their own talent ... people in high positions ... started at a junior level and worked their way up”
says: “We are matching our training with the needs of companies. There was a bit of a void which we are filling.”
Elsewhere, the university has set up a new organisation – Enscite – with Aston University, Cranfield University and Derby City Council, to provide holistic support services to help SMEs win and grow business in the aerospace, automotive and rail sectors.
Enscite will be based at the new Innovation Centre on Infinity Park Derby, and will work across the supply chain to bring organisations together, promote collaboration and help SMEs innovate to improve their growth prospects by tapping into expert consultancy, training and R&D.
Hall adds: “The feedback goes both ways – the Enscite team acts as a broker between the universities and business to help determine what the needs are for those companies so they can grow.”
The university has established a new Centre for Supply Chain Improvement, which will offer undergraduate and postgraduate courses later this year. Professor Ming K Lim,
who heads the centre, says that links with business are at the heart of its operations: “We are working to retain students in the region once they graduate. We work closely with some of the logistics companies and institutions to get them internships during the summer recess.”
The centre also provides a route for businesses to tap the expertise of its academics – including applied research. Regular round tables take place between staff and business representatives in order to help tailor such projects.
Lim says: “We listen to what sort of research will help employers and let them know what we can offer in terms of logistics expertise – it is a two way engagement.
“We need real life data to do our research, and we can provide what we collect to companies to help them improve their operations.”
The centre is also collaborating on knowledge-sharing through partnerships with other worldwide educational bodies. A partnership with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) sees Derby delivering a 16-week management programme to train supply chain leaders. The programme will also see the centre recruit a post-doctoral student for dedicated research which will be shared with MIT. Derby will also engage in a student exchange with the University of Zaragoza in Spain, which is also part of the MIT partnership.
Such initiatives are creating real-world opportunities for businesses desperate to access top-level research and to attract highly-trained talent to their firms. University of Derby graduate Steve Brown spotted an opportunity and established recruitment firm Euro Projects in 1996 to help manufacturing firms find employees with specialist skills.
Employers large and small in and around the city are receptive to talent from local education institutions, he says: “The firms nearby are superb at recognising the
importance of growing their own talent. A lot of people in high positions in these companies started at a junior level and worked their way up.”
Brown says the blossoming of supply chain initiatives by Derby’s education institutions is welcome but needs to be sustained through any future downturn. He says: “We need to continue that investment in skills and training. After the 2008-09 credit crunch, training became depressed, and we had a blip of three to four years where it was a low priority.”
Relations between education institutions and business are in a healthy state. Links between academia and businesses are growing closer – a win-win situation for both parties. And importantly, it helps Derby retain its brightest and best, providing the fuel for the rocket boosters driving the local economy upwards. ◆
Above left: The Institute for Innovation in Sustainable Engineering at Lonsdale House, offering space and support to start-up businesses.Above right: Professor Richard Hall leads the Institute for Innovation in Sustainable Engineering.
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business incentives
For businesses struggling to grow, the only inhibiting factor is often finance. Despite much talked about green shoots, banks are slow to recognise recovery and start lending. Without investment in new machinery, technology or skilled staff, growth is not possible and without
it, jobs cannot be created. But in straitened times of cuts to council services, why should it be the public sector helping businesses to grow?
Local authority support for a city’s economy is crucial, according to Giles Henshaw, marketing manager at CommonTime in Derby, an IT company that specialises in the development of mobile business application solutions.
“The business we are in moves very quickly, and the help of the council allows for us to grow at a pace that matches the industry,” he says.
The notion of local authorities incentivising business growth has been extensively poked and prodded by economists like Timothy Bartik, who poses authoritative arguments in favour of business incentives.
One of the main benefits is that such support allows for cities to be more financially competitive with each other.
Providing financial assistance to private business may not be an obvious function of a local authority. But in Derby, the council’s business incentive programme makes sense for the economic health of the city, writes 3Fox International’s research manager Huub Nieuwstadt
With a little help
The more attractive a city is to businesses, the more likely it is for unemployment numbers to drop and residents’ quality of life to increase.
These arguments show that it is not just in the interest of a city to run a business incentive programme, but it is also important for central government to stimulate these initiatives. The UK government aims to do this via several business incentive programmes. In 2011 it launched the £3.2 billion Regional Growth Fund (RGF), to support projects and programmes that create economic growth and stimulate sustainable development.
Derby City Council has secured RGF of £40 million for the Derby Enterprise Growth Fund (DEGF), one of its programmes that aim to make the city an even more attractive place to invest. Half of the £40 million will be used to support growing businesses like CommonTime. From the remaining half, £10 million will be spent on Infinity Park Derby (a new 101-ha business park), £6 million will go to the new Innovation Centre (see page 29 for more
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“It is important alternative funding methods are explored, and Derby City Council’s business incentive programmes are a great way for local business to receive support”
detail), £2.4 million is to be invested in the Railway Technical Centre, with the remainder to be spent on management and administration.
The council’s assistance to CommonTime was delivered through a £600,000 loan and a £484,000 grant as part of the DEGF. The company is one of the UK’s market leaders in the development of mobile business applications and this funding allows CommonTime to invest in its product to be more competitive and expand the marketing division to attract more business.
