It has been a year of great change, both nationally and closer to home. At a time when the EU referendum result has signalled a new direction for the UK, Sheffield has been forging ahead with its plans to accelerate the economy of the country’s fourth largest city.
Finance For Enterprise Investment Manager Terry Woodhouse has been awarded the Spotlight Award at the 2016 Start Up Loans Conference held in London.
Photo: Sam and Tom with their coffee in Pollards Roastery in Sheffield.
There’s no better feeling than sipping a freshly brewed cup of coffee on a morning, knowing that you are helping to support the lives of the people that grow and produce it. Speaking to Tom Ramsay, Managing Director of Twin Café, we learn about how this Sheffield social enterprise came about and why if you haven’t tried Twin Café yet, you really need to.
Photo credit: Matt Hill (Project Co-ordinator, Union St) and Chris Hale (BBC Masterchef Quarterfinalist)
Sitting downstairs in the pop-up café of Union St, Sheffield's very own city centre co-working space, Matt and I chat over freshly brewed coffee, roasted by one of the start-ups currently hosted here.
It's a busy morning. There's a yoga session running on the first floor, entrepreneurs at work on the second floor and preparation underway for Monday's pop-up café launch downstairs.
The Global Village Market returns to Sheffield with an array of traders from across the world.
Businesses will have the chance to learn about what Sheffield and the wider region has to offer at a day event of city tours hosted by The Year of the Making Sheffield 2016 and affiliated partners, on Tuesday 15th November.
Image: Steve Rimmer on the right and the rest of the Party For The People team
30 year old Sheffield-born Steve is one of those people you meet and can’t help but wonder how on earth he has managed to fit so much in, in what is quite conceivably, only the very start of his career.
Picture caption: Emma Chidlaw of Unita Maintain, with Griselda Togobo, MD of Forward Ladies
Emma Chidlaw who sits at the helm of a Sheffield company, set to turn over £6.5million in its fifth year, has been named one of the north’s top businesswomen.
We speak to James Wilson, Business Growth Advisor at Creative Sheffield, on supporting the Offset Conference by holding a panel session: ‘Nurturing a Creative Business’ .
Creative Sheffield is pleased to be supporting the Offset Conference in Sheffield on the Second Stage at 15:45 on Friday. It is a great coup for the city to be selected as the location for this prestigious event and a testament to the quality of design and creativity that exists in the city.
