This spring is packed with events and support to help your business grow, read on!






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The newsletter of the *Nottingham team* of the *D2N2 Growth Hub*

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*This spring is packed with events and support to help your business grow, read on!*

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The future of business support

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Last month we highlighted some of the changes coming over the next months on business support.

We indicated that there are some projects ending, and some that will continue into the future, funded by the government?s Shared Prosperity Funding.

This month, we will explain a little bit more detail about projects that will continue but in a new revised format.

*General Business Support* ? the intention is for Nottingham to continue to deliver a local business support team, funded by Shared Prosperity Funding. We have ensured that front line business support remains in place ? the Nottingham account managers team. So for any business, you can contact your business advisor as before.

Further, we have commissioned Nottingham Business Ventures (NBV) to deliver start up and entrepreneurial business support, funded by Shared Prosperity Funding ? so please continue to use their service. Aligned to that support is the continued support for people thinking of setting up businesses, provided by BIPC at Bulwell Library. This is a project funded by The British Library, and provides businesses with some of the research and intellectual property support that a new start up needs. Once Central Library opens at Broad Marsh, we look forward to hosting this service back in the city centre. So for general business support, especially start-ups, there will continue to be a high level of provision. WE think that?s important to help grow our local Nottingham entrepreneurs.

*Sector Support* ? Nottingham has some amazing sector specialisms ? creative and digital, culture, life sciences, low carbon. It also has some strengths as a core city ? great retail offer, excellent night time economy, some of the best restaurants in the country, and a buzzy Hockley and is a student, youthful and culturally diverse city.

With this support, a first key priority has been to keep the important growth sectors growing. One particular project that will continue to be funded is Medilink. Nottingham has great LS businesses, and a strong history of creating innovative life science businesses ? in med tech, bio tech, clinical trials support and a variety of other key life science segments. With two great Universities, BioCity/We Are Pioneer Group, Nottingham Science Park, and close proximity to Life Science clusters in Loughborough and Birmingham, Nottingham is a great place to start and grow a life science business. And Medilink is a fantastic organisation designed to help those businesses grow, with specialist advice, support and contacts. Funding has been won by Medilink to support Nottingham Life Science sector from April 2023 to March 2025.

Next month we will share more information about some of the new business support projects that shared prosperity funding will deliver ? including exciting opportunities in low carbon sector support.

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*Digital Upscaler events *

The Digital Upscaler project aims to help businesses across Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire to accelerate growth through the adoption of technology.

With regular events covering everything from SEO, WordPress, and email marketing to manufacturing and trade conferences, Digital Upscaler has a wide range of events?to help businesses across Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire to boost digital knowledge.

See what events are coming up and book here:

www.emc-dnl.co.uk/services/digital-upscaler/ [ [link removed] ]

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**D2N2 Growth Hub client?*Spinning Clock Ltd chosen as winner in ?Innovative Technologies? in the 2022 Creative Communication Award*

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Spinning Clock Ltd has been awarded Winner in the Innovative Technologies category in the 2022 Creative Communication Award (C2A) for their Cell Culture Basics virtual lab creation.

As a D2N2 Growth Hub client, Spinning Clock LTD received advisor support from our Nottingham team as well as help to secure grant funding.

The 2022 edition of the Creative Communication Award [announced January 2023] has seen hundreds of inspiring submissions from around the world. After a rigorous voting process by the esteemed jury panel of industry professionals, original and innovative concepts and ideas have emerged, with winners selected across eighteen categories including graphic design, communication, photography, advertising, and digital media.?

The Creative Communication Award, a sister-initiative of the IDA International Design Awards, exists to discover and share the very best creative designs from around the world. The jurors praised this year?s winners for their extensive skill, dedication, and creativity, and for their important contribution to the crucial role creative design plays in the world today.

The award-winning project from Spinning Clock to scoop the Innovative Technologies accolade was the Cell Culture Basics project developed as an infinitely scalable virtual scientific laboratory. The digital work is an excellent demonstration of how Spinning Clock?s attention to detail and precision exists at the core of their work. The results that were delivered with the client demonstrate not only technical excellence, but also a seamless understanding of how their clients? and their customers operate and understand technology within the Life Science sector. David Lister, Managing Director at Spinning Clock said "?This is an absolutely vital aspect [of our work], that we conquer and adapt the very technical briefs that we work with, to ensure that the immersive user interface and experience brings optimal functionality and reliability to the learning environment that is virtually inhabited?."

David added ?"We are delighted to receive the C2A recognition for one of our many virtual reality projects and proud to be alongside other C2A winners such as Audi who won in their category of Online Media?."

The recognition of winning the Creative Communications Award for Innovative Technologies highlights the investment, advancements, and dedication that Spinning Clock have developed in creating meaningful and measurable collateral for their clients over the past 20 years, both here in the UK and further afield, predominantly in the US and EMEA.