According to Henshaw, this will benefit the area: “When companies like CommonTime do well, it will bring more jobs, disposable income and skills to the area. Business incentive programmes will help transform the face of Derby by attracting new business sectors to the area.”
David Ralph, CEO of D2N2 – the local enterprise partnership for Derby, Derbyshire, Nottingham and Nottinghamshire – is convinced of the importance of such programmes to Derby.
He says: “It is very noticeable that it is becoming more and more difficult for small business to get loans from banks. It is important alternative funding methods are explored, and Derby City Council’s business incentive programmes are a great way for local business to receive support.”
So far the DEGF has yielded very positive results. In total, 106 businesses have been supported, which has led to the creation of 87 jobs. But the programme as a whole is expected to yield 3,192 jobs by 2020.
Council chief executive, Adam Wilkinson, commented on the outcomes: “We have exceeded most of the March 2015 targets and outputs for the DEGF already. The way we
have managed this fund and the achievements to date have received government recognition. As loan repayments are returned to the fund, the council will make further awards, so we are continuing to invite new applications.
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major projects completed worth £716.32 million
1 jurys inn£25 million 2 the roundhouse, derby college£48 million
3 river gardens and lighting £0.62 million
4 Magistrates’ court£2.3 million
5 cathedral green £3.8 million
6 st helen’s house Phase 1 £1.3 million
7 riverlights £50 million
8 council house£28 million
9 the Park bikeworks£0.3 million 10 derby rail station gateway£30 million
11 quad£11 million
12 st helen’s street aPartMents £22 million 13 intu derby£400 million
14 cathedral quarter hotel£3.8 million
15 sadler bridge studios £3.2 million
16 josePh wright college£15 million
17 inner ring road£40 million
18 friar gate studios£10 million
19 darley bank aPartMents£12 million
20 friar gate square Phase 1£10 million
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21 derby arena£27.5 million construction of arena including velodrome, exhibition and performance space
22 our city our river£80 million masterplan to reduce flood risk. Includes investment opportunities
23 PreMier inn and riverside aPartMentsConstruction of a new 118-bed city centre hotel plus 43 riverside apartments
24 university technical college £9.5 million partnership between University of Derby, Derby College, Rolls-Royce and Toyota, opening September 2015
25 castleward urban villageCompendium Living has started work on phase 1 including Castleward Boulevard and 163 residential units
26 kings chaMbers£1 million refurbishment of office suites on Queen Street
27 shot tower£1 million redevelopemnt of the 1930s building to include meeting spaces, a cafe, offices and a small exhibition/leisure space
28 nightingale quarter UK Regeneration will construct an urban village with 400 upscale residential units
29 josePh wright eXtensionFurther extension to Joseph Wright Building for Derby College
major projects planned for 2015
30 st helen’s house Phase 2 and 3Restoration of Pearson Building for office space; phase 3 will be 49 apartments and townhouses
31 swiMMing PoolConstruction of Olympic-sized swimming pool, also to include a family leisure pool
32 nuMber one cathedral greenGrade A office space with street level restaurants alongside the river
33 one derbyNorseman’s business district and dynamic hub with contemporary hotel, retail, food and urban piazza
34 central squareBolsterstone’s £12.4 million development, creating 4,700sq m of city centre, Grade A office space
35 sadler square – Middleton houseDerby City Council is seeking partners for residential development
36 city gate houseThis Cedar House Investments scheme will deliver over 5,500sq m of Grade A offices plus retail and leisure outlets
37 debenhaMs buildingIntu Derby is working with Derby City Council on regeneration plans for former department store
38 duckworth squareActive marketing of this 0.5-ha city centre site
39 roMan houseDerby City Council is seeking partners to refurbish 3,250sq m of office space
40 friar gate square Phase 2A landmark city centre building, to follow the success of phase 1
41 friar gate goods yardA comprehensive 18,000sq m mixed-use development on a heritage site
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Derby ArenaDerby’s £27.5 million multi-sports arena – one of the UK’s first Olympic legacy projects – is well under way, and scheduled for opening in January 2015.
The futuristic 14,500sq m facility next to Pride Park Stadium will include a national standard, 250m indoor cycling track, a sports infield equivalent in size to 12 badminton courts and fitness and wellbeing facilities, as well as a 5,000- capacity concert venue.
Funded by Derby City Council and Sport England and supported by British Cycling, its world-class facilities will be available to all. It will be known as the Derby Arena until a sponsor can be found.
The construction work is being carried out by Bowmer & Kirkland.
CastlewardThe first new homes of the £100 million Castleward project have been topped out. The 164 homes – known as the Boulevard development – make up the first phase of Compendium Living’s new 12-ha urban village between the railway station and Intu Derby, and are the first homes to be built in the area for nearly 40 years.
The housing component is already on sale and this two-hectare phase will also include 1,485sq m of shops and cafes along the tree-lined boulevard; many of the units have operators lined up.
Castleward will comprise 800 new homes in total and 3,105sq m of commercial space. Earlier this year it became the country’s second development project to receive BREEAM accreditation for its overall sustainability.
Left: The Olympic legacy multi-sports arena.Below left: Castleward’s first homes are now being marketed.Below: The first building at Infinity Park Derby, the Innovation Centre, is designed by Franklin Ellis Architects.
