The West Midlands’ premier pitching competition is open for applications.
Ambitious businesses, apply now to boost your investment skills and profile. Organised by the Centre for Growth at Aston University, University of Birmingham Enterprise, and Minerva at the University of Warwick Science Park, this 9-year competition has connected over 200 entrepreneurs with investors, helping to secure over £65,000,000 in investments for the region’s small businesses.
Don’t miss out—refine your pitch, impress investor panels, and compete for the Best Pitch Award in front of a live audience of investors and entrepreneurs.
Closing date – 1 December 2023
Find out more and register: Minerva Birmingham Pitch Up - Marches Growth Hub
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Registrations for Be the Business’ and The Productivity Institute’s free event ‘Beyond the Hype: Making AI Work for Business Productivity’ are now open!
Join us live to hear from experts in the field of artificial intelligence and learn about its implications for UK business.
‘Beyond the Hype: Making AI Work for Business Productivity’ will explore some of the biggest questions about the opportunities and risks of embracing artificial intelligence. Themes that will be explored include:
- How businesses can build and maintain consumer trust while using AI
- How businesses can move from developing AI use cases to creating end-to-end customer experiences
- Building an AI-skilled workforce across various business functions
The first 25 people to register for the in-person event will also receive a complimentary book detailing what some of the UK’s most productive businesses are doing to boost performance!
If you’re unable to join us in person, the event will be streamed live, allowing you to participate from anywhere.
Register here today:
Beyond the Hype: Making AI Work for Business Productivity - Marches Growth Hub
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Veolia, the UK’s leading resource management company and Shropshire Council have teamed up to offer £15,000 in funding to the county’s local community groups and clubs.
Veolia's EnviroGrant Shropshire scheme enables clubs or groups to apply for up to £1,000 in funding for projects that benefit the local community or environment in the county of Shropshire. This could be projects that improve or protect the local environment through practical action or education, or projects that improve the quality of life for the local community by providing or improving facilities and resources.
Find out more and apply:
Veolia EnviroGrant Shropshire scheme for 2023 is now open | Shropshire Council
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The Government has put trees are at the forefront of its plans to achieve net zero emissions by 2050. The aim is to help to stem biodiversity loss and create thousands of green jobs while better connecting people with nature.
Landowners and farmers will be offered greater financial incentives to plant and mange trees through the new England Woodland Creation Offer (EWCO). The scheme will support a range of woodland types and sizes, including through natural colonisation, and especially where their location and design will provide public benefits.
The scheme will support the creation of over 10,000 hectares of new woodland over its lifetime. The grant will continue the current approach of focusing funding predominantly on the establishment of native broadleaf woodlands at a large scale, but also supporting well-designed majority conifer and mixed woodlands.
Find out more and apply: England Woodland Creation Offer - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
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