Business News - Autumn 2011

East Hampshire

Business News

Inside Queens Award for Enterprise: International Trade 2011 Health and safety made simple: The basics for your business Grants and funding: Business Growth Fund Rural economy: Annual Farm Walk Business East Hants Gala Dinner

Don’t forget to visit www.easthants.gov.uk/beh

Autumn 2011

Business East Hants is supported by East Hampshire District Council

Contacts Publisher Business East Hants Editor Angela Kiwanuka, EHDC Design Richard Wells, EHDC Businesses are welcome to submit articles to:

Business East Hants A business-led partnership serving local businesses in East Hampshire

Email: beh@easthants.gov.uk Tel: 01730 234165

Business East Hants was established in 2009 as a means to help mitigate the impact of the economic downturn and prepare the local businesses for economic recovery.

Advertising rates or placing an advert: Email: beh@easthants.gov.uk Tel: 01730 234165

The business partnership seeks to lead the development, improvement and promotion of economic growth, business engagement and support in East Hampshire.

Address Business East Hants Economic Development Office, East Hampshire District Council, Penns Place, Petersfield, GU31 4EX

Business East Hants has a private sector Chair and a board comprising local businesses and representatives of business organisations.

Tel: 01730 234165 Email: beh@easthants.gov.uk Website: www.easthants.gov.uk/beh

Current members of Business East Hants range from business start-ups to local and regional subsidiaries in all sectors. I would urge all businesses who are not yet members to join the partnership and take advantage of the numerous benefits (see p4).

Caroline Collings Chair, Business East Hants

As part of its role of engaging with local businesses, the partnership has undertaken various activities to include: a business needs survey, visits to local businesses and a series of seminars and workshops.

Business East Hants makes no warranties in relation to the content of any advertisements placed in the East Hampshire Business News and shall have no liability for any losses resulting from the adverts.

Business East Hants makes no endorsements whatsoever with regard to any advertisements in the Business News

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Business East Hants will be holding a Gala Dinner on Thursday 24 November 2011 at the Old Thorns Manor Hotel in Liphook. The Gala Dinner marks the 2nd Anniversary of the official launch of the local business partnership. All businesses are welcome to join in celebrating two years of local business partnership (see p11).

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Free Business Rates Until 2012

UK Government extends the enhancement to the small business rate relief scheme for a further year.

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Queen’s Award for Enterprise 2011

Petersfield business wins Queen’s Award for Excellence in International Trade 2011. Morgan Innovation and Technology Ltd received the Award in recognition of its international sales.

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Health and Safety Made Simple: The basics for your business

A new guide aimed at small to medium sized businesses, published by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) to help businesses comply with the law and manage health and safety more effectively.

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Alton based business supports 60 Minute Makeover Show

Elstead Lighting Ltd contributes to a surprise family makeover programme hosted by ITV.

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Business Growth Fund

The Business Growth Fund aims to recognise and invest in UK companies that have real potential to succeed. It also seeks to create household business names and listed companies of tomorrow.

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Country Watch

Hampshire Constabulary’s Farm Watch, Horse Watch and other similar schemes have been boosted with the launch of a Force Wide, full time team of Country Watch Officers.

Gala Dinner 2011

Gala Dinner 2011 Celebrating two years of local business partnership

Thursday 24 November 2011 7pm – 11.45pm

Guest speakers:

(6.30pm for Champagne reception)

Rodger Broad Director, Institute of Directors South East Region

Old Thorns Manor Hotel Griggs Green Liphook, GU30 7PE The Gala Dinner marks the 2nd Anniversary of the local business partnership.

The Dinner also provides an opportunity to network with potential buyers, suppliers, stakeholders and key decision makers.

Sponsorship page 14 opportunities

£35 per ticket or £300 for a table of 10

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10% discount on rooms at Old Thorns Manor Hotel for guests. Please quote BEH GALA when booking

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Leadership and Management Advisory Service

Damian Hinds MP

Grant Harrison Managing Director All Call Facilities, UK

New help for identifying and funding developing opportunities

Dress code: Black tie Entertainment: The resident DJ takes you back to 60s and 70s (Sponsored by Old Thorns Manor Hotel)

Limited places.

Book early to avoid disappointment.

Cover Photo: Rotherbrook Court, Petersfield Business Park.

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A new business-led partnership serving businesses in East Hampshire.

Aim To lead the development, improvement and promotion of economic growth, business engagement and business support in East Hampshire.

ROLE Identify economic and business needs within East Hampshire and take action.

Inform and influence the policies of East Hampshire District Council, East Hampshire Community Partnership and others to meet local business and economic needs.

Engage the business community in the achievement of the partnership’s aim.

Advise businesses on how to get the best out of business support services and agencies.

Act as an avenue for exchanging ideas, developing strategies and initiating appropriate actions.

Represent the business community in the district.

For more information and to get involved with Business East Hants: Tel: 01730 234165 Email beh@easthants.gov.uk Web www.easthants.gov.uk/beh

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BENEFiTS Network and business development opportunities.

Business development training and information services.

Marketing and publicity e.g. joint marketing opportunities Representation: Business East Hants serves as a voice for local businesses Opportunities to meet potential buyers/suppliers Access to decision making bodies in the public sector.

mEmBERShip Free and open to all local businesses Simply complete an application form and return it to: Business East Hants Partnership Correspondence, East Hampshire District Council, Penns Place, Petersfield, GU31 4EX The membership application form is available to download from www.easthants.gov.uk/beh or email beh@easthants.gov.uk to request a copy.

