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The newly created Worcestershire Innovation Network (WIN) provides an vital link between businesses and those who can help them bring their ideas to market. Business innovation involves collaboration with multiple stakeholders, including other businesses, universities, research institutions, and public sector organisations. WIN facilitates this collaboration and knowledge exchange. And, because innovation is a not a static, one-time effort, but an ongoing process of continuous refinement, WIN will continue to support your business through the entire innovation process - from ideation to market. WIN is part of Innovation Worcestershire, a fully-funded programme designed to help businesses bring ideas into the market. In addition to access to WIN businesses benefit from: • 1:1 tailored support from a highly qualified adviser • Skills masterclasses and workshops • In person events that allow you to learn and network As the programme is fully funded, it comes at no cost to participating businesses. Register your interest and expand your network of support by completing the simple form here: https://ow.ly/B1sx50SH0mz We look forward to welcoming you to Innovation Worcestershire. #worcestershire #innovation #businesssupport Worcestershire County Council Worcester City Council Wyre Forest District Council Bromsgrove District Council Malvern Hills District Council Wychavon District Council Redditch Borough Council Herefordshire & Worcestershire Chamber of Commerce

Check out the slides for five great reasons to invest time and resources into innovation to grow your business. Fostering an innovative culture within an organisation involves encouraging creativity, investing in research and development, and being willing to take calculated risks. This mindset not only drives growth but also ensures the business remains relevant in an ever-changing marketplace. While these benefits are undeniably positive, we aren’t suggesting that they are simple to achieve. Innovation comes with challenges, for instance resource constraints, skill gaps, and the risks that often accompany the implementation of new ideas. Overcoming these obstacles requires strategic support and an environment open to experimentation. Innovation Worcestershire helps businesses embrace the benefits of innovation and helps them identify, prepare for, and overcome the challenges it can present. It is fully funded, and offered at no cost to your business. There is also Learn more and register your interest here: https://ow.ly/qBQR50SK4cH #worcestershire #innovation #growth Worcestershire County Council Worcester City Council Wyre Forest District Council Bromsgrove District Council Redditch Business Leaders Redditch Borough Council MALVERN HILLS SCIENCE PARK LIMITED Malvern Hills District Council Wychavon District Council Herefordshire & Worcestershire Chamber of Commerce

Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen, rank among the UK's top 10 cities for attracting investment. Last week, it was brilliant to be reconnected with the GS 10KSB team on home ground! A great opportunity to discuss the current landscape for business growth as part of the Generation Growth initiative. Some awesome facts (you learn something new everyday): • Edinburgh boasts strong productivity and the lowest unemployment rate of any UK city - a powerful foundation for economic expansion. • Edinburgh tops the list as the happiest city to work in the UK. • Nearly 80% of the Edinburgh workforce hold degrees. Lively discussions paved the way to several key challenges facing the Scaleup community: • Talent retention • Access to funding • Infrastructure gaps • Procurement obstacles Despite these hurdles, Scotland's entrepreneurial legacy is evident and thriving. As always, these conversations stimulate ideas and foster suggestions on how we can turn the challenges into opportunities. Great to see Selina McCole Becky Connell Jon Foster #justsararoberts ---------------------- PS: Follow me Sara Roberts for insights into health, leadership and entrepreneurship led by impact, as much as profitability 🔝 Connect with me ♻️ repost for more visibility PPS: Want to learn more about health, and impact led leadership and entrepreneurship? Join my newsletter Well Purposed. See the link in my profile!

✨ Yesterday’s call with Craig Fairweather left me buzzing with inspiration! 🌟 We dived into how Canberra’s business scene is leveling up ⬆️, with more recognition for successful Indigenous enterprises. Craig nailed it: success isn’t about ego—it’s about collaboration 🤝 and growth 🌱. The Canberra Innovation Network is key 🔑 in connecting the right people with the right opportunities, especially for our Indigenous communities. One story that really hit home 🏡 was how SERVICE ONE teamed up with the University of Canberra to launch Millhouse Ventures. Initially, they tried to cater to both Indigenous and mainstream businesses, but soon realized the need for specialized support. It’s a perfect example of the power of asking for help 🙏 and opportunity for us to collaborat on making a bigger impact 💥. Another golden nugget? Feedback loops 🔄 in accelerators and incubators are crucial. Everyone deserves a shot, regardless of their financial situation 💸, and in order to improve accelerators/incubators, you need good feedback loops to collect data and improve. 💬 Even though this is Australia’s political capital—in both government and culture—Canberra is pure networking and collaboration ground zero 🎯. I’ve always believed that "YOUR NETWORK IS A REFLECTION OF YOU NETWORK" 🌐—and Canberra is where those connections truly come to life. I’m pumped to keep building a stronger, more inclusive business community here in Canberra. Let’s keep asking: "How can we support?" 💪 #IndigenousBusiness #Canberra #Collaboration #Innovation #Networking #CommunityPower

