The EpiCentre ‘Back to Business’

The FSB are experts in business – We’ve lobbied Government for the last 47-years and we’re well known for the business support we offer to our members.  You should visit our stand to learn how we can support your business with everything from advice on growth funding to advice on GDPR, HR, and almost everything in between.

The Cambridge Norwich Tech Corridor is one of Europe’s most exciting growth opportunities, home to the people and businesses tackling the grand challenges facing humanity and shaping the future of food, energy, medicine and mobility.

Tech Corridor partnership brings together business and political leaders with a shared ambition to make the Tech Corridor a top-tier destination for technology businesses, talent and investors from around the world. It does this through a variety of programmes designed to promote and support business growth, as well as creating a bold vision for the future of the region.   We invite businesses to meet with us to find out more about how they can get involved with these initiatives, as well as our other workstreams.

Suffolk Chamber is a proactive organisation that lobbies and responds to Government on behalf of our members on all major issues affecting the business community. We offer our members a wide range of services from networking to international trade advice, and from national and regional representation to access to our member directory database. The breadth and depth of those services ensure our members can operate effectively and productively with an established and supportive organisation behind them.

Led by the New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership, and delivered in partnership with Suffolk Chamber of Commerce, New Anglia Growth Hub can help your business access a range of business support services from hundreds of sources. The hub’s service is FREE and IMPARTIAL and can help you access grants, finance, start-up support, international trade support and other specialist advice – all from a single point of contact.

Growth Works is a transformational business growth service that has been set up to support the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority in delivering jobs and business growth to the region.

The Gateley-led consortium, Growth Works brings new ideas, innovation and outcomes to serve the high growth businesses within the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority region.

Innovate UK EDGE is a key part of the UK innovation agency’s investment in the innovative businesses that drive economic growth. It complements Innovate UK project funding with intensive, specialist-led support for such ambitious businesses.  Each high-potential, innovative business in our portfolio benefits from the objective perspective of a dedicated innovation and growth specialist local to them. Our specialist considers a business in the round and, working closely with its leadership, identifies the most productive ways to accelerate its growth.

We are a welcoming college for all. The college has some of the best facilities in the country, and students enjoy learning here, thanks to our inspirational teachers, excellent courses and industry-standard workshops, studios and salons. We support thousands of full-time students, adult learners and apprentices currently in training. Most recently we have introduced a brand new suite of online learning programmes which are excellent for supporting employers in providing CPD for staff.

KEEP+ provides businesses with flexible opportunities for innovation with a focus on the development of new products and services. Already into our fourth year, our programme will run until 31 December 2022.

MENTA, offer affordable and trustworthy training, advice, and key services to aspiring and established business owners across Norfolk and Suffolk.  MENTA have been delivering business advice, training sessions, business space and networking events since 1984.  The business support organization has business hubs in Haverhill, Bury St Edmunds and Brandon delivering co-working, serviced business units, training, and coaching.