Business East Hants is supported by East Hampshire District Council

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Meet the Business East Hants Board

Photo: Left to Right: Sue Webborn (Butts House), Steve McCormack [Alton College], Phil Bates [Grayshott Pottery], Caroline Collings [Stafford Rhodes Group Ltd), John Luff [NFU Mutual], Howard Clarke [Morgan Automation], Derek Beaves, Jonathan Lucas [Elstead Lighting] Ltd]

Business East Hants is private sector led with a private sector Chair and a board comprising local businesses and representatives of business organisations.

The Board recruits and appoints a Chair and Vice Chair from amongst the business community in Hampshire. The positions are held for up to 3 years. The Board meets at least six times a year.

The Board aims to lead the development, improvements and promotion of economic growth, business engagement and support in East Hampshire.

Board Members are:

John Luff (NFU Mutual)

Ashley Butterfield (Old Thorns Manor Hotel)

Jonathan Lucas (Elstead Lighting) Matthew Fernandez (MaxAd and Acuro Ltd)

Brendan Charles (Horndean Business Group)

Phil Bates (Grayshott Pottery) – Vice Chair

Caroline Collings (Stafford Rhodes Group) - Chair

Steve McCormack (Alton College)

Cllr Glynis Watts (East Hampshire District Council)

Sue Webborn (Butts House)

Derek Beaves (Consultant)

Tim Slater (East Hampshire District Council)

Graeme Fraser (AMK Chauffeur Drive Ltd) Howard Clarke (Morgan Automation)

Look out for the profile of the Board members in the next issue of the East Hants Business News.

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FREE Business Rates Until October 2012 In the March 2011 budget, the Government proposed to extend the enhancement to the small business rate relief scheme for a further year. The following allowances will be available until 30th September 2012; • Rateable values of £6,000 or less will receive 100% rate relief • Rateable values of between £6,001 and £12,000 will receive tapered relief of between 100% and 0% • Rateable values between £12,001 and £18,000 - no change, but will continue to benefit from the small business rate relief multiplier used to calculate the rates payable giving the supplement as the discount.

Small Business rate relief application forms are available to download from: www.easthants.gov.uk/sbrapplication2010 All existing applicants do not need to reapply.

Read about these changes and look at other rate reliefs available on our website: www.easthants.gov.uk or contact Revenues staff at EHDC on 01730 234159 or 01730 234143

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Customer Service Excellence Award for Revenues and Benefits The Revenues and Benefits service at East Hampshire District Council, which is responsible for the administration of Business Rates, has been awarded a Customer Service Excellence Award following an independent assessment made on behalf of the Cabinet Office.

The award recognises the outstanding customer service offered by the team at a time when performance is also improving.

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Petersfield Company wins Queen’s Award For Enterprise: International Trade 2011 Quality assurance is the cornerstone of Morgan’s ethos.

The Company is ISO9001-2008 and ISO 13485 Approved and also registered with FDA (Federal Drugs Administration).

Morgan Innovation and Technology Ltd, a Hampshire based manufacturer and developer of specialised medical devices, which is run by husband and wife team Howard and Sue Clarke, has been received the Queen’s Award for Enterprise: International Trade 2011 in recognition of its international sales in the UK. During the last three years, the company increased its overseas earnings by 84 per cent and its exports now account for 85 per cent of its annual sales.

Morgan Innovation and Technology, formerly known as Morgan Automation, employs 24 people and in order to accommodate its expanding business, moved from Liss to its present new hi-tech premises on Petersfield Business Park in January this year.

The company’s principal product line is a range of radio frequency lesion generators for bringing pain relief to hospital patients – especially those with acute back problems. However, Managing Director Sue Clarke believes the

company is also gaining a vital competitive edge by developing and manufacturing a host of new ideas, in fields as diverse as motor neurone disease, stroke treatment and sleep apnoea.

“Working closely with users of specialised equipment in hospitals and clinics we are geared up to identify and develop innovative new ideas for treatment, which might otherwise have gone by the board, because the potential volumes are not sufficiently attractive for large manufacturers,” she said.

Strategic Alliance An important element in Morgan’s success is a strategic alliance formed with the American organisation Neurotherm Inc, who handle global sales of the Neurotherm range of equipment that Morgan designs and manufactures.

A key source of many of the innovative ideas that Morgan develop and put into production is via excellent contacts in the UK research community, particularly universities and hospitals.

This is leading to revolutionary new machines for the specialised medical treatments that the company is now working on and, which will become available over the next few years.

Morgan owes a lot of credit for its break-through technologies to Technical Director Howard Clarke, who with wife Sue established the company back in 1987 to develop his pain relief ideas. In growing the company to its present position they have been aided by the financial expertise of fellow director Andrew Rowland.

Contact Unit 17, Petersfield Business Park, Bedford Road, Petersfield, Hampshire GU32 3QA. Tel: 01730 895 900 Website: www.morgan-iat.co.uk

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Charwell House Alton Office Space Charwell House provides office space, from one person to divisions of multi-nationals. Costs start from £50+VAT per week per person, including rates, car parking, CCTV, power and amenities. Business mail forwarding, storage, meeting rooms, registered offices and telephone answering services are also available. Charwell House has an excellent reputation within the areas and has received acclaim for high standards in customer service and care. Run as easy in/ easy out contracts, Charwell House is a happy community of business people who thrive and prosper within this professional and smoothly run operation.

Contact Charwell House Ltd, The Alton Business Centre, Wilsom Road, Alton, GU34 2PP Tel: 01420 543 141

Going even greener...

Charwell House is one of the last in the country to win an interest free loan from The Carbon Trust. This will enable us to change all the lighting in the building to LED compliant ones and install monitors that turn of lights when there is no movement detected. With 20,000 sq feet to cover you can imagine the size of our carbon foot print – but I have been assured that we are now doing our bit towards saving the planet!

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CENTRE

Old Thorns Manor Hotel has opened its brand new training and conference centre The perfect location for all types of meetings, Old Thorns offers everything the modern business demands, combined with personal service and attention to detail.