Do you have a small food service business (located in Boston) that could use a boost? Check out the City of Boston's SCALE program, which is designed to build businesses’ capacity to engage in public-sector contracting: https://lnkd.in/erUZwXwc About SCALE: Businesses who are accepted into the SCALE program will receive a grant award of up to $200,000 divided between two disbursements: up to $50k disbursed prior to the recipient entering the 3 to 6-month technical assistance program, and the remainder disbursed to the recipient on the condition that they complete the full SCALE program. The purpose of the grant is to help business participants supplement operational capacity where necessary to allow the business owner or lead for the SCALE program to fully participate in the technical assistance programming of the 3 to 6-month engagement and, using the larger grant payments, operationalize business plans created during the SCALE program with help from technical assistance providers. City of Boston | Economic Opportunity and Inclusion Cabinet #foodentrepreneur #foodstartups #foodconsultant #foodbusiness #foodpreneur #foodinnovation #foodbranding #foodtechnology #businessnetworking #foodstartup #foodindustry #foodnews #foodadvertising #foodmedia #foodproject #foodbrand #foodmarketing #foodtech #startupcommunity #foodmanagement

Join us on May 6th for the Free Enterprise Awards honoring Bruce Bell and Karl Schmidt! This event is one of my favorites every year and it’s one of my favorite conversations around business. So, what is “free enterprise”, why does it matter and why are we celebrating it (and so should you!)? Free enterprise is the freedom of a business or organization to operate in a competitive market system without regulation beyond what’s necessary to protect public interest and keep the national economy in balance. Free enterprise is business operating in its most natural form - giving credence to innovation, responding to market demand and shaping our economy. Some of the biggest leaps in human achievement and ideation come from a free market system. Without free enterprise we wouldn’t have opportunities to try so many new things and build upon early stage ideas. So each year (for over 40 years!) the Rotary Club of Green Bay singles out someone (or two) in our community to celebrate for their contribution to free enterprise, for the risks they’ve taken, for the opportunities they’ve created and the businesses they’ve built. We want to live in a community where free enterprise is celebrated and is commonplace. We want those risk takers and innovators to reside here, to take those risks here, to bring those ideas here. And if we want it, then we need to help foster it. So join us on May 6th to honor Bruce Bell & Karl Schmidt from Belmark inc, and to honor the contributions they’ve made to free enterprise in our area. Let us celebrate the role that free enterprise plays in making us a strong, innovative and dynamic business community and how that foundation will help us bring new business opportunities here for generations to come. #business #freeenterprise #localbusiness #entrepreneurship

We take partnerships seriously. The ONLY reason we grew to become one of the worlds preeminent Entrepreneurship and Sustainability academies is through partnerships... with cities. With NGOs. With companies. So this is a call to all of you to reach out. If you're a city trying to help people change towards living a more sustainable lifestyle. If you're a business chambers wanting to help more of your members to grow their businesses faster. If you're a school, college or university wanting to support your students to start thinking more entrepreneurially. If you're a church wanting to help your congregation to improve their quality of life. If you're a company wanting it help more of your employees or clients and create amazing positive brand association (and genera leads where appropriate) Get in touch. We support over 421 cities and organisations in over 27 countries so something we must be doing right.

PUT THE DATE IN YOUR DIARIES 🗓️ Because our next knowledge session event is live: 'Building Inclusive Teams: Lessons from the Housing Sector' 🏠 When? Wednesday 15th May, 2:30pm - 4:30pm ⌚ Joining Nina Lockwood will be: Julia Rouse, Professor of Entrepreneurship at The Manchester Metropolitan University, and Elaine Johnson, Director of People at Great Places Housing Group. They’ll be discussing how to increase the diversity of customer-facing teams so that they better reflect the people they serve. Julia and Elaine will be sharing best practice and insights derived from their own extensive professional experience in the housing sector – an industry with lessons in this area which are also highly relevant to public transport. Topics to be covered will include: ✳️Inclusive recruitment ✴️Supporting career progression of existing employees, especially those from underrepresented backgrounds ✳️Leadership – and unpicking the norms of leadership ✴️Pitfalls of positive discrimination Julia and Elaine will be drawing on their own experiences from the Boost Programme, a scheme designed to encourage organisational change, create a supportive environment for colleagues and enable Great Places to become more ethnically diverse. Please click the link to register: https://lnkd.in/ergt8vQ9 (All registrants will receive the recording if you cannot attend the live session) #Webinar #KnowledgeSession #Housing #Transport

📣 Congratulations to Shareit biz for successfully reaching the #Silver level recognition stage, on the #InnovateNI Innovation Framework. We look forward to supporting you along your #innovation journey 💡 How #innovative is your business? Complete our Innovation Assessment today ➡ www.innovateni.com #TurningIdeasIntoValue

When I interview people from impact initiatives or sustainability projects the trickiest question always seems to be “... how is the project financially sustainable though?” I feel awkward asking it when someone’s just built a school or funded a vaccine programme. No longer. Financial sustainability is fundamental if you want to have a positive impact, and a new generation of social entrepreneurs is being trained to align the two. I spent yesterday with students at the Enactus UK & Ireland Expo, asking them the same questions I’d ask grizzled vets: ✋ “Who pays the waste collectors?” 🎤 “We use the excess heat from the incinerator to power a bakery. The revenue has funded wage increases and allowed some of them to start other businesses.” “… No more questions Taka Taka Durham University 👏 The Expo was a lesson in sustainable business for me, with students from the University of Southampton, Aston University, University of East Anglia, King's College London, pitching concepts that not only had a sustainable impact but (perhaps more importantly) were financially sustainable. If you're in HR or Brand Marketing and want to engage the new generation of talent it's well worth checking out the work Andrew Bacon OBE and his team at Enactus UK & Ireland are doing. (link below) #entrepreneurship #HR #WEALLWIN 🙌 https://enactus.org/