Successful launch found in Worcestershire
More than 300 invited guests gathered for the
official launch of Worcestershire's new online business community,
finditinworcestershire (Tuesday, February 15).
The finditinworcestershire.com business portal
and a whole programme of wider networking events have been
developed by Worcestershire County Council.
The project aims to boost the county’s economy
by giving local businesses the support and contacts they need to
pitch for and win more and bigger contracts – and to 'match-make'
local businesses that can trade with each other.
The launch event at Worcester Warriors'
Sixways Stadium saw guests from every business sector in the county
networking over a complimentary breakfast.
Attendees heard from Cecil Duckworth OBE
(Chairman of Worcester Warriors), Neil Schofield (Worcester Bosch),
Tony Hyde (Thomas Vale), Dean Attwell (Oakland International) and
Diane Tilley (Worcestershire County Council). Guests also met some
of the county's biggest buyers in the 'exhibition marketplace',
including Thomas Vale, Breakwells LLP, Kier Moss, SpellerMetcalfe,
Wolseley UK and Worcester, Bosch Group.
The finditinworcestershire team showed guests
around the new website on special computer pods, demonstrating how
businesses can use the site to find contracts to tender for, and to
advertise their services to the local business community.
Diane Tilley,
Worcestershire County Council's Director of Planning, Economy &
Performance who spoke at the launch, said: "The whole
finditinworcestershire programme has been designed to work
together. The website offers access to genuine commercial
opportunities, the networking events help to create a
business-focussed community and the extra training and resources
add value for each member. The overall concept is, as far as we
know, a first at a countywide level.
"Worcestershire was already in a good position
to take opportunities for growth when conditions improve, but the
launch of finditinworcestershire is a very welcome boost now and
I'm sure it will prove to be a very valuable tool in the years to
come."
Any businesses that haven't registered with
finditinworcestershire can still do so by visiting www.finditinworcestershire.com
and creating a profile for free. Registered members will be kept
up-to-date with the latest opportunities, contracts, suppliers,
business news and networking opportunities.
The next breakfast meeting will be on Tuesday, March 29 at
Sixways Stadium from 7–9.30am (registration 6:45am) and places are
available through the website's online booking system.
Pictured: Cecil Duckworth
OBE (owner of Worcester warriors Rugby Club) and Diane Tilley
(Worcestershire County Council's Director of Planning, Economy
& Performance) speaking at the launch. An
attendee being shown how the new website works by a
member of the finditinworcestershire team.