Whether you require a small group of two, or need to address an audience of 300 delegates, our facilities offer flexible solutions.

All our conference suites include up to date equipment such as smart boards, plasma screens and LCD projectors and screens.

From a breakfast meeting to an all day seminar, including a hot or working lunch, we provide a first class service.

To arrange a viewing of our venue or for further details, please contact our Conference Executives on 01428 725 845 or email us at eventsales@oldthorns.com Griggs Green | Liphook | Hampshire | GU30 7PE T 01428 725 845 E eventsmanager@oldthorns.com W oldthorns.com

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Elstead Lighting Ltd win their best export order in 10 years Elstead Lighting in Alton, Hampshire is the UK’s leading residential lighting manufacturer and supplier. Originating from the Elstead Village Forge, the current business moved to Alton in 1971 and is held in high regard for its quality and design in both the UK and overseas. Today Elstead specialises in decorative residential lighting that take classical influences in their design and style to suit both traditional and contemporary homes.

These traditional styled products were spotted last year when Elstead exhibited in Frankfurt and Hong Kong, by an Australian company Early Settler Recollections (ESR). They recently visited the Alton factory and Elstead are delighted to announce that they have signed the largest overseas deal since they started exporting 10 years ago.

Elstead’s classically designed Finsbury Park 6 light chandelier heads for Australia

The Elstead products are a perfect fit into the ESR portfolio as they specialise in “Home Furnishings, Renovation and Building products of Traditional, Period and Country Design”. ESR has 27 stores across Australia and New Zealand and plan to take on more Elstead products over the next year. This will provide opportunities to young local apprentices as Elstead continue to grow their manufacturing team in Alton.

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Go Green and Save Money

East Hampshire

Environment Network

Every business can save money while reducing its environmental impact: in fact many organisations find that improving their environmental performance results in savings of energy, resources and other costs. The East Hampshire Environment Network (EHEN) was set up to engage with businesses and help them be more efficient, more environmentally friendly and more socially responsible.

• Access to STEM, a new, simple, on-line Environmental Management System designed specifically for the smaller enterprise in South East England.

EHEN works with businesses to provide:

Businesses are invited to join EHEN as corporate members and to nominate a representative to sit on its advisory council. Once they have demonstrated their environmental credentials, for example by following the STEM or another environmental certification scheme, they will be invited to use the EHEN logo on their publicity.

• Information on environmental and sustainability issues via their website easthampshire-environment. net and other publications.

• Advice and support with issues such as recycling, waste disposal, energy and water reduction, sustainable business practices and environmental management.

• A “Green Business Forum” where businesses can share their experiences and best practice.

• Lobbying of local and central government to promote local business interests.

• Community-based projects which will assist young people, the elderly and other sectors of society, while helping to reduce the district’s Carbon Footprint.

EHEN is designed to bring the business community together with voluntary environmental organisations across the district.

If you interested in helping to make East Hampshire an exemplar sustainable community, please contact: john.cw@easthampshire-environment.net

Environmental Management for SMEs Steps to Environmental Management (STEM) is a new scheme designed for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). It helps SMEs to implement environmental policies and also them to act responsibly.

STEM is: • Easy to use. All the “paperwork” is down-loadable and completed on-line. So there’s no paperwork at all!

• Simple and straightforward. The Online questionnaires and forms for completion give clear explanations and examples of what is required.

• Step by step: STEM has three levels, Blue, Silver & Gold. Each builds on the previous one as your environmental management system develops.

Each step should take no more that a couple of weeks to complete.

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• Compatible with international and national standards ISO14001 and BS8555. The Gold level of STEM is equivalent to Phase 3 of BS8555.

• STEM is completely free to use. All a business needs to do is register with the South East Business Carbon Hub “Helps small and growing businesses start the journey to cutting their carbon footprint” (Carbon Trust) The Scheme is recognised and endorsed by the Carbon Trust, the Institute of Environmental Management & Assessment (IEMA). Local authorities are in the process of ratifying STEM. Find out more about STEM from East Hampshire Environment Network at www.easthampshire-environment.net

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Business Development: Smarter Business Seminars TRAINING PROVIDERS

Business East Hants has held two seminars for local businesses. The seminars built around the theme of smarter business covered the following topics.

HOSTS

• Smarter marketing - Stafford Rhodes Group

Both Seminars were very well attended with more 30 delegates at each seminar. Business EastHants would like to thank all the training providers and hosts for their support and help in delivering the business development programme.

• Recruitment - MaxAd and Acuro Ltd • E-Commerce - UKWebApplications • Cloud Computing and Internet Security - Cyan Solutions Ltd If you are interested in providing training, mentoring or advice to other local businesses or hosting a business event, please do send an email to beh@easthants.gov.uk or call o1730 234165.

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Health and Safety Made Simple: The basics for your business A new guide aimed at small to medium sized businesses, has been published by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) to help them comply with the law and manage health and safety more effectively. For many businesses, all that’s required is a basic series of tasks. The guide will take business owners through the steps and help them make sure they have done what is needed – and no more. In general, the laws apply to all businesses, no matter how small. As an employer, or a self-employed person, you are responsible for health and safety in your business.

You need to take the right precautions to reduce the risks of workplace dangers and provide a safe working environment.

There are health and safety laws to protect you, your employees and the public from workplace dangers. The new guide makes life easier for you by providing the basic information on what you need to do in one place. It will help you get started in managing health and safety in your business. It covers matters such as writing a health and safety policy, assessing risks, consulting employees, training, work place facilities, first aid etc.

For some work activities there may be extra things you need to do to make sure you are complying with the law.

