Derby
- develop closer and better working between organisations
- improve services and facilities
- attract funding
- make best use of all resources
- bring the work of all Leadership s in the City (UK) together.
Derby and Derbyshire were centres of Great Britain's industrial revolution. In 1717 Derby was the site of the first silk mill in Britain, built by John Lombe and George Sorocold after Lombe had reputedly stolen the secrets of silk-milling from Piedmont in what is now Italy (he is alleged to have been poisoned by Piedmontese in revenge in 1722). In 1758 Jedidiah Strutt patented and built a machine in Derby that revolutionised the manufacture of silk cloth. Then in 1771 Richard Arkwright built the world's first water-powered mill at Cromford, Derbyshire, developing a form of power that was the catalyst for the industrial revolution.