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Infinity Park DerbyPart of a £40 million Regional Growth Fund allocation for the city, Infinity Park Derby is a new 101-ha commercial and technology park, which will accommodate up to 8,000 hi-tech and knowledge intensive jobs, and an estimated total investment in the site of over £200 million.
The 139,354sq m scheme is being delivered in a partnership between Derby City Council, Rolls-Royce and the Harpur Crewe Estate, with Wilson Bowden and Cedar House acting as joint developers.
The business park will provide a variety of office, industrial and distribution space for supply chain SME companies in the aerospace, automotive and rail
industries, along with ancillary leisure and retail facilities.
At the heart of Infinity Park Derby will be the £11.5 million, 4,500sq m Innovation Centre, to be built by GF Tomlinson and designed by Franklin Ellis Architects. The first building to be completed, it will form a new joint venture between the Universities of Aston, Cranfield and Derby (known as Enscite) providing businesses with easy access to the latest academic research and development, as well as providing workspace for startups.
The park is scheduled to be in operation by summer 2015.
More on the Innovation Centre on page 29.
Right and below: Establishing a new neighbourhood for the city – Nightingale Quarter will provide 400 new homes.
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Nightingale QuarterRunning parallel to Castleward, in the city’s eastern regeneration zone, the Derby Royal Infirmary site is being prepared for development.
Currently in the ownership of the Derby Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, the seven-hectare site will become a new city residential area, with over 400 homes.
The Department of Health has agreed a £3.7 million grant to clear the site to prepare for development.
Derek Conway, assistant estates director for Derby Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, said: “The trust has plans to go to market with the whole site early in June. Prior to going to market the agents working for the trust have received a number of unsolicited declarations that have been followed up.”
At the time of going to press the London based developer, UK Regeneration, has designs to create an urban village on the site as part of a nationwide private rented sector investment.
Sadler Bridge StudiosThis £3.2 million enterprise centre in the Cathedral Quarter opened in June 2014, as part of the city’s strategy to encourage more entrepreneurs.
The 1,453sq m of BREEAM-excellent rated offices – comprising the first phase of Blueprint’s Sadler Square development – will provide workspace and practical support to startups, from inception up to 20 people strong.
The scheme is part of Derby City Council’s Connect Derby initiative, which aims to nurture small businesses to economic maturity, reducing the number of enterprises that fail in the first few years, and creating a sense of community between entrepreneurs. The initiative also aims to help entrepreneurs from disadvantaged areas of the city to set up in business and prosper.
As well as Sadler Bridge Studios, the Connect Derby umbrella also covers Friar Gate Studios, Kings Chambers, the redeveloped magistrates’ court, and the Shot Tower.
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Any lingering perception of Derby as a blue-collar city could not be further from the truth. Not only does it host global giants Rolls-Royce, Toyota Motor Manufacturing (UK) and Bombardier, the world’s only manufacturer of both aeroplanes and trains,
it is also home to a hugely strong advanced engineering supply chain cluster. All together, the aerospace, automotive and rail industries contribute £8 billion a year to Derby’s economy as well as creating thousands of jobs (see planes, trains and automobiles box overleaf).
One in eight of the city’s workforce is employed in hi-tech functions, four times the UK average and double that of hi-tech cities such as Cambridge, Bristol and Reading.
Rolls-Royce is the largest employer in Derby – and has been for the past 100 years – with a 14,400-strong workforce, including its Civil Aerospace World HQ developing aircraft engines. It is also a global player in the nuclear technology industry for both the military and civil markets, with a supply chain of more than 600 companies supporting its nuclear business and its Raynesway site having the largest nuclear skills base of any UK business.
Derby also boasts a rich rail manufacturing history. In 1839 the Derby Midland Railway Workshops were formed to design and build locomotives, and in 1964 the British Rail Research Division was established at the works. In 1990 the closure of the British Rail Engineering Limited works was announced, but the site was given a new lease of life in 2001 when Canadian giant and the world’s largest train manufacturer Bombardier identified it as its primary European production plant.
For more than 20 years Toyota has been manufacturing from its plant at Burnaston, making more than 3.25 million vehicles and exporting them to more than 70 countries, including Japan. About 130,000 Avensis, Auris, Auris Hybrid and Auris Touring Sports estates are built each year.
But Derby isn’t resting on its laurels. To ensure innovation drives the economy, Derby City Council, the University of Derby, Aston University and Cranfield University have developed Enscite – a joint venture set up to work on supplier development, either alongside the city’s original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) or by directly supporting small- to medium-sized businesses. That support, delivered through supply chain masterclass
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including a three-storey element to the office area and the idea of the sculpture as a beacon for Infinity Park Derby, to engage positively with future developments on the site. The concept for the public art is generated by elongating two jet blades (form) – and twisting them together to symbolise the union of office and workshop space (function).”
The design reflects Derby’s manufacturing heritage of trains, planes and automobiles – and the aspiration for these industries to flourish in the 21st century. The challenges of the brief required a scheme bringing together disparate elements in the offices and workshops in a ‘collaborative’ environment, explains Dowding: “It is a striking architectural form, but enclosing the flexible, functional workspace required for an Innovation Centre.”