The guide can be found on the HSE’s website – www.hse.gov.uk/simple-health-safety

Sunbeds Following a number cases nationally where commercial sunbeds have been misused by children and other young people below 18 years of age, legislation has been introduced to prevent the use of commercial sunbeds by young persons under the age of 18. Research into skin cancers and the skin damage caused by ultraviolet (UV) rays has shown that young people under the age of 18 are particularly vulnerable to such radiation.

In 2007 there were 10.670 incidences of malignant melanoma, a potentially fatal form of cancer and the second most common cancer in the age group 15-24 years.

The legislation to control the use of commercial sunbeds the Sunbeds (Regulation) Act 2010 came into force on the 8th April 2011.The legislation will be enforced by district councils using suitably authorised officers who will have powers of entry and inspection and breaches of the legislation can, on prosecution, draw down fines of up to £20,000.

All forms of UV equipment available in a “sunbed business” are covered by the legislation, this also includes portable equipment. To explain the legislation the government has published two pieces of guidance “Information for Sunbed Businesses” and “Guidance on the implementation of the Sunbeds (Regulation) Act 2010”. Both of these documents are free to download from the Department of Health website www.dh.gov.uk

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Independent Review of Health and Safety Legislation: Call for Evidence The Government has established Independent Review of Health and Safety legislation. It will consider the opportunities for reducing the burden of health and safety legislation on UK businesses while maintaining the progress made in improving health and safety outcomes.

This review is due to make recommendations to Ministers by the end of October 2011.

The review includes collecting evidence from interested parties including businesses that will help provide evidence for reducing the burden.

The call for evidence includes a list of specific questions which can be answered as well as an invitation to provide other evidence and representation that may be appropriate.

For further information on how you can take part in this review email review.healthandsafety@dwp.gsi.gov.uk

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New EHDC Portfolio Holder for Economic Development Councillor Glynis Watts is now cabinet member for Economic development at East Hampshire District Council. Councillor Watts is also responsible for business development, regeneration and tourism in the District.

Glynis said: ‘I have been lucky enough over recent years, to work closely with select islands in the Caribbean. Together with associates in UK and the States, we market properties and developments in exclusive islands such as The Turks and Caicos, and St. Kitts and Nevis. I also ran the Nevis Tourism Authority for UK and Northern Europe for a number of years. My earlier career was in publishing, in the main working for the late Lord Hamlyn and I spent 12 very happy years travelling the world running the export division for Octopus Books.

I have recent experience of how the world recession has affected small business, and will be working hard within my Portfolio for Regeneration to give support, encouragement and to smooth the way for all of our businesses, that are the backbone for prosperity within East Hampshire.’

Farewell to Mike Gibbs After 15 years at EHDC, Mike Gibbs is stepping down as Economic Development and Tourism Manager. During this time Mike has achieved an increased profile for economic development at the council and has championed the cause of businesses across the district.

Specific achievements include: • Gaining significant sums of external and partnership funding in order to boost local business performance.

• Securing a reserve from the Local Government Business Growth Incentive grant in order to support economic development in EH • Bringing together and developing the Business East Hants partnership.

His colleagues and partners in the business community will miss him.

East Hampshire’s IDVF Needs Your Support East Hampshire’s Independent Domestic Abuse Forum (IDVF) is seeking support from local businesses. The Forum seeks to help reduce Domestic Violence and Domestic Abuse and improve lives of victims and their families.

The Domestic Abuse Forum is keen to know if businesses would be able to donate a gift to the Forum. Gifts will be used for fund raising events

including raffles and competitions. Forum members are currently working with local schools to find out who can design the best logo. All these events raise awareness and anything you can donate would be gratefully received. The Forum members can arrange collection if this is more convenient.

For more information and queries, please contact the Chair of the Forum by email: ehidv-af@hotmail.co.uk

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Gala Dinner 2011 Thursday 24 November • 6.30–11.45pm See the back page for more details

Sponsorship packages GOLD SPONSORSHIP

SILVER SPONSORSHIP

Sponsorship cost: £1,500

Sponsorship cost: £850

Your logo displayed at the venue and sponsor section of the Dinner programme.

A page dedicated to the sponsor in the printed Gala Dinner programme.

Two tickets to the Gala Dinner and an opportunity to purchase more.

Logo on all promotional materials – to be received by Hampshire businesses.

Logo, weblink and brief business profile on Business East Hants website.

Space for a display stand at the dinner venue.

Post event PR opportunities including press releases and promotion at Business East Hants events.

One full page advert in the Dinner programme and Business News (East Hampshire’s business magazine).

One midweek two-ball golf voucher for Old Thorns Manor Hotel.

Logo featured in the sponsor section of the Dinner programme and Business East Hants website.

Half a page for a business profile of your business in the printed programme of the Gala Dinner.

Two tickets to the Gala Dinner and an opportunity to purchase more.

Space for your display stand at the venue of the Dinner.

Logo to feature on all Gala Dinner promotional materials.

BRONZE SPONSORSHIP Sponsorship cost: £450 Logo featured in the sponsor section of the Dinner programme and the Business East Hants website.

Quarter page in the printed full colour programme of the Gala Dinner.

Two tickets to the Gala Dinner and an opportunity to purchase more.

Logo to feature on all Gala Dinner promotional materials.

Contact for sponsorship and advertising If you would like to more information about becoming a sponsor or advertising in the Gala Dinner Programme, please contact: Angela Kiwanuka on 01730 234165 • Debbie Vodden on 01730 234168 Email: beh@easthants.gov.uk

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Tea break over – 2nd half of 60 minute makeover

Neighbours, family and ITV crew welcome back the family.

