Are you a person with a passion? Councils want to hear from you

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Are you a person with a passion? Councils want to hear from you

People with a passion for local culture, arts and heritage, are being sought to help councils in the south and east of Lincolnshire to help form a new strategic member board to help shape the sub-region’s arts and cultural sector.

The 16-strong board will be made up of skilled, experienced, and motivated members looking to be at the forefront of leading cultural change and helping to create a more vibrant and dynamic arts, culture and heritage offer in South & East Lincolnshire. One of the key roles of the volunteer board will be to lead on the Partnership’s three-year National Portfolio Organisation programme, a £2million Arts Council England funded programme to support art, culture, heritage and creativity across the whole of the Partnership area, providing meaningful opportunities and programming for residents, developing the sector and helping to build our arts, culture and heritage capacity. All board members will also have a responsibility to champion the Boston and East Lindsey Cultural Framework, while also supporting its future development and expansion into South Holland. Councillor Sarah Sharpe, portfolio holder for Culture at Boston Borough Council, said: “Through our cultural framework and national portfolio organisation funding we have a fantastic opportunity to bring opportunities around culture, arts, heritage and events and the enormous and varied benefits they bring right to the hearts of our local communities in Boston, East Lindsey and South Holland. “To achieve this, it is vital we have a strong member board with a diverse range of experiences, ideas and voices from across the Partnership area and the arts, culture and heritage fields, to help make these ambitious plans a reality, and to ensure that we feel the most possible impact of this funding for our residents, local health and wellbeing, tourism, economy and much more.” The Partnership welcomes applications from people from relevant organisations and at a senior level with a desire to create the most wide-ranging diversity of members as possible. An observer group will also be created to provide further local depth to the discussions. Further to the 16 main members, there will also be an opportunity for three young people to be represented and observe and participate with the Board. Board members will be asked to meet in person at least four times a year within the Partnership area. They should be able to input and guide new projects and link in to other organisations, both locally and nationally, to make the ideas a reality. More details can be found at https://www.e-lindsey.gov.uk/ACENPO, and for an informal discussion on the Board please contact the Place team on Samantha.Phillips@e-lindsey.gov.uk.

Freckleface Home Fragrance opens in Lincoln

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Freckleface Home Fragrance opens in Lincoln
Freckleface Home Fragrance is opening the doors of its fifth store on Friday 28 July 2023. The Freckleface team will be there to welcome customers into store to browse their large range of luxury home fragrance products and experience their gorgeous scents firsthand. Freckleface have four other stores in Stamford, Cambridge and in York, so they are delighted to be opening in Lincoln too. The store is situated on Sincil Street, is a 5 minute walk from the train station, and visitors can use discount code LINCS10 in store. The store will be open daily and will be packed with Freckleface’s award winning pick and mix wax melts, as well as beautifully fragranced reed diffusers, candles, fragrance oils and homewares. The Sincil Street store will also stock Freckleface’s RHS range of products, which only launched in July. Noah Carlile-Swift, co-owner of Freckleface, said: “We are so excited to open our store in Lincoln. It’s one of our biggest stores and will stock a whole host of home fragrance products and homewares. We can’t wait to welcome customers to the store from Friday.” “We already have stores in Stamford, Cambridge and York, and we’re delighted to add a second Lincoln store to the Freckleface family,” added Tara Carlile-Swift, co-owner of Freckleface.

