Virtual Schedule 2020

Event	How to book	When	Description
Facebook Live Networking with MENTA	Free to attend, book now	Monday 5 October, 9.30 - 10am	Join us for the launch of the West Suffolk Business Festival 2020 and find out about the week's planned virtual events.
Workplace Training and Skills Roundtable	Suffolk Chamber of Commerce, enquire	Tuesday 6 October, 11 - 12pm	Details TBC
West Suffolk Manufacturing Group	This event is for manufacturing businesses only - enquire	Tuesday 6 October, 2- 4pm	The West Suffolk Manufacturing Group is a business led network that meets quarterly to share news, examples of best practice and industry knowledge to drive and champion sector-led growth in West Suffolk.
Beautiful Minds, Uncovering Hidden Talents	Free to book from University of Suffolk	Wednesday 7 October, 12.15 - 12.45pm	A virtual Lunch n Learn session designed to raise awareness about Specific Learning Difficulties for both employers and potential employees
Facebook Live Networking with MENTA	Free to attend, book now	Thursday 8 October, 9.30 - 10am	These events provide a great opportunity for businesses to network informally, hear business insights from our special guest speaker and make new contacts.
Activate: Start a business using the LEAN start up method	Free to book from Hethel Innovation	Thursday 8 October, 10 - 11am	Have you got an idea you want to turn into a reality? Using the Lean Startup Method, make it happen quicker, cheaper and more effectively
Exploring Pathways to Growth Virtual Roundtable	Free to book from New Anglia Growth Hub	Friday 9 October, 10am - 12.30pm	Details TBC
Support for Employers: Government Funding, Training Initiatives and Skills Development	Free to book from West Suffolk College and CBI	Friday 9 October, starts at 10.30	We welcome you to join this FREE webinar where you will hear the latest information on Government support and training initiatives to support employers

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This information is correct as of 22 September 2020, please check website for any additional information.

Key Business Locations

Bury St Edmunds

Bury St Edmunds is an attractive, unspoilt historic market town, centrally placed in the East of England. The A14 connects the town to the UK and the major port of Felixstowe, and Stansted and Norwich international airports only 50 miles away. It has a diverse range of businesses and employers spread throughout the town, as well as 12 business parks and industrial estates. The town's future business growth will primarily be focused at Suffolk Business Park which is 68 hectares of allocated employment land on the eastern side of Bury St Edmunds.

The town has maintained a strong trading position and benefited from £100 million of inward investment in the form of the arc, a stunning extension to the retail core of Bury St Edmunds that opened 5 years ago and moved the town into the top 150 retail rankings.

Haverhill

Haverhill was originally a Victorian manufacturing town and is the fourth largest town in Suffolk. Its proximity to Cambridge has enabled the town to attract interest from high-tech and pharmaceutical businesses in recent years. Haverhill sits just 18 miles from Cambridge,21 miles from Stansted Airport and is the UK's bulk manufacturing base of Sanofi as well as Sigma Aldrich, Culina and International Flavours and Fragrances.

Haverhill is well and truly open for business with a number of business parks and industrial estates. The town's future business growth will be focused at Haverhill Business Park and Haverhill Research Park.

Newmarket

Newmarket, famous globally as the international home of horseracing, has one of the largest groups of horseracing yards, trainers and international bio-science related firms in the world. Sitting on the A14, Newmarket is just 18 miles from Cambridge and 33 miles from Stansted Airport.

In recent years Newmarket’s close proximity to Cambridge, as well as its expertise in the bio-science sector, has attracted hi-tech business alongside advanced engineering, manufacturing and service-related industries.

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