The Next Big Thing

The breakfast programme resumed after a short summer break with a returning favourite –  Christopher Barnatt, Associate Professor of Strategy & Future Studies here at The University of Nottingham’s Business School. The morning’s breakfast presentation was based on ‘The Next Big Thing’ – helping people think big: to remember that the possible can become possible. …

Getting the Tax Man to Finance Your Business

This breakfast presentation delivered by Bob Berry (Boots Professor of Accounting and Finance) with guest speaker and  tax expert, Chris Bond (BDO’s Nottingham Office) highlighted the way in which the UK government uses the tax system to encourage specific types of capital and revenue expenditure, such as R&D spending, which are key elements in determining how …

Business Stories to Enhance Your Brand

Ingenuity Breakfast Event – Tuesday 20th January 2015 Speakers: Esther Eidinow and Katharina Lorenz, University of Nottingham Department of Classics and John Griffiths, CONNECT Venture Enterprises Ltd What’s your story? A key part of any organisation’s success is having a good story, knowing that story—and sharing it effectively. Our first speakers of the morning are Esther …

Sustainability In The Workplace

Speakers: Dr Ben Bedwell and Dr Caroline Leygue, Horizon Digital Economy Research Institute Rising energy costs are having a considerable impact on businesses. Energy consumption, particularly from lighting and heating, accounts for a considerable proportion of the monthly spend of workplaces across the UK. Yet despite often being treated as fixed costs, the expenses incurred …

Doing Business With China – A Guide To Cultural Etiquette

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 …

Effective Leadership Communication

Workshop Leader:  Dr Louise Mullany, Associate Professor of Sociolinguistics, Director of Business Engagement, School of English. With Dr Sarah Grandage, Lecturer in Language and Drama, School of English & Geoff Bannister, Freelance Actor and Digital Project Manager. Effective Leadership What qualities best describe effective leadership? What characterises effective communication? Those were Dr Louise Mullany’s opening questions …

Bringing New Products and Services to Market

Speakers: Dr. Deborah Roberts, Nottingham University Business School and Matt Hague, Director of Microlise, transport management specialists“Don’t compromise, and do it as quick as you can” was Matt Hague’s advice as he spoke about his experience of bringing new products and services to market. He had plenty of other insights to share too but, first, …

High Performance Computing capacity available for local businesses

Local businesses in engineering, pharmaceutical development, the creative and digital industries, aerospace and automotive, as well as other sectors, are now able to take advantage of facilities in high performance computing (HPC) that have been developed thanks to £3.5 million of EPSRC funding in a project known as Midplus. These businesses are invited to work …

Corporate Social Responsibility and the Smaller Business

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!

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 …