Community Integrated Care was delighted to welcome Clive Betts to our Beighton Road Supported Living service in Sheffield last Friday 14th February where he met with colleagues and people we support Beighton Road supports 16 adults with a range of support needs including learning disabilities and autism Clive had the opportunity to tour the service and speak with the incredible team who dedicate themselves to enabling people to live full Clive also spent time with the people we support learning about how personalised care empowers them to achieve their goals and aspirations “I had a great time visiting Community Integrated Care The charity provides crucial support to ensure that people thrive and enjoy life The team have a real drive to provide this support and it was very much on display at my visit They are doing really important work that we need to protect and secure going forward.” Community Integrated Care’s Chief Executive Officer “It was fantastic to welcome MP Clive Betts to Beighton Road and showcase the dedication and skill of our colleagues our teams support people to live great lives full of joy Visits like this are so important in demonstrating the value of social care and the incredible impact of our workforce We were delighted to have Clive with us to meet some of the amazing people we support and to see firsthand the difference that great By 2025-01-28T15:04:00+00:00 Sheffield-based distributor Pricecheck has renewed the lease for its headquarters for the next five years Serving as distribution centre and head office the 113,839 sq ft site is located in Beighton The company sought help from retail specialist law firm Gordons to secure the deal which required negotiations among three parties The renewal is part of the company’s “significant ambitions” to increase turnover to £200m the family-owned distributor reported a turnover of £151m increasing 16% from the previous financial year “This lease renewal was far from straightforward with three parties involved including a previous tenant from whom we were subletting the premises” “The team at Gordons helped us to navigate various issues and bring the matter to a successful conclusion within the required timeframe.” Gordons commercial property partner Sarah Ratcliffe added: “Pricecheck is a fast-growing business with significant ambitions so it was essential for us to secure a new lease on the facilities to enable the company to further deliver its strategic growth plans “We had to work at pace within short timeframes to conclude the negotiations with the landlord We are very pleased with the positive outcome and look forward to seeing Pricecheck continue to expand nationally and internationally.” Sign in to comment on this article Site powered by Webvision Cloud Learn moreExplore related questionsDiscover more about the topics that matter most Browse our suggested questions or ask your own to find out more The Very and Littlewoods brands owner said Beighton will join as a representative of global investment firm Carlyle Group which provided £85 million in funding to the group earlier this year.He’s joined by consultant Paul O’Donnell who’s a representative of international investment company IMI the other half of the £125 million funding package the digital retailer also secured this year The Very Group, which operates digital retailer Very has appointed former ASOS CEO and current Non-Executive Chair of Secret Sales who has over 20 years of M&A and corporate finance experience serving as an advisor to public and private companies has also joined Very as a Non-Executive Director Both new appointments come following the retirement of previous Non-Executive Director who previously held the role of Group Finance Director at The Very Group from 2012 to 2015 The appointments of Beighton and O’Donnell also follow the announcement in February 2024 that The Very Group had entered into a partnership with global investment firm Carlyle alongside a £125 million funding package - of which circa £85 million from Carlyle was immediately available for the company - each firm would take a seat on the company’s board Beighton has therefore been appointed as a representative of Carlyle while O’Donnell has been appointed as a representative of IMI said: "I am delighted to welcome Nick and Paul to The Very Group’s board Both bring a wide network of relationships as well as leading expertise and unrivalled experience in helping ambitious businesses develop and grow who prior to ASOS – which he left in 2021 having overseen revenue grow to £3.9 billion – was Head of Finance at Matalan He is also currently a Non-Executive Director at online fashion retailer Lookiero as well as at heritage clothing brand Raging Bull O’Donnell is currently a Non-Executive Director and Audit Committee member at Nordic Aviation Capital and EnerMech He also served as an Alternate Director at McLaren Group and was previously a Managing Director at Blackstone By clicking 'Get the Newsletter' below, you agree to receive the newsletter & marketing communications from theindustry.fashion. 