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NMB is named Midlands Business Club of the Year
We’re thrilled to announce that Nottingham Means Business (NMB) has been named Midlands Business Club of the Year at the Midlands Business Awards 2015. At a prestigious dinner held at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole and hosted by TV Presenter Nick Owen, the winners of the 2015 Awards were unveiled. Also winners on the night were… Read more
A full house for our broadband breakfast at Antenna
On 11 February 2015, we hosted a broadband event at Antenna in the heart of Nottingham’s Creative Quarter. The purpose of this breakfast event was to raise the profile of the importance of super-fast broadband connectivity to business and our ability as a city and county to compete both nationally and internationally. Hosted by Nottingham Means… Read more
LTA prize winners announced…
The Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) were the proud sponsor of the Nottingham Means Business’ January lunch. June 2015 is promising to be an exciting month of international tennis for Nottingham with the city hosting the Aegon Open Nottingham – two world class tennis events in the run up to Wimbledon. With over $1million prize money… Read more
Devolution – is it really good for business? A blog by Simon Gray
Yesterday, in my capacity as Business Representative for the ICAEW (Institute of Chartered Accountants), I attended a debate on devolution in the Council Chamber at Chartered Accountants’ Hall in London. With devolution a hot topic of debate ever since the Scottish Referendum last year and also drawing an interesting historical parallel with the 800th anniversary… Read more
Strong business links with Germany – a blog by Jens Mullak, IG Chair for Germany
Mobility, media, IT and creative industries are all important sectors that are integral to future growth of businesses globally. As chair of Nottingham Means Business’s Germany interest group – it is clear to me that these sectors represent the strengths of both Germany and Nottingham. Throughout 2014 we have built fantastic relationships with potential business… Read more
Market Insite – a blog by Tim Garratt of Innes England
What is coming is better than what has gone! It’s been a tough few years in the property game; the doldrums of 2008 seem to have finally left us. We presented our Market Insite to over 400 people recently – in our three cities but also in London too. We have been monitoring the regional… Read more
MIPIM 2015 – a blog by Jon Enever of Gleeds
In March this year I will head to the South of France for the twelfth successive year to attend MIPIM (Le Marché international des professionals de l’immobilier). I won’t be alone in attending – last year in excess of 21,000 property professionals, from 93 countries, were present in Cannes. The event aims to facilitate informed… Read more
A full house at Trent Bridge for our first lunch of 2015
Friday 23 January saw our first lunch of 2015 take place at Trent Bridge. Kindly sponsored by the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) it was quite literally a full house with over 100 people in attendance. Michael Downey, Chief Executive of the LTA had travelled up from London to address the audience, with plans thereafter to… Read more
Round table event on doing business with Germany
On Thursday 15 January 2015, Nottingham Means Business (NMB) had the pleasure of hosting Sylvia Dunmore from UKTI who is Head of Trade and the Central Co-ordination Unit for Germany, based in Düsseldorf. The purpose of the round table event was to understand and debate how Nottingham and Nottinghamshire can further build on already strong links… Read more
What is takes to put on Nottingham’s biggest business event – a guest blog by Andy Whyles, All About Tourism
As a director of one of Nottingham’s most exciting events company, organising big imaginative shows is second nature. At All About Tourism we have built up an innovative and hardworking team who enthusiastically take on new challenges every day. We all love Nottingham and what is has to offer, which is why many of our… Read more