Project Case Studies

VentureFest North East is an annual innovation conference had been scheduled to take place in November 2020 but was pushed back in response to COVID-19 restrictions. They sought an online delivery method to bring together the complex event.  

As the North of Tyne Growth Fund (NTGF) moves into its final year and makes its final push to encourage businesses to take up the support and grants, Mike Baker Senior Project Manager at UMi, reflects on the team's challenges and achievements since launching the scheme in January 2020.

Engineering and Manufacturing Network (EMN), which delivers EMCON, has announced that a Meet The Buyer programme will now be running at the event, which will be held at Rainton Arena, Houghton-le-Spring.

Taking place at the Newham Dockside, the Royal Docks Meet the Buyer event, fully funded by partners London City Airport and Newham London, provides local businesses with the chance to meet major buyers, including those involved in the airport’s transformative £480m development programme.

The event welcomed back a record number of local businesses and SMEs for the second year.

The Scottish Export Awards and International Trade Campaign sponsored by HSBC brings together businesses from across Scotland to recognise and celebrate their entrepreneurial exporting achievements.

88 Scottish exporters entered and 41 were shortlisted for the awards in 2018.

UMi delivered the 2018 Farnborough International Meet the Buyer event which took place on Tuesday 17th and Wednesday 18th July at the new FIVE building in the Pioneer suite located in Hall 1. The event was the most successful to date with 200 delegates in attendance.

UMi, in partnership with Social Enterprise Mark, Inspiring Women Changemakers and the School for Social Entrepreneurs, celebrated the announcement of this year’s Social Entrepreneur Index with an online celebration event on Friday 31 July.

By joining forces with UMi on the prestigious PD Ports Northern Power House Awards and Scottish Export Awards we were able to directly engage with businesses that are committed to success, bringing commercial opportunities directly to them, encouraging building sustainable business relationships with China.