Hosted at the Derby Enterprise Centre, Neale Lewis of ActionCOACH has teamed up with Carl Benfield of Prescient Power and the Sustainable Construction iNET to bring you a complimentary seminar “6 steps to a better greener business and building for a brighter future”.  The session will be packed full of great tips on how to really boost your profit line during tough trading times. The 6 steps will focus on your business, so picking up skills such as:-

• Work ON your business instead of IN your business.
• Take immediate control of the time you spend at your business.
• Recruit, motivate, educate and retain exceptional employees.
• Leverage your time to maximise EFFICIENCY and profits.
• Systemise your business to provide consistant, exceptional customer service

plus a whole stack of really good business tools. A light lunch will be served at 12pm with the seminar taking place between 1pm and 4pm, after which further networking opportunites will be available. Neale and Carl will be available to discuss any questions and ideas that you may have & most importantly build a relationship for the FUTURE. For further information and to book your space visit the Sustainable Construction iNet website.

Lincoln University and Oakwell Management Services Limited invite you to attend a Collaborative Sector/Cluster meeting to discuss future sustainability issues. This will be one of the first events to be held at the prestigious new joint Siemens/School of Engineering facility at the Brayford Campus. The agenda will be kept open for general discussion, but debate will be stimulated for the first meeting, based on findings from research into the `hot topics' for Lincolnshire companies.  The theme for the first meeting will be Efficiency in Energy use for SMEs, and Professor Chris Bingham, Professor of Energy Conversion, University of Lincoln will be the guest speaker.  Please confirm by email that you will be able to attend. For more information, and to request a project registration form contact Richard Allarton, Senior Lecturer University of Lincoln, School of Engineering - e-mail rallarton@lincoln.ac.uk

Event Programme 08:30   Registration & opportunity to sign up for a one-to-one clinic session 09:00   Welcome from the Chair 09:15   Introduction from the Sustainable Construction iNet 09:45   FiTs & RHI briefing Peter Searancke, Intelligent Energy Solutions 10:30   Local Case Study David Williams, Intelligent Energy Solutions 11:00   Q&A session 11:30   Networking & Innovation Clinic (pre-booked) 12:30   Event close Intended audience : Construction focussed SMEs operating within the East Midlands region For any further information visit the Sustainable Construction iNet website To book on line, visit http://www.bre.co.uk/eventdetails.jsp?id=5641

Solar PV The solar PV industry has been through a rollercoaster ride from start to change of feed-in tariff. Participants will hear how the company adopted itself to drastic changes and keep the company on a growth track. Local Case Study presented by Freewatt Ltd Freewatt Ltd is Lincolnshire’s first and only bespoke solar PV installer. After initially offering the entire renewable product range of wind turbines, heat pumps and anaerobic digestion the company focussed very early on the solar PV market. With a focus on high quality material throughout the installation process matched by highly skilled personel they were able to attract customers from all directions. Public buildings like schools and universities, housing associations or Lincolnshire Fire & Rescue are customers as well as domestic and commercial buildings. One speciality they have is historic buildings, i.e. churches and Grade 2 listed buildings. The company has a strong ethical background and has developed – with the support of iNet – an education package in reference to solar PV. In close co-operation with Bishop Grosseteste University College this educational package is available not only to schools, but also to public libraries and other educational bodies. Programme : 08:30 Registration & opportunity to sign up for a one-to-one clinic session 09:00 Welcome from the Chair 09:15 Introduction from the Sustainable Construction iNet 09:45 Introduction to Solar PV 10:15 Local Case Study Dirk Terjung, Freewatt 10:45 Q&A session 11:15 Networking & Innovation Clinic (pre-booked) 12:30 Event close Book Online:  http://www.bre.co.uk/eventdetails.jsp?id=5722