Bespoke Inns is a family-run group of premium pubs and inns across Derbyshire and the East Midlands, blending historic character with modern comfort and exceptional hospitality. Our portfolio includes The Dragon in Willington, Binary Mickleover, The Boot at Repton, Harpurs of Melbourne, The Hart at Uttoxeter, and most recently, The Bubble at Stenson, our newest acquisition.

Operating within the hospitality industry, we provide a full range of experiences across our venues, including carefully crafted dining, an extensive selection of drinks, boutique-style accommodation, and versatile spaces for both casual visits and special occasions. Our customers are diverse — from families, couples, and local diners to walkers, boaters, and travellers seeking high-quality food, drink, and stays in welcoming, stylish surroundings. Across all our inns and pubs, we are committed to quality, character, and creating memorable experiences that keep guests returning.

Roots & Futures is a strategy house in the East Midlands supporting government, markets and communities.

Place Nutrition™ is a strategy tool that makes the complex economic and social impact of a business visible.​ It equips businesses, government and leaders with the tools to clearly communicate their operations, sourcing, and employment practices to co-create value in the local economy to prevent communities from being left behind. 

Leadership Retreats – 100 Day Strategy Spark course that supports leaders to use their first 100 days wisely, whether new to post or looking to rewrite the strategy for a problem or increase market share.

Deliberative democracy and citizen participation – in collaboration with Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire regions, building a forum for better citizen engagement and increased trust in power. Roots & Futures is a non-profit that funds this activity in Derbyshire.

Government and strategy consulting for the East Midlands – from digital, people and corporate services transformation, to team building workshops, to designing organisational-wide strategies, to auditing, to creating programme plans, Roots & Futures can support. We only operate in the East Midlands as a commitment to build and retain strategy knowledge right here, for its people.

Roots & Futures is committed to building a house of strategic knowledge. Its profits are rooted into deliberative democracy, which will support the county to build its trust in power and have more of a say in the decisions that impact it. Other businesses in Derby will have a similar mission; we all need to come together to drive it and ensure Derby thrives in its future.

The Derby Mickleover Hotel offers a central base for exploring attractions around the city and the beautiful Peak District National Park. This hotel welcomes guests into the large atrium reception area, overlooked by balconies on each floor.

Whether you’re staying for a couple’s weekend, family holiday or business meeting, you can enjoy the leisure facilities, including a heated indoor swimming pool, gym and sauna. Guests can dine at the Brasserie Restaurant, with a casual and relaxed atmosphere, followed by drinks in the lounge and bar.

The hotel has 99 elegant bedrooms and numerous meetings and events rooms with capacities ranging from 8 to 200 people, with a target market of business, corporate and leisure guests.

We see expansion for the Derby marketing with Tourism in mind, bringing new possibilities into the city to generate employment, culture and excitement for the future.

We are delighted to welcome Hayes & Sons to the Bondholder community.

While their team is in the process of sharing their details with us, you can start getting to know them right here.

At UCE, we are a dedicated End Point Assessment Organisation specialising in the full suite of Improvement Apprenticeship Standards. Our offer spans from Level 2 Lean Manufacturing Operative all the way through to Level 6 Improvement Leader, and we now also assess across Process, Business, and Quality focused standards.

We proudly support Independent Training Providers across the UK, working with employers ranging from globally recognised brands such as Bentley and Amazon to a wide variety of organisations committed to developing high-quality talent.

Our core ethos is simple:
“The learner is at the heart of everything we do.”

Because of this, we provide comprehensive support at every stage of the apprenticeship journey. This includes:

• Structured TKS support sheets to help training providers and learners prepare effectively
• Clear Gateway guidance through our EPA guides
• Mock assessment materials to build confidence and readiness
• Ongoing advice and communication to ensure a seamless and positive assessment experience

At UCE, our goal is to deliver fair, reliable and supportive assessments that empower learners, strengthen employer capability, and raise the standard of improvement professionals across every sector.

Derby’s future is being shaped by huge levels of regeneration, business investment, and cultural transformation. For an apprenticeship and EPA organisation, this represents a major opportunity: businesses are expanding, skills needs are shifting, and the demand for trained, work ready people is only going to grow.

Scorpion Production Group is a Midlands-based creative services company delivering innovative, reliable technical production for live events and built environments. Founded in 2003, we bring together four specialist divisions under one roof: Event Solutions, Audio Visual Installations, Site & Power Services, and Media & Design. That means whether you need full event production, bespoke AV installation with ongoing support, temporary power and site infrastructure, or standout visual content, you get a single partner that can design, supply, and deliver end-to-end.

