Events

Upcoming Events in 2020

Please see below for upcoming dates for 2020. Subscribe for free here to receive updates and invites directly.

• Thursday 8th October – Climate Emergency – a business challenge or opportunity?
• Friday 6th November – Leicester Business Festival event
• December tbc – Social
• Thursday 28th January 2021- Burns Night 2021, Leicestershire County Cricket Club

Beer, Carols and Pies

When: Tuesday 17 December 2019, 6pm-8pm
Where: The Exchange Bar (opposite The Curve), Leicester

Have a drink, sing some carols (with brass ensemble supported by the Church of the Martyrs), and eat a pie or two.

We’ll also be raising some funds for Give Leicester to support local rough sleepers.

Entry is free (beer and pies are not!) but you will need to book your place on Eventbrite.

LBV Burns Night 2020

When: Thursday 30 January 2020
Where: Leicestershire County Cricket Club, Fischer County Ground, Grace Road, Leicester, LE2 8EB

£45* a head for LBV members and their guests (£60* per head for others) for a four course traditional Burns supper, with Scottish Piper and all the trimmings!

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Science, Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Leicester Business Festival

When: 31 October 2019
Where: Curve Theatre, 60 Rutland Street, Leicester, LE1 1SB

Leicester Business Voice (LBV) and the University of Leicester are pleased to host another joint event during the Leicester Business Festival. This year we are putting a spotlight on Science and Innovation based entrepreneurship.

Successful Leicestershire-based entrepreneurs will provide insights into how they have/are utilising science and innovation to inform their business plan, secure grant funding, gain higher profiles and competitive advantage to grow their business.

Delegates will hear from at least two successful Leicestershire businesses about the value they place on science and innovation, and why. Plus, they will gain an overview on some of the innovation support available for businesses.

The presentations are aimed at entrepreneurs, business owners (pre start-up, early sage and established) and professionals (accountants, solicitors, bank managers…)

Guests will benefit from targeted networking with LBV members and learn how to access science and innovation support.

Agenda:
07.45 Registration, breakfast and networking
08.00 Welcome and introductions – Roger Merchant, LBC and David Ross, Curve Theatre
08.15 On-farm crypto asset creation to secure micro-finance loans to small scale farmers – Edmund Bell-King, Zip Energy
08.30 Innovative Technology Enabled Care – Rajen Thanki, Parent Monitor and Dr Martine Hamman, First Age Together/University of Leicester
09.00 Science and innovation support in Leicestershire – Anjuu Trevedi, University of Leicester
09.10 Panel Q&A and networking
09.30 Close

September meetup – State of the Economy: an Overview from the Bank of England

When: 17th September, 2019, 12pm-2pm
Where: University of Leicester's Innovation Hub

Rosie will give an overview of the UK economy from the Bank of England’s perspective, especially pertinent in these uncertain times, providing LBV members and guests a chance to ask questions, seek her views on the economy and gain new insights on how we might prepare and plan for the coming year.

The State of the Economy: an Overview from the Bank of England provides a great opportunity for LBV members and guests to benefit from the latest information and insights on business optimism, uncertainty, investment levels.

The same intelligence the Bank of England uses to understand and monitor the state of the UK economy and to set interest rates.
By attending this event, which is free for LBV members, guests will gain targeted networking with other members including professionals, universities and entrepreneurial successful businesses. They will pick up new information and useful insights from Rosie Smith.

Draft agenda:
12:00 Registration, Networking and Lunch
12:30 Welcome
12:35 Rosie Smith, Bank of England Agent
13:00 Q&A
13:15 Closing Remarks
13:20 Networking
14:00 Close

The event is free to LBV members and £15* to non-members. Book your place on Eventbrite.
*Plus £1.67 booking fee