Product Design Showcase
11 December, 2014
On Wednesday 10th December, the University of Nottingham welcomed over 20 business leaders to a unique showcase. The event, hosted by 25 of our brightest Product Design students, showcased some of the outstanding designs from their Product Design and Manufacture degree courses. The event presented a chance for businesses to preselect some of the top, fresh talent in …
Doing Business With China – A Guide To Cultural Etiquette
6 June, 2014
Workshop Leader: Sujing Xu, University of Nottingham School of Cultures, Languages and Area Studies China has one of the fastest growing economies in the world and many businesses from the UK are now taking advantage of the commercial opportunities offered by this expanding market. However, in order to form successful business relationships in China, it …
Stealing From The Bottom Line
3 June, 2014
Speaker: Professor Bob Berry, Nottingham University Business School. Understanding the ‘cash’ in cash flow forecasting Bob begins today’s seminar with a simple four letter word: cash. Understanding cash is the key to effective cash flow forecasting, but what is a forecast and why do we forecast? That is what Bob will be unpacking in …
Dress to impress!
4 March, 2014
I spoke at an event this morning entitled Dress to Impress. The mismatch between me and the title of the session caused much hilarity for my wife who continually asked me, “so why are YOU speaking at this event again?” To be clear for anyone that knows or has ever met me, I wasn’t giving …
Funding fast and slow…
26 July, 2013
A couple of people in the office have been reading/talking about Thinking Fast and Slow, a book by Nobel laureate psychologist Daniel Kahneman. There is a good deal in the book that has direct relevance to writing successful funding applications (something I spend a good deal of my time doing here at the University) Kahneman …
Celebration!
8 November, 2012
This week at the end of the Jubilee year we celebrated our own 60th; the 60th Knowledge Transfer Partnership the University has been awarded. The Knowledge Transfer Partnership programme (KTP) is a government funded initiative that aims to transfer knowledge from the UK’s Universities and embed that knowledge in businesses of all sizes to help …
It’s good to talk… even to academics
20 August, 2012
I spend a lot of my time visiting businesses from all sectors, everything from commercial archaeologists through to manufacturers of major household brands and taking in some big industrial players along the way. As a result, I see a lot of different businesses that each has its own issues. Of late I’ve seen a common …
Ingenuity – the local business network
18 June, 2012
Over the last 4 years our network of local businesses has grown to well over 1000 people representing the full spectrum of businesses across the Greater Nottingham area. The majority of those involved in the network are from micro and small businesses including soletraders and social enterprises however, we also have a healthy mix of medium sized companies. So why are …
I am a Bear of Very Little Brain
1 May, 2012
It almost goes without saying that Universities are stuffed full of very clever people. Even after five years in the University though I’m still excited to see a Nobel Prize winner in the carpark (he gets his own space!) Or stand in the cafe queue behind the eminent Chemistry Professor whose periodic table videos went …
Ingenious or Irrelevant?
10 April, 2012
Can alliances between small and medium sized businesses (SME’s) and higher education institutions (HEI’s) really add value to both parties or are their worlds so far apart they are irrelevant to each other? Over the last decade, staff at the University of Nottingham and many other UK HEI’s have progressively developed their skills, capabilities and …
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