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04 December 2001
AstraZeneca's Dr John Patterson Named As Next ABPI President
Dr John Patterson, of AstraZeneca, has been named as the President Designate of the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI). More
29 November 2001
Double success for AstraZeneca
AstraZeneca ranks first in the "Quality of Management" and "Quality of Goods and Services" categories in UK's Management Today's most admired list. Overall, AstraZeneca was second, after Shell Transport & Trading, in the list of Britain's Most Admired Company 2001. More
11 December 2001
Free decorations help bring Christmas cheer
A sure sign that Christmas is just around the corner is the
festive decorations. But the cost of buying all the ones needed to fill a
school, playgroup or village hall can be high. More
04 December 2001
Christmas cards boost for Mayor's charity
A Christmas card designed for Loughborough's medicines research
company, AstraZeneca R&D Charnwood will take its name to all corners of the
world and, at the same time, the Mayor of Charnwood's Charity Appeal will be
given a £1,000 cash injection. More
27 November 2001
Burleigh vouchers for new equipment
The Chemistry Department at Burleigh Community College has an unexpected problem - how to use £290 worth of vouchers donated by staff at Loughborough's AstraZeneca R&D Charnwood. More
27 November 2001
AstraZeneca UK Marketing Company appoints new President
Chris Brinsmead is to join AstraZeneca's UK Marketing Company as
Company President in January 2002. He will be responsible for overseeing the
1,800 employees and ensuring AZ maintains its leading position in the UK
market. More
21 November 2001
AstraZeneca £10K Sponsorship Enables Local Youngsters
To Develop Musical Talent
AstraZeneca is enabling hundreds of local youngsters to develop and demonstrate their musical talents under professional guidance. The company is sponsoring the Hall Education Project in three local schools and is supporting Macclesfield Borough Council's Youth Arts Showcase, taking place in the Evans Hall, Wilmslow Leisure Centre, from 27 to 30 November. More
18 October 2001
DONATION EXTENDS ELDERLY DAY CARE FACILITIES
A donation of £5,000 from AstraZeneca will enable Age Concern East Cheshire to extend day care facilities for physically frail elderly people in Poynton and Knutsford. More
18 October 2001
MACCLESFIELD HOCKEY CLUB
Thirty seven girls and boys from Macclesfield Hockey Club together
with six supervisors set off for The Netherlands on Sunday on an eagerly
awaited Youth Hockey Tour which has been generously supported by ten local
businesses. On Tuesday, players and parents together with Youth Coach Graham
Crawley, Chairman Jim Leach and Sandy Littler, Head of PE at Fallibroome High
School, met up with sponsors who presented kit to each
participant. More
18 October 2001
FIREWORK FUN!
It will be all eyes to the skies on Saturday as Loughborough Students Rag light up the heavens with the annual bonfire and fireworks display, one of the most popular events in the town's calendar. More
28 September 2001
Government Minister opens £45 million new science facility at
AstraZeneca R&D Charnwood
AstraZeneca announces the opening of one of Europe's most technically advanced Pharmaceutical Development Facilities. The £45 million state-of-the-art facility is dedicated to providing supplies of potential new medicines for world-wide clinical trials and to developing the manufacturing processes required for eventual transfer to large-scale production. More
28 September 2001
Dare you don your dazzling denims? This was the question put to
staff at AstraZeneca R&D Charnwood
Local as well as national charities stand to benefit from almost £2,000 donated by staff at Loughborough's medicines research company after an afternoon of 'dazzling denims' More
29 August 2001
Sponsorship boost for football league
At the start of a new season the top local football league has been given a major boost. More
08 August 2001
Charity provides help for cancer sufferers
Every year more than 4,500 Leicestershire people are diagnosed as having cancer, a traumatic time for both patients and their families, but some help and comfort is at hand from a county specialist charity. More
01 August 2001
Money for the Mela
One of the most colourful events in the Loughborough calendar -
the Mela Festival - takes place in Southfields Park on Sunday, August 5, and is
again expected to be a crowd-puller. More