Enscite managing director Colin McKinnon says: “Our mission is to bring together the different players within the supply chain to boost the innovation potential of the region even further and to make Infinity Park Derby and the Innovation Centre the spiritual home of this activity.
“The Derby region is already a home to UK innovation in the transport engineering sector. World-leading companies include Bombardier, Rolls Royce and Toyota, each at the centre of an advanced supply chain of hi-tech, manufacturing companies.”
Another major plus for hi-tech businesses is Derby’s proximity to a strong, highly-trained talent pool, with a travel-to-work population of 2.1 million and access to six million people within an hour’s drive of the city.
Some 17 universities are within an hour away, giving access to more than 400,000 students, around 16,000 a year of whom are studying hi-tech disciplines. Right in the city, the University of Derby has the UK’s 12th highest percentage of graduates employed within six months of graduation, outperforming Cambridge and Oxford.
Derby City Council director of regeneration, Richard Williams, says: “Derby was at the heart of the industrial revolution and has been a centre of innovation for about 300 years. It remains a centre for innovation because of its strengths in planes, trains and automobiles.”
workshops, is based around technology, supply chain management, diversification and workforce development.
Enscite will be based at the £11.8 million Innovation Centre from next year, the first building to go up on the £200 million, 101-ha Infinity Park Derby.
Derby-based construction firm GF Tomlinson led the consortium which won the competition for the centre, which it will build to Franklin Ellis Architects’ design. The Innovation Centre will form the centrepiece of the park near Rolls-Royce’s civil aerospace HQ between Chellaston and Sinfin. It will offer workshop and office space for innovative businesses hoping to break into or expand their role in the aerospace, rail and automotive industries.
The design competition represents a milestone in the development of the first building on the campus. Franklin Ellis associate partner, Andy Dowding, sets out the vision: “The proposed Innovation Centre will be a dramatic, iconic building with curvilinear and sweeping lines.”
The brief called for height and to create a focal point to the development, says Dowding: “We addressed this by
Opening page: Innovation Centre workshop.Opposite page: The Franklin Ellis Architects-designed Innovation Centre.Above: The Auris, a success for Toyota Motor Manufacturing (UK).Below: Next generation Rolls-Royce CTi fan on the Advanced Low Pressure System engine.
“World-leading companies include Rolls-Royce, Toyota and Bombardier, each at the centre of an advanced supply chain of hi-tech, manufacturing companies”
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Above: Spacious atrium of the Innovation Centre, designed to encourage collaborative working.
Innovation milestones• ThefirstfactoryintheworldwastheSilkMill,built
besidetheRiverDerwentbetween1717and1721byGeorgeSorocoldfortheLombebrothers,nowaUNESCOWorldHeritageSite
• In1777SirRichardArkwrightleasedtheHaarlemMillinWirksworth,Derbyshire,whereheinstalledthefirststeamenginetobeusedinacottonmill
• TheGriffinenginewasbuiltinthecitytopowertheSpitfire,andtheMerlinenginefortheLancasterBomberwasDerby-designed
• Theadvancedpassengertrain,theworld’sfirsttiltingtrain,wasdevelopedandbuiltbyBritishRailengineersattheDerbyResearchDivisioninthe1970stopermithigh-speedrailtravelofupto155mph
• HitcomputergameTombRaideranditsstarcharacterLaraCroftwereborninDerbyatthehandsofCoreDesigninthe1990s
• Bombardiersecureda£1billioncontracttobuild65trainsfortheLondonCrossrailproject,whichissettoopenin2018
• Rolls-RoyceTrent1000engineisdesigned,testedandmanufacturedtodayinDerby–poweringhalftheBoeing787Dreamlinerfleet
Planes, trains and automobilesAEROSPACE
• HometooneofthelargestaerospaceclustersinEurope,withover700companiesinthesupplychain–whichis8.2timesthenationalaverageconcentration
• Rolls-Royce(picturedbelow)isDerby’slargestemployerwitha14,400-strongworkforce,includingthoseworkinginaerospace
• Aerospaceaccountsfor27%ofDerby’stotaleconomicoutput,or£4.6billion(ONS)
AUTOMOTIVE
• HometoToyotaMotorManufacturing(UK),theworld’slargestcarproducerfor20years,duringwhichtimemorethan3.25millionvehicleshavebeenbuiltandexportedtomorethan70countries
• Toyotaemploysaworkforceofmorethan3,500whilethecityisalsohometoastrong‘justintime’supplychain
• Theautomotivesector’stotaloutputperyearinDerbystandsat£579million(ONS)
RAIL
• HometotheUK’sonlymajordesignerandmanufacturerofrollingtrainstock,BombardierTransportation
• Derbycontains8.8timesthenationalconcentrationofrailfirmsandhasglobalHQsforcompaniessuchasTracsis,DeltaRail,Porterbrook,Lloyd’sRegisterandInterfleetTechnology
• TheeconomicoutputforrailinDerbyequatesto16.6%ofthecity’stotaloutputat£2.8billion
“Aerospace accounts for 27% of Derby’s total economic output, or £4.6 billion”
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A booming food and drink sector has become integral to a city’s attractions – and suits on the streets support sandwich shops, restaurants and bars. Derby is tapped into the increasing demand for gastronomic diversity, and along with excellent gastro pubs and acclaimed restaurants, the city is also cited by Lonely Planet as Britain’s real ale capital – backed by microbrewers producing award-winning beer. James Wood reports
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During the recession, established chain restaurants hesitated to expand their operations and some saw Derby as a risky proposition. This led to the establishment of numerous independent outlets, providing an unexpected boost to the distinctiveness
of the city’s offer and pushing its diversity and quality into the ascendancy. The big restaurant brands have now come in for a slice of the action, in large part down to the city’s passionate entrepreneurs.
