CHAMBER NEWS
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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.
Scott Knowles and Katrina Starkey, Purpose Media’s Marketing Services Director
Chamber welcomes two new Strategic Partners
Purpose Media and RSM have become Strategic Partners of the Chamber. Strategic partnership is the
highest level of corporate status conferred by the Chamber. Purpose Media and RSM join the likes of Rolls-Royce, DHL, East Midlands Airport and HSBC. With offices in South Normanton,
Derbyshire, full-service marketing agency Purpose Media delivers website development, ecommerce, design, video, digital and PR services to firms across the East Midlands and beyond. It has been established since
2009 and now has over 400 clients, ranging from SMEs to enterprises with offices around the world, covering a wide variety of industry sectors. Its clients include the British Chambers of Commerce, Derby County Football Club, Middlesex County Cricket Club, American refrigeration manufacturer True and global aerospace supplier Pattonair. Matt Wheatcroft, Purpose
Media’s Managing Director, said: “As a long-standing Patron of East Midlands Chamber, we are pleased to be extending our support by becoming a Strategic Partner, which will give us the opportunity to use our expertise in online marketing and ecommerce to help influence the digital agenda across the region. “In an increasingly
interconnected digital global marketplace, a strong online
24 business network March 2018 Kevin Harris, a partner at RSM in
Leicester and Vice-President at the Chamber, said: “We are delighted to become a Strategic Partner to the East Midlands Chamber. “At a time when businesses
across the region face huge uncertainties, our association with the Chamber will enable us to better understand the concerns of the local business community. “Through this partnership, we
Kevin Harris
‘We are delighted to become a Strategic Partner to the East Midlands Chamber’
presence is more important than ever to businesses. We understand that and look forward to working with the Chamber, its members and the wider business community to fully exploit all of the opportunities that online trading brings.” RSM is a leading audit, tax and
consulting firm to the middle market with nearly 3,500 partners and staff operating from 35 locations throughout the UK. The UK firm is a member of RSM International - the sixth largest network of audit, tax and consulting firms globally. The network spans over 120 countries, with a fee income of more than $5bn.
intend to play a key role in helping to shape and support the Chamber’s agenda.” Scott Knowles, Chief Executive at
the Chamber added: “We are delighted to welcome both Purpose Media and RSM as Strategic Partners. “Our Strategic Partners influence
delivery of our policy and how we lobby Government and other opinion formers, they are drawn from among our patrons, which are themselves a powerful force in shaping policy to drive economic growth and equip smaller businesses with the knowledge and skills that are vital to their future. “Purpose Media's wealth of
expertise will bring to the Chamber skills to complement those of the other strategic partners to evolve something which is, together, greater than the sum of its parts. “RSM has a network stretching
across the UK and in 120 countries worldwide. Tapping into their expertise will be hugely beneficial both for the Chamber and our members.”
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