Ashfield District Council are proud to once again be supporting the Chad Business & Community Excellence Awards and to headline with the Big Thank You Award.
The awards allow local businesses to showcase their work and we are encouraging all businesses to enter.
We are working with partners to invest in our three town centres as well as delivering projects to support businesses across the district. This includes improving skills and education provision with brand new facilities for construction and civil engineering, as well as the flagship project, the ADMC (Automated Manufacturing and Distribution Centre) which will support businesses across the region to develop automation and increase productivity.
The Council’s Business Support Team is here to help businesses wishing to start, grow and improve their productivity. Ashfield’s Education and Skills Partnership is delivering an improvement plan, working together to ensure the District’s recruitment and skills needs are met. UK Shared Prosperity Funding is supporting this work, with over £1 million allocated to provide support to businesses such as workforce development and digital skills training, decarbonisation advice and how to access global markets, and a further £750,000 for skills, including basic life skills, developing collaboration between education and businesses as well as supporting people into new careers. The business support programmes are due to be launched later this summer.
Follow us on LinkedIn and Facebook to keep informed and updated on our services and support for businesses, including information about new grant schemes or contact us via:
business.support@ashfield.gov.uk
We encourage all businesses to enter this year’s awards and wish you the best of luck.
It has been a challenging time for businesses, but over £21million of government business support grants were issued across Ashfield and we have supported businesses as they have reopened providing help and advice around government guidelines.
The Council continues to be committed to offering support to all businesses and as part of this we are supporting greater access to local skills projects and have established a partnership of educational organisations to ensure services meet recruitment and skills needs.
We’ve welcomed a number of new businesses to Ashfield and despite the unprecedented times businesses continue to adapt to meet customer needs.
We encourage all businesses in Ashfield to enter this year’s awards.
Mansfield District Council is proud to sponsor the Chad Business Awards. Our ambition is to create an ambitious, vibrant and confident Mansfield, encouraging businesses to start, grow and prosper for the long-term prosperity of our district. We’re focusing on support, investment and skills to make Mansfield a place to grow thriving businesses.
We aim to support entrepreneurs and businesses to access the help they need to empower their future expansion, exploit opportunities and enable economic recovery. With our support, business leaders can feel confident that we are here to help, and to meet the current and future challenges, making Mansfield the best place to do business, work, live and visit.
Alongside our wider regeneration activity, including major Towns Fund and Levelling Up projects, the Council offers start-up and growing business grants; support to businesses seeking to improve shop fronts and those making vacant retail property improvements; helps find industrial and employment premises; supports those seeking other grants and finance and offers support on any regulatory and planning requirements.
“Building a successful future together”
Nottinghamshire County Council has a vision for a healthier, prosperous, and greener future. To achieve this, an economic transition plan, supported by the Growth, Infrastructure, and Development team, focuses on key areas for success. The team prioritises supporting businesses to adapt and grow, enhancing skills and career opportunities for individuals, revitalising the visitor economy, developing essential transport infrastructure, ensuring reliable digital connectivity, and strategically enhancing the county's assets to attract funding and investment.
By addressing these priorities, Nottinghamshire aims to drive sustainable growth, create employment opportunities, and bring the goals of the council plan to fruition. Working together, the community can shape a brighter future for Nottinghamshire that benefits businesses, individuals, and the overall well-being of the county.
Plastek UK Ltd, part of the global The Plastek Group is positioned as one of the foremost organisations in the business of injection moulding for the plastic packaging industry, offering innovative packaging solutions to multinational FMCG businesses across a variety of sectors including personal care, household, food and beverage, healthcare, pharmaceuticals and cosmetics.
The Plastek Group is focussed on sustainable growth and manufacturing, working alongside its suppliers and customers in a game-changing effort to accurately measure and substantially reduce its carbon footprint and use of virgin resins, and is now leading the way in the sustainable manufacture of plastic consumer packaging.
For more information please visit www.theplastekgroup.com / www.plastekuk.com
Mansfield Building Society is a modern independent building society – a friendly haven for thousands of savers and a versatile lender for those looking to purchase residential or investment property.
As a mutual organisation, run for the benefit of its members, The Mansfield puts people first by offering a diverse and flexible range of mortgage solutions, valuing the loyalty of its existing savers and borrowers, and actively supporting the future development of the local community in which it serves.
Drop into a branch in Mansfield, Sutton, Kirkby or Chesterfield, or find out more at mansfieldbs.co.uk.
‘Nottingham Trent University is delighted to sponsor the Chad business excellence awards. We trace our origins to the Nottingham Government School of Design, established in 1843 to support local manufactures. Our close connections to local industry and commerce are still a vital part of the University’s work, and we are a leading provider of business growth and innovation support from ‘start-up to scale-up’. We work with businesses of all sizes, providing student and graduate talent, supporting continuing professional development and linking academic expertise and world class facilities to companies to support innovation. These awards provide an exciting opportunity to celebrate the achievements of the businesses in Mansfield and Ashfield, which play such a vital role in creating the dynamic and thriving economy that NTU is proud to be a part of.
Find out how we can support your business to Lead the Field: ntu.ac.uk/business
Brays Pipeline is a family-run business that has worked for private and commercial customers in the water services industry for many years.
Founded in 2000 by owner Neil Bray after years of experience in the industry, the opportunity came along to launch his own water service business, and the rest is history, as they say.
Brays is a dedicated, fully experienced team that can repair or renew your property’s burst and damaged water supply pipes, along with an efficient back office team to help field enquiries and general day-to-day business operations.
Mansfield District Council is proud to sponsor the Chad Business Awards. Our ambition is to create an ambitious, vibrant and confident Mansfield, encouraging businesses to start, grow and prosper for the long-term prosperity of our district. We’re focusing on support, investment and skills to make Mansfield a place to grow thriving businesses.
We aim to support entrepreneurs and businesses to access the help they need to empower their future expansion, exploit opportunities and enable economic recovery. With our support, business leaders can feel confident that we are here to help, and to meet the current and future challenges, making Mansfield the best place to do business, work, live and visit.
Alongside our wider regeneration activity, including major Towns Fund and Levelling Up projects, the Council offers start-up and growing business grants; support to businesses seeking to improve shop fronts and those making vacant retail property improvements; helps find industrial and employment premises; supports those seeking other grants and finance and offers support on any regulatory and planning requirements.
Discover Ashfield celebrates all that is best about living, visiting, learning, working and doing business in Ashfield.
Our collective mission:
Promote Ashfield in a positive manner
Develop pride and aspiration in our communities
Encourage and promote inward investment with the support of business and educators
Help people improve their health and wellbeing
Support tourism and the visitor economy
Through the Champions programme we will lobby locally and nationally to improve the prosperity and success of Ashfield
Our partnership has members from a wide range of organisations, including businesses, education, voluntary and community sector and health. We have an exciting Champions programme with opportunities to network with other businesses.
If you have pride in Ashfield and wish to see it prosper and grow then we would love to have you on board. Please contact us via discoverashfield@ashfield.gov.uk
Lashes Foundation
In July 2021, Emma and Lee Wilson devastatingly lost Evie aged 13. Evie brightened up any room she walked into with her beautiful smile, giggle and witty sense of humour. She was a special individual who always put others above herself. The Lashes Foundation was set up to keep Evie's legacy alive, carry on her kindness and help others in the local community – just like she did.
