News

BBC Dragons' Den is coming to the Brighton and Hove Business Show April 2010

The very popular business BBC tv show is coming to The Brighton and Hove Business Show filming their popular 3 minute, online pitches of our local entrepreneurs.

If you, your colleagues or firm have a fabulous new business idea or seeking growth capital, or even perhaps the Dragons' Den expertise, then this is the Business Show for you to visit.

See further details about how you can take part in this special event from our dedicated web page 'Dragons' Den / Business Start Ups .

Sustainability results now available - November 2009 Show

Our committment to reducing our carbon footprint continues with the publishing of the results from exhibitors and visitors attendance that gathered at the November 2009 Brighton & HoveBusiness Show. Noteably a huge reduction was seen in the waste levels left by exhibitors and visitors, and greatly improved car sharing and public transport use. The Show coupled with working with the venue provider, Brighton and Hove City Council premises and facilities and events departments will continue to monitor and provide information, available at the 14 April Show 2010. See www.brightonandhovebusinessshow.co.uk/sustainability-policy.php

Please remember to use public transport or car share whenever possible.  

New business magazine launch

We are pleased to announce that The Brighton and Hove Business Show has teamed up with local publishers, Sharp Media Group, and will be launching 'The Brighton and Hove Business Magazine.'  The new, free colour magazine will be distributed across Brighton and Hove during April 2010. For further information about advertising in our City business magazine, please see www.brightonandhovebusiness.co.uk

'the best of Brighton & Hove' business

'The best of Brighton and Hove' care passionately about good local business and have teamed up with The Brighton & Hove Business Show to offer a range of online services in helping to promote exhibitors and the Show day. They offer a wide range of marketing opportunities, particularly through their search engine friendly website, email marketing, offers advertising, direct marketing and many other initiatives.For further information simply go to www.thebestof.co.uk/brightonandhove or call Alan on 01273 461222  

News from our exhibitors

Young drivers at Work

'Embrace Life  - always wear your seatbelt'

See the new short ad produced by the Sussex Safer Roads Partnership aimed at reducing the approximately 300 vechicle occupants a year who died and weren't wearing a seatbelt at the time of the collision. www.embracethis.co.uk 

If you have young drivers aged between 17 and 24, then take a look at www.rospa.com/roadssafety/youngdriversatwork

For more information on how to help this vunerable age group of 'business' drivers contact the Road Safety officer at Brighton & Hove council on 01273 292258  

Special New Year business networking evening at The Sealife Centre

A fabulous business networking evening was hosted by Max, the General Manager, of Brighton's Aquarium Centre, 14 January 2010, to start the New Year off the way we mean to do business in 2010, and for all our 2009 exhibitors to meet other businesses from the City, at this fabulous venue, Marine Parade, Brighton.  

The Sealife Centre offers a great corporate hospitality venue for businesses including their renowned, and special business champagne Sealife tours which are available to book for private functions. Please call Rosie on 01273 647794 for further details or email rosie.swaffer@merlineentertainments.biz

Photography by You Got Papped! - www.yougotpapped.com

Visitors registration

The Brighton and Hove Business Show have now opened their visitor online registration facility. Simply register online today at www.brightonandhovebusinessshow.co.uk/visitors-registration.php and we will keep you informed of events building up to the day of The Show. 

You will be required to produce a business card, additionally, to gain admission. 

VisitBrighton.com

The Show is very pleased to announce that VisitBrighton.com, Brighton and Hove's premier tourist organisation, have confirmed their renewal of the headline sponsorship for The Brighton and Hove Business Show 2010 April Show.

Following the continued and growing success of the Business Show, VisitBrighton.com, the City's resident experts for organising conferences and meetings in the City, have an unrivalled insider's view of venues, hotels and support services on offer. Their expertise bring into the City, many multi-global firms eventing, and with it, the revenues enjoyed in our restaurants, clubs, hotels, shopping centers and by a number of our exhibitor support services too.   

VisitBrighton.com will be taking stands on both floors at the April 2010 Show and their team will be available to tell you more about their business packages.  

