Dr Marcus Watson is the first speaker to be announced for the Ambitious Essex Innovation Summit on Friday 27 January. Marcus is champion of sustainability with multi-sector expertise. He is a Council Member of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI), a member of the CBI’s Decarbonisation Committee, a NED and past Chair of the Young President’s Organisation […] Read more
Book your space now at ‘New Year, New Start’, which will provide independent trainers with advice on how to maximise their sales after the festive season. Guest speakers Lisa Ansell (Sales Geek) and Craig Baston (Colbea) confirmed, with more to be announced. Wednesday 18 January, 10am, Clacton Town Hall. Read more
Grants of up to £25,000 are now available for small and medium commercially viable businesses that are focused on creating solutions to overcome barriers that create real and meaningful jobs for individuals with Learning Disabilities and Autism. If you… * Have a new, creative innovative business proposal? * Have a proposal that is both viable and […] Read more
Applications are now open for two courses run by We Are Radikl, aimed at women entrepreneurs. These courses are FREE and able to complete online, in your own time, within six or twelve weeks, and begin January 2023. ‘LAUNCH’ aimed at those in the first six months of their business or business idea and ‘RISE’ aimed at those further […] Read more
Brought to you by the Department for International Trade, the UK Export Academy is a free training programme, delivered through a hybrid of online and face-to-face learning. Join thousands of businesses to discover your export potential, increase your confidence, and upskill your knowledge of overseas sales. Sign up and create your personalised account. Then you can pick […] Read more
The first Essex Climate Action Annual Report has been launched to update the county on its progress to become a net zero county by 2050. The report comes a year after the Council announced its Climate Action Plan. The £200 million Essex Climate Action plan reflected the priorities set out by the Essex Climate Action […] Read more
Register for the Ambitious Essex Innovation Summit, to be held on 27 January 2023, where we’ll be exploring how innovative decisions now could lead to future business success. Through inspiring local examples, knowledge sharing and awareness raising, we will start the conversation and build a community to boost innovation across the county In addition to exciting […] Read more
The Innovate UK Creative Catalyst is a £30 million programme of phased financial and non-financial activities to provide end to end innovation support for high potential businesses in the creative sector. The aim of this competition is to scale up innovation within the creative industries by providing a package of targeted and continuous support to […] Read more
As part of the new Create Growth Programme, Create South East, a new funding opportunity has been launched  for businesses in the creative industries in the South East. The aim of the programme is to help creative businesses in these regions to scale and become investment ready through a targeted support package with three complementary strands […] Read more
Ambitious Women in Essex has launched its bi-weekly newsletter, with peer-to-peer support, and up-to-date information in the Essex business world, for women. To sign up visit: Subscribe to emails from Essex County Council Read more
