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Highlighting healthy & sustainable businesses
The conference will bring together representatives from some of the Borough’s large employers, as well as growing businesses, who will share their knowledge and best practice. The 2019 conference will include: • Sustainable building spotlight • Focus on food exports • The Made in Eastleigh showcase
• Green Borough and Healthy Community Awards
If you run a business in Eastleigh you can find out more about the conference and register by contacting economicdevelopment@ eastleigh.gov.uk
Small business owner Tom Pratt received a £500 grant for his health food business, Lifestyling Kitchen in April 2019. Tom started the Eastleigh town centre business at home a year ago when he was working as a personal trainer. He realised his clients needed more than just exercise to enhance their healthy lifestyle and started developing tailored meals, catering to a variety of dietary requirements. The Incentive to Grow grant Tom received from the Economic Development team has helped fund more storage for his latest products - and to advertise to more local businesses His products are already proving popular at Places Leisure Eastleigh.
Find out more: lifestylingkitchen.com Apply for a small business grant
Picture above: Cllr Derek Pretty, Cabinet Lead for Economy with Tom Pratt, Lifestyle Kitchen
Towers have flower power
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Last year’s event was voted a success by delegates and described as “a very informative and interesting evening.”
Council grant is recipe for success
Hedge End, West End & Botley
The Committee has pledged £4,200 for the eye-catching floral features.
• Funding and support information from the Solent LEP, Hampshire Chamber and others
An awards scheme for businesses demonstrating excellence in promoting health and environmental sustainability – two of the Council’s key priorities – are a central element of the event. If you know a company that works hard to promote an environmentally-friendly and health-oriented approach to doing business, you can nominate them via the Council website.
News round up
The Hedge End, West End & Botley Local Area Committee has funded nine flower towers to enhance the shopping experience for visitors to the Botley, Hedge End and West End retail centres.
Eastleigh’s annual business conference is back this June This year’s Eastleigh Business Conference, on Tuesday 25 June 2019 at The Berry Theatre, Hedge End, will highlight what companies and the Council are doing to make their operations and the wider Borough a healthier and greener place to do business.
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If you are a small business just starting out or looking to grow and think you could benefit from a grant, visit eastleigh.gov.uk/businessgrants or email economicdevelopment@eastleigh.gov.uk
Want to know more about what businesses are doing in the Borough and how the Council is supporting them? Why not sign up for Eastleigh Business News, the regular email from our Economic Development team sent direct to your inbox? Sign up here: eastleigh.gov.uk/ businessnews
Tech support to build skills A project that provides women, who may be excluded from job opportunities, with digital skills and employment help and advice has created a new app working with a local tech developer. A recent meeting between partners in the scheme, including the Borough Council, discussed the future impact of the project and tested new apps, including the PONToon Map, that is being created by local App Developer, Tin Raven, who started their business in Eastleigh’s business centre, Wessex House. PONToon (Partnership Opportunities using New Technologies fostering sOcial and ecOnomic inclusion) is an international project funded by the Interreg 5A European Regional Development Fund. It uses a range of new technologies to support and up-skill women and help to get them on the right career path.
To find out more about how you could benefit from the project visit pontoonproject.eu
