Broxbourne Business Fair
The Borough
Council held its second business fair for Broxbourne at Wolsey
Hall, Windmill Lane, Cheshunt on Friday 30 May. There were
over 200 attendees, including exhibitors and visitors. There
were forty exhibition stands, from the private, public and
voluntary sectors, including stalls for Borough Council
services.
The event was opened by the Mayor of
Broxbourne, Councillor Mrs Carol Crump-Eynon, and sponsored by
Aldwyck Housing Association, Broxbourne Housing Association,
Barclays Bank, Tesco and Axis magazine.
The purpose of the fair was to increase
prosperity in the Borough by offering advice and information on a
range of topics relevant to local businesses, facilitating business
to business networking, fostering links between the public sector
and the business sector and encouraging residents to think about
starting up their own businesses.
The Olympic Delivery Authority made a
lunchtime presentation on procurement opportunities at the 2012
Olympics for local businesses, including the brokerage service for
buyers throughout the London 2012 supply chain, and potential
suppliers, ‘CompeteFor’. Exhibiting organisations were also
able to take advantage of the networking opportunities which the
fair presented, and exhibitors and visitors were able to listen to
short talks on starting up a business by Business Link, and ‘The
seven main marketing mistakes that most businesses make’ by Andrew
Ludlam, a locally-based independent marketing consultant.
These talks were followed by question and answer
sessions.
Businesses which would like to be kept informed of future events
which aim to improve prosperity and stimulate economic development
in the Borough, including the next business fair, can e-mail their
details to rac.comms@broxbourne.gov.uk
or telephone 01992 785592.