{"id":50161,"date":"2025-07-16T12:50:48","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T11:50:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marketingderby.co.uk\/?p=50161"},"modified":"2025-07-15T14:01:21","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T13:01:21","slug":"why-we-invested-in-derby-derby-property-summit-special","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marketingderby.co.uk\/news\/why-we-invested-in-derby-derby-property-summit-special\/","title":{"rendered":"Why we invested in Derby: Derby Property Summit special"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>At the Derby Property Summit earlier this month, a group of panellists, made up of local employers, inward investors, developers and small business owners came together to explain why they had chosen Derby.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1365\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.marketingderby.co.uk\/app\/uploads\/2025\/07\/DPS25PanelPic1-1-1365x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-50162\" style=\"object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.marketingderby.co.uk\/app\/uploads\/2025\/07\/DPS25PanelPic1-1-1365x1024.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/www.marketingderby.co.uk\/app\/uploads\/2025\/07\/DPS25PanelPic1-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.marketingderby.co.uk\/app\/uploads\/2025\/07\/DPS25PanelPic1-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.marketingderby.co.uk\/app\/uploads\/2025\/07\/DPS25PanelPic1-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.marketingderby.co.uk\/app\/uploads\/2025\/07\/DPS25PanelPic1-1-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.marketingderby.co.uk\/app\/uploads\/2025\/07\/DPS25PanelPic1-1-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.marketingderby.co.uk\/app\/uploads\/2025\/07\/DPS25PanelPic1-1.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1365px) 100vw, 1365px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>It included Karen Clark, director of operations at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketingderby.co.uk\/bondholders\/ergo-advantage\/\">Ergo Advantage<\/a>, Emma Davies, head of regeneration at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketingderby.co.uk\/bondholders\/atkinsrealis\/\">AtkinsR\u00e9alis<\/a>, Henrik Juhl Hansen, managing director (UK and Ireland) at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketingderby.co.uk\/bondholders\/vaillant\/\">Vaillant Group<\/a>, Bruce Lister, managing director at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketingderby.co.uk\/bondholders\/compendium-living\/\">Compendium Living<\/a> and Lesley So, chief executive of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketingderby.co.uk\/bondholders\/omomo\/\">OMOMO<\/a> Korean Street Food.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are their responses to the question of why they invested in Derby:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1025\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.marketingderby.co.uk\/app\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Karen-Clark-1025x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-50167\" style=\"width:800px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.marketingderby.co.uk\/app\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Karen-Clark-1025x1024.png 1025w, https:\/\/www.marketingderby.co.uk\/app\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Karen-Clark-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.marketingderby.co.uk\/app\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Karen-Clark-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.marketingderby.co.uk\/app\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Karen-Clark-768x767.png 768w, https:\/\/www.marketingderby.co.uk\/app\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Karen-Clark-80x80.png 80w, https:\/\/www.marketingderby.co.uk\/app\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Karen-Clark-350x350.png 350w, https:\/\/www.marketingderby.co.uk\/app\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Karen-Clark-600x599.png 600w, https:\/\/www.marketingderby.co.uk\/app\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Karen-Clark.png 1460w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1025px) 100vw, 1025px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>KAREN CLARK, director of operations at Ergo Advantage (a Canadian-based manufacturer of anti-fatigue flooring, which has recently invested in the opening a new Derby location)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFor me, Derby just had a really good feel about it. It felt very welcoming the first time I came back in April last year to look for a good office space \u2013 and a good place for me to call home for the next two to five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe were looking for an innovative place, with the folks from Marketing Derby really helping us to find the right spot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThey took us around Derby and let us know what was on offer and everything that was going to be happening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe Condor is where I call home now. The whole area just feels like home now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe found an office at SadlerBridge Studios. It\u2019s just so closely connected and so much of what you need is just right here in the city centre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt was very welcoming right from the beginning.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.marketingderby.co.uk\/app\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Emma-Davies-Atkins-Realis-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-50166\" style=\"width:800px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.marketingderby.co.uk\/app\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Emma-Davies-Atkins-Realis-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.marketingderby.co.uk\/app\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Emma-Davies-Atkins-Realis-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.marketingderby.co.uk\/app\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Emma-Davies-Atkins-Realis-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.marketingderby.co.uk\/app\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Emma-Davies-Atkins-Realis-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.marketingderby.co.uk\/app\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Emma-Davies-Atkins-Realis-80x107.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.marketingderby.co.uk\/app\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Emma-Davies-Atkins-Realis-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.marketingderby.co.uk\/app\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Emma-Davies-Atkins-Realis-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>EMMA DAVIES, head of regeneration at AtkinsR\u00e9alis (one of the world\u2019s leading project consultancies with a large footprint in Derby)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFor me personally and the business, it\u2019s a city which makes you feel that everybody belongs. That\u2019s a really strong ethos in our company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s very important you can feel at home, whether you\u2019re a business, a visitor or a resident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe all recognise that we can do more in the city to encourage that \u2013 but automatically, when you come to the city, you do feel part of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s no surprise that it has managed to attract such strong investment, including a number of high-tech companies and from businesses like Rolls-Royce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt does provide an opportunity for those businesses to grow, and that\u2019s very important.