"Are there any green shoots?"
will be held on Thursday
12th November 2009
at Essex Records Office,
Chelmsford 4.30/5pm - 6.30pm.
Addressing the
Essex Property Forum will be:
Michael
Tisshaw MLIA Dip
Development Manager Unity Trust Bank
Funds available for many types of property deals
Mick
McDonagh
Manager for High Chelmer Shopping Centre, Chelmsford and
Chairman of Chelmsford Retailers Association
Plus
Bonus Speaker
To be announced - watch this space!!
Chairman: Maurice Rozario, MDR Developments Ltd
Drinks and Buffet
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Chelmsford Showcase
Designed to show the extent
of activity, support and the extensive range of commercial opportunities
in Chelmsford, the Chelmsford Showcase will be the 'must visit'
event of the year.
Lining up with Global Entrepreneurship
Week (the week of 16th November 2009) it will prove a beneficial
source of information, help and guidance to a range of businesses
from start-up to multi-national and some great networking opportunities.
See: http://www.gew.org.uk/events/chelmsford_showcase
The Chelmsford Showcase will
be staged at the Anglia Ruskin University, Bishops Hall Lane,
Chelmsford, CM1 1SQ with opportunities to attend a series of
informative seminars and visit stand-holders to gain help and
advice from a range of exhibitors representing the private and
public sectors.
One of the biggest and most ambitious
events ever to be held in Chelmsford, the Chelmsford Showcase
will be held over two days on Wednesday 18th & Thursday 19th
November 2009.
Hosted by Chelmsford Borough
Council's Inward Investment, Economy & Growth team in partnership
with the Chelmsford Business Forum and Maldon District Council,
the event will be held at Anglia Ruskin University, Bishops Hall
Lane, Rivermead, Chelmsford. Thanks also go to our main sponsors,
NatWest and to the Chelmsford Partnership for their support in
staging this event.
This free to attend event will
give businesses a fantastic range of help and advice through
a series of seminars and workshops, an exhibition area, great
networking opportunities and other business related events. It
will give an opportunity to visit stand-holders throughout the
two days to gain help and advice from a range of exhibitors representing
the private and public sectors.
The Showcase brings together
a range of organisations offering sound advice on business promotion
and marketing, employment law, tax advice, finance, training,
exporting and many other relevant subjects. There will be over
35 exhibitors and more than 20 seminars and workshops over the
two days. Running alongside will be some major presentations
and plenty of opportunities to network with fellow businesses
and the experts.
A business 'surgery' with advisors
on hand to offer help and to discuss business issues will operate
throughout the two days. Also available throughout the Showcase
will be experts to give guidance on supplying the public sector
and in particular, the 2012 Olympics.
Visits will also be arranged
to see the commercial sites and premises in and around Chelmsford
with an emphasis on opportunities arising over the next few years.
An outstanding opportunity to experience everything Chelmsford
& Maldon has to offer to the business community. Of major
benefit to existing businesses, start-ups and those intending
to expand or relocate here.
Organisations in attendance will
include:
- Natwest (The Showcase main sponsor),
- Chelmsford Borough Council,
- Maldon District Council,
- East of England Development
Agency,
- Mid Essex Enterprise Agency,
- Essex County Council,
- Invest Essex,
- Chelmsford Library Business
Information Service,
- Business Link,
- JobCentre Plus,
- Anglia Ruskin University,
- Chelmsford College,
- Writtle College,
- Chartered Institute of Marketing,
- Federation of Small Businesses,
- Chelmsford Chamber of Commerce,
- Cooperative Bank,
- Wollastons,
- Birkett Long,
- Bird Luckin,
- The Printing Place.
The range of seminars, workshops
and presentations will include:
- An International Competitiveness
event
- A Chelmsford Business Forum
topical event
- EEDA Business Finance Roadshow
- An Inward Investment Presentation
& Tour of commercial opportunities
Seminars on:
- Out-selling your competitors
- Winning words
- Towards recovery
- Making powerful presentations
- Marketing on a shoestring
- Running a business - happily
- Forming a winning pitch
- Ten top tens
- Search engine optimisation
- And many more delivered by experts
and authors.
There will be many opportunities
to network throughout the two days starting with a Federation
of Small Businesses business breakfast event at 8.00am on day
one.
The event has been constructed
to allow guests to pre-book and attend specific seminars, workshops
and presentations and so be flexible in their attendance. However
guests may attend for the entire two day event if desired.
