Hosted by The News
Join us at The Queen’s Hotel as we hear from Aaron Butson, Executive Vice Principle of Havant and South Downs College and Chair of the Portsmouth Business Strategy Group who will discuss the launch event and the full week of events.
Hosted by Hampshire Chamber of Commerce
Speakers: Aaron Butson / Ross McNally / Mike Sellers
We are delighted to invite businesses from across the region to join us for the launch of the Portsmouth and South Coast Business Week. This launch event is bringing together businesses from across the region along with stakeholders and those local organisations who are instrumental in organising and ensuring the success of this week.
Local Businesses are opening their doors for you to visit them, understand more about what they can do and what they can offer. There is no need to book, all you need to do is turn up on the day, between 12 – 4 and introduce yourselves.
AMufacture Ltd
Unit 12, Fulcrum 4, Solent Way, Whiteley, Fareham, PO15 7FT
www.amufacture.com
TIPCI GROUP
Unit 8 & 9 Phoenix buildings, Claybank Spur, PO3 5NQ
www.tipcigroup.com
The Makers Guild – Makerspace
Portsmouth Guildhall, Guildhall Square, Portsmouth, PO1 2AB
www.makers-guild.com
Hosted by The News
We are joined by Executive Chair and CEO of Hampshire Chamber of Commerce who will talk through the day’s event and how important the engineering and manufacturing sector are for the city.
Hosted by Hampshire Chamber of Commerce
Speakers: Rob Lewis / Adrian Went / Gary Livingstone
Venue: Portico, Portico House, 2 Prospect Rd, Portsmouth, PO1 4QY
The Chamber of Solutions goes LIVE! We will be hosting this event live from Portico Shipping in Portsmouth. Part of the Portsmouth & District Business Week.
For manufacturers, as we come out of the pandemic and beyond Brexit, ‘Business as usual’ is not an easy option. The complex needs of faster product delivery, greater client personalisation, systems security, and harnessing of emerging technologies are just several of the many ways business is changing.
Additionally managing new business processes, maintaining legacy systems, and seeing some digital transformation fatigue are adding to the already problematic skills-gap challenges.
These can all impact on productivity, profitability, and competitiveness.
The good news is that UK manufacturing businesses are up to the task of addressing these challenges and are looking to new ways and markets to build on their success.
Hosted by Portico Shipping Ltd
Speakers: Benjamin Harraway
Venue: Portico, Portico House, 2 Prospect Rd, Portsmouth, PO1 4QY
Freeports are designated by the government as areas with little to no tax. Find out what the Solent Freeport means for your business.
Benjamin Harraway – Portico’s general manager, gives an overview of the Solent Freeport and what it means for business, customs sites and economic activity. The Portsmouth Gateway Cluster includes a customs zone at Portsmouth International Port and Customs Site Operator at Portico.
Ben will be joined by members of Portsmouth City Council’s Asset Management team to talk about Dunsbury Park as a live tax site.
Hosted by Portsmouth University
Speakers: Graham Galbraith/ Adam Amara/ Jeffery Booth/ Caroline Harper / Doug Liddle
Venue: Village Hotel Portsmouth, Lakeshore Drive, Cosham, PO6 3FR
Join the university and a growing number of companies making space an important part of their business. Space activity, technology and materials are now an integral part of our daily lives through space-manufacturing, space-data, research, mapping, satnav, Earth observation, EPS, google maps and, running apps. With this sector on the rise there are exciting opportunities for growth and novel partnerships.
Hosted by skillslabs
Speakers: Beverley Poole
Venue:
Fareham College, Bishopsfield Rd, Fareham, PO14 1NH
Also Streaming to
South Downs Campus (HSDC), College Rd, Widley, Waterlooville PO7 8AA
North Harbour Campus (COPC), Harbourgate, Unit 1, Southampton Rd, Portsmouth, PO6 4BQ
Join us to find out more about skillslabs and our brand new dedicated business centres in Fareham and the Isle of Wight.
