As home to a number of established financial services companies including Experian, Capital One and Ikano Bank, the city of Nottingham has long been a focal point for the financial and professional services sector. Over recent years, the rapid proliferation and growth of new Fintech companies in the local area...
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Economic landscape explored over breakfast
As our members will know, our Ingenuity Network events always aim to provide fresh perspectives on pertinent business issues, and there are few issues more topical in the current economic landscape than Brexit. With uncertainty looming large, our latest breakfast event focused on the theme of ‘Prosperity in a Time...
University of Nottingham psychology research harnessed for business advertising success
As members of the Ingenuity network will know, one of our key aims is to make University of Nottingham research accessible to the local business community. Our latest Ingenuity event, which took place on the 22nd February 2018, was a workshop on ‘Associative Learning in Advertising‘. It offered delegates a...
2018 Ingenuity programme starts off with a bang
We kick-started our 2018 programme of Ingenuity events with a bang at today’s fantastic business breakfast networking session. As our regular attendees will know, the role of the Ingenuity Network is to try to make the University of Nottingham’s research accessible to businesses through our programme of events. This morning’s...
Midlands Engine Investment Fund financing growth for Midlands businesses
If you are an entrepreneur, own a start up or SME located in the Midlands, the Midlands Engine Investment Fund (MEIF) could provide the funding you need to help your business realise its potential. In a collaboration between the government-owned British Business Bank and ten Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) in...
Secrets of ‘Spreadable Marketing’ shared at latest Ingenuity session
Here at Ingenuity HQ we are constantly amazed and inspired by the breadth of incredible research taking place across the University of Nottingham – and by just how much of that research is relevant to the local business community. The role of the Ingenuity Network is to try to make...
A fitting farewell to the man in the red jacket
A momentous occasion The date of Tuesday 14th November marked the occasion of our final Ingenuity breakfast event of 2017, but it was also significant for another reason – it was Steve Upcraft’s last ever Ingenuity event! Steve, who is semi-retiring, has been the face of the Ingenuity Network for...
Smarter marketing…and a nice cup of tea
Our programme of Ingenuity events and workshops advances apace, as we continue to seek out new knowledge and expertise within the University of Nottingham that can benefit the local business community. On Thursday 26th November, our latest expert, Edwin Moriarty from the University of Nottingham’s department of External Relations, provided...
CBI East Midlands Regional Council Annual Election – call for nominations
Your opportunity to get involved The CBI have asked us to circulate the following opportunity, which may be of interest to members of the Ingenuity Network: “CBI Regional and National Councils play a key role in forming and influencing our policy. The CBI receives its mandate from 9 Regional...
Pitfalls of ‘Doing Business Online’ avoided thanks to University’s School of Law
The Ingenuity Network’s series of workshops and events for SMEs continues to grow in popularity, as we endeavour to share some of the knowledge and expertise from The University of Nottingham with the local business community. Our latest workshop titled ‘Doing Business Online‘ took a look at some of the...