Lincoln BIG plans major leap for city Wi-Fi - Lincolnshire Echo
19/08/2008 09:45:00: Lincoln Big claims its plans for WiFi could make the city one of the first in the East Midlands to offer high quality wireless connectivity throughout its centre. more »

China Focus: Derbyshire's EPM has an 'oarsome' Olympics - Derby Evening Telegraph
19/08/2008 08:00:00: A Derbyshire firm which provided the oars that have thrust Team GB rowers to Olympic glory is toasting golden success. more »

USA's Parexel completes £91m acquisition of Nottingham's ClinPhone - Nottingham Evening Post
15/08/2008 09:00:00: An American business has completed the £91m takeover of the Nottingham clinical technology company ClinPhone. Parexel is expected to merge the Lady Bay company with a subsidiary business called Perceptive, which operates in the same field as ClinPhone. more »

iomart invests £450k upgrading Nottingham data centre - Nottingham Evening Post
13/08/2008 09:00:00: A Stock Exchange company which hosts websites for business and runs data centres has invested more than £450,000 in a Nottingham base. more »

New system for clocking in - Leicester Mercury
08/08/2008 10:30:00: A firm has installed a biometric clocking in system to keep track of hundreds of workers.Recruitment consultants Barker Ross plans to put in the system at sites where it supplies labour to accurately record which employees are clocking in and out. more »

Land work on TV screens - Lincolnshire Echo
30/07/2008 09:45:00: Farmers and agricultural workers from Lincolnshire will feature in a new TV programme.The show aims to find potential partners for those who find themselves tied down to an unpredictable career and working anti-social hours. more »

Click with site - Leicester Mercury
28/07/2008 10:30:00: Creative help can be just a click away now with the launch of a website.The www.leicestershirecreatives.org.uk site lists all sorts of services from web designers, copywriters, illustrators and video makers across the county. more »

Bear IT becomes Apple reseller - Nottingham Evening Post
21/07/2008 08:20:08: Bear It, the Notts-based IT firm, has signed with Apple to become an authorised reseller of its products. more »

Shepshed's Primoit wins Canon deal to work with universities - Leicester Mercury
07/07/2008 10:30:00: A Shepshed company will increase its workforce by six after being signed up by photography giant Canon and winning a three year contract to supply UK universities. more »

Loughborough's Intelligent Energy wins nearly £7m in backing - Leicester Mercury
07/07/2008 10:30:00: A company developing emission-free fuel for both road and air vehicles has raised £6.9 million to expand the technology further. more »