New Business Show videos

Thanks to our in-house film and edit team, Echo Productions, who have edited the recent shoots by City College Brighton & Hove work experience students, who helped to film the recent Business Show, 4 November 2009. The results are now seen on our website 'Home page' and we hope that the students found it to be an interesting project. You can add this video to your website or blog by going to our downloads page.

Thanks also, to Julie Stanford, President of the Brighton & Hove Chamber of Commerce, who kindly gave her time and expert knowledge in compiling a short film for our 'Business Start Up' web page, providing the 'Top Ten Tips' in starting a business; something that possibly we all had wished to know before we set up our first business.

Take a look at our photostream from 'flickr', on our 'Exhibit' page if you feel the need to convince yourself about joining us at The Show in April 2010 and our other networking events now planned during the year. 

Stands bookings now

The Brighton and Hove Business Show are taking stand bookings for their forthcoming April 2010 Show being staged at The Hove Centre, Hove Town Hall, Hove, on Wednesday 14th, opening at 11am. With more exciting developments planned at this Show, two full floors of exhibitors launching their new, local products and services with selective booking rates, now on offer. 

If you want to hear more about previous exhibitor experiences then listen to our new testimonial podcasts recorded by Andy White from Wire World Media on the 'Exhibit' page today. www.brightonandhovebusinessshow.co.uk/exhibitor-booking.php

Exhibitors also enjoy great enhanced rates when advertising in our new, Brighton and Hove Business Magazine launching April 2010. Contact us today for further information. Email info@brightonandhovebusinessshow.co.uk or call 07854 187412

January news from our Exhibitors

drakes of Brighton

Fanstastic opportunity to taste the award winning menu of drakes restaurant of Brighton. Businesses are being invited to come to a special lunch networking opportunity, midday at drakes, 43-44 Marine Parade, Brighton.

To book your place simply call 01273 696934 - limited places now left.

Speed networking

Sussex Business Bureau will be hosting their very special speed networking evening at The Hilton, Brighton Metropole, Wednesday,   27 January 2010. If you are interested in attending this very special evening, simply either call Paul or Jo on 01273 447111  or view the website www.sussexbusinessbureau.co.uk

COSTS - 'Lunch and Learn' 

Sussex Safer Roads Partnership are operating FREE 'Lunch and Learn' workshops for businesses with employees that drive for work. 

Two types of workshops are available and are presented by an experienced Road Safety or Roads Policing officer.  Company managers, directors, and fleet managers are being encouraged to take part by contacting Keith Baldock on 01273 292258

New Year News from our exhibitors

Cycling safely into the New Year

Millions of pounds of investment in cycling in Brighton and Hove is having a positive result and more people are cycling.  However, in recognition of the fact that cyclists are vulnerable road users, the City Council is working with the Police and Fire and Rescue Service to reinforce safety for cyclists.

The 'Be Bright Be Seen' campaign, took place when the clocks turned back and reminded cyclists of the need to have bike lights and wear reflective/bright clothing. 

The aim is to reduce road casualties and encourage lawful, responsible, considerate riding. The City Council does receive complaints from all types of road users about the behaviour of a minority of cyclists - who sadly taint the reputation of all cyclists.  All road users have a responsibility to be considerate to others using the road and we need to get away from the culture of blaming everybody else.

See next event on our events page.  www.saferroads.gov.uk/costs.html

Welcome to our Winter 2009 News at the Brighton and Hove Business Show

We'd like to thank everyone who helped to make the Brighton and Hove Business 4 November 2009 Show such a busy, vibrant and great business day.

The Business Show was visited in the morning by Mike Weatherley, the Conservative Parliamentary Candidate for Hove and Portslade who met with a number of businesses, organisations and support groups in the event halls, and gave a short address later on stage. www.mikeweatherley.org.uk  The City Mayor, Councillor Ann Norman met with a number of the young start-up businesses and gave a speech about the council's continued support of the Show, during the afternoon.

BM Models www.bmmodels.co.uk  put on the glitz by modelling Wear it to Work's www.wearittowork.co.uk  new range of work wear from the new, Hove based, e-commerce business during the afternoon, on the stage, whilst our fabulous corporate entertainment firms H2oh! www.h2ohentertainment.com and Nameless Events www.namelessevents.co.uk  kept us all entertained with live stage acts during the day.

