Business South News - Issue 11 Winter 2014

Business South

Issue 11 • Winter 2014News

Thousands of people across the South areemployed in the health and social care sector in ourhospitals, GP surgeries, care homes and workingin the community. They are at the sharp end whenit comes to dealing with an increased instance ofchronic illness, the effects of obesity, over-relianceon alcohol and an ageing population.

Hardly a day passes without health being in theheadlines and closer to home the issues aired on thenational news are a reality for our health providers.

Fiona Dalton, the new CEO at University HospitalSouthampton (UHS), may only have been in posta relatively short time but her blog reveals she isacutely aware of the winter pressures.

“So far I have been Chief Executive here for threeweeks and we have been on ‘black alert’ for bedpressures every one of those weeks. Every week,I have been acutely aware of what this means forour patients - those that come in as emergenciesand spend too long waiting to get to a ward, andthose that need elective care and whose operationsare cancelled.

“One of the consequences of these pressures

is that we are currently failing the EmergencyDepartment four hour target. I am absolutely clearthat our objective is safe and high quality care forour patients and the four hour target is one ofthe useful tests of whether we are achieving this.However it is not the objective in itself,” she said.

To improve the situation for patients and achievethe four hour target, UHS is creating more beds. Twonew wards will open over the next three months andfour more intensive care beds will be available thiswinter to help care for the sickest patients.

In our exclusive interview with Ursula Ward, thewoman in charge of the £450m budget to runQA Hospital in Portsmouth, she talks about thefinancial pressures and the innovative ways theyare developing to generate more income (seepages 10-11).

“As well as providing clinical services we alreadyhave a pharmacy and manufacturing distributionunit off site which generates £2m a year supplyingthis hospital and other NHS providers.

“We are also looking at expanding nichemarkets and developing selective expertise in

HEALTH is set to be high on the agenda in 2014 with providersacross the region feeling the impact of a system under pressure.

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A FingeronthePulsefor2014

areas such as robotic surgery and laparoscopictraining centres,” she said.

With so much focus on health, Business South hasdecided to host a major conference in 2014 entitled‘The Health of the Region.’

Business South Editor, Kate Thompson andChampion Manager Leigh-Sara Timberlake have beenmeeting with experts from public health, the NHS, carecommissioning groups, regional health bodies andprivate providers to identify the issues we are facing.

“It has been a fascinating journey so far. We arekeen to stage an event that will highlight the healthissues of the region and how the business audiencecan play their role.

“We’ve all heard the headlines about the complexchanges in health provision and the issues facing theNHS. We want to clarify what is happening in ourregion and showcase the areas of expertise we haveon our doorstep,” explained Kate.

A new Health Action Group will be launchedat the conference bringing business leadersaround the table from the NHS, private andvoluntary sectors.

WelcomeWelcome to the Winteredition of the BusinessSouth magazine givingyou an update on thework of Business South,the Champions andnews from the region.In this edition we put thespotlight on key sectorsin the South including

Maritime & Marine, Construction, Healthcare, Arts& Culture and Technology. There are also interviewswith Ursula Ward, Chief Executive of PortsmouthHospitals NHS Trust as well as Sam Hodges, thenew CEO and Creative Director of Nuffield Theatre.This edition also includes a special feature relating tothe key, high-profile businesswomen in the region.

Rod JacksonChairman, Business South

@BizSouth facebook.com/BizSouth

www.businesssouth.org

Contents2-5 Business South News6-7 Maritime & Marine8-9 Development & Construction10-11 Healthcare12-13 Women on Top14-15 Arts & Culture16-17 Digital & Technology18-19 The Big Interview20 Education21 LEP Roundup22 Event Photo Gallery23 Upcoming Events

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Business SouthBusiness South is a business engagement organisation whichconnects leading employers to drive economic growth in theSouth. Organisations, known as Champions, influence theagenda and support the work of Business South as together weaim to make the region the best place to work, invest, study,live and enjoy.

Action Groups & Alliances:Digital Solent, Future Southampton, Olympics LegacySouthampton, Solent Logistics, Solent Maritime, SolentInternational Business Alliance, Marketing Southampton, SolentIndia Business Network, Sustainable Solent, Inward Investment,Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering.

Business South, Ocean Village Innovation Centre, Ocean VillageSouthampton, Hampshire SO14 3JZ,T: 0844 225 3130 F: 0844 225 3132 E: [email protected]

At a GlanceUniversity of Southampton HospitalNHS Foundation Trust:Provides services to 1.3m people living inSouthampton and South Hampshire plus specialistservices such as neurosciences, cardiac servicesand children’s intensive care to more than 3million people in central southern England.

The Royal Bournemouth andChristchurch Hospitals NHSFoundation Trust:Provide health care for the residents of Bournemouth,Christchurch, East Dorset and part of the New Forestwith a total population of around 550,000, whichrises during the summer months. Some specialistservices cover a wider catchment area, includingPoole, the Purbecks and South Wiltshire.

