Kitted out in hard hat and high visibility jacket, Derbyshire County Council leader Barry Lewis has visited one of the most important local employers and contributors to the county’s economy.

Meticulous planning and over 22,000 hours of work helped Tarmac’s Tunstead cement team complete its largest engineering project since operations began at the site in 2004.

As the UK celebrates National Apprenticeship Week, Tarmac has announced that it will create six new apprenticeships at the company’s Tunstead site near Buxton.

Peak Dale villagers are looking forward to seeing their social club take on a new lease of life as a community hub, thanks to a substantial national grant.

Tideswell residents are preparing to celebrate an exciting first for the village – the opening of their new community venue, the Fountain Square Church Hall.

Tarmac’s Tunstead Cement Plant has boosted its road fleet with six new trucks for delivery of bulk and packed cement to customers across the region.

Pupils at Buxton Junior School are looking forward to better weather and longer days, so they can get out and about on their bikes, now they have improved their cycling skills through a Bikeability course.

Tarmac has taken ownership of two quarries at Keele and Kingsley in Staffordshire which have been supplying clay and shale to Tarmac’s Tunstead cement plant near Buxton for 16 years.

Villagers in Sterndale Moor marked the Centenary of the Armistice with a full day of events from a ‘show and tell’ of World War One memorabilia including a rifle and bayonet; to the lighting of a beacon, one of 1200 lit nationwide on the evening of 11/11.

Blythe House Hospice’s annual Light up a Life appeal has received sponsorship from local company Tarmac for a 12th year. But this year the £1000 donation has come partly through an employee safety campaign.