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

Two complementary initiatives from East Midlands Chamber (EMC) and UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) give businesses the chance to work with international students. Many companies realise the benefit that employing someone with language and intercultural skills could bring to their export business. But at the early stages of investigating and working in a new market,… Read more

On 22 April 2015 Nottingham had the honour and pleasure of hosting a delegation who had come to the city to explore business opportunities with India. The delegation was led by Dr Virander Paul, Deputy High Commissioner to the UK and included both the Counsel General and the Commerce Attaché of the High Commission of… Read more

Creative Class 2015 – #CC2015 on Twitter Nottingham is a city of surprises. A strong heritage in fashion, textiles and healthcare it is a resourceful technology, creative and cultural centre with great people, companies and universities. And now it is fast becoming a superb place for young startup and more established companies to develop and flourish. Nottingham has a… Read more

Yesterday I had the privilege to compere an event organised by the Enterprise Europe Network (EEN), highlighting opportunities for Nottingham and Nottinghamshire businesses to trade with Germany. Germany is the UK’s number one export market in Europe and the market visit organised by EEN for September, provides a golden opportunity to explore business opportunities there.… Read more

At my first Nottingham Means Business German Interest Group (GIG) meeting, it was abundantly clear that this is a group that will make things happen for businesses in Nottingham looking to enter, or increase their presence in Germany. EEN is a European Commission and Innovate UK-funded organisation offering free services to SMEs to help them… Read more

Seb Saywood, Senior Investment Manager with the Foresight Nottingham Fund, provides a behind the scenes look at their £1 million investment into multi-disciplinary consulting engineering firm Morgan Tucker. The company, whose headquarters are in Newark with offices in Nottingham, London, Leeds, the Czech Republic and Oman; is growing rapidly and now has 100 employees. Foresight… Read more

Last month, I had the privilege to sit on the panel for the University of Nottingham Undergraduate Ingenuity Prize. It was the first year the Asia Business Centre sponsored a specific Asia award that gives financial and mentoring support to a student entrepreneur idea with a focus on Asia. It was a great day, with… Read more

Being the oldest football club in the world rightly gives Notts County FC a brand of nostalgia and historic treasure both in Nottinghamshire and in the world game. Whilst it’s easy to rest on that unique selling point, doing so would be the lazy option. Off field the club has positioned itself as a leading… Read more

Many of you will have seen a recent article in the Nottingham Post confirming that a new organisation Marketing Nottingham and Nottinghamshire (“MNN”) is being set up to “mount a push to bring more tourists and businesses to Nottinghamshire”. The article also stated that the new organisation would bring together tourism organisation Experience Nottinghamshire, inward… Read more