31 July 2001
Laboratory equipment gets second life
Many groups have benefited in recent years from AstraZeneca
R&D Charnwood's multi million pound upgrading of its Loughborough site to
create one of the most modern medicines research centres in
Europe. More
20 July 2001
Deadline for arts awards nears
The deadline for anyone hoping to get their hands on a prize in
this year's Arts in the Community awards scheme is fast approaching with
applications due by 23 July 2001. More
20 July 2001
Near miss for Alex in top students awards
Although local student Alex Robinson's innovative science project
on Salmonella detection received high praise from the judges it just missed out
for one of the top prizes in this year's prestigious CREST
Awards. More
17 July 2001
Local charities benefit from recent AstraZeneca success
To mark a recent successful regulatory inspection of one of its
important manufacturing facilities at Macclesfield, Cheshire, AstraZeneca have
made donations totalling £5000 to a number of local charities on behalf
of staff. More
10 July 2001
Hands-on work experience for students
Students from Burleigh College found themselves immersed in the
complex world of medicines research when they undertook their week-long work
experience task at Loughborough's medicines research and development company
AstraZeneca R&D Charnwood. More
21 June 2001
Hospital staff surf the net
Staff, students and trainee nurses at Loughborough Hospital are
getting hands on experience of the use of the World Wide Web thanks to a
leading local company. More
05 June 2001
Ground Force - Loughborough Style
Willing workers at a leading local company are turning an used
area at a Loughborough school into an environmental garden - but the task will
help both groups. More
24 May 2001
Friendship link brings benefit to University
The links between Loughborough's two major employers, medicines
research company AstraZeneca R&D Charnwood and Loughborough University have
been strengthened by the donation of sophisticated laboratory
equipment. More
24 May 2001
Music in the Market Place
One of the high-spots of next Monday's 'Streets Alive' carnival in
Loughborough's Market Place is music from one of the best jazz ensembles in the
country. More
24 May 2001
Arts in Charnwood Get Prestigious Award & Funding
A massive £27,000 will provide a major boost for arts in the
Charnwood area, thanks to a prestigious national award. More
08 May 2001
Kev's smile wins him a new phone!
Local Kinch's bus driver Kevin Beale has made many friends as he
drives his number 7 route vehicle around the town - and he has a brand new
mobile phone to prove it! More
08 May 2001
Top scientist's help for local youth group
A Loughborough group which provides a wide range of educational
activities for youngsters has been given a major boost in its fundraising
appeal from an unexpected source. More
30 April 2001
Lions Charity Carnival to go ahead
With many traditional events around the country cancelled because
of the outbreak of foot and mouth disease, one local favourite which has drawn
the crowds to Loughborough every May Day for more than 20 years will go-ahead
as usual. The annual Loughborough Lions Charity Carnival will be at Southfields
Park on May 7 with many exciting attractions lined up.. More
23 April 2001
Charities receive laptops from local pharmaceutical company
Over twenty charities in the Luton and Dunstable area received
second-hand laptops from the global pharmaceutical company,
AstraZeneca. More
03 April 2001
£25,000 gift will improve breast screening services
A £25,000 gift from AstraZeneca has launched a fund which
should bring even better and quicker breast screening for women in Macclesfield
and East Cheshire. More
02 April 2001
AstraZeneca Sends School Children Outward Bounding
Thirty-Seven young people from secondary schools in Macclesfield, Poynton and Congleton are this week attending an Outward Bound Course at Ullswater in the Lake District, sponsored by AstraZeneca. More
01 April 2001
Every picture tells the story
Every school has to keep records of the progress made by children
attending but for children with cerebral palsy or allied conditions, words do
not always convey the full picture. More
01 February 2001
Money helps the music along
Youngsters at a Loughborough Youth Club will be dancing to greater
sounds, thanks to donations from three local sources to buy new disco
equipment. More
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