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Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire Chamber of Commerce is delighted to announce that the Hertfordshire Growth Board is to champion the ‘Let’s Keep the Heart in Hertfordshire’ campaign to help to drive growth, economic recovery and renewal across the County.
Hertfordshire Chamber launched the campaign earlier this year with goals to achieve a number of objectives in 2021:
1. Promoting ‘Buy Local’ 2. Organising Supply Chain, Meet the
Buyer and Networking events 3. Showcasing Hertfordshire
Professional Services
4. Launching a platform to facilitate introductions to companies who have
County-based contracts requiring suppliers, talent and services (launched on 1st June) 5. Focusing attention on the talent pool of Hertfordshire residents by helping promote apprenticeships and other recruitment opportunities
Now with Hertfordshire Growth Board sponsoring this campaign, it sends out a very positive message of collaboration with public and private sector leaders working together to ‘build back better post pandemic’. Hertfordshire Growth Board is made up of the County Council, the 10 district and borough councils and Hertfordshire Local Enterprise Partnership. Working together is how we continue our ‘joint’ success and create opportunities for everyone, now and in the future.
By highlighting the opportunities for Herts based businesses, the ‘Let’s Keep the Heart in Hertfordshire’ campaign signals that the County is open for enterprise and innovation.
of Commerce said: “Herts Chamber is delighted to have Hertfordshire Growth Board’s support with this campaign. In what has been an incredibly challenging year, the Chamber team and I have seen that businesses are keen to offer assistance to others wherever they can, which has been further highlighted in our Hertfordshire Heroes Award category in the Inspiring Hertfordshire Awards. The ‘Let’s Keep the Heart in Hertfordshire’ campaign’s purpose is to help re-build Hertfordshire and highlight commercial opportunities for Herts-based businesses, and it is lovely to see how much take up we have received. We invite all Herts enterprises to get involved and spread the news that the County is open for new business and we will share contract opportunities for those seeking suppliers from within Herts.”
Board, said: “It has never been more important for businesses and public sector organisations to work together to help drive the growth of our economy and create a sustainable future for everyone. The past 12 months have placed an incredible toll on our communities. We are delighted to support this campaign and help create the right conditions for our people, places and businesses to flourish.” So far, the campaign has delivered a number of events including the Supply Chain Summit on 11th February, a Meet the Buyer webinar with BAM Construction on 26th February, an event on Sustainability with Ambition Broxbourne on 22nd April and numerous Virtual Networking events which have proven very popular throughout the pandemic. The Chamber Events Team are in the process of organising further webinars on the topics of Apprenticeships in partnership with Hertfordshire Local Enterprise Partnership, Sustainability and Meet the Buyers/Leaders. If you are interested in watching any of the Chambers’ previous webinars, you can do so through https://www.hertschamber. com/past-events-presentations
ConnectHerts
Hertfordshire Chamber of Commerce launched the ‘Let’s Keep the Heart in Hertfordshire’ campaign earlier this year, setting out a number of goals to highlight opportunities for Herts based businesses, and showcase that the County is open for enterprise and innovation.
The Chamber have now invited all members to join CONNECTS; an online business match-making platform, that allows businesses to connect with each other worldwide, creating global opportunities you can trust; providing instant access to trustworthy leads, potential customers, suppliers, skills and partnerships.
CONNECTS incorporates ‘ConnectHerts’, a community within this platform, designed specifically to enable Chamber members to meet with other local companies online. This community allows Herts Chamber members to: make local connections, share best practice, facilitate introductions, find County-based contracts requiring suppliers, talent & services, and promote local opportunities to help ensure that we ‘Keep the Heart in Hertfordshire’.
Briege Leahy, Chief Executive of Hertfordshire Chamber of Commerce said: “We are so happy to launch the ConnectHerts platform as part of this campaign. We have had a lot of businesses show an interest in #KeepingtheHeartinHertfordshire and it is a delight to see, now with this new online community we have a way to facilitate introductions and keep promoting local opportunities for future economic growth in the County.” Patsy Dell, Director, Hertfordshire Growth, Hertfordshire Growth Board said: “It is really good to see this platform going live, enabling businesses to make valuable connections at such a critical time. Hertfordshire has solid foundations for growth thanks to its legacy of partnership working. With the public and private sectors working in tandem, we can help Hertfordshire Build Back Better post COVID-19 and beyond.”
Chamber members are invited to attend a webinar on 1st July, to learn how to best utilise this platform. Places can be registered on the Chamber website.
Find out more about this campaign and other upcoming Herts Chamber events at www.hertschamber.com
Companies and organisations interested in taking part in the ‘Let’s Keep the Heart in Hertfordshire’ campaign should contact editorial@hertschamber.com or visit the www.hertschamber.com/keeping-the-heart-in-hertfordshire #LetsKeeptheHeartinHertfordshire #KeeptheHeartinHerts
