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Vote for the University of Nottingham in the British Business Awards

Support The University of Nottingham – vote for us in the British Business Awards The University of Nottingham through it’s Ningbo campus is a driving force in helping Nottingham and Nottinghamshire build international business relationships with China. Yesterday’s Nottingham Post (28 October 2014) reported on the recent successful trip to China led by Cllr John Collins and… Read more

Have your say on funding in the D2N2 LEP survey

The Local Enterprise Partnerships in the East Midlands and South East Midlands are conducting a survey of businesses in our area to find out whether businesses are able to get access to finance to support their growth.  They would like to know about your experience if you have sought funding recently or if you plan to… Read more

Creative Nottingham and links to China – a blog by Jason Feehily

The Nottingham Screen Partnership (NSP) is a consortium of organisations in the screen industry from across Nottingham and Nottinghamshire, set up to foster collaborations with China and Hollywood on industry-changing research, talent upskilling and addressing pressing issues facing the global screen industry. Key partners include: The University of Nottingham, Nottingham Trent University, The Creative Quarter,… Read more

GameCity 9 arrives in Nottingham – a blog by Karl Hilton

GameCity 9 is here to celebrate digital creativity in Nottingham From Saturday 25th October, Nottingham will once again be hosting the GameCity Festival. Inaugurated in 2006 by its founder and ‘inventor’ Iain Simons in Nottingham, this will be the ninth year that the GameCity Festival has taken place. The festival is a unique contributor to the… Read more

Building international bridges in Nottingham

On 22 October, Nottingham Professional Services (NPS) held an event at the University of Nottingham to highlight the work Nottingham is doing to build international relationships with China, India and Germany. Guest speakers included Nottingham Means Business (NMB) Interest Group Chairs for China (Jason Feehily), India (Thalej Vasishta) and Germany (Jens Mullak) and David Bishop from… Read more

Manufacturing Interest Group – a blog by Mark Goldby

The UK reshoring trend: A trickle or tidal wave? The UK reshoring trend is gathering momentum within certain sectors of the economy, so what lies behind this trend towards bringing production back to the UK? The business facts are clear enough: this is being driven by shifting consumer preferences, shorter product development cycles, a closing… Read more