Elstead’s Lunetta 8lt chandelier and Caesar Silver lamps

Elstead’s Saturn 5 lt chandelier and Lui Black Onyx lamps with Dessigner/Presenter Linda Barker

ITV recently contacted Alton based Elstead Lighting to see if they were interested in donating products to a 60 Minute

ITV recently contacted Alton based Elstead Lighting Designer and ITV presenter Linda Barker selected Makeover programme for a local family in Chessington, Surrey. MD Jonathan Lucas was happy to contribute to this Elstead’s Lunetta 8lt chandelier with Silver Ceasar table to see if they were interested in donating products to family surprise which is due to be shown on ITV1 in the autumn. Pauline put her daughter Sasha forward for this treat lamps for the lounge/diner and Saturn 5lt chandelier a 60 Minute Makeover programme for a local family in as she provides 24/7 care for her disabled grand-daughter Elisha, without ever complaining or treating herself. Elisha is with Black Onyx table lamps for Mums bedroom.

Chessington, Surrey. MD Jonathan Lucas was happy 11 years old and suffers from Spinal Muscle Atrophe. All the family are big fans of the show and were shocked and to contribute to this family surprise which is due to be delighted to come home to the ITV team on their doorstep. Elstead Lighting is the UK’s leading residential lighting shown on ITV1 in the autumn. Pauline put her daughter manufacturer and supplier and is based in Alton, Sasha forward for this treat as she provides 24/7 Hampshire. specialises decorative The ITV makeover crew was boosted by other local tradesman to makeToday Elisha Elstead a bedroom fit for ainprincess, as well as care for her disabled grand-daughter Elisha, without residential lighting that take classical influences in and ITV dramatically change the lounge/diner, and provide a very sophisticated retreat for her Mum Sasha. Designer ever complaining or treating herself. Elisha is 11 years their design and style to suit both traditional presenter Linda Barker, selected Elstead’s Lunetta 8lt chandelier with Silver Ceasar table lamps for theand lounge/diner old and suffers from Spinal Muscle Atrophe. All the contemporary and Saturn 5lt chandelier with Black Onyx table lamps for Mums bedroom. homes. Elstead products can be found in family are big fans of the show and were shocked and many specialist lighting retailers and wholesalers across delighted to come home to the ITV team on the UK andand abroad.

Elstead Lighting is the UK’s leading residential lighting manufacturer supplier and is based in Alton, Hampshire. their doorstep.

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Grants and funding

Business Growth Fund If you have sales of approximately £10 million - £100 million a year and need growth finance of around £2 million - £10 million, the Business Growth Fund may be able to help.

This could be the start of a new growth phase for you and your company.

The Business Growth Fund aims to recognise and invest in UK companies that have real potential to succeed. It also seeks to create household business names and listed companies of tomorrow.

In July 2010, the chief executives of some of the largest banks and the British Bankers’ Association (BBA) set up a Business Finance Taskforce to consider what more could be done to help the UK return to sustainable growth.

The Taskforce is made up of Chief Executive Officers and senior representatives from the largest UK banks including Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds, RBS, Standard Chartered and the BBA.

The Taskforce is particularly keen to help smaller and mediumsized businesses, hence the recommendation of set up of a Business Growth Fund.

In order to get the BGF up and running quickly, the Taskforce banks agreed to act as financial backers of the Fund, providing up to £2.5 billion to help the BGF begin investing in suitable businesses. The Business Growth Fund Plc was established in February 2011 to manage the fund and became operational in April 2011. As an independent company, the BGF’s investment decisions are not be influenced by the banks or government. Business Growth Fund plc is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority.

Investment Criteria • Target companies that typically turnover £10m to £100m per annum and have been operating successfully for two or more years.

• Offer investments of between £2m to £10m in return for an equity stake in the business and a seat on the Board.

• As Board Members, contribute business guidance as well as capital for growth.

• Invest over the long term – five to seven years or more.

• Consider investment opportunities across all sectors apart from financial services and real estate.

For more information on the scheme and how to apply, please visit: www.businessgrowthfund.co.uk

Information obtained from www.businessgrowthfund.co.uk

RDPE LEADER funding programme The Fieldfare LEADER project is a partnership managed by Winchester City Council, East Hampshire District Council and the Fieldfare Local Action Group.

The funding is aimed at providing support to eligible farmers, foresters, growers, small businesses, tourism operators and the rural areas of East Hampshire and Winchester.

rural areas of East Hampshire and Winchester.

Businesses located in the urban areas of Winchester and East Hampshire but serve rural Read about the case studies at www.fieldfareleader.org.uk/ projects-feedback For a full list of projects that have been awarded LEADER

Grant funding of £2,500 and £50,000 between is available throughout the year. The project will run until December 2013.

The Fieldfare LAG welcomes applications from farmers and growers, foresters and private woodland owners, tourism enter¬prises, rural businesses and community organisations in the

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funding through Fieldfare Local Action Group, visit: www.fieldfareleader.org.uk/ grants-awarded For more information on LEADER funding and how to apply, please visit: www.fieldfareleader.org.uk/ support or contact: Ken Brown (Fieldfare LEADER Programme Manager) on 01962 848588.

Grants and funding

National Park Authority In April 2011, the South Downs National Park launched a fund of £400,000 to support projects which contribute to improving the quality of life in the South Downs National Park. The fund is aimed at supporting local community projects that a positive impact on future generations and take full consideration of social, economic and environmental concerns.

The fund is available to community and voluntary groups and

Sustainable Communities Fund organisations in the private and public sectors who want to deliver projects of benefit to the South Downs National Park, and can include practical work, feasibility studies or research projects, partnership development and awareness and training initiatives.

Businesses and private sector applicants can apply for up to 50% of the total cost of their project, provided they are for the public not just the private good,

while community and voluntary organisations can apply for up to 75% of the total cost of the project.

