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Innovation Centre
Knowledge Gateway, Boundary Road
Colchester, CO4 3ZQ

Essex Sales Club

Innovation Centre, Knowledge Gateway Boundary Road, Colchester, United Kingdom

Sales Geek presents the Essex Sales Club with a series of dynamic workshops with networking to help transform the way you do sales. About this event The Essex Sales club is a great opportunity to network and learn with other ambitious local businesses here at the Innovation Centre Knowledge Gateway in Colchester. Topics include: Hitting ... Read more

Free

Ambitious Essex Innovation in Sustainability Event

Innovation Centre, Knowledge Gateway Boundary Road, Colchester, United Kingdom

Ambitious Essex and Ambitious Women in Essex are joining forces to bring you an event to celebrate World Creativity and Innovation Day (April 21) and Earth Day (April 22), with support from Innovate UK Edge and Federation of Small Businesses (FSB). Join us for a morning session where you can from our amazing 4 guest ... Read more

Free

Join the Essex BioBlitz in Wivenhoe Park

University of Essex University of Essex Colchester Campus, Colchester, Essex, United Kingdom

Join us for a short walk around the grounds where we will use this opportunity to add to the Essex BioBlitz project. The Essex BioBlitz is running from 31 March - 30 September. The aim is to take photos of wildflowers in Essex to contribute to important climate change research. Climate change is impacting our ... Read more

Free

Becoming a B Corp – Lunch & Learn

Innovation Centre, Knowledge Gateway Boundary Road, Colchester, United Kingdom

If you're a business that cares about sustainability, then you might want to get yourselves registered as a B Corp, the globally-recognised and respected certification that marks you as a business that cares about the people, communities and the planet. In this short lunch and learn session, resident ICKG business, Arma Karma, will talk about ... Read more

Defining your Ideal Customer Profile – Free Workshop: POSTPONED new date TBC

Innovation Centre, Knowledge Gateway Boundary Road, Colchester, United Kingdom

AST & Partners are offering a free workshop to help business owners to define their Ideal Customer Profile, an essential step in building a strong marketing strategy. If your business is new, or you’re developing a new service, defining your ICP is a key step in creating a concept and preparing for validation/product market fit. ... Read more

Free

FSB Essex Virtual Networking

Online

This is your opportunity to meet with like-minded entrepreneurs, self-employed people and small business owners, to network, collaborate, promote your services and support each other in the Essex area. We will meet virtually for an hour for a lively, interactive session where attendees will each be given time to introduce themselves in a supportive, unpressured ... Read more

Free

Essex Chambers Festival of Business

Hylands Estate, Chelmsford London Rd, Writtle, Chelmsford, Essex, United Kingdom

After its successful debut in April 2022, we are delighted to be bringing you our second Festival of Business at Hylands Estate on Tuesday 5 September 2023, from 10.00am until 3.00pm featuring headline partners DP World! The theme of this years Festival will be ‘A Changing World’, with the seemingly constant fluctuations in recent times it felt apt to address these issues head on. The ... Read more

Free

BT Sustainability Festival

Adastral Park Barrack Square, Martlesham Heath, Martlesham, Ipswich, Suffolk, United Kingdom

Hosted by BT, this event will feature experts and innovators from organisations spanning multiple sectors. From inspiring talks to exciting demonstrations, both physical and virtual attendees will have the chance to explore Adastral Park's cutting-edge research and development.

Free

Mind – Women’s Menopause Event

Beth Chatto Gardens Elmstead Market, Colchester, Essex, United Kingdom

Would you like to better understand how mental health is impacted by menopause? Book your place on Mind's unique Beth Chatto Wellbeing Day! Enjoy an exclusive guided tour through the 'closed to the public' gardens with knowledgeable gardeners. Enjoy a cream tea while you listen in to a talk about improving wellbeing and mental health ... Read more

£29.95

Meet the Neighbours

Innovation Centre, Knowledge Gateway Boundary Road, Colchester, United Kingdom

Join us in Hale Meeting Room for our regular update on all things ICKG and most importantly to mingle with other ICKG businesses over pizza and drinks!

Free

Ambitious Young People in Business

Patch, Chelmsford Springfield Road, Chelmsford, Essex, United Kingdom

Join Essex County Council's Ambitious Essex team at this free networking event created especially for young business professionals in Essex. Connect, explore possibilities, and discover opportunities with likeminded people over drinks and snacks. This event was an idea of Annie’s, a young professional who loves to network. Her networking experiences haven’t always been positive, and ... Read more

Free

University of Essex: Celebration of Innovation 2023

Wivenhoe House Hotel Park Road, Colchester, Essex, United Kingdom

Join us for our Celebration of Innovation 2023. On Thursday 28 September we'll bring together industry leaders and academic partners to celebrate phenomenal collaborations and the impact they’ve had. Our annual awards return to acknowledge incredible achievements and share success stories from our research associates, business partners and academics, who have all contributed to innovation ... Read more

Free

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