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Its original plan to list in New York collapsed following opposition from US lawmakers Beighton said he was “a huge fan” of proximity sourcing: “I think fashion can be done fast without the connotations that we attribute to fast fashion Nothing can be faster than UK sourcing done well.” head of product legislation and sustainability at Next described the retailer's goals for sustainability: “On responsible sourcing we have clear targets on some of our raw materials.” She added that the retailer’s most recent update from April 2024 showed that it sources 81% of its cotton sustainably a 14 percentage-point increase from 67% last year It aims to source 100% of its cotton responsibly by 2025 Event organiser Suzanne Ellingham said it is Europe’s largest garment manufacturing show “We’ve achieved that in two years,” she said adding that Source started with around 80 manufacturers in 2023 when it launched in February 2025 it will move to a larger room at Olympia London The show said "thousands" of retailers and brands registered to attend “What we’re doing by moving is doubling our footprint Source Fashion is a sustainable sourcing show aimed at highlighting international fashion supply chain innovations relevant to buyers The next edition of Source Fashion will be in February 2025 at Olympia London The UK and India have agreed a multibillion-pound trade deal after three… currently chief customer and marketing officer at… Revenue at Zalando jumped 7.9% to €2.4bn (£2.03bn) during the first quarter… Get full access to all the fashion industry news and intelligence you need Browse the archive of more than 55,000 articles read the daily and weekly newsletters in full and gain priority access to Drapers events Here’s a full list of our subscriber benefits: Check if you already have access from your company or university By EMILY HAWKINS The former boss of Asos has joined growing criticism of fast fashion giant Shein in asking whether it should list on the London Stock Exchange who turned Asos into one of the UK's biggest clothing retailers as chief executive from 2016 to 2021 is the latest industry figure to raise questions about the Singapore-based firm Shein is reportedly seeking to join the market in a £50 billion float 'I think the London Stock Exchange should be the premier place for the best brands Concern: Shein is reportedly seeking to join the London Stock Exchange in a £50 billion float were made at a sustainable fashion event at London's Kensington Olympia High Street retailers are also unhappy because Shein dodges hefty customs duty as it ships direct to online shoppers from China Affiliate links: If you take out a product This is Money may earn a commission These deals are chosen by our editorial team This does not affect our editorial independence The comments below have not been moderated We are no longer accepting comments on this article MORE HEADLINES This is Money is part of the Daily Mail, Mail on Sunday & Metro media group For best viewing experience of this website Please enter a place name in the search bar Environment Agency Updated: 15:05 (UTC+1) on Tue 6 May 2025 it will turn increasingly cloudy from off the North Sea Some bright or sunny spells developing by evening Staying dry with some lengthy clear skies overnight Turning chilly with a touch of grass frost in places Largely dry with variable amounts of cloud and bright or sunny spells on Wednesday with variable amounts of cloud and bright or sunny spells throughout the period Dry across the majority of the UK with clear or sunny spells for many areas as high pressure dominates the weather pattern across the UK thicker cloud is likely in the far north for a time with some patchy rain and drizzle in north and northwest Scotland cloud will probably thicken in parts the southwest with a few showers in places with a small chance some of these could be heavy or thundery Winds will mostly be light with daytime temperatures likely to be slightly above normal for the time of year although there is a chance of some cold nights Fairly typical weather for the time of year is most likely through this period fine and dry weather is more likely to dominate although this may be interspersed by occasional spells of rain and showers with a risk of heavy rain and thunderstorms in places temperatures will most likely be near to or slightly above average By 2024-09-03T10:12:00+01:00 which owns and operates brands including Very and Littlewoods, has bolstered its board with two new non-executive appointments Former boss of bust luxury fashion retailer Matches Nick Beighton and consultant Paul O’Donnell have both joined the board at The Very Group following the retirement of non-executive director Mark McMenemy The appointments come following The Very Group’s announcement in February this year that it had entered into a long-term partnership with global investment firm Carlyle and international investment house IMI to fuel its growth plans The deal came alongside a £125m funding package and both firms took a seat on the retailer’s board as part of the partnership Beighton has today been announced as representative of Carrlyle while O’Donnell will be a representative of IMI Beighton is also currently non-executive chair of online marketplace Secret Sales as well as non-executive director at both Lookiero and Raging Bull Prior to his gig at Matches he was chief executive at Asos and also previously held the role of head of finance at Matalan O’Donnell joins The Very Group with more than 20 years of mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance experience having been an advisor for many public and private companies as well as to private equity funds He is currently a non-executive director and audit committee member at Nordic Aviation Capital and