Applications for grants will be considered for sums from £250 up to £30,000, with a ‘fast track’ process for small grants up to £2,000.

For more information, please contact the External Funding Manager on 0300 303 1053 or email to grants@southdowns.gov.uk or visit: www.southdowns.gov.uk/scf

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EUROSTARS Research funding programme for SMEs The Eurostars Programme is the first European funding and support programme to be specifically dedicated to Small and Medium sized Enterprises (SMEs). Funding is available to SMEs to undertake research and development in any technological area, but must have a civilian purpose and be aimed at the development of a new product, process or service.

Eurostars supports collaborative projects involving at least two participants (legal entities) from two different participating countries. The main participant must be a research-performing SME. The programme supports projects that are marketdriven and that have a maximum duration of three years. Projects must be within two years of completion and ready for launch onto the market, with the exception of biomedical or medical projects, where clinical trials must be started within two years of project completion. The deadline for receiving applications is Thursday 22 September 2011.

For more information visit: www.eurostars-eureka.eu

Carbon Trust Green Equipment Funding Scheme UK businesses and organisations can now apply for green equipment finance from Carbon Trust and Siemens. With funding worth up to £550 million over the next three years, the dedicated low carbon finance scheme is the first of its kind and will enable UK organisations to invest in cost effective energy efficiency equipment and other low carbon technologies.

Siemens Financial Services UK Ltd will provide the financial backing and manage the provision of funding, whilst Carbon Trust Implementation Services Limited (a subsidiary of the Carbon Trust) will provide independent assessments of carbon, energy and cost savings of any project.

Energy Efficiency Financing is available to all businesses and organisations. Financing can be arranged from £1000, and there are potentially no upper limits.

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Rural economy

Annual Farm Walk NFU and EHDC’s Economic Development Office help local government and police to probe farming issues.

On 28 June 2011, around 35 local government representatives and police took up the NFU’s invitation to tour two farms on the South Downs. Around 85% of the new South Downs National Park is farmed and farmers play a vital role in the conservation of the Park.

Representatives of East Hampshire District Council, Hampshire County Council and Hampshire Constabulary enjoyed a fact finding visit to South Farm and Lower Farm, in East Meon.

The successful visit was organised

by NFU together with the Economic Development Office at East Hampshire’s District Council.

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During the visit to the two mixed farming enterprises, the Atkinson family gave the visitors an update on topical issues.

Alton and Petersfield NFU Group Secretary Richard Buer said: “Our visitors heard a presentation on the current state of UK agriculture, its future outlook and current mechanisms to support farming and rural development in Europe. A tractor and trailer tour gave people the chance to see grazing livestock, arable crops and flagship conservation schemes in action. The evening was rounded off with a delicious hog roast provided

by Matt Atkinson.”

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Every year Alton and Petersfield NFU branch with the support of the Economic Development at EHDC ensures that local decision-makers are updated regularly on issues affecting the farming industry.

The NFU is the voice of British farming and provides professional representation and services to its farmer and grower members.

Contact NFU South East, Unit 8, Rotherbrook Court, Bedford Road, Petersfield, GU32 3QG Tel: 01730 711950 Website: www.nfuonline.com

Rural economy

The Red Tractor Scheme Look out for that Red Tractor The Red Tractor has emerged as both the public face of food assurance and the driving force for encouraging every link in the British food chain to provide consumers with a trusted single kitemark.

Since its launch in 2000, the Red Tractor has united the food chain in raising standards and verifying that they are being met.

Shoppers can be confident that food bearing the Red Tractor has been checked every step of the way from farm to pack.

Shoppers can be confident that food bearing the Red Tractor has been checked every step of the way from farm to pack. It is also the firmest guarantee yet that food can be traced right back to the farms from which it came – an assurance that is backed up by regular trace back inspections.

Membership of the scheme comprises over 78,000 farmers and growers. All members are committed to maintaining high standards of food safety and hygiene, animal welfare and environmental protection.

The Red Tractor logo can be spotted on thousands of food products in shops and supermarkets through out the UK. Website: www.redtractor.org.uk

Country watch Hampshire Constabulary’s Farm Watch, Horse Watch and other similar schemes have been boosted since the beginning of May with the launch of a Force Wide, full time team of Country Watch Officers.

The team is based throughout the three police areas of the Constabulary in the North, West and East (IOW). North Hampshire’s team are based in Petersfield and have officers working in each District and Borough Council area of Andover, Basingstoke & Deane, Winchester, East Hampshire, Hart and Rushmoor, they will also support the Eastern Team South of Butser Hill.

The team was launched at Hampshire Constabulary’s Rural Event that took place at Sparsholt College on 6 May 2011.

The Country Watch Officers will specifically look at rural priorities that have been set as part of a consultation process with rural communities. These priorities are: rural theft, poaching, fly tipping and ASB of land.

If you live, work or engage in rural activities and would like to join the scheme, please send an email to the team via countrywatch@hampshire. police.pnn.uk

To combat these offences officers will look at wild life crime, equine crime, countryside offences, abuse of land and paths and heritage crime.

For more information on the scheme, visit the Hampshire Constabulary website www.hampshire.police.pnn.uk and view ‘rural policing’.

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Tourism, leisure and hospitality

Alton House Hotel, Normandy Street, GU34 1DW Business East Hants members are encouraged to register for discounts.

• 500 meters from Alton train station.

• Accessible conference rooms.

• Meeting rooms from £49+ VAT per half day.

• Lunch from hot and cold servery £4.95.

• Dinner from £6.95 in the Café Bar and Restaurant.

