HUB:BLE-2 Boosting Local Enterprise Short Company Pitches

1. Short Company Pitches
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Career Development
Costco Wholesale
HPC Midlands
Transport iNet
Joe Forster
Grants and Growth
Ramada Encore
Enterprising Leicester
Unitemps
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Brisskit
DiRAC
G-Step
Consult2Deliver
Future Factory

2. Liz Walkley, Career Development Service
Do you need a fresh pair of eyes on a business problem?
We have graduate talent who can help.
Services we offer
• Expert advice on recruitment
• Free advertising
• Help sourcing the right person
• Bursaries for SMEs (up to £1,500)
Your role
• Employ individual and pay salary (min £13k) for 3
month placement
• Contribute approx £2,372 for 3 months
*based on a salary of £14,520
• Recruit individual between now and Christmas
How to get involved
Email: internships@le.ac.uk
Call: James on 0116 252 5393
Business impact
“Taking on an intern can
provide you with a really high
quality member of your
team, they have the ability to
‘hit the ground running’ with
minimal supervision.
Interns can enrich your
business by bringing a fresh
approach, a valuable set of
skills learned throughout
their degrees, as well as
enthusiasm and proactivity”
Keri, Williams Commerce
www.le.ac.uk/careers

3. Costco Wholesale is a membership Warehouse Club dedicated to bringing
our members quality goods and services at the lowest possible price.
No matter what kind of business you have…Costco works!
You’ll save money on everything from office furnishings and computers to
copy paper, shredders, coffee filters and even tyres for your company cars.
Speciality departments include bakery, service deli, butchers, opticians,
electrical, automotive, apparel, health & beauty, small appliances, domestics,
jewellery, books, sporting, toys, beers, wines & spirits, grocery, confectionery
and café.
Join the Millions who are already saving!
Join at the HUB:BLE event
to receive a welcome gift!
0116 269 0730 ~ marketing123@costco.co.uk ~ www.costco.co.uk/membership

4. www.hpc-midlands.ac.uk

5. Are you an East Midlands SME?
• Do you have a project that you would like grant funding for?
– both capital and revenue expenditure eligible
• Could you benefit from 2 days research?
If so, come and talk to us at our exhibition stand
or arrange to meet via meethub
Innovation Advisors available as follows:
Wed 16th October:
Georgette Hall
Pauline Graham
Thurs 17th October:
David Rogers
Tel:
01509 635270
Email: info@transport-inet.org.uk

6. Tony Withers
Tel: 07912 360842
email: tony@daccordms.co.uk
D’Accord
Management Services
Turning Around Performance
Making successful simple
• Focusing on what matters
• Engaging and motivating
staff
• Defining effective methods
• Managing performance
Customer
complaints down
by 78%
Sales per
employee up 39%
YTD sales 13%
above forecast
All in
the first
3
months
Cash reserves
8% higher than
forecast
A Partner of

7. Joe Forster
FCMI MITOL CM CMC
Business Consultant
Professional Trainer
Business Systems Implementation
Operations Manuals Author
35 Years Hands-On Experience

8. www.grantsandgrowth.com
Barrie Billinghay
07595 092023
barrie@grantsandgrowth.com

9. Leicester
Cat Stilling – Sales Manager - 07827 240 375
sales@encoreleicester.com

10. Grants to grow your business
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Offers Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) in
Leicester grants of £1,000 to £15,000.
Projects must create jobs and increase turnover
Must be trading business to business (non-retail)
Grants must be matched with 50% private investment
5 Business Support Organisations to help SMEs through
the application process
For more info and to how to apply visit:
www.leicester.gov.uk/enterprisingleicestergrants
David Wright,
Business Investment Manager
E: david.wright@leicester.gov.uk
T: 0116 4542932

11. Unitemps- Part of the
Universities Careers Services
Sally Elsmore- External Consultant
• We can facilitate part time
/casual/fixed term paid work
placements
• Similar set up to an agency
• Flexible resource
• Wide range of skill sets
se110@le.ac.uk 07785242675 selsmore@dmu.ac.uk

12. Biomedical Research Infrastructure Software Service Kit
http://www.brisskit.le.ac.uk
Dr Jonathan Tedds (Health Sciences)
Email: brisskit@le.ac.uk
jat26@le.ac.uk
@jtedds

13. DiRAC
Complexity Cluster at Leicester
High Performance Computing for complex problems
• Would your business benefit
from access to a cutting-edge
computer cluster?
• Complexity has 4352 cores, 95
Tflop/s, 8GB RAM per core
• Competitive rates
• Range of access levels available
http://www.dirac.ac.uk/

14. Global Monitoring for Environment and Security
- Space Technology Exchange Partnership
Business Tenets :•
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Innovation using space-based data can enhance the competiveness
of industry
Break barriers to the wider use of satellite data in the UK
(knowledge, ease of access and relevant to business solutions
Helping Business Access
Earth Observation Data
How :G-STEP takes complex Earth Observation data (from satellite, airborne,
ground monitors) and:
– Introduces the concepts to businesses
– Demonstrates potential downstream uses
– Assists in the production of novel products and services to
improve SME competitiveness
What G-STEP can do for you :•
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Up to 2 day FREE consultation to develop ideas
Graduate placements and HEI collaboration
Proof of concept and assistance to find development funding
EO and GIS Knowledge Transfer
Contact: Mr Rhys Cowsill, G-STEP Business Manager
Tel: +44 (0)116 229 7843
E-Mail: g-step@le.ac.uk

15. Consult2Deliver
creative clinical & regulatory solutions
• We offer pragmatic solutions for innovative ideas and
concepts to assist commercial success
• Pharmaceuticals
• Healthcare (food supplements, vitamins & botanicals)
• We do this by
• Working creatively within available guidelines
• Application of robust, professional clinical and regulatory advice
• We have
• Over 40 years experience working in clinical and regulatory
environments
• Based at BioCity in Nottingham from November 2013
• We start with the end in mind to ensure consistent delivery
throughout development
www.consult2deliver.co.uk

16. Chambers UK 2013
“This Nottingham firm is widely acknowledged as a marketleader in IP right prosecution, opposition and exploitation”
Legal 500 2012
“Nottingham based Potter Clarkson LLP
is 'amazingly helpful' and 'very good'.
Potter Clarkson LLP. The Belgrave Centre, Talbot Street, Nottingham, NG1 5GG
T: 0115 955 2211 F: 0115 955 2201 E: info@potterclarkson.com W: www.potterclarkson.com

17. The Future Factory
www.ntu.ac.uk/futurefactory
Our Offering: SMEs in the East Midlands an opportunity to access free, expert
support with product design and business process improvements, helping them
adopt a more innovative & sustainable business future.
Our targets:
• Free business ‘Assistance’ (12 hrs) and ‘Collaborative’ (up to 35 hrs) direct
business support, without charge;
• Graduate Placement grant – 20% off first year’s gross salary;
• Free Events and workshops – pitching for finance, packaging, sustainable fashion,
maximising online trading, logistics and transport.
Our Legacy by June 2015:
479 businesses supported, 257 graduate placements, 39 jobs created and 30
business start-ups.