Creating a buzz for business!
News release
25th September 2012
A group of Lincolnshire organisations are joining forces to try to help boost the local economy as the recession continues to hold back growth.
Lincolnshire County Council, the Lincolnshire Federation of Small Businesses, Streets Accountants and the Lincolnshire Chamber of Commerce are organising a series of events across the county between September and November 2012 to help create a buzz around doing business in the county.
Buzz4Biz, being launched this autumn, will also give business people across the county the chance to network and learn new skills.
Events include business-related workshops and conferences as well as the first annual Greater Lincolnshire Local Enterprise Partnership Business Summit.
James Pinchbeck, Marketing Partner at Streets Chartered Accountants, commented: “The Buzz4Biz events have been created to support businesses in the challenging economic times we all face.
“These events offer increased flexibility for people to pick and mix the elements that they see helpful to them and their businesses and to tailor support to suit their needs.
“It is hoped that the events can act as a showcase for the myriad of support services and networks that exist in the county and that the businesses who attend will be more skilled and confident in addressing the issues they face as a result.”
Ruth Carver, Investment and Operations Manager at the Greater Lincolnshire LEP, added: “We are happy to promote and support this series of events aimed at growing the Lincolnshire economy.
“These events give people a fantastic opportunity to network as well as get an update on all of the opportunities that are going on in Greater Lincolnshire at the moment.
“Our aim is to create the conditions which will bring improved infrastructure to the county as well as opportunities for businesses to grow.”
Buzz4Biz events
Greater Lincolnshire LEP Business Summit, 12th October 2012, Market Rasen Racecourse, Market Rasen, 9:30am – 1:30pm
USA: Building Business Across the Atlantic, 17th October 2012, The Bentley Hotel, South Hykeham, 5pm – 7:30pm
Building a Better Business, 1st November 2012, Lincoln College, Lincoln, 9:15am – 4:15pm
Making it in Lincolnshire: Using technology to sell it to the world, 12th November 2012, De Vere Belton Woods Hotel, Grantham, 9am – 3:10pm
Business Expo, 14th and 15th November 2012, Mercury House, Gainsborough, times TBC
Export Taster Workshop, 22nd November 2012, DoubleTree by Hilton Lincoln, 9am – 12:30pm and 12:30pm – 4:30pm (same session repeated)
Transforming Tourism Conference, 14th November 2012, The Showroom, Lincoln, times TBC
To book a place at any of the above events visit: http://www.businesslincolnshire.com/Growing-Your-Business/Support-Schemes/A-Buzz-for-Business
Ends
Notes to Editors:
- The Greater Lincolnshire Local Enterprise Partnership is a new body led by the private sector which aims to improve conditions for infrastructure and doing business in the Greater Lincolnshire area.
- One of the first LEPs to be established in the UK, the Greater Lincolnshire LEP covers a large geographical area with a population of over one million and a diverse range of industries, from ports and logistics to farming, tourism and engineering.
- It includes North and North-East Lincolnshire and is controlled by a LEP board made up of leading figures in the public and private sector.
- For more information about the Greater Lincolnshire LEP please contact Ruth Carver or Carolyn Tuscher at the LEP Secretariat on 01522 550515, or visit www.greaterlincolnshirelep.co.uk
Jez Ashberry
Shooting Star PR
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jez@shootingstar-pr.co.uk
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