British Business Bank Briefing Event on Midlands Engine Investment Fund – Meet the Fund Managers Lincolnshire The British Business Bank and Greater Lincolnshire Local Enterprise Partnership (GLLEP) are holding a briefing event to raise awareness of the £250m Midlands Engine Investment Fund (MEIF) and provide businesses looking to apply with additional support. This briefing event […]
Read moreEntries Now Open for Made in Lincolnshire 2019 Made in Lincolnshire seeks to celebrate the area’s excellence in manufacturing and its well-earned reputation for innovation within the sector. It also aims to showcase the diversity and creativity of those manufacturing in Lincolnshire. Previous entries have been both strong in number and quality with this year’s […]
Read moreThe Game Playing Business Jo Smedley murders people for a living. Really. To explain, her business, which she set up in 2007, creates and sells imaginative murder mysteries (or just mysteries in which case Jo Smedley does not murder anyone). The market for these role-play stories is interestingly diverse: everyone from people wanting fun and […]
Read moreWe are very much looking forward to attending the Doing it Differently Innovation Conference 2019, due to be held at Doubletree Hilton Forest Pines Resort, Brigg, on 28 February 2019 from 9am until 3pm. The conference will provide businesses with opportunities to discuss creative ideas and innovative new thinking, with five specialists holding ‘campfire sessions’ […]
Read moreThe Greater Lincolnshire Manufacturing Conference is back again; co-hosted and delivered by Business Lincolnshire and NatWest Bank. The conference is to be held at Sleaford Quality Foods, Woodbridge Road, Sleaford NG34 7JX on Friday 22nd March 2019. This Conference is dedicated to supporting manufacturing sector businesses in Greater Lincolnshire, where we are looking to build […]
Read moreMarketing Donut published an article a little while ago about how the world of marketing has changed dramatically. We don’t want to be marketed to or be sold to in the same way anymore, which is why inbound marketing came about and why the concept of the challenger sale has risen. However, despite changes in […]
Read moreAfter providing support and facilitating workshops in other regions for their Accelerator Programmes, Russell and Michelle both felt Lincoln was ready for their programme. But when we announced Lincoln’s first Business Accelerator Programme back in June 2018, we weren’t really sure how well it would be received, and more importantly, were not sure if there […]
Read moreVocTech Seed 2019 opens on 15 January 2019 offering up to £50k for up to 12months! Ufi is working to raise UK skill levels by promoting innovative digital solutions for adult vocational learning. The projects must show good understanding of the vocational learning market, and offer high quality learning solutions as well as technical developments. […]
Read moreFollowing on from our earlier post this week, we thought we’d pick up where we left off and go through Real Business’ tips on ‘sealing the deal’ when it comes to buying an existing business! We’ve already heard that 8 in 10 companies go under during their first year of operation, and one way to […]
Read moreReal Business published an article this week on how to purchase an existing business, and we thought we’d share the information! There is an apparent stigma surrounding buying a business, in that it makes you less of an entrepreneur than starting your own – however, there are many advantages to going about things this way. […]
Read moreWe were absolutely delighted that Russell Copley, Managing Director, was nominated as Entrepeneur’s Champion of the Year at the NatWest Great British Entrepreneur Awards. Russell attended the prestigious awards ceremony on 12 November 2018 where he was awarded ‘Runner Up’ in the category – narrowly missing out on the coveted first place. Nevertheless, we here […]
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