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Welcome to the latest edition of the SVBS newsletter.
This week, we're focusing on the upcoming Abingdon Eco Fair, the next Exit Right 2023 event, our UKSPF expression of interest form, selling to the councils and the Earth Trust's corporate venue hire facilities.
We're also highlighting ShopAppy's Favourite Family Business campaign, Switch Up Your Lunch 2023, OxLEP's Spring into 2023 event and the next Networking in... session.
There are lots more opportunities, events and resources to get stuck into this week, but as always, if you'd like to suggest content for the SVBS newsletter, please get in touch with us.
- Team SVBS
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We're supporting One Planet Abingdon in hosting their very first Abingdon Eco Fair, a free one-day event to bring residents and businesses together to celebrate eco-friendly services.
Date, time and location:
Saturday 13 May
9am - 3pm
Abingdon Market Place and the Guildhall
Here's what to expect on the day:
- Browse a variety of stalls within the Eco Fair Market, including eco-friendly dog treats, cleaning products, a buggy cleaning service, vegan food and more
- Attend short talks in the Guildhall (Roysse Room)
- Take part in activities hosted by One Planet Abingdon, taking place under the museum arches and downstairs in the basement
- Discover why your house isn't as warm as it should be
- Find out about grants to help low income houses install insulation and improve your heating
- Electric bikes
- Bike checks and Sewing Repair Café
Find out more via the Abingdon Events Partnership website.
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Exit Right 2023 is a free expert-led, must-attend event series for any entrepreneur looking to drive their business from start-up to exit.
Following on from the successful 2022 Exit Right events, this year’s talks are from founders and directors who have successfully exited their businesses, as well as M&A experts. Founders will tell you first hand about their exit journey – what went well and what didn’t go quite so well. You will find out the best strategies to employ and what it takes to be one of the successful 10% of businesses that exit – whether it’s through an acquisition or IPO.
The next event takes place on Thursday 25 May at the Wood Centre for Innovation and online, from 5:30pm - 6:30pm.
Come and hear the real-life story of start-up to exit from David Llewellyn, Managing Director and Co-Founder of Oxford-based biotech company, DJS Antibodies. Founded in 2014, DJS was acquired by AbbVie in October 2022 for $255m to access their lead IPF programme as well as revolutionary HEPTAD platform. David will talk about how the company started, the knife-edge decisions they had to make along the way, and the key turning points.
Register for your free place via Eventbrite.
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We recently secured £2 million from the government’s UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) which supports investment in communities to increase life chances, support organisations and increase people’s skills.
The funding is split equally between South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse District Councils, with £1 million available per district.
We are using this money to work towards tackling the climate emergency and to improve community and economic wellbeing.
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With most of the funding available from 2024/25, we are now inviting organisations to pitch project ideas that could help to support our plans.
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To complete this form, you will need to provide:
- a brief outline of what your project will involve, how it will deliver the project requirements, and what experience your organisation has in doing such work
- details of how your project will address our UKSPF priority areas and interventions
- details of any anticipated outputs and outcomes that your project will achieve
- an outline budget for your project
Please note - by submitting your ideas, you are not committing to undertake the project, and we are not committed to funding it or to offer funding in this area.
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Selling to the councilsThe councils buy goods and services from a variety of contractors, ranging from someone who is self-employed to national organisations. To provide cost-effective services for our residents, the councils often operate a joint procurement process, and therefore award joint contracts.Opportunities to supply your services or goods to the councils are often available, either direct or as a sub-contractor.If you are interested in selling to the councils, you will need to register on the South East Business Portal.
Please note that contracts for both councils can be located under 'South Oxfordshire District Council'.A list of current contracts can be found on our website. You can also find information on what the councils need from you as a supplier, standards of conduct, climate and ecological impacts, ethical considerations, legal requirements and more.
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Corporate Venue Hire at Earth Trust
Whether you're looking for a venue for a training session, conference, or evening function, Earth Trust's eco-friendly spaces offer the perfect environment for collaborative working and inspiring corporate events.
Set amidst 500 hectares of stunning rural landscape, you'll have all the peace and tranquillity of the wide open countryside with the convenience of a South Oxfordshire location.
Businesses can benefit from:
- Space to collaborate: Meeting rooms and coworking space
- Space to reset: Break-out areas for mental and physical wellbeing
- Hassle-free monthly desk hire service
Find out more via the Earth trust website.
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Nominate your Favourite Family BusinessThe last few years have been tough for local businesses, and we want them to know how much we appreciate them.ShopAppy's Favourite Family Business campaign encourages local communities to show their appreciation by nominating their most loved family-run businesses.Nominations are open until 18 June 2023. The winner will be announced on 22 June 2023 and will receive ShopAppy’s Favourite Family Business award.Additionally, one lucky nominator will receive a £50 voucher to spend on the ShopAppy website.Nominate your Favourite Family Business via the ShopAppy website.
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Switch Up Your Lunch 2023 - get involvedTo encourage everyone in Oxfordshire to make a positive difference to the environmental impact of our food, the Good Food Oxfordshire team are asking people, companies, schools, universities and community groups in Oxfordshire to pledge to eat a vegetarian or vegan lunch on Tuesday 13 June.
In 2022, 22,000 people across 47 organisations took part. By switching up your lunch you’ll be helping to make a difference to the environmental impact of our food in Oxfordshire. If we all make a pledge to eat a veggie or vegan meal regularly, we can help to slow climate change and conserve precious natural resources, whilst improving your health.If you sign up as an organisation, you will receive a social media pack to help you share your pledge.
Sign up via the Switch Up Your Lunch website.
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Spring into 2023 - Business Toolkit for SuccessThe OxLEP Business team are hosting a Spring into 2023 event, helping Oxfordshire-based businesses to unlock free support to help them achieve business success.
Monday 15 May | 9am - 10am
These are challenging times for small businesses, with the cost of living crisis affecting consumer behaviour. Most businesses are looking to grow their customer base and keep costs under control, with many small business owners facing these challenges for the first time. The Spring into 2023 event will showcase a number of businesses who have recently benefitted from engaging with OxLEP support, and will introduce your 'Business Toolkit for Success’ that can be used for the next six months.
Register for your free place via Eventbrite.
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Networking in… 'How to cultivate a leadership mindset'
Join us for the next Networking in... event as we welcome Michael Anderson, a conference keynote speaker, trainer, mentor and advisor, to talk about 'How to cultivate a leadership mindset'.
Wednesday 17 May | 7:30am - 9am
Michael has worked with big organisations like Uber, Salesforce, Microsoft, Stanford University and PwC. During this session, he will share some of the secrets about leadership and how they can take your business to the next level.
The first 40 businesses to register for this event can claim a half-price ticket for just £5, using the code 'SVBS'.
Register for the event on the official Networking in... event page.
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