Focus Consultants presents donation to Lincolnshire Autistic Society

Janet Corcoran receives donation for Lincolnshire Autistic Society

An annual charity golf day and raffle staged by Focus Consultants has raised £250 for Lincolnshire Autistic Society.

Players at the Belton Park Golf Club event near Grantham in Lincolnshire included representatives from private and public sector organisations.

The event featured a number of prizes for achievements including longest drive and nearest the pin, as well as a fund-raising raffle.

Pictured is Trevor Newton, partner for the Lincolnshire offices of Focus, presenting the donation to Janet Corcoran, secretary of Lincolnshire Autistic Society, who said: “We are very grateful for the support of Focus Consultants and would like to thank all those who took part in the charity golf day, and Focus for choosing us as the nominated charity.”

Lincolnshire Autistic Society, based at Donington, near Spalding in Lincolnshire, was set up more than 30 years ago and supports individuals and parents, as well as working with and advising statutory bodies and other organisations across the county.

Trevor Newton, who organised the annual tournament, said: “The charity Golf Day has become a regular event on the calendar for Focus Consultants and we are pleased that a number of clients and associates were able to join us and help us to raise money for Lincolnshire Autistic Society – a deserving local good cause.”

Focus, which is based in Nottingham, has offices in Boston and Aubourn in Lincolnshire, as well as in Leicester and London.

It offers services to the property and construction industry, including building surveying, contract administration, party wall surveying, clerk of works, quantity surveying, project management, CDM services and BREEAM assessments, as well as energy calculations and modelling. 

The company also specialises in funding and economic development including area regeneration strategies, funding applications, economic impact appraisals, business plans, and research and evaluation. Since 1994 Focus has secured for clients more than £953 million of grants for projects and businesses across the UK and delivered more than £1.3 billion worth of projects and programmes – making it one of the most successful businesses of its kind in the country.

For more details about Focus Consultants, visit www.focus-consultants.co.uk  

For more details about Lincolnshire Autistic Society, visit www.lincolnshireautisticsociety.org.uk or contact the helpline on 01775 821213.

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Food and Drink iNet business support bus rolls into Lincolnshire

Food and drink firms in South Lincolnshire are being invited to climb aboard a business support bus when it rolls into town - and discover new routes to success.

The Food and Drink iNet outreach bus will be at Springfields Outlet Shopping Centre, Spalding, on July 20th between 10am and 4pm.

On board will be business advisors from the Food and Drink iNet and the Sustainable Construction iNet, who will be able to offer free innovation advice and guidance.

As well as signposting firms to the help and support that’s available for businesses in the area from the iNets, they will also be highlighting opportunities such as CompeteFor, which is a free service that enables businesses to compete for contract opportunities linked to the London 2012 Games and other major public and private sector buying organisations. Other programmes that will come under the spotlight are Angle Plc, the Wash Fen Programme and Select Lincolnshire.

“The outreach bus is a really handy way for us to get out onto the road to spread the message about the iNets and the free innovation support that the iNet business advisors can offer,” said Rachel Linstead, Lincolnshire Business Advisor for the Food and Drink iNet. “We will also be promoting additional business support that’s available in the area, and showing firms how easy it is to register for CompeteFor, which could be the first step towards them getting involved in supplying food and drink for the 2012 Olympics.

“That could prove to be a massive opportunity for food and drink firms in Lincolnshire.”

The roadshow event coincides with the South Holland Food Festival, which runs from 19th July to 15th August 2010.

Businesses working in the food and drink sector, the construction sector and in other areas are encouraged to drop in to the outreach bus during the visit to Lincolnshire on July 20th.

Funded by East Midlands Development Agency (emda) and the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), the Food and Drink iNet co-ordinates innovation support for businesses, universities and individuals working in the food and drink sector in the East Midlands. One of four iNets, it strives to develop an effective network to encourage the collaboration of academic expertise and knowledge, and local food and drink business innovation needs.

It aims to build on the tradition of innovation in the food and drink industry in the region by helping to create opportunities to develop knowledge and skills, and to help research, develop and implement new products, markets, services and processes.

During the initial two-year phase of the Food and Drink iNet, more than 300 businesses in the region were supported, grants were given to 57 firms, and funding was provided for nine university collaboration projects. It also ran a successful series of events that attracted more than 650 delegates from 150 businesses to look at some of the key industry issues, as well as staging three best practice factory visits.

Now the second phase of the Food and Drink iNet has begun and there are plans to build on the work that’s already been achieved in supporting food and drink manufacturers in the East Midlands.

The Food and Drink iNet is managed by a consortium, led by the Food & Drink Forum and including Food Processing Faraday, Nottingham Trent University, the University of Lincoln, and the University of Nottingham. It is based at Southglade Food Park, Nottingham, with advisors covering the East Midlands region.

For more information visit www.eminnovation.org.uk