Neil Everatt: Getting a buzz out of technology
What better way to start a career than playing fruit machines and video games to make sure that they work? This is how Neil Everatt, 49, found his passion for technology. As CEO of Lincoln-based...
View ArticleFirst Look: New Lincoln wine bar to open after £50k investment
Wine enthusiasts will be flocking to a new Lincoln wine bar, when it opens its doors Wednesday, September 23, after an investment of over £50,000. Co-owners, Jo and Paul Bycroft, have set up Optimist...
View ArticleNew Co-op food store in North Hykeham creates 19 jobs
A new Co-operative food store has opened in North Hykeham after a £600,000 investment, creating 19 new jobs. Pupils of South Hykeham community primary school helped the store team to cut the ribbon,...
View ArticleLEP puts in bid for Lincoln to become an enterprise zone
Greater Lincolnshire LEP has placed a bid to make Lincoln Science and Innovation Park an enterprise zone. This is one of three bids that have been applied for in Greater Lincolnshire. Enterprise zones...
View ArticleColin Davie: The Lincolnshire patriot
Taking charge of Lincolnshire’s economic development is no easy task, but Colin Davie, 53, rises to the challenge. As the Executive Councillor for Economic Development, Environment, Strategic Planning...
View ArticleBurton Road Shell garage closed for maintenance
The Shell petrol station on Burton Road roundabout in uphill Lincoln will be closed for two months due to maintenance on the pumps. After the work is completed the petrol station will have new pipes...
View ArticleSantander invest £400k into new Lincoln office
A new corporate Santander office will open in Lincoln’s Cornhill next month after a £400,000 investment. The international bank’s new office, which will be located on the first and second floor of 19...
View ArticleLincolnshire firms invited to hear the secret to success
Businesses across the county are being invited to The Showroom on Tritton Road in Lincoln for the fourth annual Building a Better Business event, themed around improving productivity. The event takes...
View ArticleSix Lincolnshire sites outlined as job creation zones in draft Local Plan
Some six sites, including areas of Lincoln, have been identified as key zones for investment and job creation as part of the proposed Central Lincolnshire Local Plan. An employment policy has been put...
View ArticleDavid Rossington: The investor in Lincoln
Twenty-five years ago David Rossington predicted that the University of Lincoln would inject £50 million a year into the local economy – but he probably didn’t expect that figure to explode to an...
View ArticleLincoln print company grows with new acquisition
Lincoln-based Visual Print and Design has acquired Derby based digital print shop Go Digital as part of plans to create new jobs and increase its current turnover by 50% within a year. The purchase...
View ArticleLincoln says goodbye to trailblazing barons, fetching £167k at charity auction
All 25 stars of the Lincoln Barons’ Charter Trail, which came to the city this summer as part of Magna Carta celebrations, were reunited for one final time before being sold off at auction. In one of...
View ArticleFrench brasserie chain to take over Lincoln bar with £1m investment
A French restaurant chain has agreed a deal to take over the site of a Lincoln bar later this month. Craft, based on High Street, will close its doors just over two years after it opened following a...
View ArticleVideo: Man caught on CCTV stealing valuable tortoises from Lincoln reptile store
A Lincoln pet shop owner has urged police to track down a man caught on CCTV stealing two tortoises worth hundreds of pounds. Footage from the Lincoln Reptile & Pet Centre on Newark Road, at around...
View ArticleValued Lincolnshire Co-op staff rack up 455 years of service
A number of loyal Lincolnshire Co-op colleagues have been recognised for their hard work after totting up almost half a millennium of years at the society between them. People working in all sectors of...
View ArticleSimon Smithers: The king of fancy dress
Even on the toughest day, Commercial Director Simon Smithers can be caught wearing a smile…. because it’s not everywhere you catch a colleague breezing past you dressed as a bright yellow chicken!...
View ArticleNew Lincoln Netto store to open next week
A new Lincoln Netto store is set to open its doors on October 15, bringing 20 jobs to the area. The Danish discount supermarket is based in the former Blockbuster Unit on the Lindis Retail Park. It...
View ArticleLincoln’s first Poundworld to create 30 jobs
Value retailer Poundworld will open its first Lincolnshire store next week on Lindis Retail Park in Lincoln, creating 30 new jobs. The grand opening will coincide with the opening of the new Netto...
View ArticleDemolition of former Ruston Bucyrus buildings paves way for Boole Technology...
Work has started to demolish the former Ruston Bucyrus warehouses in Lincoln to make way for the new £6.75 million Boole Technology Centre on Lincoln’s Science and Innovation Park (LSIP). The LSIP is a...
View ArticleFormer students expand Lincoln property empire with new shared apartments
A Lincoln housing company set up by former students has announced that it has acquired a number of revamped apartments in the city centre. Student Housing Lincoln, which is part of the Lincoln Property...
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