The Exeter Chamber of Commerce’s April Networking lunch held on 17 April was a sell-out success. The theme of this lunch - ‘Exeter - the South West’s most sustainable city’ - brought together a huge variety of over 110 businesses.
The event included a panel consisting of John Rigby (Chairman of the Low Carbon Task Force), Adam Fox-Edwards (MD of the illustrious Arundell Arms and winner of the 2012 DEBI sustainable business award), Ewan McClymont, Director of Corporate Development for Bishop Fleming) and Keith Budden (Strategic Partnership Manager of E.On, a key supporter of the...
The Marsh Barton Forum event on the 9 th April was a sold out event as many businesses came together to learn about creating energy from waste.
Held at Basepoint, a presentation was given by Adrian Middlewick, Senior Waste Management Officer from Devon County Council who discussed the Government’s goals and objectives for land fill diversion targets.
Following this, Ian Crummack, Project Manager for TIRU explained how the new Energy from Waste plant, which has recently been built on Marsh Barton will work. This included demonstrating how the suction air will be put...
The Exeter Chamber of Commerce’s April Networking lunch will be held at The Rougemont Hotel By Thistle, taking place on Wednesday 17 April 2013. The theme of this lunch is ‘Exeter: the South West’s most sustainable city’.
The lunch will bring together the intellect behind Exeter Chamber’s most sustainable businesses to one place. The event will give 100+ businesses the opportunity to ask John Rigby (Chairman of the Low Carbon Task Force), Adam Fox-Edwards (MD of the illustrious Arundell Arms and winner of the 2012 DEBI sustainable business award) and Ewan McClymont (Director of...
Based on the Pecha Kucha and TED concepts of keeping presentations concise, fast paced and generating curiosity, SouthWestfd have brought together some of the region’s most professional public speakers for an evening of 15 minute wonders.
Each speaker will present for 15 minutes on a key business topic, giving you a valuable insight into how to improve your business.
Subjects include how to raise finance, leadership skills, marketing communications, the myths surrounding social media and security concerns with cloud computing.
Based on the Pecha Kucha and TED concepts of keeping presentations concise, fast-paced and generating curiosity, SouthWestfd have brought together some of the region’s most professional public speakers for an evening of 15 minute wonders.
Each speaker will present for 15 minutes on a key business topic, giving you a valuable insight into how to improve your business.
For more details visit http://southwestfd.co.uk/events/
The Exeter Business Games 2013, organised by Big Wave Media, were officially launched on January 31st, at an informal event held at The Forum, the University of Exeter. Representatives from 30 Exeter businesses were joined by chef Michael Caines, trustee of the Exeter Business Games’ nominated charity the Exeter Foundation, and Robin Williams and Dan James from the GB Paralympic Football team. Attendees were able to network with canapés and drinks, and also had the opportunity to experience massage treatments from Therapy Works South West and Exeter Mind and Body Clinic, and find out more...
Freelancers, home workers and small/micro business owners are invited to bring their laptop or other work and work, chat and collaborate at Exeter Jelly, an informal co-working event on the third Wednesday of every month (next event on 16th January) . Jelly was started in 2006 in New York and has spread across the World.
The Exeter Business Games 2013 will be officially launched on Thursday, 31st January at an event hosted by Event Exeter at the Forum, University of Exeter. Businesses in Exeter who are interested in finding out more about the Games are invited to this free event, where organisers will give an overview of the planned games along with details of how to sign up and the opportunity to do so. The Exeter Business Games, which will run throughout May and June 2013, comprises of various corporate events such as Ten-Pin Bowling and River Boat racing and is open to any Exeter-based business. The...
Guest speaker and former Express & Echo editor Marc Astley spoke to us about his latest venture - a daily online news and information service- The Exeter Daily. The Exeter Daily launched on October 8 and will carry regular news updates as well as what's on, sport and business information. Marc explained how businesses, in particular, are able to use the site for free as part of their marketing strategy. As always, this networking event attracted a huge crowd and was held at the Mercure Southgate Hotel in central Exeter.
Network Central, the giant business-to-business exhibition, is returning to Exeter in November. Among the highlights of the event promises to be a talk by Sally Hurst, the owner and founder of The Old Bag company, who is also the wife of Burts Chips’ founder Nick. The free-to-attend event, at Sandy Park on Thursday, 29th November, also features a host of expert speakers on a wide range of subjects from business growth to the local press and media. And there’ll also be a reverse Dragons’ Den hosted by Mark Jenkins of Exeter City Football Club, featuring Judith Flood from Thomas Westcott...