Speaker and Director of skillslabs business centres Beverley Poole will be presenting the skillslabs project.
If you’d like to find out more about how you can be involved in the Skills Accelerator Programme funded by the Department for Education book your ticket today.
You will be able to attend this event remotely or in person. You can choose your option when booking and an event link will be sent to you!
The event will also be streamed to HSDC and City of Portsmouth college.
Come and take a look at the business centre and find out how you can co-work with us too.
Hosted by Hampshire Chamber of Commerce
Venue: South Downs Campus (HSDC), College Rd, Widley, Waterlooville PO7 8AA
As part of the College led events HSDC is inviting businesses to have a hard hat tour of the construction work taking place on the South Downs Campus to make a fully digital space. The tour will include an introduction from Mike Gaston, The Principal and Chief Executive of HSDC and include an overview of how the new space will be used for teaching the future digital workforce of the future. This will be led by Paul Carter, Assistant Principal for Curriculum.
Business leaders are encouraged to come an meet the college and get involved in the discussion about how this space can be used to its full potential to meet the needs of businesses to help bridge and skills gap they have, particularly relating to digital technology.
Afternoon Agenda:
12:00 -12:45 – Skills lab open event and presentation with Beverley Poole.
This event will be hosted at the Fareham campus but also streamed live to other participating colleges (HSDC and COPC). Attendees are welcome to join at Havant and South Downs College, for networking and light refreshments, whilst this early part of the event is live streamed from Fareham College.
There will be refreshments at each campus.
13:00 – 14:00 – Principals Q&A on teams
Each campus will have their Principal and CEO present but will also be live streamed to all three campuses so the Q&A session can involve all businesses with input from each Principal.
15:00 – 17:00 – Campus tours
HSDC’s digital centre is still under construction so this will be a hard hat tour of the main building first floor to see the progress of the work being undertaken by the building contractors (Willmott Dixon.)
There will display boards of the vision of the completed work.
Members from the HSDC Senior Leadership Team and Curriculum leads will be available to ask questions about the vision and what this means to businesses.
HSDC will give an overview of current provision including T Levels in Digital and how businesses can get involved through the Industry Placement requirements of each course.
Current students will be there to discuss their experience of being digital students at HSDC.
Hosted by Fareham College
Hosted by Highbury College
Venue: Highbury Northarbour Centre, Harbourgate, Southampton Road, Portsmouth, PO6 4BQ
We’re delighted to invite you on a tour of the City of Portsmouth Colleges NetZero Training Hub.
In partnership with NetZero Training and part of the Portsmouth & South Coast Business Week.
Working alongside key suppliers including Vaillant, Sunamp, Powervault, Hypervolt and RWC (Retrofit underfloor heating specialists).
Please drop in for a tour of our brand-new NetZero Training Hub facilities and learn more about:
This is a fantastic opportunity to tap into the benefits of our exciting new training offer, and to network with likeminded, forward thinking local businesses.
In addition, watch the Skills Labs opening and presentation with Beverley Poole. A Q&A session with input from the Principals and CEOs from all three campuses, streamed live at the City of Portsmouth College, HSDC and Fareham College.
Hosted by The News
We will be joined by Stef Nienaltowski, CEO of Shaping Portsmouth and Aaron Butson who will discuss the Shaping Portsmouth’s Business Leaders Conference.
Hosted by Shaping Portsmouth
Speakers: Stef Nienaltowski
Shaping will be running their semi-annual Business Leaders Group. This event will be covering the Skills & Employability strategy Shaping has for the city and its populations.
With guest speakers and a networking session it is one of the most popular meetings the business community gets to attend each six months.
Hosted by University of Portsmouth
Venue: The Future Technology Centre (FTC), 4th Floor, Portland Street, Portsmouth, PO1 3HE
Is your business in the digital technologies sector? Could you use some support with your business?
