An education provider has taken over offices used by a regional daily until last year.

EMA Training has moved into the former Siddals Road home of the Derby Telegraph, where it was based from 2014 until 2021.

The Telegraph no longer has an office in Derby after a move which saw owner Reach plc close all bar 15 of its UK newsrooms.

EMA Training, which is a training and apprenticeship provider across the East Midlands, has invested £75,000 in the three-floor site to create collaborative working space, break-out areas, exam suites and networking facilities.

The Derby Telegraph’s former Siddals Road office

EMA Training chief executive officer Tracey Mosley told East Midlands Business Link: “The expansion into this building is extremely exciting for us. The city has so much to offer our learners and we want to keep local talent in Derby.

“The support we have had from the employers we work with; our external stakeholders and our team has been incredible. Our people are the core of everything we do, and it has been great to see their involvement in each phase come to life.

“All the local businesses who helped renovate the previously empty office have done a fantastic job, in a really quick time.

“Together we have turned the building into a collaborative, innovative working space that supports the new hybrid way of working.”