Lincolnshire’s JDM Food Group merges with US firm

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Lincolnshire-based JDM Food Group (JDM) and US-based Henry Broch Foods (HBF) are set to merge, creating a new parent company, Jardins and Broch. JDM, headquartered in Bicker, is an innovator in value-added vegetables, sauces, dips and purees to the retail, manufacturing, recipe box and foodservice markets. HBF, with headquarters in Waukegan, Illinois, is a prominent spice, dry-blending and co-packing company, specializing in tailored formulations and seasonings. Jardins and Broch brings together two market leading ingredients companies and will create a team of international flavour experts across both wet and dry products. The newly formed partnership is an industry leading player with significant production capacity, complementary R&D capabilities and worldwide supply chain networks. The two companies will continue to operate independently in their home markets and will now be backed by the expert knowledge and skills from the other party to grow a global presence. Aisling Kemp will remain CEO of JDM and Greg Antonetti will continue to lead as CEO of HBF, with both taking an active role in the integration, growth, and future success of the combined group. Aisling Kemp, CEO of JDM, said: “The combined expertise and knowledge within the two companies creates a flavour powerhouse with global ambitions. Working with the team at HBF who share our strong ethics, values and focus on sustainability is incredibly exciting. “Trends in this market are ever changing and we are now better able to develop solutions with our culinary teams that deliver on flavour, health, and functionality to ensure we evolve alongside consumer demand. “Working with Sunridge the last 2 years has been transformational. Their investment has allowed us to accelerate our product capabilities and channel growth. We believe the partnership with HBF will cement that work and create long term sustainable growth as a true ingredients innovator.” Greg Antonetti, CEO of HBF, said: “This partnership will be a win for our customers, suppliers, team members and other partners. Our aim has always been to build a leading value-added ingredients business and alongside our long serving and dedicated team members, we have worked tirelessly towards this goal. “We are thrilled to bring JDM’s capabilities, especially in wet ingredients to our customers in North America. The JDM team brings unparalleled expertise, strong production and innovation capabilities, and the ability to serve a wide range of customers across the UK and beyond.” Jardins and Broch is backed by London-based Sunridge Partners (Sunridge), a private investment group committed to creating leaders in food, beverage, and agribusiness. Philipp Saumweber, managing partner of Sunridge, said: “Since partnering with JDM in 2021, we have invested considerably in building a word-class ingredients team, expanding our operations, and improving capabilities. “We are very much looking forward to working with like-minded friends at HBF and jointly executing on group investment and growth plans to build a leading international ingredients and flavour formulation company.”

Lincolnshire horticultural experts secure multi-million-pound refinancing package for growth

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Lincolnshire horticultural experts secure multi-million-pound refinancing package for growth
Lincolnshire horticultural experts, Bridge Farm Group, is set to enter a new phase of growth after securing a multi-million-pound refinancing package. Bridge Farm, based in Spalding, produces ornamental plants and cut flowers. The business grows more than 70 million plants and flowers each year in 60-acres of low-carbon, water-efficient and biomass-heated glasshouses. The business sells to UK-wide supermarket and DIY retailers. In addition to its horticultural operations, Bridge Farm’s specialist bioscience division is a leader in plant research and development. The business’s team of experts are focused on the identification, cultivation, and extraction of high value functional and active molecules from plants. Established in 1988, Bridge Farm has an annual turnover of £30 million and has a workforce of 160 employees. To support Bridge Farm’s growth ambitions, the FRP Corporate Finance Debt Advisory team, led by partner Tom Cox and manager Rory Denison, ran a competitive debt raising process to identify a financing partner to support the next phase of its growth plans having recently completed investment in a new Bioscience facility. Having secured two fully credit backed offers to refinance the group, FRP subsequently supported management in the detailed negotiation of terms to completion of the financing. The multi-million-pound refinancing package will support Bridge Farm’s ongoing expansion and enable it to continue to consistently produce its range of plants and cut flowers at scale while also penetrating the market for plant-derived extracts and molecules. Tom Cox, partner at FRP Corporate Finance, said: “This refinancing facility provides much greater flexibility to Bridge Farm in its new financing arrangements and has reduced its cost of capital. “The transaction successfully delivers more favourable terms to the business, whilst also providing the group with additional capital to help deliver the ambitious growth plans within its bioscience operations.” Louise Motala, Managing Director at Bridge Farm Group, said: “This deal represents another key milestone for Bridge Farm as we continue to expand and build value in the business. “It is essential that we continue to invest to maintain our expertise in both horticulture and bioscience and this new facility affords us greater flexibility to explore wider routes to growth. “The advice and support we received from FRP’s Debt Advisory team was outstanding and their expertise ensured a smooth transaction from start to finish.”

Village’s hopes for new play area take significant step forward

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Village’s hopes for new play area take significant step forward
A village’s hopes for a new play area have taken a significant step forward, as South Holland District Council and The Moultons Parish Council announced plans for a new 50-year lease of suitable lands at Moulton Park.
The District Council made the decision to lease a third of an acre piece of land to the Parish Council following a desire from local councillors and residents to see the space made available for public use and to create a safe and accessible outdoor space for children in the village. Under the proposal a section of the Park (14,520 sq ft) would be made available to the Parish Council on an initial 50-year long lease for a peppercorn rent, where the Councils would then work together to attain planning permission for a play area. Both councils are working towards finalising plans as soon as possible to allow work to get underway without any further delays. Now that an agreement has been reached with the parish council, South Holland District Council feel they can now move forward with wider investigations as to next steps for the rest of the site. Councillor Henry Bingham, portfolio holder for Assets and Strategic Planning, said: “I am really pleased that we have been able to come to this agreement with the parish council, and look forward to the delivery of a play park for the residents of Moulton. “As a council we want to help however we can, to deliver our residents with quality and safe spaces to play, relax or just get outdoors, and I am looking forward to seeing this project progress.” Councillor Anthony Casson, portfolio holder for Public Protection and ward member for Moulton, Weston and Cowbit, said: “It’s great to see this long-held ambition for a new play area in Moulton come another step closer to happening, which I have been hearing from our residents and advocating for over several years now. “I’m pleased that we have been able to work closely between the two councils to get these newest plans together, that I am optimistic will provide us with quality new facilities to enjoy quickly and effectively.” Councillor Geoffrey Cooper, Chairman of The Moultons Parish Council, said: “I’m delighted that we have reached an agreement with the District Council, and are another step closer to providing this much-wanted play area to our residents and visitors to Moulton.”

