TVB LEP holding event at O2 Slough for SME’s throughout the region
The Thames Valley Berkshire Local Enterprise
Partnership (TVB LEP) announced today that it is to host a SME event on
the 1st June at O2’s Headquarters in Slough. The Grow your Money and then Grow your Business
event takes place from 8am to 10am, and will feature presentations from
several business representatives and leaders. Louise Fellows, Head of
Regional Development South East, for O2 said: “O2 is pleased to welcome
Thames Valley Berkshire LEP and the local Thames Valley business
community to our offices on the 1st June 2012 for the “Access to
Finance” event. It’s hugely exciting to be working in partnership with
the LEP and the local business community on this event to raise business
confidence and be part of the community hub for economic regeneration
in the Thames Valley.”
Tony O’Connor, MD of successful Berkshire business, British Eco, will
chat to Sally Goodsell CEO of Finance South East, also Barney Quinn
Business Angel will talk about investing in SMEs and Oxford Innovation
will launch its new coaching programme for high growth businesses. TVB
LEP is interested in helping SMEs find ways to access finance, reduce
risk, and build business confidence. SME’s who are interested in
attending the event are invited to register via the TVB LEP website.
Register on the website at Grow your Money event page
The TVB LEP is also pleased to announce that it is looking for a SME
champion to join the TVB LEP Board and become the Chair of the SME
Forum.
Steve Lamb, Chair of the TVB LEP commented, “We are collaborating with
SME’s across the Thames Valley region to build business confidence, and
understand what opportunities and challenges SME’s face. We talk to
businesses as much as possible, and some of them are telling us that
access to finance and economic confidence can pose a problem, and we
want to show SME’s the ways in which they can tackle these issues –
there is a lot of help at hand. We may technically be back in recession,
but Thames Valley Berkshire is
the engine of the UK economy, with many successful and growing
companies, and we firmly believe it is the best place to live, work and
do business.”
The TVB LEP has an SME Forum which meets and networks regularly, and
individuals interested in applying for the Executive Chair of the SME
Forum should be a real champion of business, SMEs and understand the
specific needs and challenges those businesses may face. Expressions of
interest should be directed to Deborah Wharton or alternatively come and talk to TVB LEP at the O2 event.
The TVB LEP is committed to ensuring that Thames Valley Berkshire
remains the most enterprising area in the country, and maintains its
competitive edge on the global stage by building on its already strong
local economy. Through collaboration with business leaders, the skills
and employment sector, the voluntary and community sector and local
businesses, TVB LEP will further support economic growth by focusing on
its three key goals of improving transport and communications
infrastructure in the region, developing skills and education, and
motivating and maintaining inward investment.
For more information on the TVB LEP, its key initiatives and how to get involved, please visit www.thamesvalleyberkshire.co.uk.
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