Moving up the gears of business success after crash brings end to motocross career
A Warwick entrepreneur has extra reason to celebrate the third anniversary of his business after securing a major new contract with former Olympians Beth Tweddle and Rebecca Adlington OBE. Printing company Bunji, based at Heathcote Industrial Estate, is enjoying huge success despite launching one month before lockdown – and with plans for further growth in […]
Former social media guru now says it’s time to put down our phones
A former social media marketeer from Stratford has launched a new networking campaign to help combat what he brands as the ‘negative impact’ of the digital platforms he used to endorse! Formerly the owner of a social media and marketing agency, Michael Thomas has now established DARWIN.vip academy in a bid to help businesses grow. […]
Coventry City FC gives hero’s welcome to fundraising great-grandad
A great-grandad who raised more than £10k for a Warwick charity on a year-round fundraising challenge, was given a special surprise courtesy of Coventry City Football Club. Sky Blues fan Tony Cunningham caught the notice of the Championship side after walking more than ten miles a day around Coventry Memorial Park throughout 2022 for a […]
‘Help us give our sons a shot at snooker success’
A Warwick restaurateur is appealing for sponsors to delve into their ‘pockets’ and help give both his sons the best ‘shot’ at realising their sporting dreams. Hosoun Miah, who has run Warwick Spice Indian restaurant in Smith Street for 23 years, is looking to raise £50,000 to help fund costly snooker academy training for his […]
Finalists announced for fifth inspirational women awards
INSPIRATIONAL achievers from Coventry and Warwickshire have been named among the finalists in the fifth Ladies First Network Business and Inspirational Women Awards. Entrants have been selected from nearly 300 nominations by a panel of judges from across the UK. The finalists will now be invited to an independent judging day at Metropolis in Coventry […]
Warwick bar’s unique business concept goes national
A gin bar in Warwick, is celebrating national growth 18 months after opening by taking its unique pick ‘n’ mix flavour concept online for the first time. That Gin Company, which has a bar in Swan Street, is thought to be the first in the country to offer the bottled bespoke flavours by post – […]
73-year-old great grandad’s hero welcome at end of year-round charity walking challenge
A 73-year-old great-grandad from Coventry who has smashed his personal target to walk ten miles a day throughout 2022 for a children’s charity, received a hero’s welcome after completing his last circuit of the city’s Memorial Park. Tony Cunningham, who underwent a quadruple heart bypass, has now raised more than £10,000 for Warwick-based Molly Ollys […]
Family raises more than £7,500 for Shipston Home Nursing at the end of ‘annus horribilis’
“It’s like Shipston Home Nursing wrapped a blanket around our family in the very darkest of days,” said Jo Carroll, whose mother Sue passed away in August – in a year she describes as their own ‘annus horribilis.’ Jo and her friends and family have since raised more than £7,500 to give back to the […]
Influential Irish gamer raises more than £20k for Warwickshire children’s charity
A 33 year old gamer from Kilkenny in Ireland used his influential online network of 430K followers to run a Christmas giveaway that raised more than £20,000 for Warwickshire children’s charity, Molly Ollys. Brendan Mansfield – known as DeeBeeGeek online – devised the ’12 Gifts of Geekmas’ contest where subscribers to Twitch and his YouTube […]
Thousands for local charities after firm’s year of fundraising
A local law firm’s year of fundraising has amassed more than £3,200 for five charities in the Coventry and Warwickshire area as well as supporting victims of the Ukrainian war. Coventry Women’s Haven, Warwick-based Safeline, Helping Hands Community Project in Leamington, The Mary Ann Evans Hospice in Nuneaton and Southam Fosse Foodbank have each received […]