Located just a few minutes walk from the train station and town centre yet in spacious grounds with good car parking, Alton House Hotel stands in a prominent position in a highly accessible location and is a superb hotel having been refurbished over the past few years. The hotel’s grounds offer a large garden for relaxation and some team-building games/activities. Alton House Hotel has spacious and elegant ground floor areas including a café bar and restaurant and lounge together with an attractive first floor lounge area. Part of the conference and event facilities is a private lounge, bar and wash room facilities with a separate entrance from the car park.

Alton House Hotel offers a wide choice of comfortable en suite bedrooms with free multi-channel TV. The hotel provides a superb choice of conference and meeting facilities with large air conditioned function rooms.

• Coffee and informal shorter meetings in the lounge from £2 per person.

• 43 bedrooms • Hotel Chain: Hollybourne Hotels.

Contact Lucy Frisby (General Manager) Email: functiona@altonhousehotel.com

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Tweets, likes and reviews Are you sharing the love?

Web 2 or social networking is the new ‘must-do’ marketing technique.

Of particular relevance to tourism, is TripAdvisor, a website that allows businesses and their customers to interact. Facebook, Twitter and Flickr are being increasingly used to share pictures, events and news stories and Linked In is of growing importance for business to business networks. Social media is now the most popular use of the internet in the UK and a growing resource for businesses.

TRIP ADVISOR The review site for hotels, visitor attractions and visitor accommodation has brought success to at least one East Hampshire business.

St Mary’s Hall B&B in Alton has won an award for gaining the most five star reviews from very happy guests on Trip Advisor.

Joan Mossop, who runs the B&B has found that, by encouraging guests to write reviews on the site, her first-class service has been widely recognised.

Trip Advisor is used increasingly by people to plan their holidays. It receives more than 40 million unique visitors every month and features more than 88,000 places to stay, eat and visit in the UK alone.

So if you run a tourism business it is well worth making the most of this site.

FACEBOOK AND TWITTER A growing number of businesses have Facebook pages and use Twitter to tell customers about their services. Visitor destinations, such as Love Hampshire, are finding a new audience on Facebook.

Our area, the Hampshire South Downs is no exception, and you can ‘like’ the Hampshire South Downs page at www.facebook.com/ hampshiresouthdowns and share your impressions of this beautiful area. You can also follow the Hampshire South Downs on Twitter twitter.com/#!/hantssouthdowns

LINKEDIN Although LinkedIn, with 80 million users, is a smaller network than Facebook (around 600 million users) and Twitter (around 200 million users) it is of growing importance for business to business networking. www.linkedin.com is the world’s largest professional networking site.

COLLABOR8 TRANSNATIONAL CONFERENCE Advice on using new technologies, including web 2, will be available at a transnational conference in the autumn when delegates from the Creative Quarter in Tilburg, Netherlands bring their mobile business unit to the South Downs.

More details to follow in a future newsletter. This initiative is funded by the Collabor8 Interreg fund.

If you would like to learn more about making social media work for you, sign up for our Social Media Marketing course (see p27).

Visitor Attraction Discount Card The Local Explorer card is available to help visitors to East Hampshire enjoy days out in the area. The card gives 20 per cent off admission price to some of the area’s top attractions. It costs just £5, is valid for six months and entitles up to five people entrance to participating attractions at the 20 per cent discount. The card can be used an unlimited number of times within the six month period.

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If your business would like to be part of the scheme, please contact Debbie Vodden on 01730 234164

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Skills and training

Young Entrepreneurs’ Society Young Entrepreneurs’ Society (YES) is taking the PM David Cameron very seriously when he says that we are in ‘The Entrepreneurial Decade’!

Founder of YES, Carly Ward, aged 21 is currently advising the Government on ways to promote entrepreneurship to the country’s youth during Global Entrepreneurship Week in November and YES are planning a road show around the whole of the UK with celebrity speakers to inspire Britain’s young people to make a job for themselves.

With unemployment at an unprecedented high, it is vital that education centres and councils address the education system in respect to self employment and offer the option of learning how to start a business.

Currently our young people are trained more for employment than self employment and unless the emphasis is changed more towards encouraging entrepreneurship, our current crisis of unemployment will only continue to increase. If there are more employers, there will be more jobs and education centres need to focus on creating new employers as well as new employees.

YES has developed a programme called ‘The 12 Steps to Success’ which offers a solution in a simple and engaging format. The programme is current being run successfully in education centres in Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire and is welcomed by those centres that are committed to giving their students the best possible start in their future careers.

The programme can be run by the students themselves in a Business Club.

YES wants to involve the local community and encourage mentoring from local successful entrepreneurs. The Business Club aims to create real businesses, this is not an enterprise activity, and this is real life stuff. It can also be delivered by tutors so is very versatile and is available in CD format and also online.

Contact YES on 0845 074 3502 www.youngentrepreneursociety. org.uk

Young Entrepreneurs’ Society has secured two local Hampshire businesses that are happy to part-sponsor the programme into a school or college.

Assistance with funding will keep the cost to a minimum for any education centre wishing to take advantage of the programme and change the lives of their students and the future economy of the country.

Email: info@ youngentrepreneursociety.org.uk

Focus on Apprenticeships in East Hampshire Alton College is currently developing a new provision for young people and adults in East Hampshire by providing opportunities for apprenticeships. The College will be working in partnership with Sparsholt College who have vast experience of provision for apprentices. The two colleges have previously worked successfully together providing courses for the unemployed and this new and

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exciting focus is in the national context to significantly increase the number of people taking up apprenticeships.

The launch programme at Alton College will be apprenticeships for 16-18 year old care and child care workers but the combined expertise of the two colleges allows for apprenticeships in most vocational areas to be provided for.

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Any employer who is interested in taking on an apprentice should contact: John Stratford, Alton College.

Tel: 01420 592200 Ext: 452 Email: john.stratford@altoncollege.ac.uk

Skills and training

Alton Business Advantage A new range of business focused training courses is now available at Alton College.

