Making a Difference in Business - 25 March 2009 - Exhibitors    


Media Partner - BusinessZone.co.uk

BusinessZone.co.uk's editor will be attending on the night and looking for some interesting entrepreneurs to speak to.  

BusinessZone.co.uk is the leading online community for owners and managers of small to medium sized businesses, providing free resources including a highly interactive forum for debate, networking and knowledge sharing with fellow professionals.  

You can register free at BusinessZone.co.uk and also check out UKBusinessForums.co.uk, the most active SME forum in the UK, providing reach to over 37,000 members.  Small business owners can network with other small business owners and find new contacts.



The Learning Launchpad

The team from the Learning Launchpad are on the lookout for passionate, competent individuals (or even better, teams) with ground-breaking ideas to solve problems facing young people so get ready to talk to them on the night.

They offer funding, support and incubation for start-up organisations, so if you have a great idea to get off the ground look at the website and get writing your application - the next deadline is March 31st 2009.

The Learning Launchpad is a fund delivered by the Young Foundation working in partnership with Edge to enable young people, whatever their background, to achieve their potential.



UnLtd

UnLtd supports social entrepreneurs - people with vision, drive, commitment and passion who want to change the world for the better.

  They do this by providing a complete package of funding and support, to help these individuals make their ideas a reality - and you can find out more on the night.  See also UnLtd




Bates, Wells & Braithwaite

Bates, Wells & Braithwaite is widely regarded as one of the leading social enterprise law firms in the country and is passionate about working with and for the sector. 

They act for a large number of social enterprises, from national and international organisations to start-ups.  They can advise and assist on: legal forms, including joint working and partnership arrangements; financial arrangements; intellectual property; property; employment; immigration and dispute resolution.  For more information, see www.bwbllp.com





Opportunity International

Opportunity International empowers people in developing countries with microfinance - small loans, business training, savings and micro insurance - so that they can work their own way out of poverty. 

Micro loans enable poor entrepreneurs to develop a business, providing an income, dignity of work and hope for the future.  85% of our clients are women.  98% of loans are repaid.  Find out more at www.opportunity.org.uk




Fifteen

Fifteen's purpose is two-fold: firstly to offer young people, often in need of a break, the experience of learning to work in the restaurant business and secondly, for our customers to enjoy fantastic food and knowledgeable customer service.

The restaurant is the trading arm of a registered charity, Fifteen Foundation, and all its profits go towards a pioneering restaurant apprenticeship scheme.  

Fifteen are offering all event delegates a £10 dining voucher.   For more information on Fifteen or to reserve a table, see www.fifteen.net





Eat Your Cake

Can you have your cake and eat it?  Of course you can, says Azita Qadri, MD of Eat Your Cake!

Eat Your Cake is an agency that specialises in helping business professionals to get the most out of work and life.  

They help start-ups recruit high calibre part-time talent to join the team.  Their candidates generally have at least ten years experience in their field, whether it's marketing, business development, finance or PR and they have candidates from a wide range of industry sectors.

With their start-up clients, they work on a quarterly basis to allow maximum control over cash flow.  Check them out on www.eatyourcake.co.uk

Azita and her colleague will attend on the night so get your questions ready for them.



ngo.media

ngo.media is the leading editorial, copywriting, publications and training agency working only with charities, socially driven organisations and ethical businesses.

The team from ngo.media will be in the audience to answer any communications questions you have.