Be Central Bedfordshire - Business Newsletter 29.06.22
Date Added: 29/06/2022
Do you need to deal with a business challenge, but have no funding, time or staff available?
The offer is straight forward: the University of Bedfordshire pays up to 50% (£10,000) to fund a Masters by Research or PhD that deals directly with a project or task related to a business challenge. Do you want to provide solutions to challenges like:
• HR & Recruitment: Attracting & retaining valuable employees
• Technical & Management Systems: E-commerce or IOS, plus more
• New Sector & Market Developments Research to improve your product or offering
If you would like to find out more or speak to a member of the team, REGISTER your interest.
VentureDay 2022 sets businesses up for the future
This month saw over 150 businesses, investors and entrepreneurs from across the wider region return to Cranfield University for a day of learning, networking and business lead generation.
We sponsored the event, which was organised by the Bettany Centre for Entrepreneurship and it focused on how to ‘Build Resilience for a Sustainable and Profitable Future’.
Read the full story.
Food & Drink project support is extended
Food and drink manufacturers in Central Bedfordshire can continue to access a wide range of free support available to them via FEAST2 (Food Enterprise Advisory Support Team.) The project helps fund:
• the purchase of production equipment;
• guidance on shelf life to labelling food;
• hygiene sector accreditation.
One business owner has been able to cut his seven-day working week, enabling him to invest in kitchen equipment, thereby increasing efficiency and streamlining his production.
For more details of the project, visit the website or tel 01933 664437.
Show Me Success – book your free space now
Hear from entrepreneurs who have taken their business to the next level to achieve impressive growth. Organised by SEMLEP Growth Hub, this is a chance to share experiences and hear first-hand about opportunities taken, lessons learned and about the support and connections made to achieve success.
• Tuesday 5th July
• 09:00 – 13:00
• Woburn Safari Park, Bedfordshire
To find out more and register, visit the website.
The Healthy Workplace Awards goes live
The Public Health Workplace Health Team are proud to announce the launch of the Healthy Workplace Standards; a free best practice framework to help workplaces support the health and wellbeing of their workforce, across Milton Keynes, Bedford Borough and Central Bedfordshire.
Register your interest in the Healthy Workplace standards now!
For further information about the support available, please email the team.
The Industrial Energy Transformational Fund (IETF) returns for the Summer
IETF provides up to £70 million of grant funding for the following project types:
• studies- feasibility and engineering studies to enable companies to investigate identified energy efficiency and decarbonisation projects prior to making an investment decision
• energy efficiency- deployment of technologies to reduce industrial energy consumption
• deep decarbonisation- deployment of technologies to achieve industrial emissions savings
The window for applications are open and the competition will run until Friday 9 September 2022.