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Near & Far Removals

1st February 20241st February 2024 Featured Content

Moving house can be a stressful experience, however a long established Ruddington based removals company promises to take care of everything for you – with safe, quality service at an affordable price. Near & Far Removals is managed by husband and wife team Martyn and Elaine Langridge and has been helping to relocate homeowners and businesses across the East Midlands and the rest of the UK since 2003. After Brookside Autoservices closed, in November 2022 the firm moved into neighbouring premises at Unit 8, Brookside Road. It now employs a staff of around 18 people…

‘Near & Far’ Celebrates Twenty Years

23rd March 20231st February 2024 Featured Content

A Ruddington based removals company has reached a very special milestone this year – as it celebrates twenty years helping to relocate homeowners and businesspeople across the East Midlands and the rest of the UK. They even had a party to celebrate! Villagers were invited along to meet the staff and crews for a special ‘Near & Far Removals 20th Anniversary Celebration’ whilst enjoying a drink and cake on the afternoon of Wednesday 22nd March 2023 in their new premises at Unit 8, Brookside Road, NG11 6AT. They held a raffle on the day and donated…

Twenty Years of Near & Far!

1st March 202323rd March 2023 Featured Content

A Ruddington based removals company reaches a very special milestone this month – as it celebrates twenty years helping to relocate homeowners and businesspeople across the East Midlands and the rest of the UK. What’s more, they’re having a party to celebrate! You’re invited to meet the staff and crews for a special ‘Near & Far Removals 20th Anniversary Celebration’ whilst enjoying a drink and cake from 1.30pm to 6.00pm on Wednesday 22nd March at their new premises – Unit 8, Brookside Road, NG11 6AT. They are doing a raffle on the day and…

Near & Far Removals Moves!

17th November 202216th February 2023 Featured Content

A long established and much loved Ruddington removals company has itself relocated – but only to a couple of doors down. Near & Far Removals decided to remain in our village – to stay ‘Near’ rather than go ‘Far’ – and can now be found upstairs at Unit 8, Brookside Road following this month’s move from Unit 2 on November 10th. Elaine Langridge, who has run the business with her husband Martyn since 2003, says the imminent redevelopment of their former premises prompted the decision. “We have been next door…

Discover St Peter’s Care Home

1st August 20218th February 2022 Featured Content

This historic residential care home, tucked away on sleepy Vicarage Lane, is one of no less than three properties in Ruddington run by owners My Care. St Peter’s Care Home is actually the former vicarage, after which the lane was named. Originally, though, the road was called ‘Red Lion Street’ because of the public house along there. Village folklore has it that one Reverend was so unhappy about having these licensed premises so close to his vicarage (the old pub building is still there but now a private house) he…

Ruddington Drug Development Company Gets Bigger

13th February 202113th February 2021 Graham Wright

A village based pharmaceutical specialist, which employs almost 400 people at Ruddington Fields Business Park, has just taken over another UK based drug firm for an undisclosed sum. Quotient Sciences, the drug development and manufacturing accelerator, located along Mere Way, has announced that it has acquired Arcinova – described as “a multiservice contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO).” Trading for over 40 years and with 160 employees of its own at Alnwick, in Northumberland, Arcinova is said to provide drug substance, drug product and bioanalysis services to over 200 pharma and biotech customers worldwide. In…

Ruddington Vaccine Rollout Delayed by Coronavirus Outbreak

13th January 202114th January 2021 Graham Wright

It’s been revealed that dozens of elderly residents at a village care home will have to wait a little longer to be immunised against COVID-19 because of an outbreak of the virus there. MyCare, which runs Orchard House on Easthorpe Street, has confirmed that routine testing picked up its first positive case on New Year’s Eve, at which point everyone was immediately put into quarantine. However, the virus had already spread among other residents and staff at the fifty bed property, and four residents have since passed away, after testing…