EpiCentre Event

​Connected Innovation and The EpiCentre are joining with local business support partners on Thursday 3rd December to bring businesses together, strengthen local connections, and highlight support available across the county.

Do you have reoccurring challenges with your shipping? Need to send something to a collaborator, a lab or a customer, in the UK or overseas? Not sure how to keep it cold, get it through customs, or pick the right courier?

Navigating the early drug discovery journey: a roadmap for emerging companies.
Discovering a new medicine from an initial idea to drug candidate requires navigating a complex series of scientific and strategic decisions.

Charley Abbott has launched her new Business Coaching company this year.

With almost 20  years working for Barclays Bank as a Business Banking Relationship Manager, Charley is now dedicated to helping SME’s achieve their objectives with clear strategy coaching.
Feel free to drop into The Hub cafe and have a chat after networking.

Unsure of where to begin with your brand, or the next steps to take? Looking to refine the branding and assets you have? Need advice on how to showcase your business digitally and through print? Then pop along to The Hub Cafe at 10.30am for a chat.

Lee Andersen, a financial adviser from Kellyhill Financial Planning, will be available 9:30-14:00 in The Hub cafe for 1-2-1 drop-in chats. Taking your questions on all things pensions!

The aim is to create a space that feels supportive and discussion-led, where people can share what’s worked (and what hasn’t), learn from each other, and build confidence as they go, rather than feeling like they have to get everything “right” straight away.
The overall aim is that by the end of the series, attendees feel more confident, consistent, and clear on how to use social media in a way that works for their business

Want to know how to win local authority contracts? They outsource a number of services, be that building services, catering, printing or IT, but how do they decide which supplier to contract, and how can local businesses, especially smaller ones, win bids for these contracts?

This event brings together voices from industry and academia to examine the emerging impact of AI on graduate roles. It will explore how skill requirements are shifting, where opportunities are arising, and how education systems can adapt to prepare the next generation. – how organisations can adapt to prepare the next generation.