Corporate Social Responsibility and the Smaller Business
15 November, 2012
Speakers: Dale Buckland of Progression Enrichment and Francine Pickering from Clarity Marketing “Guilt by big business” was one definition of CSR offered by an audience member at this presentation and with recent tax avoidance from some very large businesses very much in the news, it’s not surprising that some might hold this view.But, having established …
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 …
A Fishing Trip?
18 October, 2012
Can early stage businesses gain useful knowledge and successfully grow their organisation by interacting with a virtual network of ‘experts’ and the wider business community? Will these entrepreneurs be able to ask for advice in public and will the ‘experts’ be willing to share their knowledge freely in an open forum? These are just a …
The Ingenuity Business Network – what’s in it for the University?
3 October, 2012
The Ingenuity breakfast events have been running for some years now, originally established as part of the funded Ingenuity Programme. When the funding for that programme came to an end, the University decided to continue to support the network which might make you wonder why – just what is in it for the University? Naturally, …
Seven Ways to Fix the World
Speaker: Chris Barnatt, Futurologist and Associate Professor of Computing and Future Studies, Nottingham University Business School “Some scientist, somewhere, will solve the problem.” That’s the message that Chris Barnatt was most definitely not giving at this presentation for the Ingenuity Business Network. Instead he focused on seven ways that individuals, businesses large and small, and …
What’s in the new Energy Technologies Building?
5 September, 2012
A sneak preview of this new BREEAM outstanding rated building. Today I joined one of the Preview Tours of the new Energy Technologies Building, the latest addition to the University of Nottingham Innovation Park. As well as being itself constructed to the highest low carbon standards with the aim of achieving the BREEAM outstanding rating, …
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 …
Building an Innovative Organisation
10 July, 2012
Ingenuity Knowledge Exchange event – 11 July 2012 Speakers: Dr Mat Hughes, Nottingham University Business School and Stuart Ross“You can’t sack yourself so what are you going to do?” As a business owner, says Mat Hughes, you might well have fallen into a couple of natural traps that have killed off your once-entrepreneurial spirit. Whilst …
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 …
Working Capital for SMEs
29 May, 2012
Speakers: Professor Bob Berry, Boots Professor of Accounting and Finance, Nottingham University Business School and Linda Brentnall, Santander Post by Francine Pickering, Ingenuity. The “traditional” view in business is that working capital is a good thing. It keeps your business running and acts as a buffer in times of crisis. But big business nowadays takes …
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