27May 2015 by Duncan McKeown

ICT Grant Funding

Grants for Business, Uncategorized
Looking to enhance your current ICT systems but have a limited budget? Then this could be the answer you have been looking for! If your business is based in the following areas then you need to keep on reading. Ashfield District Council Bassetlaw District Council Bolsover District Council Boston Borough Council Chesterfield Borough Council Corby Borough Council Derby City Council East Lindsey District Council Leicester City Council Lincoln City Council Mansfield District Council Nottingham City Council Oadby and Wigston Borough Council           This discretionary funding programme will provide 50% towards ICT expenditure with the minimum grant amount starting at £2000 if you are spending £4000 and maximum of £10,000 if you are spending £20,000 towards your ICT development, sounds great right? There are obviously some restrictions with…
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25Jun 2014 by David Ajsose

Open Invitation to the Rtec Launch Event Friday 27th June.

Grants for Business, Networking Event, Rushcliffe, Rushcliffe Technology and Enterprise Centre
[caption id="attachment_2665" align="alignleft" width="640"] Rtec Launch Event Exeid Rushcliffe Borough Council JV[/caption] Its going to be a great event with superb networking opportunities so bring your business cards. Please email rtec@exeid.com to confirm your place at the event or for the seminar sessions Seminar Sessions 4:00 – Francine Pickering, Clarity Marketing – Measurable Marketing, how to make sure you never waste money on marketing again 4:30 – Manjit Rana, Ingenin – Can innovative Tech make traditional industries like insurance ‘interesting’?   5:00 – Amir Bazrafshan, Apricot Marketing – 5 key things everyone should know about Video Marketing   MAIN EVENT Networking from 4:00 onwards 5:00 – Ken Clarke QC MP arrival 5.25 - Richard Priestley MD Exeid -Opening address 5:30 – Ken Clarke QC MP opening Speech followed by promo…
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20May 2014 by David Ajsose

We examine why everyone should have a hot-desk in the 21st Century.

19 Castle Gate, Bridlesmith Walk, Business Advice, Commercial Property, Derby, Exeid News, Grants for Business, Leicester, London, Merchants Court, Milton Keynes, Nottingham, Office space, Parking, Photography, Property Purchase, Retail And Leisure opportunities, Rushcliffe, Rushcliffe Technology and Enterprise Centre, serviced office space, St Nicholas' Court, Stanford House, TechCityNotts, Uncategorized, Vintage Offices
Life has never been running at such a break-neck speed as it is today. I’m surprised you’ve got time to read this. I’m surprised I’ve got time to *write* this. Internet, apps, latest news, ‘being the first’ culture, hashtags and instantaneous media are only encouraging us to move faster and enhance our productivity to a super-human level. So it’s only fitting that a solution to commuting, freelancing and start-up businesses would have peaked on the horizon. That solution is hot-desking. We offer hot-desk spaces to everybody who requires one, and with locations across the country and recently it’s become easy to transport your entire business with you wherever you go. Think you’re excluded from the ‘hot-desk’ club? Definitely not. Every day provides a brand new way to utilise your hot-desk.…
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30Jan 2014 by David Ajsose

TechCityNotts announces Nottingham NTech Grant Fund for Business

Finance, Grants for Business, TechCityNotts
Our friends at TechCityNottingham (Twitter @techcitynotts) have just informed us of some exciting news. Whilst Nottingham City council has come under criticism for its lack of support for small businesses in the past it seems that things may well be changing. A number of new initiatives designed to assist the SME sector have been introduced. We’ve talked about some of these before  (click here for info) but one of the more recent initiatives which seems to have slipped under the radar is the N’Tech Grant fund. TechCityNotts and Exeid are therfore delighted to be able to pass on  this information  which could help boost your business. The Central Governments 'Regional Growth Fund' was established to help businesses grow and particularly create new jobs. £10 million of this central fund has…
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27Nov 2013 by David Ajsose

Exeid client Scholarship Press launches urban ballet calendar for Christmas!

Case Studies, Client Profile, Exeid News, Grants for Business, Nottingham, Photography, Stanford House
[caption id="attachment_2333" align="alignleft" width="300"] Meet some of the team[/caption] Scholarship Press was formed in 2000 and in 2012, Tim Elwood decided to move his creative design agency to Exeids’ Stanford House. Tim quotes “One of the main benefits of moving to Stanford House was having a glorious city centre location, enabling us to network with a significant number of other organisations”. With help from the Nottingham City Council jobs fund, a new member was swiftly recruited! Lauren Smedley was hired in July 2013, adding a youthful insight and flare to the company's repertoire.   Tim quotes, “There is no way I could have taken on an apprentice working from home and without the help of Exeid. I would like to thank the Exeid team for having drawn my attention to…
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30Oct 2013 by David Ajsose

UKTI is a great place if you are thinking about Exporting.

Exeid News, Finance, Grants for Business
This is a really short post just to illustrate the potential benefits of working with the UKTI if you have a business, product, or service that you believe could benefit from promotion via Exporting. By way of example, if you've ever fancied doing business in the Caribbean but  have been unsure where to start - then check out the info on the latest trade mission in Jan 2014 to Barbados where UKTI are offering 50% funding for the trip and for SME's a further c£600 on a first come first served basis. You'll have the opportunity to leverage the expertise and the extensive contacts of the UK government and benefit from the superb networking that the trip will offer. Click here to book or for more information Nice to see…
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10Feb 2013 by David Ajsose

Does your business need a boost? – if so, you should consider the Growth Accelerator Programme

Business Advice, Grants for Business
About Stuart Ross and the Growth Accelerator programme.  Stuart Ross is founder of High Growth and the High Growth Academy. Having both been part of and run many high growth organisations, Stuart is now focused on helping other businesses achieve and sustain high growth. Stuart has coached over 500 senior directors and has over 20 years business experience as a director and senior manager. What is Growth Accelerator? GrowthAccelerator is a new, premium service that will help England's brightest growing businesses achieve their ambitions with rapid, sustainable growth through coaching. Stuart is one of the few approved coaches in Nottingham to deliver the services What will my business get out of Growth Accelerator?  How can I grow sales more quickly? Where do I get funding? Where are the new ideas…
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06Feb 2013 by David Ajsose

Financial Grant Assistance for Nottinghamshire Businesses and Organisations

Economy, Grants for Business, Nottingham
The Jobs Fund is a £1.5million scheme that has been introduced by Nottingham City Council to help jobseekers back in to work – but how does this benefit your business? We asked Rachel Graham is the  Project Manager working along side  Nottingham City Council to help promote the scheme and we asked her  how the scheme works. Rachel said “We've been asked to help introduce the Nottingham Job fund to private sector companies, encouraging them to create new roles for unemployed people from Nottingham by providing a financial incentive. For each new role that is filled through the Nottingham Jobs Fund, the scheme contributes 50% of the yearly salary and in certain circumstances up to 75%!  There are limits on the total amounts paid based on a formula  and number of hours worked, but…
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