Promising to be the biggest China – UK event of 2015, the GREAT Festival of Creativity will be held in Shanghai from 2 – 4 March 2015. This UKTI event will create dialog between British and Chinese businesses. Although it is rapidly becoming the world’s largest economy, creativity and innovation in China is lagging behind. This poses a fantastic opportunity for British businesses… Read more

A NEW YEAR’S MESSAGE A few weeks from now, Nottingham will make its annual pilgrimage to MIPIM, the biggest property and development expo in Europe and the one any city worth its salt wants to be seen at. Yet many of the towns and cities that turn up at MIPIM make a familiar mistake: they… Read more

It was great to see so many members on Wednesday evening at our Christmas drinks event, which was also an opportunity to reflect on the year now past and what’s next in 2015. At the same event last year, I was unveiled as the new Interim Chief Executive of Invest in Nottingham Club and have fond… Read more

Nottingham officially opened its new world-class transport hub this week, creating a state-of-the-art location for travel at the heart of the city and building even stronger connections between Nottingham and the rest of the UK. The opening ceremony was led by David Horne, Managing Director of East Midlands Trains with special guests, the Rt Hon… Read more

I had the privilege this week to represent Nottingham and Nottingham Means Business at the ICAEW Northern Business Conference in Manchester. On the panel (see below) I had the opportunity to present Nottingham’s offering to 70 accountancy professionals alongside representatives from Manchester and Liverpool. Topics discussed included devolution, LEPs and driving growth outside of London. ………… Read more

Many of our members attended this morning’s ‘Great Nottingham Debate 2014’ organised by the Nottingham Post in conjunction with the Nottingham Business School and at which speakers who included Sir John Peace, Mike Sassi the Editor of The Post, Professor Edward Peck from Nottingham Trent University, Professor Chris Rudd from The University of Nottingham and… Read more

Our November lunch took place last week, kindly hosted and sponsored by Specsavers at their offices on the ng2 business park. Specsavers moved into Nottingham five years ago with the help of the Invest in Nottingham team, so it was very fitting to be at their offices to see all they have achieved since. Dilesh… Read more

His Excellency Sir Sebastian Wood, British Ambassador to China, recently delivered a terrific speech to Confucius Institute Scotland. This was a fascinating presentation that explored the Ambassador’s time in China and his views on the future for China and the UK. In the speech he outlined the opportunity for the UK and the role China… Read more

Min Rose, Senior Executive at the University of Nottingham Asia Business Centre, was nominated by the Vice Chancellor, Professor Sir David Greenaway of the University of Nottingham for the prestigious Mulan Foundation Awards, which honours the achievements of Chinese women in society. Min was commended and received her award for Contribution to Public Service and… Read more

Invest in Nottingham (IIN) has been working hard to build on existing relationships with Germany, India and China. Sam Hopwell from Nottingham City Council (NCC) gives a flavour of things that are currently happening and what’s planned for 2015: Germany Invest in Nottingham will be attending Global Connect in Stuttgart from 4 – 5 November.  This… Read more