King Charles makes historic first visit to Lincolnshire as monarch

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King Charles makes historic first visit to Lincolnshire as monarch

His Majesty King Charles has visited the Lincolnshire coast as part of his first visit to the county as monarch.

This year, Lincolnshire marks 50 years since the creation of the Lincolnshire Wolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, 70 years since a major flood devastated communities on the county’s east coast, and 75 years since the Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust and Gibraltar Point nature reserve were first established. The King met survivors of the 1953 floods, as well as representatives from Lincolnshire County Council, the Environment Agency, the Lincolnshire Wolds AONB and Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust at the Saltfleetby-Theddlethorpe Dunes National Nature Reserve. Cllr Colin Davie, executive member for environment and economy at Lincolnshire County Council, said: “It has been a pleasure to welcome His Majesty to Lincolnshire today for his first visit to the county as King. “His visit to our glorious coast – in the very area affected by the flooding of 1953, and a stone’s throw from both the Wolds and Gibraltar Point – highlights the many anniversaries we are marking in the county this year. Protecting and enhancing the natural environment has also always been a cause close to His Majesty’s heart, and today he has seen first-hand the strong partnerships we have in place to safeguard the future of Lincolnshire’s coastal communities and biodiversity.” Deborah Campbell, Flood Risk Manager for Lincolnshire at Environment Agency said: “The communities along the east coast of Lincolnshire live at or below sea level, relying on the sea defences for protection from around half of all high tides each month. The Environment Agency has been nourishing the beaches along the open coast of Lincolnshire since 1994 to reduce the impact of the North Sea on the hard defences and dune systems. In fact, sea levels were a meter higher in the tidal surge of December 2013 compared to those of the devastating flood of 1953, but the effects had minimal impact on the coast.” Paul Learoyd, Chief Executive of Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust, said: “The 1,000 acres of wild Lincolnshire coast at Gibraltar Point was first designated a nature reserve by the county council in 1948 and entrusted to a new voluntary organisation now known as Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust. “Celebrating the 75th anniversary of the now Gibraltar Point National Nature Reserve and the Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust this year, both the reserve and charity have grown in size and importance as their roles for people and wildlife have been recognised. “King Charles first visited Gibraltar Point in 1971 as Prince of Wales and is Patron of the Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts. From this first venture into partnership working 75 years ago, the Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust’s work with the county council has grown and developed. We are excited to be working with the county council and other partners to develop our work on the coast in the future.”

Great progress being made on Mablethorpe’s £8.6m Campus for Future Living

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Great progress being made on Mablethorpe’s £8.6m Campus for Future Living
East Lindsey District Council’s flagship Town Deal Campus for Future Living project is making great progress in Mabelthorpe. A progress site visit was attended by Cllr William Gray, South & East Lincolnshire Councils Partnership officers and some of the project’s partners including the Marisco Medical Centre, Lincolnshire Primary Care Network Alliance and Lincs Digital. Lindum Group, the Council’s contractors for the project, led the tour of the Centre as the steel frame and upper floor of the main building are now in place. Councillor Gray said: “It has been fantastic to come to Mablethorpe and see how much the Campus site has changed. You now get a sense of its scale and can really visualise how the Centre will look and compliment the surrounding landscape. “It has been great to share the progress with some of our partners and to find out about the plans by Lindum to engage with the area’s young people to encourage careers in construction. “Social Value is very important to East Lindsey and the local community and there will be lots of opportunities now to engage with the various communities, as we have already done, so they can be part of this exciting opportunity in Mablethorpe. “Lindum are doing a fantastic job and we are all excited about the opportunities the Centre will bring to Mablethorpe, the district and wider region.” Work started in February and Lindum are scheduled to handover the Stanley Avenue site back to the Council in March next year.