The correlation between Derby’s proud manufacturing and engineering history and its thriving food and drink sector is evidenced by the creation of a sushi restaurant – acclaimed as one of the best in the country – and set up in Derby because of the Japanese car company, Toyota.
Ebi Sushi was established to cater for homesick Toyota staff, and has become one of Derby’s most popular haunts, offering a wide range of sushi, kushiyaki, tempura and sashimi. Foodie thrill-seekers can often be seen trudging away with bowed heads, having underestimated its popularity. Booking ahead is essential at Ebi Sushi.
Perceptions of Japanese cuisine have changed. Once seen as an exotic delicacy only found in speciality restaurants, sushi of variable quality is now found in supermarket chillers up and down the country.
And as the product’s popularity has grown, so has demand for its quality and authenticity.
Derby wouldn’t necessarily be the first place to look for sushi – the city is about as far inland as it is possible to get in the country – but Ebi Sushi serves fresh fish to exacting Japanese standards.
Typically, restaurants in Japan lack ostentation, and its clear from its exterior that Ebi Sushi follows a strictly no-frills approach. Its authenticity is backed up by the fact that a number of Derby’s Japanese community are found here throughout the day.
But an excellent sushi venue is far from being the only entrepreneurial food venture in the city.
Dining options in tourism hotspots can be overpriced and uninspired. But in the city’s picturesque Cathedral Quarter, visitors stumble across cafe, delicatessen and grocer, Jack Rabbits Kitchen – unique to Derby – and a place similar to those found along the French Riviera or on a sunlit Italian veranda.
Entrepreneurial spirit, a common trait among Derby folk, is demonstrated by Jack Rabbits founder, Amelia Horne, who in 2009, resigned from her job as a financial advisor, and entered the unpredictable world of catering.
“The concept really came about through hosting dinner parties for my friends,” she says. “The idea of sitting down
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Previous page: Deli food, continental style at Jack Rabbits Kitchen.Above: Summer evenings with great beer from The Greyhound.Above right: Trevor Harris, mid-brew at Derby Brewing Company.Below right: Award-winning ales to suit a variety of tastes.
to a meal, one that is prepared with natural, fresh and pure ingredients is something I have an incredible amount of passion for and I was very curious to test the waters and find out if there were like-minded people in Derby.
“So it certainly involved an amount of anticipating that people would really want the service. Luckily for us, the level of demand was unprecedented.”
Establishing a niche was key, and Horne developed a concept to provide take away home-prepared cuisine to reheat at home. The dishes she is most proud of are a salmon and spinach pie with a dill sauce and a roasted chicken and leek dish with a white wine and gruyere sauce.
A passion for cooking on Agas, a love for the thrill of sourcing ingredients and the ritual of sitting down to a home-cooked meal are where Horne takes inspiration.
In the early days, a quest to find the perfect bread involved a 130-mile round trip to Ludlow on the
Herefordshire and Shropshire border, which Horne would undertake frequently.
Still waking early to travel to the farms of Derbyshire, sourcing cheese, meats and free-range eggs, artisan breads, olive oil and infused vinegars, chutneys and jams, Horne has now found the local suppliers she is happy with.
Business is booming. Having published one cookery book, Jack Rabbits Kitchen Forty Nine in her first year, and with another on its way in September 2014, the company has branched out from what began as a modest venture. It has now expanded to offer a deli, grocers and cafe.
A cosy, 28sq m deli, with an Aga as the centrepiece, is where staff are found on weekdays, preparing the catering for weddings, christenings and birthdays. Next to the production area is an art deco cafe and food hall, including the deli and grocers with views over the cathedral, the core of the business.
“We want to stand out for what we do. Derby as a city is large enough to matter, but small enough to care. There is a real passion for food and drink here”
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“We want to stand out for what we do,” says Horne. “Derby as a city is large enough to matter, but small enough to care. There is a real passion for food and drink here and we are extremely grateful for our loyal customers.”
With such a prime location in Derby, Horne considered the cost of marketing to be wasteful and instead, Jack Rabbits Kitchen invests in charity ventures and supports local schools across the region, helping in a number of ways – from donating raffle prizes to setting up a six week barista course for its devoted customers.
Those working in Derby benefit from the choice. Marcus Tissington, who works at design agency, Stimulating Minds at Darley Abbey Mills, says: “There’s a really decent mix, from Indian food at The Spice Lounge to French at Bistro Pierre’s and there’s a great range of smaller places such as The Wonky Table, where we often go.”
