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Welcome to our February edition of our Green Business Programme newsletter!
This month's summary
It has been a really busy month for us – we have delivered dozens of energy audits, supported businesses through the application process, delivered a webinar with almost 100 people registered to attend and launched a new podcast channel, just to name a few!
Members of the team have also helped with processing the Additional Restrictions Grant (ARG) applications, if you've applied you should expect to hear back from the ARG team in the next couple of weeks.
We would like to say a warm welcome to our 30 new members, who joined our Green Business Network this month.
We hope you'll enjoy reading this newsletter and we look forward to perhaps meeting you next month at one of the events we will be exhibiting!
Stay safe, stay green! 💚
Alex, Bernie, Clare, Jon, Maciej, Maria and Matt.
We are very excited to announce that we have launched our own podcast channel. Episodes will be published monthly and will discuss topics such as sustainability, climate change and the support available for small and medium businesses.
In the first episode we discuss how our programme could help reduce the cost of energy bills for SMEs:
Can the Green Business Programme really lower the cost of energy bills for SMEs?
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Our next webinar will take place on 22 March at 2pm, and will discuss Net Zero policies for SMEs and how sustainability could make your business more resilient.
Our last webinar, which was delivered in partnership with Sustainability West Midlands and Clarity Environmental, covered the following topics:
- Net Zero for SMEs
- How an SME based in Warwickshire managed to save over £10K a year on energy bills following the support received from the Green Business Programme
- Green Business Programme Overview
- Will the new Plastic Packaging Tax apply to my SME?
You can watch the recording and download the presentation on our website. Once you’ve watched it, please share your feedback with us using this form.
 The above slide is part of the Goodflex Rubber case study presentation which was delivered during this webinar. This presentation starts at minute 41.
Small to medium-sized businesses across Warwickshire are being supported by Warwickshire County Council, Warwick and Stratford District Councils to achieve Net Zero emissions as part of a new and free webinar series.
A series of webinars will be delivered by Sustainability West Midlands covering various aspects of sustainability and achieving Net Zero carbon emissions by 2050.
You can learn more about this by visiting Warwickshire County Council website.
Have you got an inspiring story about your business or organisation's efforts to become greener or more sustainable? Share it with us and we will publish it in our newsletter which goes out to over 1700 contacts free of charge.
Please contact our Marketing Coordinator, Maria Covlea, for more details, on maria.covlea@coventry.gov.uk or 024 7697 8358.
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The SPACE-2 Group is a "sustainability first" business providing a range of services and initiatives aimed at helping media and event production companies, as well as commercial property landlords and the wider supply-chains on the road to net zero.
At the moment the company's focus is on developing local and regional ecosystems for the creative sector. In Coventry, they are working closely with public and private sector partners to develop Sky Blue Studios, a production base for creative content producers. Leveraging the city’s ongoing development of eco-innovations, especially around e-mobility and sustainable energy, Space-2 Group focus on connecting up all the businesses, spaces and creatives that can help deliver film and TV projects in the city and beyond.
Clean Growth: Accelerate Your Journey to Net Zero - Launch Event
The Midlands Business Network
On 10 March we will be exhibitng at the Midlands Business Network Show at Coventry Building Society Arena.
Come and chat with us about the support available through one of our three programmes:
Other events
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If you have any comments or feedback regarding this newsletter please contact our Marketing Co-ordinator on maria.covlea@coventry.gov.uk or 02476978358.
The Coventry and Warwickshire Green Business Programme is part funded by the European Regional Development Fund and is delivered by Coventry City Council, Coventry University and Coventry University Enterprises Ltd.
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