Photographs from the Show day. Copyright  Anthony Curtis Quick of www.cqphotography.co.uk 

The exhibitors pre-show networking party, held in November

Brighton & Hove glossy magazine, 'You Got Papped'  and many of the Business Show exhibitors met Monday evening, 2 November 2009, enjoying the fabulous hospitality offered by The Grosvenor Casino, Hove, enjoying wine, canapes and a little gaming fun too. A great night enjoyed by many before the Business Show took place a few days later on the Wednesday. See more online pictures of the evening at www.yougotpapped.com/Default.aspx?gal=880  

Brighton and Hove Show Business Awards November 2009 - Sponsored by Barefoot Wine

At The Brighton and Hove Business Show, we like to thank our exhibitors for their high standards of marketing so we have introduced business awards to recognise their efforts. 

November 2009 Winners

Headline sponsor and exhibitor, VisitBrighton.com won the award for the most 'Commercial and Creative Stand' judged by The Creative Director, Andrew Kay of 'The Latest' magazine - www.thelatest.co.uk . Highly commended were the new e-commerce business,  'Wear It To Work'  www.wearittowork.co.uk   and award winning, eco solar power firm, FireFly Solar won the award for the 'Best New Product or Service' judged by Nick Mosley of Brighton Visitor magazine - www.brightonvisitor.com

May 2009 Winner

Tony Murrell from Chauffeur Monkey won the award for the most 'Creative and Commercial Stand' May 2009, judged by The Creative Director, Andrew Kay of 'The Latest' magazine - www.thelatest.co.uk

Cancer Research UK

Ryan Bromley from Cancer Research UK would like to say a huge ‘thank you' to all businesses who provided the fabulous prizes including a huge signed football print from Richard's wonderful collection at   www.footballbananas.co.uk ,  for the raffle, which took place, on the day of the November Show, with some of the lucky winners pictured below. The Brighton and Hove Business Show donated £150.00 on behalf of all the Show team and exhibitors and visitors raised even more on the day totalling £315.00.  

Ryan looks forward to his continued involvement with The Brighton and Hove Business Show during 2010. For more information about how your business can become involved with this worthwhile cause, email Ryan at ryan.bromley@cancer.org.uk

Picture by  Anthony Curtis-Quick - www.cqphotography.co.uk

New Show website

We are pleased that Jan Rust of My Identity Ltd continues his sponsorship and involvement with the brand identity for The Brighton and Hove Business Show which includes the new look, and very user friendly website which was launched Thursday 26 November 2009. We hope this new website provides you with interesting information about our Show and our other events that we now host from time to time.

Business start-ups

Brighton and Hove is infamous for its many new, young start-up companies that it produces each year being one of the largest regions in the UK for businesses start-ups.  A great city, with many well educated graduates in the work force, naturally means we are fortunate to harness quality, new businesses. The Brighton and Hove Business Show positively encourages start-up businesses to raise their visibility by taking Show stands and eventing with us. This new website now has a web page called 'New Business' which is exactly for that, highlighting our previous new start-up exhibitors and also the established companies that can offer new entrepreneurs some quality information too.  

News from our exhibitors

10th Anniversary Stop Smoking Service - South Downs Health NHS Trust

New Year resolution? 

South Downs Health NHS Trust provides a specialist Stop Smoking Service to all smokers who are motivated to stop smoking.

This service is free and provides support in both group and one-to-one settings to help smokers to set a quit date and attend follow-up sessions.

You are four times more likely to stop smoking successfully if you use an NHS Stop Smoking Service.

The service provides specialist support for pregnant women who are smokers, their partners, and parents of young children. Manual workers and others in workplaces across Brighton and Hove, Hospital in-patients and patients awaiting planned surgery. Sessions in community centres across Brighton and Hove.

For more information on sessions or a discussion about how we can help you or people within your business, either call 01273 267397/8 or email stopsmoking@southdowns.nhs.uk 

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