Business Events
Made in Chesterfield Business Events
Throughout the month of November Destination Chesterfield has teamed up with a number of partners to promote a range of business events.
The business events programme for Made in Chesterfield is 
sponsored by The University of Derby.
Full details of each event and how to book can be found below.
Free Business Workshop: Maximise the visibility of your website – Organised by Chesterfield Borough Council’s Innovation Support Project and Destination Chesterfield
Thursday 2nd November from 10.00 – 13.00
Tapton Innovation Centre
Search engine optimization (SEO) is the process of affecting the visibility of a website or a web page in a web search engine’s unpaid results.
This workshop is tailored for businesses who want to maximise their online potential with basic SEO techniques, to engage more with customers and see sales improve.
Booking: Find out more and reserve a place
Made in Chesterfield Launch – Organised by Destination Chesterfield
Thursday 2nd November at 18.00 – Barrow Hill Roundhouse
Join us for an evening drinks reception to officially launch Made in Chesterfield 2017 – a celebration of the manufacturing industry in the town. Held at the newly refurbished Barrow Hill Roundhouse, there will be tours of the venue. There will be plenty of time to network with fellow businesses.
Booking: This event is for invited guests and Chesterfield Champions
Derbyshire Times and Destination Chesterfield Round Table – Skills
Wednesday 8th November at 14.30
This month’s Round Table will see businesses discuss skills and training. Panellists will discuss three questions which will produce an article for the Derbyshire Times’ business pages and the Destination Chesterfield website.
Booking: This event is for Chesterfield Champions only – Pre-registration required
Derbyshire Times Business Awards – Manufacturer of the Year – Organised by Derbyshire Times
Thursday 9th November from 19.00
The Derbyshire Times Business Awards is one of Chesterfield’s highest profile award ceremonies and winning one of the awards will say a lot about the quality of your organisation and the strength of your team. The awards attract a wide range of entries from across all sectors from both small and larger organisations. But the winners all have one thing in common – they are truly excellent at what they do.
Booking: Find out more
DIT Masterclass: International e-commerce
Tuesday 14th November from 10.00 – 12.00
Are you an export-ready business looking to sell products to international customers via your website or another platform? If so, this workshop can help you to better understand and identify the sales channels and opportunities available to you.
Designed by a digital specialist, this workshop will enable you to develop your digital skills, raise your global brand presence, and allow you to test new markets with minimal investment. By attending, you will learn how to develop a strategy in the following areas:
• Online Routes to market
A strategic approach towards eMarketplaces means companies can position products in front of international consumers who are on sites where they are confident and from which they are already buying products.
• Identifying Multi-channel and B2B online opportunities
There are a host of other online channels available that can help establish or grow presence in other markets. These include Flash and member sale sites or eMarketplace platforms set up for more traditional B2B and wholesale opportunities.
Booking: Reserve a Place Pre-registration required
D2N2 Support for Innovative Businesses
Wednesday 15th November from 9am-12pm at Commerce House
Is your business innovative?
Does it create and develop new or improved products, new software solutions, improve processes or solve technical problems?
Join Shorts Chartered Accountants’ Innovation Taxes Group, patent attorneys Withers & Rogers, grant specialists FCS Associates and other innovative businesses for a roundtable morning workshop event to understand what support is available to your business, and how it could benefit from it.
Booking: Reserve a Place Pre-registration required
Annual Business and Manufacturing Seminar – Organised by NatWest, Shorts and Banner Jones Solicitors
Thursday 16th November from 08.00
Proact Stadium
Once again, this annual event brings together key speakers from the heart of local business, putting emphasis on the future of manufacturing and business within our region.
The seminar forms the latest in a program of annual events jointly hosted by the Manufacturing and Trade Group, sponsored by Banner Jones Solicitors, NatWest and Shorts. Held alongside Destination Chesterfield’s ‘Made in Chesterfield’ program, this event is open to all businesses owners within the local and Sheffield city region.
Speakers Include:
- Richard Hill, Head of Automotive & Manufacturing at Natwest
- Sebastian Burnside, Senior Economist at RBS Group
Representatives from the following organisations will be exhibiting and will be available to speak to before and after the event:
- NatWest/Lombard Asset Finance
- Banner Jones Solicitors
- Shorts Chartered Accountants
Places are offered free of charge. Space is limited and these events are always well attended; early booking is recommended.
The organisers respectfully request, as spaces are limited, that bank representatives and professionals in practice do not book places at this event.
Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Manufacturing Forum – Organised by Destination Chesterfield in partnership with United Cast Bar and NatWest Bank
Thursday 16th November from 12.30
Casa Hotel
Please note this event is only open to Manufacturing businesses in North Derbyshire, any registrations from non-manufacturing businesses will be cancelled.
As a North Derbyshire manufacturing business we would like to invite to attend the Chesterfield Manufacturing and Engineering Forum at the Casa Hotel on the 16th November from 12.30 – 14.30
Organised by Destination Chesterfield with support from NatWest and United Cast Bar Ltd, the event will welcome a guest speaker to discuss the latest trends in the manufacturing sector. There will be a 2 course lunch as well as a chance to discuss business with your colleagues in the sector.
The forum was launched to give the manufacturing and engineering sector a voice in Chesterfield and Destination Chesterfield wants to develop a programme of activity around awareness raising, interaction with schools and developing skills . Sheffield City Region and D2N2 LEP’s are asking Destination Chesterfield to feed into Growth, Skills and Funding plans. We want to ensure we represent the sectors views and this forum will help shape that.
Only open to manufacturing and engineering businesses. Bookings can be made here.
Digital Trade Advice Clinic – Organised by DIT
Wednesday 22nd November from 10.00 – 17.00
In this digital age, cross border trade has never been easier, and your digital presence means you can now be a global operation via online channels. So whether you’re looking to grow your business internationally, or just starting out but want to have a global approach, there is nothing to stop you from exploiting these digital opportunities.
This 1-2-1 clinic will give you 1 hour of tailored advice based around your specific business, leaving you with a clear idea of how to expand into new markets. You will also learn about any potential barriers you may have to overcome, as well as the best strategies available for growing globally online.
This 1 hour session will be based around your international strategy, potential areas that can be looked at may include:
- Digital Market Selection
- Ecommerce Strategy
- International Traffic Drivers
- Different operating models
- B2B International Lead Generation / Nurturing
- Brand Awareness & Presence
Booking: Reserve a Place Pre-registration required
What makes an Enterprise Secure – Organised by Central Technologies and BRM Solicitors
Thursday 23rd November 2017 from 8.30 – 10.30
Proact Stadium
Central Technology is teaming up with Veeam, Agenci and BRM Solicitors to deliver an event at Chesterfield Football Club aimed at helping businesses prepare for incoming data protection regulations.
Booking: Find out more and book a place
Chesterfield Investment Summit – Organised by Destination Chesterfield, Derbyshire Economic Partnership and Marketing Derby
Thursday 30th November from 08.30
Casa Hotel
The recent government announcement to bring a HS2 rail station to Chesterfield and with over £1 billion of developments on site and more on the way, the Chesterfield Investment Summit will make sure you are on track with the investment opportunities in Chesterfield and North Derbyshire!
As well as the keynote speakers, there will be a networking breakfast, an update on sites across North Derbyshire, exhibitors from key regeneration sites and a question and answer panel with our speakers and local decision makers.
Booking: Book a place
