The Sheffield Business Event
By Business / For Business
SheffEX17 took place on 1st November 2017 at the Royal Victoria Holiday Inn
SheffEX18 is in planning
SheffEXpress Local Business News
Tuffnells relocate to bigger Sheffield distribution premises
Tuffnells has relocated its main distribution centre to a purpose-built facility at Europa Close, Sheffield. Operating a fleet of over 900 vehicles, Tuffnells offers a range of services including a pre-9.30am service a service to 26 European...
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Merger creates new labelmaking force
Sheffield's IML Labels & Systems, Longcombe Labels and Leed Marque Concepts have merged their businesses to create Dura-ID Solutions. The deal has created a combined company able to offer a larger selection of products, with a larger...
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FW Capital investments in Northern Powerhouse hit £10 million
The total value of investments made from the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund (NPIF) by fund manager FW Capital has passed the £10 million mark in less than a year. In February 2017 when the British Business Bank launched NPIF, FW Capital...
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ITM Power and Shell join forces to build a new hydrogen electrolysis plant
Shell and ITM Power will build the world’s largest hydrogen electrolysis plant at Rhineland refinery, Germany. With a peak capacity of 10 megawatts the hydrogen will be used for the processing and upgrading of products at the refinery’s...
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Wake Smith celebrates £100m of corporate deals
Sheffield’s Wake Smith Solicitors corporate team completed deals worth a cumulative value of more than £100m in 2017 - for the first time in its 200 year history. Highlights included the sale of shares in Spencer Coatings Group Limited, the...
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Canadians acquire Burgon and Ball
Historic Sheffield company Burgon & Ball Limited has been acquired by Canadian based Venanpri Group. Burgon & Ball can trace its roots back to 1730 and manufacturers premium gardening, agricultural and giftware products. Cristobal...
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Regional 2017 Q4 business survey results released
Regional business survey shows a somewhat subdued picture over the last three months but business confidence remains solid. The latest results of the Quarterly Economic Survey for the Sheffield City Region suggest that despite a somewhat subdued picture...
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A peek into McLaren’s new production centre
A key milestone was marked today at the Yorkshire manufacturing centre that from 2019 will start producing carbon fibre tubs for McLaren Automotive, the British creator of luxury sportscars and supercars. As darkness descended at the £50million McLaren...
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Azzure IT secure £2m of funding
Azzure IT, one of the North’s fastest growing small tech firms has received £2.0million funding from part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund, to allow it to continue its rapid growth. This significant investment marks the single largest...
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Jayne Rogers of Google
Dr Jayne Rogers is a Google Garage trainer and her two talks at SheffEX will give you insights direct from the global search engine to help you place your own online presence in front of the right people for your business. Tell Your Story Online The first...
Paddy Limb of the Business Doctors
If you are looking to maximise the return from your business, as well as spend less time in the day to day running of it, then this seminar is for you. Discover how to build your business into a valuable sellable asset and find out how to get more freedom...
Johnny Pawlik of Mantra Media
www.mantrahq.com In this seminar, Johnny Pawlik will be addressing how social media can influence positive social change when used for benevolent purposes. He will illustrate how his international agency, Mantra Media Ltd has used social media to bring...
Lucinda White of Pure Awards Creative
www.pureawardscreative.com Lucinda is a professional award writer who brings a wealth of knowledge and skill in this area of specialist and niche marketing. For the last 7 years, Lucinda has worked with multi-million pound companies, SMEs and individual entrepreneurs...
Aaron Yahaya, Resilience. Your Hidden Secret Weapon
For the past 20 years, Aaron has run and created multiple 6 figure business across multiple business sectors and on more than one continent. Having been through various ups and downs, He will be sharing the often untapped pool that lies within each of us and his...
Billal Jami CEO of The Public Speaking Academy
www.publicspeakingacademy.co.uk "Home to world class communication training" Being a persuasive communicator is top 5 business skill. Whether you're a new start up or industry leader you can not build real momentum without sharing your message with many. Billal Jamil...
Stuart Oakes of Stroma
www.stroma.com Since 2012, Stroma has been at the forefront of developing mobile software solutions which can be easily configured to any industry, quickly and cost effectively. Everyone’s mobile, Everyone’s talking about “Data” big or otherwise. How could mobile data...
Pete Thornton-Smith – Inspirational Quality Management Specialist at the 9001 Support Centre
A step-by-step guide to transition your ISO standard The clock is ticking in that September 2018 is the deadline to move your 9001, 14001 and 9100 certification across to the new standard – and what’s the betting most companies will leave it till the last minute!...
Reece Richiardi of Power In Property
Reece is an international speaker and award winning entrepreneur. Having failed at trying to become a footballer in his youth, Reece turned his attention to business at a young age. Having found a strong mentor to guide him, he was able to achieve some amazing...