The latter, also based in the Cathedral Quarter, was set up by a collaboration of chefs who were former colleagues. Bare brick, candlelight and menus scrawled on chalkboards complement the rustic food on offer, which includes Derbyshire 28-day matured 8oz fillet steak or meat-free choices such as wild mushroom risotto balls.
Donna Hill, PR director at BH PR, talked about the diversity of Derby’s dining offer.
“The city is so full of unique restaurants and bars that it would be hard to choose just one. If I had to though, I would pick one that offers something a bit different like Morley Hayes, Bean Caffé or Anoki – authentic Indian cuisine which just exudes opulence.”
Alpha alesDerby’s passion for food is matched by the love of beer. Named as Lonely Planet’s “real ale capital”, publicans and punters share a fierce pride in the regional offer.
The microbrewery craze currently sweeping the country has long been thriving in Derby and is evidenced by the family-run Derby Brewing Company.
Home brewing has been a hobby for the brewery’s founder, Trevor Harris, since 1991. Together with his wife Kes and son Paul, Harris managed the Brunswick pub in Derby for 15 years, while also perfecting the art of brewing with a rudimentary setup in a room at the back of the pub. In 2004, the family made the mutual decision to ring the bell for last orders for the final time.
But the decision to retire proved to be short-lived. The passion that Harris had developed from his 30 years in the industry simply grew – and drove his retirement hobby to become another business. The brewery has developed a core range of beers, nearly all of which have won awards
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and it is now producing new ones every month. It also runs three successful pubs – The Tap, The Greyhound and The Queen’s Head – having transformed them from derelict shells into three of the most thriving pubs in the city.
The company is now going one step further, investing £750,000 to renovate the Kedleston Country House into a five-star hotel with a function room, restaurant and pub.
Family brewing teams are a strong feature in Derby. Husband and wife, Ian Murfin and Rachel Matthews, have adopted a successful business partnership by combining Murfin’s fascination with the engineering and design of breweries (which has seen him travelling the world to develop his knowledge) with Matthews’ love of real ale. Their Dancing Duck Brewery has proved to be a winning formula – the company serves two successful pubs in the city – The New Zealand Arms and The Exeter Arms.
The latter won the CAMRA “pub of the year” award in 2013, brought about from its reputation for excellent music, comedy and quiz events, as well as offering highly-rated food prepared by successful chef Martin Roper (pigeon samosas are just one choice on the menu) and a range of Dancing Duck Brewery ales.
From the traditional to the quirky, micropubs are another feature. The Little Chester is a former laundrette
Real ale capital Brunswick Inn Silk Mill Ale and Cider House
Exeter Arms The Tap
Five Lamps Ye Olde Dolphin Inn
converted into an alehouse, serving beers produced locally.Collectively, the city’s brewers have established a
reputation for Derby beer, backed by Lonely Planet naming it “the best place to sample real ale in the world”.
Derby City Council has seen the potential of the city’s food and drink sector. Its £20 million Enterprise Growth Fund has awarded a grant to Seven, the gastronomic restaurant at the recently reopened Pride Park business hub. Created by trained chef, Helen Salloway, the restaurant caters for business and corporate lunches for companies based at Pride Park.
And now, the success of independent restaurants and bars has put the city on the investment map, paving the way for the high street chains to follow, giving choice to those living or working in and visiting the city.
Derby’s food and drink enthusiasts are benefiting in numerous ways. Multiculturalism is creating diversity in choice, entrepreneurs have tapped into people’s desire for quality and independent brewers are ensuring Derby remains among the UK’s most respected places for ale.
There appears to be no let-up in the city’s improving reputation for an ever-widening food and drink offer. ◆
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“The city’s brewers have established a reputation for Derby beer, backed by Lonely Planet naming it the best place to sample real ale in the world”
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Vital statisticsA summary of Derby’s performance across the property sectors – David Gray reports
Great news for Bombardier and Derby with the £1 billion Crossrail deal. Our long-term economic plan means more jobs, security and opportunity.DaViD Cameron mP Prime minister
What they say about Derby …
a Centre for lifestyle anD CultureThe big news for Derby’s shopping scene in 2014 is Intu Group’s £400 million purchase of the Westfield Derby centre. This was Westfield’s first UK centre and it has 25 million visits annually. Elsewhere, Aldi has moved into the Meteor Centre, Hobbycraft has opened at Kingsway Retail Park and, in the centre, the old Co-op has been turned into a Lee Longlands home department store. Prime rents stand at £150 per sq ft and out-of-town levels at £20-25 per sq ft.
On the education front, Derby College is expanding its Joseph Wright arts hub with a £3.1 million project and the University of Derby has recently won £16.4 million of Regional Growth Funding. In the city centre, the former magistrates’ court is being turned into a new office space plus a local studies library.
Derby’s new Sports Arena opens at Pride Park later in 2014. This £27.5 million development
includes a velodrome, conference facilities and space for a 5,000 seat entertainment venue. Lastly, Premier Inn opens its 118-bed hotel on Full Street in the city, and this will be a substantial asset for visitors.
an afforDable PlaCe to liVeDespite its employment attractions, Derby continues to be a relatively affordable place to live. According to the Land Registry, the average price of a home in the city rose from £103,523 in March 2013 to £107,932 in March 2014 (see table, right, for detailed house price averages). At this level, Derby’s homes remain at just 64% of the England and Wales average, cheaper than in either Birmingham or Leicester.
