Leicester's TNT Express wins transport award - Leicester Mercury
21/08/2008 10:30:00: Distribution staff are celebrating after winning two top awards recognising achievements in the transport industry. more »

Notts firms turn to exports - Nottingham Evening Post
20/08/2008 09:00:00: Notts firms are turning to export markets to help them overcome a sales downturn at home. more »

Nottingham's RH Group sells packing business to Bamptons - Nottingham Evening Post
20/08/2008 08:00:21: Nottingham freight company RH Group has quit the export packing business. It has sold its subsidiary RH Export Packers to specialists Bamptons for an undisclosed sum. more »

Train staff get new uniforms - Leicester Mercury
16/08/2008 10:30:00: Staff working on trains are to get new uniforms.East Midlands Trains employees will be receiving their outfits this month and next. more »

Freight firm RH Group delivers 20% profits hike - Nottingham Evening Post
12/08/2008 09:00:00: Freight company, RH Group, based in Nottingham, has delivered record results, shaking off pressure from the high cost of fuel and slower economic growth. more »

East Midlands link-up with French businesses - Nottingham Evening Post
12/08/2008 09:00:00: Economic development chiefs have launched a new service aimed at encouraging French-speaking firms to do business in the East Midlands. more »

Space engineers could see their profits rocket - Leicester Mercury
11/08/2008 10:30:00: A space engineering firm could create jobs and see its turnover soar by more than £500,000, if an application for technology funding is successful.Magna Parva is waiting to find out whether it has secured a £10,000 grant from Business Link to help create a sterile "clean room" to research and test products. more »

Cabbies' 'more cash 'call - Leicester Mercury
09/08/2008 10:30:00: Taxi drivers in Leicester are demanding a 10 per cent rise in fares, despite city cabs being among the priciest in the East Midlands.Union leaders are calling for the hike because they say the rocketing price of petrol is pushing them out of business. more »

On track for train revamp - Leicester Mercury
08/08/2008 10:30:00: A multi-million pound refurbishment programme by one of the region's train services has begun.East Midlands Trains will spend £10 million on updating all 25 of its "class 158" trains in the next 20 months. more »

Delays blight bridge rebuild - The Sentinel
04/08/2008 09:40:00: Work to demolish and rebuild a major railway bridge is three months behind schedule.Th 26-week project to replace Crewe's Wistaston Road bridge should have been completed by June. Construction setbacks put the completion date back to late July and now it will not be finished until early September. more »