QA Hospital, Portsmouth:The ‘Emergency Department’ at Queen AlexandraHospital is one of the busiest in the UK treatingin excess of 132,000 patients each year. Similarlymaternity services are responsible for the delivery ofaround 6,300 births per year, making it one of thelargest maternity services on the south coast.

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the key, high-profile businesswomen in the region.

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Back row (L-R): Trevor Thorne, Director of Marketing and Communications & Professor John Chudley, Dean ofthe Maritime and Technology Faculty, Southampton Solent University; Andy Hair, Director Warsash MaritimeAcademy, Southampton Solent University; Dave Lees, Managing Director, Southampton Airport; Nathan Bailey,Marketing & Communications Manager, Business South; Professor John Millican Co-Chair, Solent Maritime BoardFront row: Professor Mike Wilkinson, Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Sally Lynskey, Chief Executive of Business South”

A New Partnership to Drivethe Region’s EconomyA new partnership between SouthamptonSolent University and Business South is set tobenefit students, graduates, the region’s businesscommunity and the city.

Professor Mike Wilkinson, Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Solent University and Sally Lynskey,Chief Executive of Business South, formallyrecognised the enterprising new partnership at anofficial signing at the Solent Maritime Conferencein October 2013.

Through the partnership accord, both Solent andBusiness South have agreed to an annual actionplan that includes: developing a comprehensiveunderstanding of the regional labour market andinward investment opportunities; establishingsector groups that reflect the core and nicheindustries of the region; and the creation of acollaborative business-facing brokerage service forstaff development needs.

On signing the partnership agreement, SallyLynskey, Chief Executive of Business South, said:“We are delighted to be formalising our work withSouthampton Solent University in this way.

“We see it as an opportunity to identify newways we can work together that will benefit the

University and Business South Champions. Byworking together we can achieve so much more.”

This is the latest in a series of partnership accordsthat the university has signed with regionaleducation and business organisations including:B&Q, The Ageas Bowl and Brockenhurst College.

“Recent reports highlight the important role thatuniversities play in stimulating economic growth.By continuing to work closely with education,industry and business engagement organisations,such as Business South, we aim to help driveeconomic growth both regionally and nationally,”says Professor Mike Wilkinson, Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Southampton Solent University

“Our partnerships with key regional stakeholdersenable us to continue to provide innovative,flexible, and professionally-focused courses thatproduce industry-ready graduates and tailoredtraining programmes that meet industry demand.”

Find out more about what this new partnershipwill mean for business in the region in anexclusive interview with Mike Wilkinson,Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Southampton

Solent University, on page 20.

Chair of the Southampton Health and Well-being board and Portfolio holder for Healthand Social Care at Southampton City Council,Councillor Dave Shields welcomed the initiative.

“I am especially taken with the notion thatthis seeks to involve care providers fromthe NHS, independent, voluntary and localgovernment sectors as I feel that a forumproviding a voice for all local care providersdoes not really exist at present,” he said.

Kate explained the aim of the Action Groupwould be to tackle a number of key projects onan annual basis and provide a forum wherebyinformation can be shared and disseminated toa business audience.

Sally Lynskey, CEO of Business South, said:“We have been aware for sometime of thegrowing influence of this sector.

“QA Hospital is the second largest employerin Portsmouth and in Southampton UHS has9,500 staff providing services that cost £1.6ma day.

“Business South is looking forward tochampioning the health sector, seeing how wecan support our health providers and togetherimprove the health of our region,” she said.

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The aim of the event was to highlight the hugepotential Dorset has to welcome new businessesand develop new ways of working that play to thecounty’s strengths.

A wide ranging debate covered everything from thework of the Dorset LEP, major developments takingplace in Bournemouth as a result of a multi-millionpound public/private partnership, the huge potentialfor business tourism and the opportunity to buildon the region’s reputation for producing amazingcreative talent.

David Ford, Chairman of Digital Dorset, said therewas massive potential for Dorset to build a world classreputation by harnessing the creativity coming out ofthe region.

He said there was already a vibrant digital economywith digital agencies taking root and the potential formore film production and post-production to happenin Dorset.

Silicon South was a brand he wanted everyone tochampion, he said.

“We want to create a social movement that everyonecan be involved in – there is no reason why we can’thave large corporate brands coming to the region.

“We will be promoting Dorset as a digital hub andSilicon South will be the means to get our message outto the rest of the world,” he said.

Chairman of the Dorset LEP Gordon Page, said: “Wewant the word to get out that Dorset is a good placeto do business.

“We need to make Dorset more competitive bysupporting existing businesses and welcomingnew ones.”

He said the whole of Dorset would be broadbandconnected by the end of 2016 and the Dorset LEP wascommitted to a five year skills plan.

