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NISP is an innovative FREE business opportunity programme that delivers bottom line benefits for businesses whilst generating positive outcomes for the environment and society. Put simply, our vision is to change the way business thinks. Operating at the forefront of industrial symbiosis thinking and practice, the programme helps companies take a fresh look at their resources. NISP has more than 8000 industrial member companies through the UK including multi-million pound internationals such as Lafarge Cement and Corus through to SME’s and single operators. The programme is delivered at regional level across the UK. Since April 2005, NISP has saved businesses £70m, generated £100m in additional sales and diverted over 1.7m tonnes of industrial waste.

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Lunchtime networking on the second Wednesday of every month (except August)at View from the Top Gallery, above Waterstone’s, in the city centre. The network brings together women running businesses to support each other, buy and sell, learn something and to explore ways of working collaboratively. “My top choice from the networking I do - I’ve had more leads from this group than any other networking groups I attend.” All women welcome. £10 members/£15 non-members including lunch

“SIFE is a not for profit organisation active in over 1,800 universities in 47 countries” (www.sifeuk.org). The Nottingham Trent University’s team will be going into 3 schools during enterprise week, along with many other projects we run throughout the year, and running “Enterprise Days”. These day long events will start off with getting the school and sixth form students that we will be working with into teams for a business game. This game is called YOMP and it simulates the setting up of a business by giving the students a series of tasks that need to be completed and they discuss its level of priority over a 5 year long term plan. After using this as an ice breaker we will move into giving the students a simple Belbin Test. This is designed to show the students what role within a team their behaviour best suits them to. Relating this back to their YOMP team game experiences will give the students some confirmation of this. We will end the day with some short workshops on how to create an eye catching and fluent CV and some basic interview skills. This will enable them to enter the job market once they …

Online community and networking for business women and female business owners from Nottingham and the East Midlands. Women in business and female entrepreneurs are welcome to create a free profile at www.womengetsmart.co.uk. They can promote their own events and find out about other events for business women in the region, as well as join in Smart Women networking and showcase events.