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News
- Far-sighted Japanese firm invests in UK lens manufacturer
- Construction of the Corby Enterprise Centre to begin
- REDEVELOPMENT AND EXTENSION OF THE GROSVENOR CENTRE, NORTHAMPTON
- Northamptonshire Company Scoops Major UK Property Award
- Invitation to apply for Fit For Market Funding
- Northamptonshire welcomes Kenmark from Taiwan
Upcoming event
23/06/10
The Northamptonshire Business Summit 23rd June 2010
Cost: £25 pp including: Lunch, Refreshments, Bank of England Debate, One Morning and One Afternoon Discussion
The Northamptonshire Business Summit - A one day event, the first of its kind, designed to bring the Northamptonshire business community together.
An opportunity to listen to high profile industry professionals sharing their experience and knowledge and for attendees to participate in lively discussion forums to raise awareness of key issues facing business in today’s economic environment.
The day will begin with an interactive debate with Alastair Cunningham from the Bank of England exploring the prospects for the UK economy, this will be followed by a further six interactive discussions (of which attendees can choose to attend two, one in the morning and one in the afternoon).
Speakers include, Nick Fry from Mercedes GP PETRONAS, David Rolton from the Rolton Group, Jon Thorpe from ACS amongst other leading business professionals, the discussions will be facilitated by Caroline Oldrey, former ITV Anglia news presenter and director of Stream Exchange, and Jonathan Nunn, CEO of Individual Team Performance.
This event is expected to attract around 200 attendees and we have limited places for each of the discussion forums, so please book early!
For further information about this event please contact: julia.schumacher@northamptonshireenterprise.ltd.uk
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Estate Group
Estate Groups are a forum of companies /employers based on the same industrial estate in Northamptonshire. The group meetings allow companies to meet, network and share best practice with one another on the same estate.
Some Estate Groups have been running since 2004 and allow companies to raise common issues and discuss future improvements for the estate, as well as raise issues direct with local authorities, police and fire service.
Estate Groups exist on the:
- Brackmills Industrial Estate, Northampton
- Lodge Farm Industrial Estate, Northampton
- DIRFT, Daventry
- Telford Way Industrial Estate, Kettering
- Earlstrees Industrial Estate, Corby
The Brackmills Estate Group has various examples of what can be achieved with collaborative working. For example it has successfully bid for funding for:
- Signage improvements
- Road marking improvements
- CCTV
The Brackmills Estate Group is also setting up a business improvement district to make further improvements and continue to benefit from working together.
The Brackmills Estate Group also has a number of successful subgroups covering the following areas:
- HR Group
- Health & Safety Networking Group
- Loss Prevention/ Security
- Environmental Group
- Customer Services Forum
- Corporate Social Responsibility Group
These groups are open to those based on Brackmills Industrial Estate.
For more information on any of the Estate groups please email charlotte.patrick@northamptonshireenterprise.ltd.uk
For more information, please download the Brackmills' Business Improvement District Summary and Business Plan.