Outline timetable includes;
Wednesday 18th November
- 8.00am: FSB
Breakfast Networking event
- 10.00am: Official
opening by the Mayor of Chelmsford followed by
a
presentation from NatWest's Business Banking
Chairman
on supporting the SME market and access to finance
- 10.00am to 9.00pm: Exhibition
open
- 10.30am to 8.30pm: Series
of presentations, seminars & workshops
- 12.30pm to 1.30pm: Inward
Investment Networking lunch
Thursday 19th November
- 9.00am to 4.30pm: Exhibition
open
- 9.30am to 4.30pm: Series
of presentations, seminars & workshops
- 12.30pm to 2.30pm:
Networking lunch & CBF Open meeting
Detailed timings for seminars,
workshops and presentations will be available on the Chelmsford
Borough Council website: www.chelmsford.gov.uk/showcase where
you will be able to register your attendance.
Details will also be sent to
those registered prior to the event and published in a full prospectus
in October.
Therefore to keep you informed
and help you make the most of the Showcase please register your
interest today on the website or by sending your name, company,
address and telephone number to economy@chelmsford.gov.uk
Alternatively you can fax the
details to 01245 606642, call 01245 606568 or post to: Chelmsford
Borough Council, Inward Investment, Economy & Growth Civic
Centre, Duke Street, Chelmsford, CM1 1JE
CHELMSFORD
- THE FUTURE
Chelmsford could become the regional
centre of eastern England if plans for housing and transport
proposals are approved.
Chelmsford Borough Council have
unveiled a draft development plan document that reveals three
options to the future of the town.
- Option 1 - is based on the objective of seeking
to direct growth to areas where the opportunity to reduce travel
to work distances can be achieved, and where development can
bring forward the necessary social and transportation infrastructure
for the development itself and the wider community.
It proposes two new neighbourhoods to the north of Chelmsford,
to the north-east of Springfield and to the west/north-west of
the Broomfield area. The location of these neighbourhoods has
the key advantage of enabling development to be concentrated
in areas where necessary transportation infrastructure can be
delivered as part of the overall planning approach.
Development to the north-east of Springfield proposes 3,250 new
homes, a Beuliegh Park Railway Station and a north-west by-pass
for Chelmsford.
Whilst development to the west/north-west of Broomfield will
allocate 1,000 new homes to assist with the housing requirements
associated with the future expansion of the hospital, particularly
in the provision of affordable housing for key workers. In addition,
improved infrastructure is required to provide new links directly
into the hospital.
- Option 2 - This option is based on the objective
of seeking to secure a concentrated delivery of new infrastructure
in the north-eastern sector of Chelmsford, whilst also addressing
the existing deficiencies, particularly in the provision of social
and community infrastructure in that area. It proposes a single
major new neighbourhood to accommodate the total Greenfield requirement
of 4,250 new dwellings.
This new neighbourhood would be linked to Beuleigh Park and North
Springfield and would include a significant new neighbourhood
centre, a new Secondary School together with an identical range
of infrastructure requirements outlined in Option 1, to maximise
the benefits derived from a single large development.
- Option 3 - This option is based on the objective
of promoting a wider distribution of the Greenfield housing requirement
across the Borough. This has the objective of providing smaller
urban extensions to the north of Chelmsford, to the north-east
and north-west of the existing urban area, combined with an expansion
to the key villages of Bourne, Danbury and Bicknacre.
In broad terms, the quantity of new development would be split
with 3,000 new dwellings to the north of Chelmsford and 1,250
allocated to the key villages beyond the green belt.
Under this option the required infrastructure improvements are
likely to be more widely spread with an emphasis on securing
local improvements within Chelmsford and rural settlements.
The Borough Council believes
that Option 1 offers the best prospect for achieving a sustainable
pattern of development in the Borough up to 2021 and beyond.
By the creation of two new neighbourhood areas to the north-east
and north-west of the existing urban area of Chelmsford the benefits
that can be secured by the delivery of new social and transportation
infrastructure linked to the new development will be available
to much wider sections of the community than would be the case
with other options, which are likely to achieve more localised
benefits.
It is estimated that the town
will need around 8,000 extra homes, a third of which will be
affordable housing. A further 6,000 properties have already been
built or have approval, meeting the regional demand on Chelmsford
of 14,000 new homes from 2001 to 2021.
Chelmsford Borough Council is
also set to become a pioneer of tariff arrangements, charging
developers specific amounts for each house built in payment for
the required infrastructure. There is only one other council,
Milton Keynes, that is currently pursuing this and the indications
are that this "development tax" is going to be in the
region of £25,000 per dwelling.
The Draft Preferred Options Consultation
Documents has been approved for public consultation concluding
on 20th December 2005. This will be followed by a Site Specific
Consultation Document being published in the Spring of 2006,
identifying the exact locations for the housing development in
the future of Chelmsford. |