CHAMBER NEWS
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Radio star to speak at Chamber’s Annual Dinner
Funding for innovation
By David Southall Fellowships Coordinator University of Nottingham
Do you know that your business can tap into University of Nottingham expertise and facilities to help solve problems and develop new ideas? Smaller businesses
generally do not have access to the kind of equipment and resources available at universities, so a new scheme has been designed to enable local enterprises to get the help and support they require from the University of Nottingham. Local businesses can now
tap into this invaluable source of both knowledge and world class facilities and equipment through the University’s Innovation Voucher scheme. Businesses in the Nottinghamshire or Derbyshire areas can access support at little, or no cost at all. One of the businesses
which has benefitted from accessing University of Nottingham expertise through an Innovation Voucher is Verve Garden Design. The company used the
voucher to work directly with University specialists to help develop its client engagement strategy.
Managing Director, Lorraine
Young, said: “I found our discussions with the University academics very fruitful and they challenged my thinking. Being able to access the Innovation Voucher through the University has helped me to develop a marketing plan that I’m excited to implement.”
Businesses from all sectors are able to apply to the scheme. For further details, please contact David Southall at the University of Nottingham on
david.southall@
nottingham.ac.uk or call 0115 846 7246.
Radio presenter Justin Webb (pictured) will be one of the keynote speakers at this year’s Chamber Annual Dinner in March. Justin currently spends his mornings grilling British politicians and news-makers as a presenter on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme. Before joining Today, Justin was the BBC’s North America Editor – a role in which he covered all the twists and turns of the 2008 Presidential election that saw Barack Obama voted into the Whitehouse. Justin continues to observe the American political,
social and economic climate, assessing the often dramatic events on Capitol Hill, Wall Street and Main Street. He is described as a wonderfully engaging speaker on everything from Brexit to Trump. Also speaking will be the Rt
Hon Nicky Morgan, MP for Loughborough and Chair of the Treasury Select Committee. Nicky served as
Education Secretary and Minister for Women and Equalities from July 2014 until July 2016. She served as an Assistant Whip in the coalition Government until her appointment as Economic Secretary to the Treasury in October 2013. She was also Financial
Secretary to the Treasury and Minister for Women from April until July 2014. She is a former mergers and acquisitions lawyer
Charities receive financial help
Three charities have been named as beneficiaries of fundraising efforts by the Chamber in 2018. Chamber President Rob Mayo announced the charities at the Chamber’s Christmas Lunch at Leicester City FC’s King Power Stadium in December. The charities are Derbyshire-
based Rhubarb Farm - a community interest company, Huncote-based Leicester and Leicestershire Animal Aid and Leicester-based Hope Against Cancer. They will each receive an equal
share of money raised by the Chamber throughout the year, towards which £2,959.70 was raised at the event. The event also saw three beneficiaries of the Chamber’s 2017 fundraising efforts – Leicester’s LOROS Hospice, Maggies of Nottingham and Blythe House Hospice, of Chapel-en-le-Frith – receive an equal share of £3,000 raised by the Chamber during 2017.
24 business network February 2018
L-R: John Knight - from LOROS, Rob Mayo – Chamber President, Elizabeth Sudbury – from Maggies, Lesley Dexter – Executive Support Manager at the Chamber, who collected the cheque on behalf of Blythe House, and Scott Knowles – Chamber Chief Executive
Rob said: “It gave me great
pleasure to present three worthwhile charities with donations and also to name three charities to which the Chamber will donate this year.
“Charities rely on donations for
their survival and I would encourage businesses to take part in events that help to raise money for charities during the year.”
and worked in three major City of London firms before being elected as a Conservative MP in 2010. She is the author of Taught not Caught: Educating
for Character in the 21st Century, a study into building characterful children and the positive impact it has on their academic attainment. The Chamber's Annual Dinner is one of the most
prestigious black-tie business events in the East Midlands. With over 600 guests from businesses in the region
expected, the dinner provides a fantastic platform to raise profile and network with some of the most influential business leaders in the area. Chamber President Rob Mayo said: “The Annual
Dinner is the highlight of the Presidential year. I’m really looking forward to this year’s event, to interacting with so many members and guests and hearing what Justin and Nicky will say.” The event will be held at the Roundhouse, Derby,
on 22 March, starting with a welcome drinks reception at 6.30pm.
For more information, to book, or to take advantage of sponsorship opportunities, visit
bit.ly/EMCAnnualDinner
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