There was A triple celebration at the Family Business of the Year Awards for Smith of Derby Ltd, who scooped no fewer than three awards – including the top award.

The awards are a celebration of British family-owned businesses across the UK, recognising the contribution they make to the economy, as well as the thousands of jobs they support. This year a virtual awards ceremony was held live across the internet.

There are some relatively easy steps which will cut your church's use of electricity and gas/oil, and your utility bills. Download the guidance for advice about adjustments to your radiators, heating system and lighting as well as 'soft' changes such as cushions and draught-proofing. Application of…

The ChurchEcoMiser team completed a 22 radiator church heating installation project at St Mary’s Church in Walkern.

In August of 2021 the ChurchEcoMiser team started work at St Mary’s church in Walkern.

The original heating system was installed towards the end of the 19th century and needed updating.

The ChurchEcoMiser team completed a church heating installation project at St James Church in Midhopestones.

The church had a low pressure coal fired heating system installed in the refurbishment of 1892 which fell into disrepair in the 1980’s. For the last 40 years, the church had been heated with an industrial warm air unit sited in a room adjoining the east end of the church but this reached the end of its natural life.

As the Christian Resources Exhibition comes to Exeter, we thought we should take a look at the Anglican Diocese of Exeter.

Church Buildings and Churchyards

There are 605 church buildings in the Diocese of Exeter and each represents the lives of thousands of people who have worshipped, celebrated and mourned there. Many are historic listed buildings and their care and maintenance can be one of the greatest challenges that congregations face.

Direct Strike Ltd are a business that specialises in safeguarding people and properties against lightning. As a result, they feel that it is their duty to do whatever they can for their customers. One thing they do for them is supply the most effective lightning protection testing Carlisle has to offer. The team carries out comprehensive checks and leaves nothing out.

The Institute of Sound, Communications and Visual Engineers is thrilled to announce the seminar line-up for ISCVEx 2025, scheduled for 25-26 March at the stunning Coombe Abbey Hotel, Binley, near Coventry. Next year’s event promises to be a must-attend for professionals in the sound, communications and audio-visual industries.

Following the AGM and Members' Day, the event will kick off with a networking dinner on 25 March. The second day will feature an exhibition from over 30 leading manufacturers and distributors, alongside three engaging seminars from top industry minds.

Becket's Chapel, a Grade I listed building in Wymondham, Norfolk, stands out as one of eight national climate adaptation case studies backed by Historic England. The project has also been selected as a 2025 Regional Finalist in the Civic Trust Awards in the AABC Conservation category. Winners will be announced in early January. 

Patricia Forero, AABC-accredited architect and director of The Architect Studio in Cambridgeshire, takes up the story.

CG Building and Restoration Ltd is a trusted and highly skilled building contractor with a strong track record in the delivery of residential, commercial and restoration projects.

Founded by Vernon Carter in 2013, they have grown to become a leading building contractor with a professional and experienced team equipped with the perfect combination of skills. With offices based both in York and Ryedale, they are able to provide services throughout Yorkshire. CG were recently the first choice to restore Historic England's Headquarters in York.

The Bible brims over with people told to move. Abraham was sent out, not knowing where he was going. Moses led an entire nation on that long and winding road out of Egypt. Jonah, via a rather large fish, reluctantly returned to Nineveh. Not forgetting the apostles of the New Testament. Or, as Revd Gary Davis sang in his classic \African-American spiritual: ‘When God get ready… you gotta move.’

London Highlights Follow the latest news for London's historic environment. Discover the detailed current projects for consideration in our magazine coverage and search for restoration project sites directly on the official Historic England site here . London is one of the world’s most famous…

The organisers of Christian Resources Exhibition have been forced to scrap plans for next year’s event in Liverpool, after it was decided that Eurovision 2023 would take place there next May.

Steve Goddard, co-owner and managing director of CRE said the BBC’s Host City Selection Committee and the European Broadcasting Union showed no concern about the devastating effect the bidding process would have on his business, after months of hesitation from the event’s organisers.

CRE North was originally scheduled from 3-4 May at ACC Liverpool – the same month as Eurovision 2023 – but Goddard is now in talks for compensation.

“They wanted us to reschedule it close to the original date, but that is not satisfactory for us, so we’re having to completely abandon plans to run the exhibition in 2023. We’re going to have to postpone it to 2024,” he commented.

As more and more churches undertake projects to extend their facilities to the wider communities and to parishioners with disabilities, so the need to upgrade and extend their heating systems becomes apparent.

One such church is St Margaret’s in Wrenbury, Cheshire. The church, a Grade Two*-listed 15th century sandstone building with unique box pews, is benefitting from an extension to allow it to better serve the local community.

In April last year, members of the British Titanic Society and visitors to their 30th annual convention were the first to view the design for a memorial window, to be installed in St Mary’s Church in Southampton.

Designed by stained glass artist Louise Hemmings of Hereford-based Ark Stained Glass Ltd, the design was originally part of the Worshipful Company of Glaziers’ Stevens Competition for 2016. The brief was to design a window for St Mary’s to commemorate the crew of The Titanic, most of who came from Southampton.

The church was the venue for a memorial service for those who died in the disaster, held shortly after the sinking. Louise Hemmings’s design was chosen by the church for the window. The installation has been funded by a special fundraising campaign led by John Creamer of the British Titanic Society.

Due to retirement, Alan Buckwell is looking to sell his online clerical shirt and collar business and describes the opportunity available to potential buyers.

B&H Shirts and Collars was established in 1999 and has gained over the years a very good reputation, it is a niche business selling clergy shirts and collars globally. B&H Shirts and Collars is expandable. It sells on it’s own online platform, on Amazon and eBay. It is an online company that would start earning money from day one.

York Bookbinding owner Philip Winskill has been binding books from the day he started his apprenticeship 44 years ago.

He started at York University on 2nd September 1975 and bound, mostly periodicals, for the next 25 years. In January 2000 he was made redundant from the university but had already had his own bindery built by the side of his house in York.