Strengthening of the local housing market is evidenced by the volume of sales at the end of 2013 being twice as high as a year earlier. The supply of new homes is also growing apace,
including the first phase of Compendium Living’s £100 million Castleward scheme, which will provide 163 residential units and cover 30ha between the railway station and Intu Derby, and conversion of the former Derbyshire Royal Infirmary site into an urban village of 400 houses and apartments.
£163,437 nationally
£69,486 for apartments
£126,859 nationally
£71,792 for terraced
£159,684 nationally
£102,802 for semi-detached
£265,753 nationally
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CommerCial ProPerty aCtiVe Activity in the city’s office market in 2013 was the highest for four years, with a take-up of over 250,000sq ft. According to Innes England, the number of transactions increased by 30% in 2013 and office rents at the beginning of 2014 were running at £8 per sq ft for secondary space and £16.50 per sq ft for primary. At the end of 2013, total available stock was 760,000sq ft, up from 457,000sq ft at the close of 2012.
New Grade A space is under construction, including the 33,000sq ft development at One Friar Gate Square. This is the first such project in the city centre for 20 years. Recent lettings include Hewlett Packard taking 13,000sq ft in Pride Park, Synergy Health with 17,300sq ft at Wyvern Business Park and Datapath moving into 20,000sq ft at Bemrose Park.
Industrial and distribution space is the star sector of the local commercial market. Over
250 deals were recorded during 2013 and the total take-up last year of 1.4 million sq ft was the highest for a decade. Industrial take-up in 2012 had been just 400,000sq ft and longer terms are now being agreed for lets. Rents for primary industrial space rose to £5.00 per sq ft by end-2013, with secondary space coming in at £2.75 per sq ft. The attraction of the city as a distribution base is highlighted by the recent let of 632,000sq ft at Derby Commercial Park to Küehne & Nagel’s Drinkflow Logistics, while Ceva has also taken 200,000sq ft at the park.
Good progress is being made at the 101-ha Infinity Park Derby site, earmarked for 1.5 million sq ft of mixed-use space. An Innovation Centre is being built there, a joint venture between Aston, Cranfield and Derby Universities. This summer sees the opening of Sadler Bridge Studios, a £3.2 million enterprise centre for local start-up businesses.
innoVation anD GroWthAlmost one-third of all employment in Derby is in the professional and technical sectors, with a high proportion in advanced manufacturing (10.2% in Derby in 2013 compared to 6.3% nationally). Gross weekly full-time pay in 2013 reached £650, over one-third higher than the average for the east Midlands (£475) and one-quarter higher than the national average (£518). Perhaps the best recent news has been the fall in the local claimant count, from 4.8% in March 2013 to 3.4% in March 2014.
Besides the local skills base and its long manufacturing tradition, Derby also benefits from its location and the city is seeing further infrastructure improvements. The completion of the £40 million inner ring road provides easier access, while the electrification of the Midland Main Line will bring an estimated £35 million benefit to the city. ◆
One of the country’s hubs for hi-tech industries such as automotive and gaming … Derby moves with the times.miChal KaCzmarsKi Writing in the Financial Times’ fDi Magazine
The star of the show was undoubtedly … the city of Derby.JaCKie saDeK Chief executive, UK Regeneration, currently serving as policy adviser to minister for cities, Greg Clark MP
In Derby you can taste the ambition.Kurt JaCobs Editor, Midlands Business Insider
Derby’s sport and leisure ambition is way ahead for a city of its size.Carl PotterSenior director, GVA, National Markets
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Rail expertise runs deep in Derby. The Derby & Derbyshire Rail Forum represents over 100 rail-related east Midlands businesses, employing more than 25,000 people and contributing £2.6 billion to the UK rail supply chain’s £7 billion annual turnover. The city’s world-
renowned cluster of rail expertise provides investment, asset management and, of course, innovative train-building. For instance, Derby-based Lloyd’s Register has recently designed the UK’s first purpose-built biomass fuel freight wagon, commissioned by Drax to transport the low-carbon
fuel from ports to the North Yorkshire power station. At the other end of the scale, Derby is also the home of
hi-tech engineering solutions, inventing and manufacturing anything from systems to monitor forces generated between wheels and tracks, to tests for the vital interfaces between overhead wires and train pantographs.
While established Derby rail firms – such as Interfleet Technology, Bombardier and Porterbrook – enjoy healthy order books, the city is also pursuing strategies to help small and medium-sized supply chain enterprises to start up, thrive and play their part in Derby’s regeneration.
In 2014, Derby proudly celebrates 175 years of railways, with a special ceremony at the station marking the departure of the first train in 1839. Since then, the capital-intensive and hi-tech rail industry has been a source of employment and wealth creation, from heavy manufacture to cutting-edge computer solutions. Paul Coleman reports
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rail industry
Previous page: Derby station this year will mark the departure of the first train in 1839, as part of the celebration of 175 years of railways.Above: Derby is the source of rail industry solutions, employment and wealth.Right: Bombardier will build the fleet of Aventra trains for Crossrail.
