Old Cottage Hospital Studios West Midland’s Regional Award Winner Ledbury & Area Development Trust (LADT) has been named as the winner of the West Midlands Region Market Towns Award for 2009 for the Old Cottage Hospital Studios project.   These Awards are part of the National Awards run by Action for Market Towns  which each year celebrate the great variety of community projects that are helping to regenerate and sustain small towns throughout the country.    LADT was also named as the winner of the Business & Economy category.   LADT is proud to offer approximately 1,600 sq ft (150 sq m) of prestigious managed workspace at the Old Cottage Hospital Studios, Ledbury for young entrepreneurial businesses. If you are interested in taking up a tenancy of the last remaining Studio you can download an ‘Expression of Interest’ form Click here Five of our Studios have now been let to young entrepreneurial businesses including a software company, a jewellery business, a designer, and a Pilates Studio. For details about hiring Studio 6 for a meeting, seminar, or workshop Click Here For further information Click Here Barrett Browning Institute We have completed our work on an Outline Plan for how the Barrett Browning Institute building could be used most effectively in the future. For further information - Click Here Consultancy We have recently completed our latest Consultancy project - for a Market Town - and welcome enquiries for other consultancy work - for further information Click Here

L to R: Ian Beer (LADT), Carol Chapman (AMT), Stuart Buckley (AWM), Stuart Houghton (LADT), and Roger Payne (LADT) ledburyebiz ledburyebiz is the online trading arm of the Ledbury & Area Development Trust which we are using to trade on eBay. Depending on the outcome of a Pilot – which runs until February 2010 - we believe that the longer-term benefits to the community could include: Selling items on eBay on behalf of members of the community unfamiliar with how it works – with the proceeds being divided appropriately   Selling items on eBay donated by members of the community   Working with partners to sell items that might otherwise be thrown away   In the longer term, establishing a small community fund to which local individuals and groups could apply for small amounts of funding. For further information Click Here