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| July 2008 - Guest Bill Rammell MP & Prof. Bob Anderson UCS |
Friday 11th July DATE FOR YOUR DIARY!!
Skills and Solutions for Waveney
Business Liaison Forum: at the Hotel Victoria, Lowestoft 7.15am (registration) to 9.30am. Message from Bob . . .
I am writing to invite you to this meeting, which will focus on skills.
I have been fortunate in obtaining the services of two high quality speakers for this event.
They are :
Bill Rammell, MP
Minister of State at the Department for Innovation Universities and Skills with responsibility for lifelong learning, further and higher education.
He will be talking about new government initiatives for skills development for businesses
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Professor Bob Anderson,
Chief Executive of University Campus Suffolk
who will talk about the opportunities available to Waveney businesses as a result of the University Campus Suffolk (UCS).
I hope that you will attend to participate in the discussion on such an important topic and I look forward to welcoming you on Friday 11 July.
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| Ed Balls ~ Economic Secretary, HM Treasury Jan 2007 |
BUSINESS LIAISON FORUM Friday 26th January 2007.
ED BALLS MP, Economic Secretary to the Treasury was special guest speaker.
Ed Balls has been at the forefront of the Government’s economic policy since 1997, working as the Chancellor’s Economic Adviser before being elected to parliament in 2005 and being appointed as a Treasury Minister earlier this year. Ed has local connections, having gone to school in Norwich.
The Minister will be discussing a wide range of economic issues that are relevant to Waveney.
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| Lord Oxburgh - May 2007 |
BUSINESS LIAISON FORUM Friday 25th May 2007 at the Hotel Victoria, Kirkley Cliff, Lowestoft. With guest speaker
Lord Oxburgh (ex Chairman, Shell) .....
He worked as chief scientific adviser at the Ministry of Defence and rector of Imperial College London.
His business career culminated in his appointment as Chairman of Shell UK.
As well as being a crossbench peer in the House of Lords and chairing its Science and Technology Select Committee, he also does charity work, chairing the Science, Engineering, Technology and Mathematics Network to promote the subjects among young people.
He is also an honorary professor at Cambridge University and fellow of the Royal Society.
The father-of-three became a KBE 12 years ago and was made a life peer in 1999.
Lord Oxburgh has spoken about there being "a social responsibility on people from other backgrounds to participate in the corporate world".
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| Barbara Follett MP -Regional Agenda Oct 2007 |
BUSINESS LIAISON BREAKFAST Friday October 26th 2007
Barbara Follett is Labour MP for Stevenage. She is also one of the few MPs who have played a major part in transforming the image of Labour, primarily through practical steps to increase the number of women MPs in the Parliamentary Labour Party.
I also look forward to welcoming along the supporters of this event Business Link East who deliver the Business Link services in the East of England and is funded by the East of England Development Agency. Guest speaker is Steve McAteer (Director of Partnerships & Marketing). They also have a regional agenda with very local priorities, working closely with partners; the Lowestoft & Waveney Chamber for our area.
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| What Employers want from Schools? And What Schools are doing for Business? March 2006 |
Business Liaison Breakfast Friday 3rd March 2006 at the Parkhill Hotel, Oulton, Lowestoft
The theme for this event was:-
What Employers want from Schools? And What Schools are doing for Business?
There were opportunities to put questions and comments to the Heads of Lowestoft’s High Schools: Benjamin Britten, The Denes and Kirkley High School.
Also in attendance were representatives from Enterprise Lowestoft - one of the first companies that have been registered in the United Kingdom to transform learning through enterprise. The company has been set up to assist schools in the delivery of the enterprise education agenda.
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| What do businesses want from our University Campus Suffolk (UCS)? June 2006 |
Business Liaison Breakfast Friday 9th June 2006 The theme for this event was:-
What do businesses want from our University Campus Suffolk (UCS)? where details of the latest development from University Campus Suffolk personnel and Lowestoft College.
UCS is committed to working with the business community to provide value added services including research, consultancy, knowledge transfer, and continuous professional development alongside its undergraduate and postgraduate provision.
"I am keen that businesses in Waveney have the opportunity to engage with the university in the development of its curriculum to ensure that it meets the needs of your businesses in the future providing the appropriate skilled staff as our area develops and prospers through urban regeneration".
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| Oct 2005 |
Business Liaison Breakfast Friday 14th October 2005
with 2 guest speakers
• Barry Gardiner MP – Minister at the Dept of Trade and Industry with responsibility for competitiveness, delivery and efficiency.
• Richard Wright- Chairman of the Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft Regeneration Company (URC) – which aims to create jobs and regeneration to benefit 200,000 people in the two towns.
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| March 2008 "Sport and Business" - what’s in it for your business ? |
The last Business Liaison Forum meeting, focussed on business and sport held at the Hotel Victoria, Lowestoft on Friday 28th March. You can download infromation directly from the following links
https://www.competefor.com/london2012business/login.jsp
http://www.london2012.com/get-involved/business-network/index.php
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Did you know that East of England companies could secure up to 5-10% of the £3.8 billion that's going to be generated from business opportunities around the London 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games?
That's something between £190 million and £380 million that's up for grabs.
The challenge however is ensuring that businesses in the East of England are aware of this opportunity. Businesses must sign-up to the London 2012 business e-alerts if they are to be part of the action. It's easy to do, just log onto http://www.london2012.com/business
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The presentation that Morag gave is a very large file. If you would like to call at the office, you can download it and take it away to view at your leisure.
Bob said
"I am keen to ensure that businesses in Waveney are aware of opportunities available as a result of the successful London 2012 Olympic bid, and to be in the best position to take advantage of them.
We will also have the opportunity to find out more about the ambitions and proposed development of two of our local sports clubs.
My special guest speakers will be
Morag Stuart, Olympic Delivery Authority – London 2012
Morag is Head of Procurement at the Olympic Delivery Authority, responsible for the procurement of the venues, transport and infrastructure for the games and legacy.
London 2012 expects to have around 7,000 direct contracts which, together with its suppliers, will form supply chains of around 75,000 opportunities.
It’s fantastic to see that of some 500 contracts (worth over £1 billion) already awarded, 98 per cent have gone to British companies, with over half won by mostly small- and medium- sized companies based outside of London. This really highlights how the Games can benefit everyone throughout the UK. I want to see Waveney take advantage of these opportunities.
• Geoff Price, Chairman: Lowestoft Town Football Club - will tell us about the club’s plans to achieve competitive success.
• Dick Smith, Vice President: Lowestoft & Yarmouth Rugby Union Football Club - will tell us about the club’s ground redevelopment plan.
• John Pawsey of Waveney Gymnastics Club talked about their current bid for inclusion in to the 2012 Olympics
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In addition the following link may be of interest:
http://www.eeda.org.uk/files/InspiringBusiness.pdf which explains how businesses can benefit from the 2012 Games.
Adam Baker
Suffolk Project Manager for the 2012 Games
Suffolk County Council
Endeavour House
Russell Road
Ipswich
IP1 2BX
Tel. 01473 260821/07894 598296
Email. adam.baker@acs.suffolkcc.gov.uk
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