Companies hoping to survive in the current economic climate should be looking at all the available resources for improving their businesses.

Business Advantage in conjunction with Alton College offer a range of cost effective bite-size courses created to deliver up-to-date, practical business training and advice that is focused upon core skills and the adoption of best practice in managing and running a business.

Suitable for every stage of your business, from thinking about setting up to having been in business for several years, these short courses, many of which

are just 3 hours duration, will ensure you understand business basics and can apply them with confidence, whether you are taking those first exciting steps into business or taking your business to the next level.

Courses include: Financial Awareness for Business, Essential Recruitment and Selection Skills, Essential Interview Skills, Managing Change in a Downturn, Effective Project Management, Essentials of a Marketing Plan, Improving Team Performance and Managing Staff Performance. As well as all of the listed courses, Business Advantage offer a bespoke business course service to provide companies

with business courses to suit their individual needs.

A full list of business courses are listed on the College website www.altoncollege.ac.uk For further details, see the Alton College website: www.altoncollege.ac.uk/business or contact the Business Advantage Team on 01420 592200.

Leadership and Management Advisory Service New help for identifying and funding developing opportunities The government has set up a new Leadership and Management Advisory Service (LMAS) to help eligible employers identify and fund development opportunities for their senior leaders.

The aim of the service is to foster the leadership and management skills of senior staff so they can make full use of their workforce and accelerate the growth of their business.

To be eligible, the business must be in England and have: • two to 249 full-time equivalent employees • the potential for high or fast growth

If eligible, the business will receive: • A free skills diagnostic from a skills adviser. This will identify the leadership and management development required by the nominated leader. This is so they can optimise the contribution of staff and grow the business.

The adviser will then agree on a development plan with the leader.

• A government grant of up to £1,000 for use on management and leadership development activity, such as any training agreed with the skills adviser.

You will have to match-fund this grant - e.g. to receive a grant of £500 your business will have to contribute £500 of its own money.

When the development activity is complete, the skills adviser will discuss the impact with you and see if there are opportunities for further skills development that would benefit your business.

Find out about LMAS services at www.skillssoutheast.co.uk Tel: 0845 026 4298 Email: info@skillssoutheast.co.uk

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Sustainability means leaving the planet fit for future generations, and at first sight has little to do with improving your firm’s bottom line.

From another angle, Sustainability is all about competitive advantage – and that’s where Charnock Environmental can help!

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Handmade Traditional Indian Recipe MM Products is a growing company based in Alton Hampshire, manufacturing a selection of Indian savoury snacks. We provide a variety of savoury products to suit every occasion and all our snacks are made on request on a daily basis using quality ingredients, in the traditional home made way.

Our selection Spicy Gramflour Noodles Ready to eat crunchy fried strands of gram flour seasoned with spicy red chillies.

Savoury Crunchy Strips Ready to eat ribbon-like strips of crunchy pastry delicately seasoned with black pepper & carom Seeds.

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transport providers, nursing homes and local businesses.

The AMK Group is one of the largest passenger transport operators in the UK, maintaining a fleet of more than 150 minibuses and employing a workforce of 240 personnel. With state of the art workshop facilities and a team of skilled technicians, the AMK Group’s MOT and Service Centre is also able to carry out repairs, maintenance and servicing for private motorists and organisations including schools, community

AMK offer a range of transport services, including: 9 - 16 seat executive minibus hire, 6 – 8 seat minibus hire, Specialist wheelchair accessible minibuses, corporate travel services, Fleet and private vehicle maintenance and servicing facilities and Class 4, 5 and 7 MOT centre.

The AMK Group operates from modern, purpose-built premises, with good access links to Central London and the M25/ M3/ M4 motorway network.

Contact AMK Chauffeur Drive Ltd Mill Lane, Passfield, Liphook, GU30 7RP Tel: +44 (0) 1428 751675 Fax +44 (0) 1428 751677 Email: info@amkxl.com MOT & Service Centre - reception: Tel: +44 (0) 1428 751862 Fax: +44 (0) 1428 751677 Email auto@amkxl.com

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Business East Hants members Contact: Tim Pullen office@jayt.co.uk 01730 266178 www.jayt.co.uk Web Design & Hosting From a few web pages to a complete database-driven eCommerce site. We specialise in Internet solutions for individuals, clubs, societies and small businesses.

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Busy Ant Ltd is a leading supplier of wireless coverage products and solutions for a range of frequency bands from 380 MHz to 6 GHz. We help our customers specify solutions and make informed purchasing decisions around applications, technology, security, standards and regulatory guidelines. From Enterprise WiFi solutions, to linking up separate business premises, to business telemetry, real time location services, remote CCTV, to simply improving cellular coverage in your premises. If it’s wireless, we cover it!

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Custom Audio Designs Ltd was founded over 20 years ago by a Sound Engineer, Producer and Composer.

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Gala Dinner 2011 Celebrating two years of local business partnership

Thursday 24 November 2011 7pm – 11.45pm

Guest speakers:

(6.30pm for Champagne reception)

Rodger Broad Director, Institute of Directors South East Region

Old Thorns Manor Hotel Griggs Green Liphook, GU30 7PE The Gala Dinner marks the 2nd Anniversary of the local business partnership.

The Dinner also provides an opportunity to network with potential buyers, suppliers, stakeholders and key decision makers.

£35 per ticket or £300 for a table of 10 10% discount on rooms at Old Thorns Manor Hotel for guests. Please quote BEH GALA when booking

Damian Hinds MP

Grant Harrison Managing Director All Call Facilities, UK Dress code: Black tie Entertainment: The resident DJ takes you back to 60s and 70s (Sponsored by Old Thorns Manor Hotel)

Limited places.

Book early to avoid disappointment.