Join us in our Future Technology Centre at the University of Portsmouth to find out more about how we can support your business, whether it be offering the use of our digital tech facilities, collaborating with us or getting expert advice.
Learn more about how Innovation Connect based at the University and Barclays Eagle Labs can support you at this Lunch and Learn session. After lunch, take a tour of some of our digital facilities such as our 3D Printing and rapid prototyping capabilities. Whether your interest lies in digital tech funding and support, VR/AR, developing bespoke digital solutions, rapid prototyping, or anything in between, Portsmouth Digital has been designed to help you.
The event is part of Portsmouth and South Coast Business week (#PSCBW) and will be an opportunity to find out more about local business collaboration with the University.
The schedule is as follows (but could be subject to change):
If you can no longer attend please let us know or cancel your ticket to avoid any food wastage.
Hosted by The News
We will be joined by GetSet Solent and Portsmouth City Council ahead of their events focussing on business support.
Hosted by GetSet Solent and Portsmouth City Council (Supported by Solent LEP and FSB)
Venue: Victory Business Centre, Somers Road North, Portsmouth, PO1 1PJ
Join both our GetSet Solent team and our Outset Start and Grow team for a programme information morning.
Not sure what programme is right for your business?
Our programme information morning will help you to decide what support your business could access and advisors from both teams will be on hand to guide you through our support.
If you are looking to set up your own business or grow your recently established busines in Portsmouth, you can now benefit from support thanks to Outset Start and Grow Portsmouth.
The programme is delivered by YTKO in partnership with Portsmouth City Council and available to individuals living in and businesses located in the PO1-PO6 postcode areas.
For individuals thinking of starting a business
Outset Start and Grow Portsmouth can help you to explore if self-employment is right for you and give you the tools and confidence you need to start your business journey.
For existing businesses looking to grow
Designed for businesses who have been trading for less than 3 years and with less than 10 staff; it provides tailored support to help your business grow sustainably.
How the programmes can help you
As well as helping to build skills, support from both programmes can help you to access grants to buy new kit, install new technology, expand your premises to achieve a profitable and sustainable business. We’ll even help you to complete the application paperwork to optimise your chance of successfully gaining the grant.
The GetSet Solent programme focuses on addressing the two biggest barriers to growth and productivity: access to markets and a sound financial strategy. Capital and revenue grants of up to £25,000 are available for growth projects and initiatives.*
Morning Event details:
10:00 – Tea & Coffee networking
10:30 – Welcome to OutSet Start and Grow briefing session
11:15 – Networking
11:30 – GetSet Solent Information briefing session
13:00 – Finish
Afternoon Event details:
13:30 – 16:00
As we start to move back to in person events and meetings the GetSet afternoon session is open to anyone who would like to meet with advisors from one of our specialist areas; marketing, business growth and finance.
These 1:1 taster sessions will last for 30 minutes and will enable you to talk to one of our advisors to get help with a burning question, problem or act as a sounding board for you to bounce ideas off. Our Finance Advisors will be available to talk to you in more detail about our Grant and eligibility.
These sessions are available on a first come first serve basis.
*subject to eligibility
Hosted by GetSet Solent and Portsmouth City Council (Supported by Solent LEP and FSB)
Venue: Portsmouth Enterprise Centre, Quartremaine Rd, Portsmouth PO3 5QT
Portsmouth & South Coast Business Week will bring together the best of enterprise in the Portsmouth & District areas as we launch back to business after the COVID-19 Global Pandemic.
GetSet Solent is a business support programme delivering specialist, fully funded access to finance and marketing support to help businesses with the potential and ambition to grow, through a range of engaging workshops, 1:1 sessions and support to access to the GetSet Solent Grant Programme.
The programme focuses on helping businesses overcome the two biggest barriers to growth – generating sufficient profitable customers and accessing finance. We aim to increase your knowledge and skills, giving you the clarity and confidence to achieve your growth potential.