Enermech and was previously a director at McLaren Group The Very Group non-executive chair Nadhim Zahawi said: “I am delighted to welcome Nick and Paul to The Very Group’s board as well as leading expertise and unrivalled experience in helping ambitious businesses develop and grow “Their contributions will be invaluable and I look forward to working with them. On behalf of everyone at The Very Group I want to thank Mark for his outstanding contribution As former group finance director and as a non-executive director he has played a vital role in shaping the company’s financial performance “His impact on the business and its people cannot be overstated Picture by 2012 Getty ImagesBy Ali Asgar NalwalaInitiated in 1895 the Beighton Cup is the oldest hockey tournament in India and one of the oldest in the world A total of 125 editions of the Beighton Cup have been held so far. The last edition was in January 2024 with Indian Navy defending their title. Mohun Bagan have won the tournament 14 times and are the most successful team in the Beighton Cup hockey history. Named after its British donor, Judge Thomas Durant Beighton of the Indian Civil Service and Legal Remembrancer to the Government of Bengal during the British rule of India, the tournament was organised by the Indian Football Association until the Calcutta League took over in 1905. The prestigious tournament is currently organised by Hockey Bengal (previously known as the Bengal Hockey Association). The Beighton Cup was played on natural grass at the Mohun Bagan ground on the Maidan in Kolkata before Sports Authority of India’s East centre became a venue in the last few years. Matches at SAI are played on synthetic turf. Dhyan Chand: The hockey wizard who had the world on his stick The Beighton Cup has endured the test of time and was even held during World War I and World War II The only times the tournament was not held was in 1947 during the year of India’s partition in 2017 due to renovation at SAI East centre and in 2020 and 2021 due to COVID-19 are some of the many stars who competed in the Beighton Cup over the years The great Dhyan Chand hailed the Beighton Cup in his autobiography ‘Goal,’ labelling it as the “blue riband of Indian hockey” and that one of his life’s ambitions was to win the tournament “Kolkata is indeed lucky that it has at least three or four first-class hockey grounds and this is a great advantage to run a tournament on schedule,” Dhyan Chand wrote it (Beighton Cup) is perhaps the best-organised hockey event in the country.”  Dhyan Chand reckoned that the 1933 Beighton Cup hockey final between his team Jhansi Heroes and favourites Calcutta Customs was the best match of his career and it was just opportunism that gave us the victory.” Jhansi Heroes beat defending champions Calcutta Customs by a solitary goal that day It remains Jhansi Heroes’ only title to date Plans for a site in the neighbourhood have led to a massive political row But there are untold nuances around the story and unanswered questions “It took us two generations to get a reputation and he still remembers being nine years old and helping out at his family’s fairground in Sheffield seventy years passed and he didn’t stop working and his sons are also in the fairground trade and he describes a proud legacy as one of Sheffield’s most respected families of Travelling Showpeople which is the term for people who organise circuses fairs and shows and who tend to be bracketed with Travellers and Gypsies by public authorities and the media the family has lived at a site in Chapeltown Bad memories surface every so often in our conversation He tells me about a time when his daughter was working the dodgems at a fairground they’d set up in a field in Sheffield The baby didn’t like strangers to touch her so her mum would place some netting around her to deter people from coming near her and reported the family to the police for child cruelty (The Turvills received a visit from a social care worker the following week after observing the family for a few hours apparently said: “If everyone looked after their babies like you None of this made Turvill want to withdraw from society it seems to have instilled a kind of resilience he says his message to his family was simple: just be respectful and treat others as you’d like to be treated working throughout the pandemic to keep people fed and watered making sure their neighbours knew to come to them if they were struggling for food he says the Turvills are closely enmeshed with the local community and have a good relationship with Sheffield City Council Traveller and Travelling Showpeople communities tends to flare up from time to time usually whipped up by negative media coverage and nowadays multiplied by social media Sheffield’s Travelling Showpeople have become more concerned about tensions rising again I went to meet them to find out why.  you need to go back not to an inflammatory article in The Sun but to Sheffield’s “Local Plan” — a long-awaited council document that set out a blueprint for how the city will look in the next 15 years the council announced a new development in Beighton The development would build on Springwell Field in Beighton creating 16 acres of space for Travelling Showpeople to live and store their equipment while they’re on the road The proposals for the site caused immediate backlash a Labour candidate who stood in the local elections in Beighton circulated a petition