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"784\" height=\"784\" src=\"https:\/\/www.marketingderby.co.uk\/app\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Henrik-Hansen-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-50165\" style=\"width:800px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.marketingderby.co.uk\/app\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Henrik-Hansen-1.jpg 784w, https:\/\/www.marketingderby.co.uk\/app\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Henrik-Hansen-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.marketingderby.co.uk\/app\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Henrik-Hansen-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.marketingderby.co.uk\/app\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Henrik-Hansen-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.marketingderby.co.uk\/app\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Henrik-Hansen-1-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.marketingderby.co.uk\/app\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Henrik-Hansen-1-350x350.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.marketingderby.co.uk\/app\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Henrik-Hansen-1-600x600.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 784px) 100vw, 784px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>HENRIK JUHL HANSEN, managing director (UK and Ireland) at Vaillant Group (heating and cooling technology firm headquartered in Belper, which has recently opened a new facility at Indurent Park Derby to manufacture heat pumps)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve been in Belper since 1966 and recently opened a new facility in Derby, which we are really proud of.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe have employees who have lived in Derby for many, many years \u2013 generations of people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere is so much opportunity in this city, and we are excited to be part of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe couldn\u2019t be prouder of both our manufacturing plant but also being able to sponsor this fantastic venue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOne of the attractions of Derby when it comes to investing is access to people \u2013 and the work of the colleges and universities here. That\u2019s a massive upside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhat we\u2019ve done is work with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketingderby.co.uk\/bondholders\/dcg\/\">Derby College Group<\/a> on the first low carbon heating technician apprenticeship. It\u2019s now in its third year and the interest is increasing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve been welcomed by Derby College, and we are continuing to build on that relationship.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"403\" height=\"538\" src=\"https:\/\/www.marketingderby.co.uk\/app\/uploads\/2025\/07\/BruceListerPic.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-50164\" style=\"width:800px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.marketingderby.co.uk\/app\/uploads\/2025\/07\/BruceListerPic.jpg 403w, https:\/\/www.marketingderby.co.uk\/app\/uploads\/2025\/07\/BruceListerPic-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.marketingderby.co.uk\/app\/uploads\/2025\/07\/BruceListerPic-80x107.jpg 80w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 403px) 100vw, 403px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>BRUCE LISTER, managing director at Compendium Living (the company delivering Castleward, a \u00a3100 million regeneration scheme in Derby, which includes 800 homes, as well as commercial space and public realm)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve now been in Derby 10 years. We arrived in Derby as an act of faith \u2013 that we believed there was an opportunity to attract people to live back in the city centre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThat was founded on strong collaboration and a really clear vision from the city council about what the opportunity might be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re now at phase four \u2013 people are voting with their feet and are now living at Castleward.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.marketingderby.co.uk\/app\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Lesley-So-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-50163\" style=\"width:800px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.marketingderby.co.uk\/app\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Lesley-So-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.marketingderby.co.uk\/app\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Lesley-So-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.marketingderby.co.uk\/app\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Lesley-So-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.marketingderby.co.uk\/app\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Lesley-So-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.marketingderby.co.uk\/app\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Lesley-So-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.marketingderby.co.uk\/app\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Lesley-So-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.marketingderby.co.uk\/app\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Lesley-So-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.marketingderby.co.uk\/app\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Lesley-So-350x350.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.marketingderby.co.uk\/app\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Lesley-So-600x600.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>LESLEY SO, chief executive of OMOMO Korean Street Food (a restaurant in the Strand, in Derby\u2019s Cathedral Quarter)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhen I think of Derby, I think of opportunity and potential. Two years ago, I was at the Derby Property Summit sat at the back, listening to all of these stories and watching all the plans for new developments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAnd it suddenly occurred to me, what\u2019s missing in Derby is a Korean street food restaurant! At the time, I thought I\u2019m going to get someone to do it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOne thing led to another, Marketing Derby introduced me to the wonderful Trevor Raybould, and I now have a restaurant on the Strand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s possible for those who have the vision, the energy and the drive to make something happen here. What a wonderful place to be.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the Derby Property Summit earlier this month, a group of panellists, made up of local employers, inward [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":50162,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[1452,44,73,1557,1479,1357],"class_list":["post-50161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-investment-news","tag-atkinsrealis","tag-compendium-living","tag-dcg","tag-ergo-advantage","tag-omomo","tag-vaillant"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Why we invested in Derby: Derby Property Summit special - Marketing Derby<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"At the Derby Property Summit earlier this month, a group of panellists, made up of local employers, inward investors, developers and business owners\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marketingderby.co.uk\/news\/why-we-invested-in-derby-derby-property-summit-special\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Why we invested in Derby: Derby Property Summit special - 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