On the day you can network with other local businesses interested in joining our programme, find out more about the GetSet Solent programme and take part in our ‘Grant Information Briefing Session’ to learn more about our grants of up to £25,000 for both capital and revenue expenditure.*
One of our enrolment advisors will be on hand throughout the morning session to enrol you into the programme.
Morning Event details:
10:00 – Tea & Coffee networking in the hub
10:30 – Welcome to GetSet Solent briefing session
11:15 – Networking in the Café
11:30 – GetSet Grant Information briefing session
13:00 – Finish
Afternoon Event details:
13:30 – 16:00
As we start to move back to in person events and meetings the GetSet afternoon session is open to anyone who would like to meet with advisors from one of our specialist areas; marketing, business growth and finance.
These 1:1 taster sessions will last for 30 minutes and will enable you to talk to one of our advisors to get help with a burning question, problem or act as a sounding board for you to bounce ideas off. Our Finance Advisors will be available to talk to you in more detail about our grant and eligibility.
These sessions are available on a first come first serve basis.
*subject to eligibility
Hosted by FSB
This one-off virtual networking session, in celebration of Portsmouth & South Coast Business Week is free and open to all small business owners
We will be using breakout rooms to network in small groups and to grow our contacts and connections in an informal and relaxed way.
We will be discussing what makes the South Coast a special place to be in business, and what is the next challenge that you face in your business, so that we can make sure that support is available to meet your needs.
Between breakout sessions, we will hear from our guest speaker, James Ford from Solent LEP who will talk about the many schemes and funded opportunities available to help & support businesses based in Portsmouth and the Solent area.
These events are targeted at people from small businesses across Portsmouth, New Forest, Southampton, Isle of Wight, Gosport, Havant, and Fareham, whether they be FSB members or not.
Hosted by The News
Rounding off the week with a wrap up from The Queen’s Hotel, as we finish the week with The News Business Awards and discuss how successful the week has been for those involved.
Hosted by The News
Winning in business – in conversation with Lauren Stedman MBE
Lauren is a Paralympic gold-medal winning champion and former student of the University of Portsmouth. Ahead of her spot as guest speaker at The News Business Excellence Awards she will be talking to editor Mark Waldron at the Queens Hotel in Southsea about overcoming challenges, pushing boundaries and finding success – all essential skills for winning in business.
This event will be broadcast live on The News Facebook page.
Hosted by Making Waves Film Festival
Speakers: Roy Hanney / Laura Doye / Phil Attfield
The Creative Economy is the fastest growing Business Sector in the Solent Region. Since 2010 nearly a third of job growth in Portsmouth can be attributed to the expansion of the Creative Sector. Almost all the new jobs are digital. These include roles in software development, web design, digital marketing, Games and Interactive Entertainment, Sound Design, and Film (in particular Editing, VFX Animation and Postproduction). However, the Creative Sector has a dirty secret. It lacks diversity. Women hold approximately 1/3rd of jobs in the industry and a significantly smaller proportion of top jobs. In London which still has the strongest creative economy in the UK, People from Black and Asian backgrounds are 40% underrepresented, and according to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport only 9% of creative jobs are held by people from the 1/3rd of the population with the least advantaged backgrounds. While the arts councils Making the Shift report suggested only 3.4 % of the arts and cultural labour force identified as having a disability (against 20% of the total workforce identify as having a disability).
Hosted by The News
Venue: Portsmouth Guildhall, Guildhall Square, Portsmouth PO1 2AB
Portsmouth News are very excited to celebrate the 20th annual ceremony on Friday 29th April at the Portsmouth Guildhall.
BBC South Today presenter Anjana Gadgil will be your evening’s host, and we will also hear from The News Editor, Mark Waldron and headline sponsor The University of Portsmouth Business School before commencing with the 3 course meal and awards ceremony.