CHAMBER NEWS
Seminar offer in Innovation Week
Business owners with an eye on innovation can find out how to access relevant support at series of upcoming webinars hosted by Business Gateway Growth Hub. The sessions form part of
Leicestershire Innovation Week, which takes place from Monday 21 June to Friday June 25.
Aimed at SMEs across the
city and county, this year features one of the most varied programmes since the event began four years ago. It will demonstrate that
innovation does not have to involve high-tech solutions or even particularly big changes, and is something any business can do, whatever its size. The areas of focus will
include life sciences, textiles, food and drink, automotive, the creative industry, and space. Women in innovation and digital retail will be other distinct themes.
For more information, visit
bizgateway.org.uk/our- services/innovation.
Structural Adhesives has developed a safe and eco-friendly material for cladding high-rise residential buildings A green solution for cladding
An all-female team of chemists from Leicester has developed a safer and greener material that can be used by the construction industry —after receiving backing from a Chamber-led business support programme. The scientists’ work means Structural Adhesives is
set to become the first UK company to produce a certified adhesive product that can be used when cladding high-rise residential buildings.
‘I found some fantastic opportunities through the Business Gateway Growth Hub’
The A2 fire-rated greener adhesive fills a significant gap in the market as many companies that had previously supplied cladding systems for use on external walls above 18 metres have been unable to do so since the Grenfell Tower tragedy in June 2017. As well as being durable, non-combustible and having high bond strength, it contains significantly
fewer raw materials from non-sustainable resources compared with general construction adhesives. Structural Adhesives, which has manufactured and
delivered bonding solutions internationally to industries including aerospace, engineering and construction for more than 30 years, has been supported by the Business Gateway Growth Hub in growing the business in a sustainable way. The one-stop-shop for business support across Leicestershire, which is delivered by a consortium of organisations including the Chamber, has a goal to help businesses become cleaner and greener. Angela Orton, a former art and design teacher who
has changed the company’s direction towards greener adhesives since taking over the business from her father Mani Suri, said: “I found some fantastic opportunities through the Business Gateway Growth Hub. I realised this was a platform we could bounce off, and we were excited about where it could take us. “Our business adviser Altaf Ahmed was amazingly
helpful. He talked to me about what my expectations of a green agenda were and got the ball rolling with a whole host of other ideas.”
36 business network June 2021
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