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Hi [FIRSTNAME]
Welcome to the August Edition of iD:entity - The iD Centre e-Newsletter!
ID:entity is your window into the activities, opportunities, news & events surrounding The iD Centre, its multitude of high growth technology tenant companies & relevant aspects of the wider technology environment.
Contrary to the seasonal lull that one might expect for August, it's actually been a very eventful month for iD Centre tenants. Featured tenant, Blueline Business Solutions, has reported a number of new contracts in the 'pipeline'. New tenants, Quantum23 Solutions, teach us how to make the very best of a university gap year, whilst Railtech's Adrian Hines returns from a consultancy trip to South Korea. Finally, Truescale's Peter Ashurst has been making the most of free of charge Business Link courses!
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Featured Tenant: Blueline Business Solutions
Blueline provides a leading range of consultancy & professional support services to organisations undergoing a period of review, or change of IT, or operational infrastructure.
The team ( left) have worked for organisations including Rolls Royce, Experian, Royal Bank of Scotland Group, Egg, Capital One & Royal Mail. Current projects include Customer Account Management Training, Resource Management & Shared Services & Joint Working consultancy to NHS Cheshire ICT Service. The company is currently in final stage negotiations to provide a large Primary Care Trust with a software system to gather & report performance data . More on Blueline... |
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Grants to Help Pay Your iD Centre Rent Still Available!
In June we announced the provision of grants to help new iD Centre tenants to cover the costs of their rent. We're pleased to have already welcomed our first new tenants under the scheme
& would like all entrepreneurs in the technology industries to be aware that these grants are still available.
In order to qualify, you must be unemployed, a recent graduate, or have been recently made redundant, or be at risk of redundancy. With one simple form to fill in, followed by a straightforward selection interview, a moving in date can then be agreed. It's really that simple. Download our pdf or more information here, or get in touch now!
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Quantum23 Solutions: Year out for "Business in a Box"
It might surprise readers to learn that new tenants, David Stevenson (20) & Leon Revill-Hendley (20), of Quantum23 Solutions are still University of Derby students, taking a year out from their BSc Hons in Computer Networks.
The enterprising pair were aware that the current climate was resulting in fewer & fewer employment & placement opportunities for their gap year. They had also identified that new companies faced a plethora of problems in sourcing the right IT services. So, the duo set up their own IT services company & launched their "Business in a box" packages to provide new companies with complete IT packages. More...
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iD Centre: Location & Infrastructure Second to None
Located in the centre of Derby's technology 'cluster of excellence', the iD Centre puts businesses in the vicinity of their target market, clients & peers. In an easy to access, high specification office complex, complete with high speed broadband, telephone systems, furniture & reception service, the centre is 'second to none'.
Close to Derby's rail, games & IT communities, the centre is a short walk from Derby's Railway Station & City Centre. Located on the A6, frequent bus services run both to the City Centre & East Midlands Airport, a short journey away & close to the M1 motorway. More on the iD Centre here!
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iD's Railtech 'OnTrack'
Adrian Hines of Railtech, an electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) specialist, has recently returned from a visit to the Hyundai Rotem factory in Seoul (pictured) to witness testing of the electronic traction drive equipment, traction motors & associated equipment for new trains for New Zealand's Wellington Metro, a project that Adrian has been brought into as a train & signalling specialist by OnTrack, New Zealand's equivalent to Network Rail.
The testing saw the operation of the equipment before it is fitted to the trains & drives a huge flywheel instead of the train wheels. More about Railtech...
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Learn the 'TrueScale' of Sales & Marketing
Peter Ashurst of Truescale Solutions recently benefited from a Sales & Marketing course provided by Business Link. The one day event saw Peter joined by 12 other fledgling entrepreneurs who were shown useful techniques to segment & communicate with their target markets in order to develop new business.
Peter found the day to be extremely useful & hopes to be attending other courses run by Business Link free of charge.
To learn more about Truescale's QA consultancy work, click here! To read more about Business Link courses click here! |
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Rock on!
For our final light-hearted feature, we thought we'd ask iD Centre tenants if they'd brought anything unusual or noteworthy back form their summer holidays this year. Amongst the usual assortment of 'more alcohol than can be humanely carried', key-rings, postcards, lucky charms & t-shirts, the most ridiculous has to be from James Reynolds of Impromptu Software Ltd. Following a request from Director Nigel Brown to bring back some rock, his request was taken literally, resulting in Malta itself being one stone less.
To read more about the innovative interactive audio systems & audio consultancy that Impromptu has to offer, click here! |
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Thanks for reading the August edition of iD:entity. Next months featured tenant is EKES (East Kilbride Engineering Services Ltd), a firm of engineering consultants specialising in design, detail, stress & thermal analysis & the provision of recruitment services. We'll be taking a look at some of their high-level contracts with Rolls Royce which have seen them work on elements of the Trent XWB engine which will be powering the Airbus A350 XWB aircraft & more.
If you found any of the content in iD:entity of interest, or think others might do so, then please forward to a friend & use the 'Share' button below to post this newsletter onto all social networking sites!
For more information on any of the features, or to offer feedback & suggestions for future items, please feel free to get in touch: idcentre@m8mc.co.uk
All the very best
The iD Centre Team
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