among local residents that gathered nearly 3,000 signatures calling for the council to move it elsewhere Some people have accused the protesters of racism and suggested that their concerns over increased traffic and congestion in the area are a respectable smokescreen who has been a prominent voice against the development there’s an underground gas pipeline and there are also overhead electricity power cables so why would you dump Travellers on it?” he says (The council says they do not anticipate any issues with developing a site with an underground gas pipeline) The widespread sense that the council has ignored residents’ concerns seems to have exacerbated the tensions “No one is going to be happy if you do something like this and don’t consult people properly,” Horner says “Of course it’s not going to be joy all round.” Comments under articles in The Star hint at more hostile attitudes one resident suggested living near a Traveller site would make the area less desirable and asked if the council would be compensating residents for the depreciating value of their homes Another asked: “Isn’t there enough high crime already?” Labour councillors had been told they were expected to back the motion Not doing so would constitute breaking the whip and could risk suspension from the party seven long-standing Labour councillors voted against the Local Plan arguing that they were standing up for the voices of residents about the people who might move into the site in Beighton and whether they might have misled the council about who they really are The Local Plan says the site in Beighton is for Gypsies and Travellers the local magazine Now Then reported that “it is anticipated that this site would be used by travelling showpeople incorporating both business use and static caravan” Travellers and Travelling Showpeople are not a homogenous category — they are distinct groups with different cultural identities and it’s important to understand which group we’re specifically talking about when we refer to the site in Beighton But this is something I’ve found difficult to pin down one councillor told me the site was for Travellers; two others said it was for Travelling Showpeople one of the chairmen of the Showmen’s Guild a trade association representing the UK fairground industry dismissing the idea that the site was developed with Travelling Showpeople in mind “The site is nothing to do with the Showground or Fairground People.” Percival explains the request hasn’t come from any members of the Showmen’s Guild He explains you need fairground equipment to be a Showman and to apply for membership in order to be a member of the community When I pointed this out to a few councillors on Sheffield’s South East Local Area committee we’ve been told it’s for Travelling Showpeople,” said one It could be a breakdown in communication due to the heavy political tensions dominating Sheffield Council at the moment Then Percival suggests an interesting theory: that the council has been misled by the people who expressed an interest in a site Percival explains it’s not uncommon for Gypsy and Traveller communities “to lean a little bit towards us” when they need help with housing Travelling Showpeople are usually allocated larger sites with a mix of accommodation and industrial units for storing equipment Gypsies and Travellers tend to be associated with a reputation for crime and antisocial behaviour something which is fiercely disputed by the communities and their advocates a study from Cardiff University in 2010 found that Gypsies and Travellers abide by a strict moral code and there is no evidence to suggest that Gypsies and Travellers engage in a higher level of crime than other communities Travelling Showpeople have become a celebrated part of Sheffield’s history “We have a good reputation and good contacts,” Percival says “Everyone appreciates what we do and we don’t have a lot of opposition.” Travelling Showpeople have a long and storied role in Sheffield history The earliest recorded presence of the presence of Travelling Showpeople in Sheffield was in 1296 when Edward I gave Sheffield the right to hold an annual fair on the feast of St Simon and St Jude Sheffield’s fairs began as a way for tradesman to exchange goods and services they became known for merry-go-rounds and amusements In the introduction to John Ling: Memories of a Travelling Showman the writer Steve Smith describes strong solidarity between Travelling Showmen and Sheffield’s working-class particularly during the First World War: “Travelling Showmen supplied the amusements to a hard-pressed working-class Professor Vanessa Toulmin from the University of Sheffield is the founder of the National Fairground and Circus Archive which she describes as a celebration of the contribution of Travelling Showpeople to British society and “one of the most important collections in Europe” It’s also a statement of pride in her own roots: Vanessa hails from a Showground family from Bolton “She supports us and sticks up for us,” Percival says Toulmin’s work has highlighted the stories of Showpeople and celebrates the contribution of Travelling Showpeople to British culture the archive’s collections manager Aruntzia Barrutia makes a strong case for fairgrounds as part of “the democratisation of knowledge” — during the Victorian era fairgrounds functioned as places where the uneducated working classes could easily access fine art exhibitions I wanted to understand a bit more about the nuance being drawn out by Percival — that difference between the Showpeople and the Gypsy and Traveller communities So on a cold day last week I took the tram to Crystal Peaks and walked to a Gypsy site on the edge of a large industrial estate.  