Railway Technical CentreA £6 million upgrade to the 11.3-ha, 40-year-old Railway Technical Centre (RTC) business park – already home to Network Rail’s safety-critical track testing fleet and the Centre for Railway Research and Education’s high-speed aerodynamics testing – will create an estimated 200 new skilled jobs. The facelift has been funded by both Derby City Council’s Regional Growth Fund and RTC owner London and Continental Railways.
From 2015, new and established enterprises will be attracted to an enhanced rail workshop and new business accommodation. Adam Wilkinson, Derby City Council chief executive, says: “The modernisation will attract new businesses and create highly-skilled, well-paid jobs for the people of Derby.”
PorterbrookCelebrating its 20th year, Pride Park-based Porterbrook Leasing raised finance for 130 new Electrostar vehicles to join the 792 that Southern Railway already uses on its south London commuter network. Paul Francis, Porterbrook’s managing director, says: “This is only the start of ongoing investment opportunities in rolling stock as franchises are re-let.”
Porterbrook’s £2 billion UK rail market investment has created some 4,000 new passenger and freight vehicles, helped to train hundreds of graduates, and safeguarded jobs, including at Derby-based train-builder, Bombardier.
BombardierSouthern’s 130 new trains will be manufactured by Bombardier, in a £188 million deal. And in an even bigger coup, in February 2014 Transport for London announced Bombardier had won the £1.3 billion Crossrail contract to build a 65-strong fleet of nine-car Aventra trains and a maintenance depot for the east-west London rail link.
Designed and built at Bombardier’s Litchurch Lane
factory, the Crossrail order supports 760 UK manufacturing jobs, 80 apprenticeships, and 80 maintenance jobs. Mick, aged 55, who has worked at Bombardier for nearly 30 years, says: “It’s really good news, not just for my future but for apprentices and new trainees.”
SystemsRail expertise also infuses Interfleet Technology, an international market leader with a Derby HQ. The firm’s comprehensive offering includes depot design and quality testing of train rides, noise and braking. Interfleet also leads in Telematic tools that help train operators monitor fuel consumption, power collection and passenger counting.
Garrandale, founded in 1976 by former Rolls-Royce engineers, provides carriage wash systems, controlled emission toilets, and train lubrication. From its Alfreton Road base, Garrandale has also worked on components for the Large Hadron Collider and Ariane space rockets.
What for the future?It’s looking bright. The Women in Rail group is hosting a conference focusing on new opportunities, Derby is making a strong bid to host the new High Speed Rail College, while the University Technology Centre at Pride Park will provide 14 to18 year-olds with engineering-led teaching that can lead to modern apprenticeships.
Getting school-leavers ‘job-ready’ remains a key goal. Part of the solution is found at the Roundhouse, where engineering students from Derby College and younger schoolchildren visit to learn all about the rail industry, focusing on design and engineering.
“There’s more than just driving trains, getting on and off,” says Tom Cripps, 13, a West Park School pupil, after visiting the Roundhouse. “Today showed just how much is going on in the rail industry.”
Imogen Rea, 13, adds: “I’ve never really been interested in trains before, but that changed today.” ◆
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Above and below: Connected to fire alarm systems – employers can rely on Deaf Alerter to warn staff who are deaf or hard of hearing, in case of fire.
A simple solution to a life-threatening problem has put Deaf Alerter at the top of its market and at the forefront of Derby innovation. The product is widely used by people who are deaf or hard of hearing, warning them in case of fire. Sarah Herbert reports on its success
One in seven (15%) of the UK population is deaf or hard of hearing. That’s 8.7 million people unable to be aware – in any building of more than just
a few rooms – of crucial alarms that a hearing person takes for granted.
In buildings of any size, it’s of course vital that everybody knows when there’s a need to evacuate, such as a fire. Traditionally, deaf people were alerted to problems using a buddy system, a warning light on their desk, or flashing lights in high-risk areas, but not only are these systems fallible, they also don’t fulfil current legislation or British Standards.
The need for a foolproof answer was the inspiration behind Deaf Alerter, a radio-based system that transmits a signal from a building’s fire alarm panel to a portable hand-held unit called an alerter, which vibrates, beeps and displays a message.
Over the past 20 years, Deaf Alerter has installed thousands of systems to offices, schools, government departments, hospitals, hotels, shopping malls and airports, in the UK and Ireland, with such success that most people who are deaf or hard of hearing now carry a transmitter, primed for use in system- ready buildings.
Not only is it now the market leader, Deaf Alerter has also been scooping awards. In 2013 it was crowned ‘best small family business’ at the 2013 Family Business Awards, for firms with a turnover of up to £5 million, and the “excellence in innovation” category at Derbyshire’s Best Business Awards, for the second year running. What’s more, its commercial director Claire Presland was identified as one of the rising stars of the region’s business community, named as
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Chris Haseldine is managing director and the second generation of his family to work at Deaf Alerter, which was founded by his parents, Stephen and Karen Haseldine.
“The fact that our systems are helping to save the lives of disabled people on a daily basis keeps us all very motivated,” he said, “but winning so many awards will spur us on to work even harder.
“It’s very rewarding to be recognised in our home city. The directors and the majority of our employees live in Derby, so the innovation award will enable them to hold their heads up high among friends and family within the city.”
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