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Last call for TakeOff20!

Launch your decade with funding, finance, business support plus access to talent, training, networks and more for Creative and Digital Businesses in the D2N2 Area.

This three-hour session offers you the opportunity to hear from a team of expert Business Advisers who will be on hand to answer your questions, direct you to the right support for your business and help you sign up to the support programmes which are best for you.

More information is available on our Eventbrite page.

Help us raise the profile of our #Great city! We've had nearly 1000 responses to our surveys about what makes Nottingham such a great place to live, work and visit! The key themes emerging so far are:

• Robin Hood
• Universities
• Nightlife
• Sport
• Transport
• Economy
• Culture

Have your say here! https://bit.ly/2SCjBaO

Improve productivity, efficiency and job creation

The D2N2 Business Investment Fund supports SMEs across Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire with grant funding for projects that will lead to a step-change in their business and activity and directly improve their productivity, efficiency and/ or job creation. The grant fund will support projects such as digital developments, specialist consultancy advice and some equipment purchases.  Grants of between £3,500 and £20,000 are available, which can contribute up to 35% of total project costs.

For further information please visit the BIF Grant page or contact the Growth Hub on 0333 006 9178 where you will be put in touch with a Business Adviser to discuss your project and provide application details.

The D2N2 Growth Hub: what our clients say...

"There is so much support available that it is really difficult to know what the best course of action is but the D2N2 Growth Hub worked with us to define the right support for us.  "They brokered a place for us on the Goldman Sachs 10K business support programme which can only be described as incredible and business changing! "Without the Growth Hub's support we would not have accessed this programme. We now have a robust strategy in place to enable us to meet our business objectives, have access to a peer learning group and link us to events and networks including B-Global, a network for businesses of African heritage." John Tchoudi Director, Grassfields Ltd.

Check out the latest Tech Nottingham events! Details on our events page.

Women In Tech March 2020 - Lightning Talks!

Thursday, 5 March from 6:30pm to 9:00pm

Antenna, Nottingham

Tech Nottingham March 2020 - How We Built The World Wide Web In Five Days & An Engineer's Guide To A Good Night's Sleep

Monday 9 March from 6:30pm to 9:00pm

Antenna, Nottingham

Accelerating Innovation Through Inclusion

Tuesday 24 March from 8:30am to 1:30pm

Broadway Cinema, 14-18 Broad Street, Nottingham, NG1 3AL

The games and immersive sectors have considerable opportunities for growth, but face significant challenges in relation to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce. If you are running a business in this space, you can probably relate to the challenge of attracting and keeping the best talent. A lack of diversity not only hinders recruitment, it also hampers audience reach. Is your company missing out on a huge potential audience for its products?

Join us at this free event, where we’ll be exploring how we can reap the bottom-line benefits of a more diverse workforce.

Register at: https://ingenuitygateway.com/accelerating-innovation-through-inclusion-24-march-2020/

Speakers announced for ‘Creating A Low Emission City Conference’

Thursday 26 March 2020, Nottingham

An expert line-up of speakers has been announced for the ‘Creating A Low Emission City Conference’, hosted by Nottingham City Council and chaired by Robert Llewellyn from Fully Charged and Mark Goodier, radio presenter and EV advocate. 

Book your place on the Eventbrite page.

Google Analytics For Beginners

Google Analytics is a very powerful platform to gain insight into your website visitors, how they got there and what they did. This data can be used to improve your website, helping you to retain visitors and improve their conversion rate, ultimately generating more business from your website.

This workshop explores the main reports in Google Analytics, explaining what they mean and how to use them, as well as working through how to set it up and the options required to get the most from your data.
You do not need to bring a laptop or tablet as there are no “hands-on” elements of the workshop. Attending this seminar will provide delegates with the knowledge to utilise the most important reports in Google Analytics, ensuring that their account is set up to measure conversions and get the best from the options available. Book your place on the D2N2 events page.

This seminar is hosted by the D2N2 Growth Hub and is part-funded by the European Regional Development Fund.