On Friday 10 July we held our fourth Nottingham Means Business lunch of the year at Potter Clarkson in the heart of Nottingham, where awards and growth were firmly on the menu. With over 70 members and guests in attendance we were formally welcomed by Andrew Argyle, Practice Director at Potter Clarkson to their very… Read more

The preparation for Enterprise Europe Network’s (EEN) Market Visit to Germany is gathering pace, with applications flooding in for the trip from 14-18 September. The multi-sector visit has attracted a wide range of companies, keen to either begin their exporting journey, or strengthen their ties with the UK’s number one EU export market. Following a… Read more

Nottingham is often first associated as the hometown of Robin Hood. To everyone the legend of Robin Hood in Sherwood Forest is well known from childhood. However, Germans often don’t know much more about Nottingham – something that needs to be change! With the aim to change this and to spread the potential of Nottingham… Read more

On 30 June 2015 Nottingham Means Business (NMB) was proud to support the inaugural Young Professionals event at Antenna in Nottingham. Young Professionals is the brainchild of Dan Miller, a Nottingham sixth form student who has a mission to better connect schools with businesses. With education heavily focused on exam success, Dan decided to start… Read more

The University of Nottingham’s In-Country Advisor for India, Mrs Varrtika Tarun Mudaliar, is in Nottingham between the 22nd and 26th June 2015. The University would like to invite you to this information session on 26th June to hear from Varrtika, particularly if you are interested in developing partnerships with India or have a general interest… Read more

Last night at Nottingham Contemporary we unveiled our Creative Class 2015 (#CC2015) in front of packed audience. The Creative Class is now in its fourth year and is a collaboration between Nottingham Means Business, the Creative Quarter and Nottingham City Council. For a second consecutive year the event was kindly sponsored by PwC. All of the… Read more

On Wednesday evening we held our Annual Review Meeting at the Galleries of Justice in central Nottingham. The event kindly sponsored by Kaplan Financial was not only a time to reflect on the last 12 months, but also an opportunity to look to the future. (A big congratulations to James Simmonds from UHY Hacker Young, winner of… Read more

On Friday 22 May we held our members’ lunch at St James Hotel in Nottingham. Kindly sponsored by Baker Tilly, over 130 members and guests gathered to hear about the latest developments across Nottingham and Nottinghamshire. Paul Southby opened proceedings and announced that he would be stepping down as Chairman of NMB with immediate effect,… Read more

Since holding our last manufacturing event at NUAST (Nottingham University Academy for Science and Technology) in Nottingham, I have been working closely with them to see how we can offer support. On Thursday 14th May I was invited to present at the NUAST open evening. It was a great success and well attended by prospective… Read more

The NMB German Interest Group (GIG) is currently undertaking an intelligence gathering exercise to collate details of all Nottingham businesses with German connections. This includes both Nottingham businesses that are trading with Germany and German businesses that are based in Nottingham. This is a key objective of the GIG 2015-16 Business Plan. The purpose of this… Read more