Business Growth & Export Show 2018

October 29, 2018
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The Department for International Trade’s Export Hub truck is rolling into town for the Business Growth & Export Show 2018 being held at Shrewsbury Town Football Club on November 23.
This is a free event from the Marches Growth Hub, the one-stop-shop for business support in Herefordshire, Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin.
It’s a great chance to network with other businesses, whether you’re a business trading domestically or internationally, while learning more about the support that’s on offer to you, including how you could access grant funding to grow your business both at home and overseas.
Enjoy a hot buffet lunch before hearing from our after-lunch speaker Jo Fairley, co-founder of Green & Black’s, and her inspiring story of how a home enterprise grew into one of the UK’s most well-known food manufacturing businesses, now a global chocolate brand.
Two types of tickets are available:
– Business Growth & Export Show, Networking Lunch with Jo Fairley
– DiT Session on the Export Truck (limited to 30 places), Business Growth & Export Show and Networking Lunch with Jo Fairley. The DiT session is aimed at new and established exporters with a service or product they wish to sell overseas.
Agenda
10am – noon The Business Growth & Export Show in the Sovereign Suite
The show will be open throughout the morning, featuring exhibitors who can help support business growth and export. A list of exhibitors will follow.
10.15am DiT session on board the Export Truck in the car park of STFC
The DiT Session will run from 10.15 to 11.30 and will give you the chance to hear DiT’s local International Trade Advisors explain how they can help you start or expand your export programme. The session will also feature local businesses sharing their success stories of taking their business overseas. You can also hear about the European grant funding available specifically to support your export growth.
11.30am Networking opportunity at Business Growth & Export Show
Noon – Two course hot buffet lunch
1pm – Guest speaker Jo Fairley, co-founder of Green & Black’s
2pm – Close
For more information about the event, contact Louise Pierce, Marches Growth Hub, by emailing marketing.dataofficer@marcheslep.org.uk or calling 01743 462026.
THERE MAY BE LIMITED EXHIBITION SPACES FOR BUSINESSES INVOLVED IN SUPPORTING OTHER BUSINESSES TO TRADE. PLEASE CONTACT LOUISE PIERCE AS ABOVE IF YOU’D LIKE TO BE CONSIDERED AS AN EXHIBITOR. PREFERENCE WILL BE GIVEN TO COMPANIES DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN OVERSEAS TRADE SUCH AS TRANSLATION SERVICES/LOGISTICS/SPECIALIST LEGAL OR MARKETING SUPPORT ETC.

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The Marches Local Enterprise Partnership has now ceased trading and transferred all its functions to Shropshire Council working with Telford & Wrekin Council and Herefordshire Council, in line with the UK Government's plans for devolution.

The Marches LEP was established in 2011 and hands over an impressive legacy from its 13-year life. In that time the LEP invested over £196m in projects across the Marches, securing in excess of £100m of match funding and supported more than 66,000 business interactions.

The schemes supported have made tangible differences to local communities, increasing skills, creating jobs and improving the physical appearance of many towns.

We would like to thank all the LEP Board Members who have given their time freely over the life of the LEP, as well as all the staff who worked for the LEP over the years. We also want to thank our delivery partners, local education providers and local, regional and national stakeholders who helped us achieve so much.

The Marches Growth Hub will continue to support businesses and will be managed by Shropshire Council, supported by Telford and Wrekin and Herefordshire Councils. Each of the three Local Authorities will also continue to provide direct business support locally. Details of this support will be available through the Marches Growth Hub website and from the Local Authorities directly. Website: www.marchesgrowthhub.co.uk | email: enquiries@marchesgrowthhub.co.uk.

The Marches Careers Hub will continue to be delivered and will be managed by Shropshire Council, supported by Telford & Wrekin and Herefordshire Councils. Website: www.marchescareershub.co.uk | email: info@marchescareershub.co.uk

For any queries about Getting Building Fund (GBF), Local Growth Fund (LGF) and Marches Investment Fund (MIF) projects supported by the Marches LEP please contact: gary.spence@shropshire.gov.uk

For any finance queries please contact: michelle.hodgkiss@shropshire.gov.uk

The solvent liquidation of the Marches LEP is being managed by the Evelyn Partners Limited. For any matter related to this please contact: Camilla.Mulholland@evelyn.com

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