Sneinton Business Forum

Kuki Media, Ave C Sneinton Market, NG1 1DW (see a map)

Welcome to 2009! After having a short break for two months we are restarting our monthly meetings.

We have moved our meetings to Sneinton Market to make it more accessible to most of you. The time has also changed to 6.30pm (to help with parking).

We are now in the offices of Kuki Media – Ave C, the meeting to last an hour from 6.30pm – 7.30pm

Please send items for the agenda/confirm your attendance using our contact page

Crowne Plaza Hotel, Wollaton St, Nottingham, NG1 5RH (see a map)

Thursday 11th December
Crowne Plaza Hotel, Nottingham
8.30am – 1.30pm Incl Lunch

If you are determined to put your business in the best
possible shape to ride out the current economic storm,
this event is a must.

This event will offer a series of master classes from expert lawyers, accountants and business professionals from leading firms in the East Midlands such as Cooper Parry, Freeth Cartwright and Shoosmiths.

By coming along you’ll be able to get advice on issues affecting your business such as how to:

• Negotiate with your bank manager
• Avoid redundancies and motivate staff

• Cut costs and ultimately retain or improve your bottom line

We’re expecting high demand for places for the master
classes. With a capacity of just 200 at each event, you
are encouraged to reserve your place as soon as possible.

Contact Business Link on 01332 227774 or visit www.surviveandthrive.co.uk

Reproduced with permission from Business Link

Kuki Media, Ave C Sneinton Market, NG1 1DW (see a map)

We have moved our monthly members meeting to Sneinton Market to make it more accessible to most of you (parking is still an ongoing issue, but watch this space)

We are now in the offices of Kuki Media – Ave C, the meeting to last an hour from 6pm – 7pm

Please confirm your attendance using our contact page

Park Yacht Inn, Trent Lane, NG2 4DS (see a map)

Guests will arrive at 7pm to a complementary glass of wine and enjoy the excellent Foods from around the World’ buffet, along with musical entertainment.

Colin Slater MBE will then present the awards ceremony. We are presenting five awards:

• Environmental Business Award

• Sole Trader Award (sponsored by One Talk)

• Business Innovation Award (sponsored by Biocity)

• Business in the Community Award

• Lifetime Achievement Award

This event is to celebrate success in the Sneinton Business Community and to offer an opportunity to socialise and network amongst ourselves.

Tickets are £7.50 a head and can be obtained by contacting David Jones on 0779 4343697 or emailing us through this website.

Look out to details soon on how you can nominate your business for an award….

Dawson's Bakery, Little Tennis Street South (see a map)

This monthly event is open to all members of the Sneinton business community. We’ll provide free snack and drinks.

Please confirm your attendance using our contact page

Dawson's Bakery, Little Tennis Street South (see a map)

This monthly event is open to all members of the Sneinton business community. We’ll provide free snack and drinks.

Please confirm your attendance using our contact page

Dawson's Bakery, Little Tennis Street South (see a map)

This monthly event is open to all members of the Sneinton business community. We’ll provide free snack and drinks.

Please confirm your attendance using our contact page

Dawson's Bakery, Little Tennis Street South (see a map)

This monthly event is open to all members of the Sneinton business community. We’ll provide free snack and drinks.

Please confirm your attendance using our contact page

Nottingham Mechanics, North Sherwood Street, Nottingham (see a map)

The aim of this meeting is to help us start to think how, in the context of energy descent and the credit crunch, individuals and families, public and voluntary sector organisations, employers and trade unions can help and support the people of Nottingham with their economic problems as energy becomes ever more expensive.

That means helping us to think how we will produce essentials close to home – or borrow them from a local resource centre or resources library. How we will pay the bills; move on after redundancy; look after children and old people
on shrinking benefits; manage crippling debts with a declining income; get enough to eat; have a roof over their heads and stay warm, develop new skills, learn to mend and repair.

There are a huge range of issues and this meeting can only just start to give a general sense of them. The meeting will touch on some of the things that the local employing organisations will need to do to assess their vulnerabilities and options. It will look at the kind of production and services that will be more relevant in the future. It will include a discussion the contribution of local exchange schemes and community credit unions from participants in such arrangements and will also start to look at whether we should be considering developing a local currency.

Brian Davey

(Brian Davey is a freelance ecological economist living in Nottingham who worksclosely with the Dublin based Foundation for Sustainable Economics, Feasta. He helped developed the community garden and organic horticultural project
Ecoworks and is also one of the founders of Transition Nottingham).

Dawson's Bakery, Little Tennis Street South (see a map)

This monthly event is open to all members of the Sneinton business community. We’ll provide free snack and drinks.

Please confirm your attendance using our contact page

Come along to this meeting to sign up as a SBF Director offically.