Councillors plan to fight National Grid plans for ‘corridor of steel’ though North Lincolnshire

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Councillors plan to fight National Grid plans for ‘corridor of steel’ though North Lincolnshire
North Lincolnshire councillors have called on National Grid bosses to rethink the route of new high-voltage power lines – with proposals set to run an “industrial corridor of steel” through the historic landscape of the Isle. They want to see National Grid to change the route or bury the cables as part of a multi-million-pound grid upgrade. The current preferred route would take the pylons – up to 50m high – through the historic strip farming landscape of the Isle of Axholme near Scunthorpe, including up and over the highest parts of the area, making the pylons even more visible. Council leader Rob Waltham said: “We are committed to rightly have the Isle of Axholme protected as an area of outstanding natural beauty – these current proposals would be detrimental to that. “It is an area with genuine landscape value and already recognised as an Area of Special Historic Landscape Interest. The plans currently favoured are not right for the Isle and they need to be reconsidered.” The National Grid is currently consulting on its proposal to build the new high voltage electricity transmission line from Cottingham, north of Hull, through the East Riding and south through the Isle of Axholme into Nottinghamshire. It is part of a wider infrastructure upgrade to modernise the grid and support the increasing generation of power which comes into the UK from offshore windfarms in the North Sea. Cllr David Rose, cabinet member for environment, said: “More consideration should be given to the other proposal which avoids the Isle of Axholme and travels closer to existing infrastructure. “If this route is preferred then underground cables should be used through the Isle. The pylons would be a jarring intrusion, marring the unspoiled charm of this beautiful green space with an industrial corridor of steel.”

Communities in East Lindsey are offered cash grants of up to £2,000

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Communities in East Lindsey are offered cash grants of up to £2,000

Grants of up to £2,000 are available to support East Lindsey area groups and community hubs struggling to support residents to tackle social isolation.

The Cost of Living crisis saw a number of community groups open as Warm Spaces in winter 2022 and many of those spaces saw 100s of residents through their doors over the winter period. One overriding theme from those who attended was how residents had benefited from the support they got from attending the warm space.  Many groups have stayed open during the warmer months for residents to continue to access the support on offer, whether that be a cuppa with new friends or learning a new skill like knitting. Councillor Sarah Devereux, Portfolio Holder for Partnership at East Lindsey District Council, said: “We are really pleased to be in a position to offer this grant to community groups in East Lindsey, the support they are giving to local residents is invaluable and we are pleased to be able to recognise the value in this for our residents.” Groups can apply for a grant from £100 to £2,000.  Forms for this grant can be accessed via our website at Social Isolation Grant – East Lindsey District Council – East Lindsey District Council (e-lindsey.gov.uk) or by emailing Nichola Holderness, Community Leadership Manager, South & East Lincolnshire Council Partnership at nichola.holderness@boston.gov.uk

Fine dining gets a wild twist at Burghley

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Fine dining gets a wild twist at Burghley

An exclusive outdoor dining experience and immersive cooking masterclass is coming to Burghley for 4-nights only this August.

Join modern day hunter-gatherer and expert live-fire chef, Mark Andrews, from the highly-acclaimed FIRE + WILD, for a one-of-a-kind foodie experience at the heart of the Burghley Estate.

Prepare for an unforgettable evening of wild dining The FIRE + WILD outdoor dining experience is like no other, set in a private, off-grid location that boasts incredible views of Burghley’s sweeping landscape. Guests will enjoy a sensational 5-course tasting menu curated with foraged and locally sourced ingredients. Witness your food being prepared over an open-fire! A signature wild cocktail is served on arrival followed by selected wines paired to each dish. For those who want to dig deeper into the FIRE + WILD ethos… Get hands on in a Cooking with Fire Masterclass under the expert guidance of Mark Andrews. With a combination of demonstration and hands-on cookery, learn how to prepare a variety of tasty dishes with different skills and techniques, from how to build a fire to foraging, ingredient selection and meat butchery.Best of all, you get to tuck in and enjoy your creations throughout the day.
Fire & Wild Event Dates: Fire & Wild Outdoor Dining Experience     ~ Thursday 17th August     ~ Friday 18th August (LIMITED AVAILABILITY)     ~ Saturday 19th August Fire & Wild Cooking with Fire Masterclass     ~ Sunday 20th August Tickets for the Dining Experience cost £180 per person, and include all food and drink, while the Cooking Masterclass costs £245 per person. Both must be pre-booked. Mark Andrews FIRE + WILD – Chef, Hunter and Forager After working in the music industry in London, Mark turned explorer, forager and chef, before forming Fire & Wild in 2017, hosting off-grid outdoor dining events and developing a style of cooking heavily influenced by the use of fire as well as the landscapes, habitats and wildlife of forests.
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