They are tired from work and vaguely irritated that I’ve turned up out of the blue but they let me stay and teach me a bit of Gypsy slang (They tell me to say “Chum Mandy’s Bull” if I ever need to stand up to anyone which literally translates to “Kiss my ass”) I ask them about the local community and they pause “It’s the same if you’re Black or a Muslim in this country The men seem weary and eventually indicate I should let them rest It’s striking how different this is to my interview in Chapeltown Barry Turvill can readily recall a few bad experiences but overall he describes Sheffield as a welcoming and accepting place the Gypsies I meet near Crystal Peaks feel as though they have no one in their corner Another thing I picked up on: Barry was keen to stress he’s a Travelling Showman not because he harbours any prejudice towards the other groups with which his people are often bracketed but because he knows that they face awful discrimination a spokesperson for Sheffield City Council says the council has been in “regular dialogue” with a representative from the Travelling community and created the site in Beighton to meet the needs of the community They also stressed that the site in Beighton “is purely a site allocation at this stage” which seems to indicate the site has been developed without a specific family or group of people in mind In a statement released to The Tribune by Sheffield City Council said: “Sheffield is a city on the up and the Local Plan will help guide our ambitious vision for future growth It is a plan that will see the development of underused brownfield land protection of the green belt and high quality homes for the next generation It is a blueprint for the development of future employment sites attract new businesses to Sheffield and ultimately put more money into people’s pockets through well paid We want to get Sheffield building and make Sheffield the number one place to live in our region.” the Showmen’s Guild maintain they have no interest in the site Percival said the Showmen’s Guild would be writing a letter to the leader of Sheffield City Council seeking to distance themselves from the people moving into the site in Beighton and specifically asked me to make it clear in this article that the site isn’t associated with Showmen He seems to share Turvill’s concerns about reputation “It just takes one bad apple in the box.” There seems to be a feeling that if there is any trouble on the Beighton site the Travelling Showpeople can’t afford to risk their reputation Whether there will be any trouble on the Beighton site remains to be seen after all the petitions and screaming matches in council chambers that it will be easy for whoever does move there to settle in.  a new councillor in South East Sheffield admitted the reason they think they won the local election with such a large majority was because they were vocally opposed to the Beighton site But the issue with using the plight of a community as a political football is that they have to live with the real-world consequences Percival says he’s concerned that this row “is not going to be good for the area in Beighton.” He sighs 30 October at 12.25pm to include a statement from the chair of Sheffield City Council’s transport Share this story to help us grow- click here Three fire crews attended a fire in a basement on Regent Street Barnsley after a call was received at 7.11pm One hose reel was used to extinguish the fire and the incident had been dealt with by 10pm Seven fire engines and one aerial appliance attended a fire in a flat on Callow Mount after a call was received at 10.15pm One main jet was used to extinguish the fire The incident had been dealt with by 11.40pm and is believed to have been caused deliberately Three fire engines attended a garage fire on Manvers Road Sheffield after a call was received at 11.53pm One hose reel was used to extinguish the fire and the incident had been dealt with by 12.20am One fire engine attended a fire involving fly tipped waste in a field near Hellaby Lane Rotherham after a call was received at 12.10am beaters and buckets were used to extinguish the fire which was dealt with by 1am One fire crew attended a car fire on Windmill Avenue Barnsley after a call was received at 3.52am One hose reel jet was used to extinguish the fire which is believed to have been set deliberately The incident had been dealt with by 4.40am Sign up for our bi-monthly newsletter to keep up to date with South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Nick’s debut in the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games saw him take Bronze in a thrilling final of the K1 200m KL2 event Nick finished 3rd in the K1 200m KL2 event at the World Championships 2018 started well for Nick when he won silver in the K1 200m KL2 at the European Championships in Belgrade building on the bronze medal he won at the same event in 2017 Before transitioning to British Canoeing in 2014 Nick competed in Rowing at the London 2012 Paralympics coming 4th in the TAMix2x class Nick was a Captain in the Royal Engineers of the British Army he stepped on an explosive device during a rountine patrol and lost both his legs