To view the winning entry here:
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*Government-funded leadership course helps small business leaders boost performance and resilience*

Help to grow management course

*Small business leaders across Nottingham are invited to take advantage of the 90% government-funded Help to Grow: Management Course. Designed by entrepreneurs and industry experts from the UK?s leading business schools, the course helps small business leaders and senior managers from every industry to boost leadership skills as well as business performance and resilience. *

*Help to Grow: Management* [ [link removed] ] is a 12-week course covering the critical components required to develop a resilient business strategy. It includes online and face-to-face sessions, 10 hours of 1-to-1 mentoring, peer networking, and support to develop a Growth Action Plan. 90% funded by UK Government, the course costs just ?750 per person.

This practical leadership course provides time away from the challenges of running a business to invest in your leadership, equipping you with the knowledge and confidence to take your business to the next level:


* Develop leadership skills across all areas of business including strategic planning, employee engagement, vision and values, finance, and marketing
* Develop strategies for market segmentation, positioning and targeting to streamline the marketing approach
* Gain exclusive access to a regional peer network to share practical challenges, ideas, and experiences
* Work with a mentor to develop a Growth Action Plan tailored to your business and its unique journey
* Learn how to engage your employees on the business journey and plan the future structure of the organisation
* Identify new technologies and digital approaches to enhance innovation and productivity across your business
* Improve operational efficiency to save time and money.

At the end of the Help to Grow: Management Course, you will be ready to lead the change required to scale your business, even in the most challenging of conditions.

To be eligible for the course, your business must employ between 5 and 249 people, and have been operational for at least a year. SMEs employing 10 or more people can enrol 2 senior managers on the course.

The course is delivered by multiple Small Business Charter accredited business schools within the area. ?More information, including course dates and testimonials from course participants, is available from *the website.* [ [link removed] ]

Leaders and senior managers are already experiencing the benefits of taking part in the Help to Grow: Management Course.

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Made Smarter has launched a ?3 million digital adoption push to drive growth in East Midlands manufacturing SMEs and help them boost productivity

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Made Smarter East Midlands Digital experts will provide advice and support to manufacturing businesses on how to switch to advanced and automated technologies. The programme provides digital transformation road mapping, leadership development, grant funding and access to industrial digital technology expertise to help with implementation until 31st March 2025.

The East Midlands Made Smarter Programme is delivered through a collaboration between Greater Lincolnshire, D2N2 and Leicester & Leicestershire Local Enterprise Partnerships and the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Eligible companies must be an SME who manufactures products, and be located in Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Greater Lincolnshire and Leicestershire.

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Diverse Leadership Development Course

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B-Global is working in collaboration with Nottingham Trent University to deliver the newly developed Level 7 Diverse Leadership Development course. Course is FREE for all participants.

*Who is the course aimed at?*

This course covers a range of diversity and leadership topics beneficial to all growing SMEs, so is for anyone who manages a diverse team and wishes to maximise the benefits of diversity, optimise their own diverse strengths, and improve inclusion in their own organisation, specifically:

Leaders/managers or aspiring leaders/managers

HR managers, directors, EDI specialists

*The Trainer:*

Dr. Anne Cockayne is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Human Resource Management. Anne is an experienced and qualified coach and takes a leading role in the design den deliver of the Business Schools coaching provision. She is currently working on an ESF funded project, ?Women in Leadership?, delivering leadership development courses and one to one coaching to support female leaders in Nottingham?s SME sector.

Anne?s career began in personnel management, working with large companies including Boots, STC telecommunications and ICL, before taking up the Head of HR post at a greenfield Nottingham based software firm where she set up the HR department from scratch, implementing reward systems, career pathing and resourcing strategies. She continues to enjoy working with the SME sector.

*To register:*

Please email Nisha Gurung ([email protected])


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Lean Business Model Canvas Hackathons at Hatch

Lean Business Model Hackathons are relevant for anyone who is thinking about starting a business. These sessions are particularly designed for anyone who already has a business idea and wants help to flesh it out more.

Claim your free ticket (usually ?10) by entering the code notts10 at the checkout. Various dates available. [link removed] [ [link removed] ].

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Carbon Reduction webinars

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We are pleased to announce that we will be running a series of webinars, designed to support organisations in Nottingham City to decarbonise. The webinars will provide information on the local context of climate change and outline the steps organisations can take to reduce their own CO2 emissions.

You can find more details about the series and book your place by following this link: [link removed] [ [link removed] ]

The webinars will cover:?


* *23rd March ? **Beginning your carbon reduction journey:* [ [link removed] ] offering guidance on how organisations can get started and connect with available support.?
* *11th May ? **Reducing carbon emissions in your buildings* [ [link removed] ]*:* introducing how organisations can approach reducing emissions associated with their buildings.?
* *26th May ? **Moving away from fossil fuels for travel and transport* [ [link removed] ]*: *explaining how organisations may reduce carbon when considering transport.?
* *28th June ? **Making your procurement sustainable* [ [link removed] ]*: *equipping organisations with the information they need to reduce carbon emissions in their procurement practices.?
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