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Welcome to the June edition of our Green Business Programme newsletter.
This month's issue includes news about our first face to face event post pandemic, newly launched Go CV app, One Coventry Strategy plan, our latest case studies and an amazing job opportunity within Coventry's Climate Change and Sustainability team.
Stay safe, stay green! 💚
Alex, Bernie, Clare, Jon, Maciej, Maria and Matt.
We are excited to announce the details of our first face to face event, post pandemic, which will take place on 20 July, at the Ramada Hotel, in Coventry.
Join us for a series of very interesting conversations about sustainability and the financial and non-financial support available to local businesses. We will also discuss Coventry's Green Transport Strategy and other green local projects.
Coventry and Warwickshire Sustainability Insights: what, how and why?
20 July, 8:30 - 11:00am
Ramada Hotel, Coventry, CV1 3GG
- Breakfast and tea & coffee
- Networking
- Presentations and discussions
Spaces are limited, please book early to avoid disappointment.
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To celebrate surpassing 75,000 members, Go CV has partnered with award-winning technology company, Bubltown, to release a new mobile app. The Go CV app will allow any business based in Coventry to join the scheme for free and start promoting to all current and future Go CV members.
The new Go CV app will allow every Coventry business no matter which industry you operate in, to create a profile and promote your offers to tens of thousands of Go CV members. Registrations for the Go CV scheme are now open. However, the first wave of sign-ups are limited to 1,000 businesses, so be quick, to avoid disappointment!
The Coventry and Warwickshire Green Business Programme (GBP), which is part funded by the European Union Development Fund, continues to provide SMEs with much needed grant funding, enabling them to both cut costs of their energy bills and reduce their carbon footprint.
Middlemarch Environmental, Margaret Hills and Protek Engineering are three local businesses who are now paying thousands of pounds less for energy bills, following support from our programme.
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Our latest webinar, on 15 June, focused on how SMEs can become more energy efficient in order to reduce the cost of energy bills but also CO2 emissions.
A panel of experts discussed topics such as lighting, heating and insulation. A local SME talked about how they managed to cut down the cost of energy following support offered by our programme.
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We want to hear from people who live, work or study in Coventry, we need your views on the city’s priorities for the next eight years.
The One Coventry Plan provides our vision until 2030. It outlines how we will work together with our partners and communities across the city to achieve our priorities.
The plan is more focused on the needs and aspirations of our communities than ever before. We have listened to, and reflected on, what people have been telling us and considered the key issues facing the city. We will build on learning from our citywide response to Covid.
We describe the way that we work together with residents and partners as our One Coventry approach. The approach helps bring people and organisations from across the city together to work as one to make the biggest, positive difference to the lives of those who live and work in the city.
Visit Let’s Talk Coventry to read the draft One Coventry Plan, find out more about our priorities, give us your views by filling in our short survey and register your interest to attend one of our workshops.
This is a real chance for you to get involved and have your say on the One Coventry Plan.
We look forward to hearing your thoughts.
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Thursday 07 July 2022, 12 – 2pm, Committee room 3 in the Council House, Earl Street, Coventry, CV1 5RR
This is a great opportunity to talk to council officers and find out more about key strategies that are being developed, alongside the One Coventry Plan. These strategies will influence the future of the city in the coming months and years. There is no need to book just come along – we would love to see to see you there.
Last week, on 21 June, our team exhibited at the Big Zero Show at CBS Arena, Coventry.
We were delighted to take part in this event and see how many businesses and organisations around our region, and nationally, are dedicated to the Net Zero pledge.
Our business advisors, Jonathan Howl and Bernadette McCullagh spoke at this event, as part of the Pathway to Net Zero Sessions about the support we offer to local SMEs. You can watch the recoding of this session online.
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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 1950 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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Clean Growth: Accelerate Your Journey to Net Zero
Access expertise from Coventry University and industry experts to achieve Net Zero goals through dedicated collaborative support.
The Coventry & Warwickshire Green Business Programme in partnership with Coventry University’s Clean Growth and Future Mobility Research Institute are running a number of programmes to support SMEs develop new skills and expertise to achieve Net Zero goals.
Each programme will support SMEs through a number of interactive workshops and bespoke 121 support to provide them with knowledge, tools and a roadmap to achieve their Net Zero goals.
The collaboration programmes are free to join for eligible SMEs in Coventry and Warwickshire, as they are fully funded by ERDF.
For further details please contact Gavin Barnett at Coventry University on gbarnett@cusltd.co.uk
Other events
Business Development Manager (Climate Change & Sustainability)
Coventry City Council are seeking a Business Development Manager to contribute to the delivery of their Climate Change & Sustainability ambitions by developing and managing a coherent set of projects and policies. Application deadline is 3 July.
We would like to remind you that all the FREE energy audits we offer to local SMEs are booked up weeks in advance, so if you are interested in booking one, please complete the registration form and send it back to us on greenbusiness@coventry.gov.uk
 100 charge point challenge offer
Now's the time to include electric vehicles in your roadmap.
Find out more about PlugIn Coventry.
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