I attended a meeting in London at the start of last week. Nothing unusual about that I know, but I did feel somewhat privileged and humbled as we were told the balcony attached to the room we occupied was where Winston Churchill waved to the crowds on V.E day. The meeting we were there to… Read more

On Thursday 19 March, I was part of a packed audience which assembled at Antenna for what was billed as the Nottingham Regeneration Breakfast Seminar. Organised by Nottingham City Council it was a very useful update on what is going on around the city area with presentations made by leading figures from both the public… Read more

A big thank you to members, guests and speakers who attended our lunch on Friday, kindly hosted and sponsored by Nottingham Racecourse. Dr Glenn Crocker MBE, CEO of BioCity, provided an insight into our Life Sciences sector and explained how Nottingham compares to other cities across the country. Peter Homa, Chief Executive of Nottingham University… Read more

The University of Nottingham is organising a pioneering programme for a group of aspiring leaders from business, civic, and education sectors for a 2-week pilot programme in China starting September 2015. Sponsored by the Confucius Institute Headquarters and co-organised by The University of Nottingham’s Asia Business Centre, the delegation will visit relevant Chinese government departments,… Read more

Thank you to all those NMB members who supported Councillor Nick McDonald, Neil Whitney from Gleeds and me in raising funds for our charitable cause through our bike ride to the MIPIM Conference in Cannes. All in all we have raised in excess of our target, more than £9,000, principally for Coram the UK’s oldest… Read more

I work as part of Nottingham City Council’s Invest in Nottingham team and from February 2015 have been dedicating two days per week to supporting the Nottingham Means Business (NMB), German Interest Group (GIG). Have I been to Germany? Nein. Do I speak any German? Niestety ja mowię tylko troche po polsku (unfortunately I only… Read more

On Monday 2 March I attended a reception for UK manufacturers in London. Following on from the our recent manufacturing event at NUAST, this was an ideal opportunity to raise the profile of manufacturing in the UK and our strength in the regions. As Manufacturing Interest Group Chair for Nottingham Means Business and Chairman of the… Read more

Retaining talent in Nottingham post graduation is something we care hugely about at Nottingham Means Business. Under the banner ‘Inspire’, part of our role is to keep talent in the city and county to contribute to indigenous business growth and also to encourage the next generation of entrepreneurs to set up in business here. The University… Read more

Last week saw Nottingham’s first Business Expo take place at the Nottingham Conference Centre. Organised by NMB member, All About Tourism in conjunction with the Nottingham Post, the event was a huge success and an opportunity for Nottingham and Nottinghamshire businesses to showcase their organisations. It was great to see so many NMB members exhibiting… Read more

Last week we held our manufacturing event at NUAST in Nottingham, with the aim of celebrating Nottingham and Nottinghamshire’s manufacturing excellence and what is still a hugely important sector to our local economy. Run in conjunction with the Nottingham Manufacturing Network and the University of Nottingham, guest speakers included Councillor Graham Chapman (Nottingham City Council), Mark… Read more