Anglia Ruskin University

EU regional funding for business: Accessing the opportunity

Are you a small to medium business (SME) based in Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire or Hertfordshire? In these difficult times the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) is investing £90 million into our region to support SMEs via a range of activities and projects which could be of direct benefit to your business. From resource audits, grants and innovation support to collaborative projects with universities, ERDF has the potential to make a real difference.

18 April 2012	University of East Anglia, Norwich	3.30 pm registration
3 May 2012	IP City Centre, Ipswich	8.00 am registration
16 May 2012	Bedford College, Bedford	7.30 am registration

Attendance is FREE but booking is required. Session will last 2½ hours and contain a series of briefings on each of the ERDF-funded project that can assist your business, followed by refreshments, networking and the opportunity for in depth discussions with individual projects.

To book on to one of the sessions or for any information on theevents please contact: Carole Randall - carole.randall@anglia.ac.uk or phone 0845 196 4310 / 01245 684310

These events offer a unique opportunity to access information about the wide range of ERDF funded support available to you. Once you have registered you will receive further details of the venue, parking and access arrangements.

University of Essex - Low Carbon KEEP feature event

Date: Tuesday 12 June 2012

Venue: Tony Rich Teaching Centre (rooms TC26 & 27), The University of Essex, Colchester, CO4 3SQ

Time: 10.15am -12.45pm

The University of Essex, in collaboration with Anglia Ruskin University, would like to invite East of England businesses to a morning's event which will explore the successful Low Carbon Keep Scheme.

Carole Randall (LC KEEP Programme Manager) will provide an overview of the scheme, and Jenny Young (Knowledge Exchange Manager) will outline some of the University of Essex's recent successes.

Tony Fisher (Senior Partner) and Joe Knox (LC KEEP Assoicate) will present a case study of how LC KEEP has been working for Fisher Jones Greenwood LLP. Their presentation will highlight how one organisation has benefitted from LC KEEP, as well as how the scheme is flexible enough to be implemented in a vast array of organisations.

A networking lunch will close the event, where you can talk through any project ideas you may have with members of our enterprise team. Places are limited, register now essexlowcarbonkeep.eventbrite.com

Agenda

10.15 am - registration
10.30 am - Carole Randall, Low Carbon KEEP Programme Manager - an introduction to the programme
10.50 am - Jenny Young, Knowledge Exchange Manager - Essex Univeristy Overview
11.10 am - Tony Fisher, Senior Partner, Fisher Jones Greenwood LLP
11.30 am - Joe Knox, Low Carbon KEEP Associate, Fisher Jones Greenwood LLP
11.45 am - Questions and answers
12.00 pm - Lunch and networking