Month: July 2018

Loughborough College and Morningside Pharmaceuticals Ltd have joined forces to offer apprenticeship opportunities to students aged around 16 to 24 years-old.

The Apprenticeship Programme will see seven apprentices recruited initially with the potential for further opportunities in the future. Following the successful completion of the fixed term-period, the apprentices may be offered full-time roles within the business.

The administrative roles will support the pharmaceutical business’ HR, Finance, Quality Assurance and Business Admin teams. The successful candidates will be offered fixed-term contracts initially, where they will have the opportunity to gain an Intermediate Apprenticeship in Business Administration, or an Intermediate Accountancy Apprenticeship qualification if they are appointed to the Accounts Team.

Loughborough College CEO John Doherty said: “We’re delighted to announce the launch of our Apprenticeship Programme with Morningside.

“For anyone looking to kick-start – or even change direction in – their career, it offers an invaluable opportunity to gain excellent work experience with one of Loughborough’s leading companies, while gaining a business or accounts qualification at the same time.”

Dr Nik Kotecha OBE, Chief Executive at Morningside, added: “We’re proud to be an employer where a number of young people have started their careers here and then moved up within our organisation to take on more senior roles.

“We actively invest in our workforce and every apprentice will be given full training and on-the-job coaching to help them develop. The programme has been set up to continue to offer valuable career advancing opportunities to young people over a number of years, so we anticipate it will grow, as our business grows, and we carry on expanding our workforce.”

Morningside Pharmaceuticals Ltd values our employees – especially their mental and physical health.

That’s why we hosted a Health & Wellbeing Week– designed to help our employees get more active, to eat healthier and to answer any niggling health questions they may have.

Every day there was a new activity for everyone to get involved in, which included: health & diabetes checks, free sports equipment to use during breaks, sessions on the company’s private healthcare scheme and a healthy ‘fruit Friday’ buffet.

Thank you to everyone who helped organise the events and made the week such a success.

According to Grant Thornton’s India Meets Britain Tracker, Indian-owned firms continue to play a key role in the success of the East Midlands.

The Tracker looked at Indian businesses operating in the UK with an annual growth rate of 10 per cent or more.

It suggested uncertainty over Brexit doesn’t seem to have had much impact with around 800 Indian companies now operating in the UK. In total two East Midlands firms made it into the top 50 of the fastest growing Indian firms in the UK.

“After reviewing the report Dr Nik Kotecha OBE, Chief Executive of Morningside Pharmaceuticals Ltd, commented:

“It’s great to see that 10 of the top 50 fastest growing Indian companies in the UK are based in the Midlands, with two in the East Midlands. The statistics show the Midlands and the North are now tied as the most popular locations for businesses on the list, after London.

“The East Midlands, in particular, is a fantastic area to do business and it’s not by coincidence that our region is the fastest growing outside of the South East.

“I was honoured to accompany Prime Minister Theresa May on her first trade mission to India and during the visit I saw Indian businesses were very interested in two way-investment with the East Midlands and UK as a whole. There is a real appetite for hi-tech exports of products and services from the UK, which was evidenced by the £1.2 billion in trade deals announced following the trip.

“I think this year’s report shows our business ties with India are continuing to grow and this is providing a boost to the economy, as well as jobs for people locally and tens of thousands nationally.

“Morningside manufactures quality generic and branded medicines for UK hospitals and pharmacies, as well as supplies countries globally through aid agencies. Post-Brexit it’s very important for East Midlands companies to continue developing business relationships with countries outside of the European Union, in order to grow export-led trade with the rest of the world.”