Our industry sits at the heart of event production, AV, and creative services. We’re known for doing the critical work in-house, planning, design, equipment, build, and delivery, so projects run smoothly, timelines stay tight, and quality stays consistent.

Our ideal customers are event agencies and corporate organisations who need a dependable technical delivery partner for conferences, exhibitions, roadshows, awards nights, and large-scale live experiences. If you value clear communication, professional crews, and a team that can scale from a single room setup to complex multi-day productions, Scorpion is built to make your vision happen—seamlessly and safely.

We wanted to become a Derby Bondholder because the scheme brings together a strong network of established businesses that closely match our ideal clients. We really like the concept: it champions Derby’s commercial community while creating opportunities for collaboration and growth. As Scorpion, we can help Bondholders elevate how they’re seen by their audiences through standout events, AV, and creative delivery; locally, nationally, and internationally.

Forming Connections supports organisations, schools and individuals to thrive by intentionally designing environments where safety, connection, and inclusion are embedded, not left to chance. At the heart of this work is a simple but powerful understanding: when people feel safe in their bodies, understand the brain/body connection and are supported by their environment, they are better able to think clearly, learn effectively, collaborate well, and work sustainably. Through immersive workshops, training, consultancy, and coaching, we help people notice what’s happening beneath the surface and respond with compassion, clarity, and confidence.

The work is grounded in the science of connection, exploring how the brain and body respond to stress, how sensory, relational, and organisational environments shape behaviour, and why psychological and physiological safety form the foundation of wellbeing, learning, productivity, and inclusion. By increasing understanding of how stress and safety operate at a nervous system level, individuals and organisations can move away from blame-based approaches and towards compassionate, effective change.

Forming Connections draws on over 20 years of experience across education, inclusion, and wellbeing. This includes more than 15 years as a SEND teacher, qualifications in Dru Yoga and youth mindfulness, and five years working as an Advisory Teacher for Inclusion within a local authority, supporting whole-school and individual inclusion for school leavers. The work is further informed by lived experience as an AuDHD professional, bringing authenticity, insight, and nuance to conversations around neurodiversity, reasonable adjustments, and inclusive design.

I was fortunate enough to attend your annual event at Derby Theatre and witness the Dare to Dream slot, which in real time changed hearts and minds, I had a real sense of ‘We are Derby’, from the business community and it was very inspiring.

Hortons’ Estate Limited is an independent property company with a substantial investment and development portfolio.

The company is delivering a major industrial and warehouse development at Sinfin Commercial Park in Derby, providing 268,000 sq ft of new high-quality industrial accommodation.

The portfolio comprises a wide range of asset types, predominantly industrial, logistics and open storage, together with hotels, leisure, offices, in-town and out-of-town retail, and development land located throughout central England.

In total, the portfolio extends to 5.5 million sq ft, let to over 450 tenants.

Hortons’ Estate recognises the strong growth trajectory of the East Midlands property market, particularly in Derby. The company sees significant opportunities for businesses across the local economy, and the Sinfin Commercial Park development will provide high quality, energy efficient industrial space to support business expansion in this strategic location.

Making Discovery Contagious! Empowering business leaders to drive organisational transformation by reshaping perspectives, unlocking potential, and fostering success through impactful coaching and peer collaboration

Spanning over 30 years, throughout my career, I’ve always strived to help businesses transform, and more importantly, help the people within them to grow. My passion lies in fostering discovery—both personal growth and business transformation

Through leadership roles in both Global Corporations and SMEs, I’m well-acquainted with the unique pressures leaders face. Now, as a qualified coach with extensive business experience, I’m dedicated to helping people and businesses achieve their fullest potential. 

I believe today’s leaders are navigating extraordinary circumstances that demand adaptability, empathy, and fresh perspectives. But leadership can be lonely—imagine facing challenges alongside a trusted group of peers who offer insights you simply can’t gain on your own, that’s what my Vistage Peer Advisory Group in Derbyshire provides.

Great businesses are at the centre of any great city, having a strong connected community of person leaders all working towards a common goal can only be great for the city.

We are delighted to welcome Kilowatt Energy to the Bondholder community.

While their team is in the process of sharing their details with us, you can start getting to know them right here.