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Discover how sustainability can boost your business at ‘Prosperity, Potential, Planet: Solutions for your business’, on Thursday 12 September at the International Bomber Command Centre, Lincoln.

This free event will be a focused exhibition with expert speakers and lots of networking opportunities, aiming to support local businesses on their journey to sustainability.

Reserve your place to understand how your business can become more profitable and develop new markets, all while making beneficial changes for the planet and your bottom line. 

The event will commence with a networking breakfast at 8am - a chance to forge new connections with like-minded individuals, who have the shared aim of working towards net zero. Following this, the exhibition will open at 9am where a variety of businesses and organisations have been carefully selected to ensure there is a wide range of support available.

You'll also have the opportunity to gain insights from sustainability experts and local businesses during talks throughout the day. The full list of speakers can be viewed when booking your ticket.

Businesses are invited to register for Lincolnshire Chamber of Commerce’s networking and lunch event, sponsored by the Council, taking place towards the end of the event. These networking opportunities are not to be missed and offer you the chance to make new connections with other local businesses. To attend this event, please book your place through Lincolnshire Chamber of Commerce’s Eventbrite.

This event has been funded by the government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund, being delivered by North Kesteven District Council.

North Kesteven Community Champion Awards 2024

Does your business want to join in the celebration of community volunteering and selfless endeavour which is such a defining feature of life in North Kesteven?

The North Kesteven Community Champion Awards 2024 are currently open for nominations across ten categories which span a broad range of ways through which people within our communities give generously of their time and talents.

These include contributions to arts & culture, climate action, or as a community-minded business which contributes to community life through goodwill, generosity and ways that stretch beyond the bottom line, just to name a few.

Would you like to sponsor a category? It is only through the generosity of community-minded businesses that we are able to run the awards. Already Lindum, Branston Ltd, Better, and Schroders Greencoat, which runs the Sleaford Renewable Energy Plant in Sleaford, are signed up for categories this year, hosted by the Hub in Sleaford.

Get in touch to discuss getting involved - for just £750 +vat to be a category sponsor, or in other ways, or in kind - we’d love to chat.

Businesses are also welcome to self-nominate or to encourage customers to consider nominating them in the business category or indeed any category. Nominations can be made at www.NKawards.org before September 16. There’s information there to guide nominations, or you can email champions@n-kesteven.gov.uk.

Free online training courses for small businesses

Small businesses can now benefit from a free online course launched by The Department for Business and Trade.

The Help to Grow: Management Essentials course offers practical tips and resources for small business leaders. This is the latest addition to the ‘Help to Grow' toolkit, supporting UK small and medium sized enterprises. 

The course consists of bite-sized videos and supporting resources, helping you to think more strategically about your business, your target market and your go-to-market strategy.

Enter your business for the Tourism Excellence Awards

The Tourism Excellence Awards are now open for applications! These awards feed directly into the VisitEngland Awards for Excellence, where regional winners are automatically put forward for consideration by the national judges.

It's free to enter as many categories as you wish, to do so, with 19 categories in total - 13 of which will feed into the 2024 Visit England Tourism Excellence Awards final.

Applications will close on Monday 2 September. View the full list of categories and see more details on how to enter.

Business NK is now on LinkedIn!

If you're on social media, you can now follow us on LinkedIn, as well as on X, or you can join our Facebook Group.

We share regular information, support and advice on each platform.

Free support for North Kesteven businesses

The Council offers the service of a Business Support Adviser, Phil Means. Phil can provide a whole range of bespoke advice and support.

If you are in business and feel you could benefit from free business advice, please do go ahead and contact him.

You can either call Phil on 07920 472671 or email phil_means@n-kesteven.gov.uk

The next Low Carbon Workshop

The next Low Carbon Workshop will be held in Market Rasen on September 10, supporting businesses with 'getting started with net zero'.

SMEs in North Kesteven can register for free, simply visit Business Lincolnshire's event page.

The Small and Mighty Enterprise Programme

Small Business Britain is delivering the Small and Mighty programme to help grow small businesses with expert guidance and mentoring in partnership with Xero & ARU Peterborough starting on September 25.

The six-week programme will be entirely online, for more information and to sign up, visit Small Business Britain's website.

For updates on any of the support available visit our Business NK website or the GLLEP website www.businesslincolnshire.com.

Updates will also be available on our twitter @BusinessNK