Literature & Information

TENDRING BUSINESS SUMMIT - ROADS TO RECOVERY - 09 June 2010

Supported by: Tendring District Council, INTend, Business Link, Federation of Small Businesses, Essex County Council, Lloyds TSB, University of Essex, Job Centre Plus, BCT Consortium, Connexions, CoLBEA, National Apprenticeship Service, Clacton and Tendring Area Planning Group and Newsquest.

Conference Programme

Presentations:

Essex Apprenticeships: Peter Cook, Assistant Director Skills and International Trade, Essex County Council
Graduate Interns and Knowledge Transfer Partnerships: Emma Hewett, ECIF Project Manager & Ville Karhusaari, Business Development Manager, University of Essex
Job Centre Plus Support: Paul Gisbey, Senior External Relationships Manager, Job Centre Plus
Business Support, Access to New Markets and Skills Assessments: Christian Bone, Partnerships Director, Businesss Link
Access to Finance: Nigel Sandbrook, Senior Manager, Lloyds TSB Commercial
How Can the FSB Help?: Iain Wicks, Chair Essex Region, Federation of Small Businesses

Hard copies of the presentations are available, please contact Michelle Barr on 01255 686376 or mbarr@in-tend.org for more information.

TENDRING RETAIL SUMMIT - 05 August 2009
Sponsored by: Tendring District Council, INTend, Business Link East, Federation of Small Businesses and Newsquest and supported by LloydsTSB, Job Centre Plus, Connexions, Colbea, University of Essex, Learning and Skills Council and the Colchester and Tendring 14-19 Schools Planning Group.

Conference Programme

Presentations:

The National Scene – is it as bad as all that? : Martin Blackwell, Association of Town Centre Management
Business Link East – the right choice for real help for retailers: Christian Bone, Business Link Partnership Director
Beat the Recession and Boost your Sales – top tips on effective marketing: Steve Clarke, Your Virtual Sales Director
Keep Trade Local – how the FSB can help: David Miles, Essex FSB Secretary

Hard copies of the presentations are available, please contact Michelle Barr on 01255 686376 or mbarr@in-tend.org for more information, or click on Shopping for Success for further advice.

PLANNING FOR VIBRANT RURAL COMMUNITIES - 25 March 2009

Sponsored by Tendring District Council, INTend, Colchester Borough Council, Babergh District Council, Suffolk Coastal District Council, Essex County Council, Suffolk County Council, the Haven Gateway Partnership and the East of England Development Agency.

Conference Programme

Presentations:

Setting the scene: George Courtauld, Conference Chair
What makes rural areas successful?: Martin Collison, Principal Consultant, Collison & Associates Ltd
Rural issues within LDF development: Steve Brown, Planning Policy and Development Manager, Suffolk Coastal District Council
Rural planning applications: Peter Fletcher, Senior Development Control Manager, Tendring District Council
Rural businesses - helping the Gateway survive the downturn: Tim Isaac, Regional Surveyor, Country Land and Business Association Ltd
Village Regeneration: George Courtauld
The Essex rural planning task force: Keith Blackburn, Infrastructure Funding Officer, Essex County Council
The Matthew Taylor Review of the Rural Economy and Affordable Housing: Matthew Taylor MP
Construction in a modern farm business - a case study: Jeremy Nunn, Director, Thurlow Nunn Standen Ltd

Unfortunately Matthew Taylor MP was unable to attend the conference as the Government announced their response to his review on the day of the conference. A statement was issued by his office welcoming the Governments very positive report on the recommendations they plan to take forward from the review.

The "Planners Guide to the Rural Economy" was launched at the conference. This document was produced by INTend and it is hoped that this will become an invaluable reference tool for all planning professionals when assessing planning applications in rural areas.

TENDRING BUSINESS SUMMIT - FIT FOR THE FUTURE - 23 January 2009
Sponsored by: Tendring District Council, INTend, Tendring Local Strategic Partnership, Essex County Council, Essex Partnership, East of England Development Agency, Business Link, Federation of Small Businesses, Clacton Gazette, Harwich and Manningtree Standard

Summit Programme

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