Rob Mitchell, Director at AFC Bournemouth, saidthey were keen to engage with the broader businesscommunity and that was why they were happy tobecome Business South Champions.

“We want to unite with business leaders to influenceand engage,” he said.

Bill Cotton, Executive Director for Environmentand Economy at Bournemouth Borough Council,highlighted many of the opportunities they wereactively exploring.

A future focus will be to invest in the seafront andcreate a better link between the gardens and the pierapproach, he said.

Duncan Johnson, Director of the BournemouthDevelopment Company, explained how the public/private partnership between Bournemouth BoroughCouncil and Morgan Sindall was transforming key sitesin the town centre.

The groundbreaking asset-backed vehicle they haveset up together is designed to unlock 17 developmentsites – the council’s contribution is the land andMorgan Sindall have put in the working capital.

“Bournemouth Council has been really innovative intheir approach – it is a way for them to use their assetsto the maximum and deliver results.

“This is a model that could be used further afield andBournemouth’s expertise could be used further afield,”he said.

Alex Moss from the Coastal Tourism Academysaid there was an opportunity to build on Dorset’sreputation as a holiday destination by developingbusiness tourism.

A showcase spot was given to David Brook of theRNLI to talk about the new state of the art boatbuilding centre they are establishing in Poole tobuild lifeboats.

“This will be a world class facility for building boatsand will represent an annual saving of nearly £4m ayear for the RNLI,” he said.

Event sponsor C4L’s MD Matt Hawkins said therewas no reason why businesses in Dorset can’t competewith London.

“We have built Dorset’s largest co-location centreand we have spent millions building a pipe down intoBournemouth,” he said.

Professor Matthew Bennett from BournemouthUniversity said there was a tradition of innovation inDorset and he was proud to say that BournemouthUniversity was responsible for £1m a day going intothe regional economy.

“By generating local economic growth that will feedback into the university in the next five to 10 years,”he said.

Summing up, Business South board memberGary Coulson from Terence O’Rourke, said whilst muchhad been achieved there was still more to do.

“We should do something about the gap betweenearnings and the cost of mortgages. I employ graduatesand they haven’t got a hope of buying a home here –and that will have an effect on our economy,” he said.

Dorset ConferenceProves to be a Winner

Conference Speakers (L-R): David Brook from RNLI, David Ford from Bright Blue Day, Matt Hawkins fromC4L, Prof. Matthew Bennett from Bournemouth University, Simon Mewett from C4L, Alex Moss from NationalCoastal Tourism Academy, Bill Cotton from Bournemouth Borough Council, Tony Lubman from Business South,Rob Mitchell from AFC Bournemouth, Gary Coulson from Business South and Gordon Page from Dorset LEP.

A MOOD of real optimismwas generated at the recentDorset Conference held at AFCBournemouth and organisedby Business South.

Left: Gordon Page,Chairman, Dorset LEP

As a Business South Champion companyheadquartered in Dorset, C4L had no hesitationin supporting the event as headline sponsorand were delighted with the networking andpromotion opportunities that it delivered. C4L isvery active in collaborating with creative groupsby donating services, providing discounts forstart-up companies and offering sponsorship ofawareness-raising events, which firmly cementstheir status as an ambassador for businesssuccess in Dorset.

Simon Mewett, CEO said: “We embarkedon a partnership with Business South becausewe realise that C4L has a great deal to offer toall businesses and wanted to have a specificfocus in assisting those located on our very owndoorstep. By promoting our services to the localcommunity, we hope to meet the needs of localbusinesses by presenting them with the sametechnical expertise and opportunities previouslyonly available in the larger conurbations ofLondon and Manchester. Dorset is a fantasticplace to live to and do business, and we hopeour partnership with Business South promotesthat there is no longer a digital divide holdingback growth and development.”

To watch the video on C4L’s newest service:http://www.c4l.co.uk/media-centre/videos/mbbtr2fG1GQ

Hurrah for HR


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Right: Sarah McCarthy-Fry,Chair of the Employment & Skills Board, Solent LEP

HR professionals were given a rallying call at arecent conference arranged by Business South.Top speakers at the HR Conference, which wassponsored by Hays Specialist Recruitment andClarke Willmott LLP, included:

• Geoff Glover, HR Manager & Emma Giddy,Senior Employee Relations Officer of FordMotor Company

• Helen Ives, PEER1 Hosting’s Director of People• Sarah McCarthy-Fry, Chair of the Solent

Employment and Skills Board of the Solent LEP

Geoff Glover challenged those working in HR toseize the opportunities that are available outsidetheir organisations.

Barney Ely, Director of Hays Human Resources,said: “There is a real opportunity for HRprofessionals. In recent times we have all beeninward focused but now it is up to us to realise theopportunities for innovation and growth.”

Sarah McCarthy-Fry discussed how the SolentLEP is focusing on training a future workforce tobenefit businesses – and detailed what is requiredfrom the business community to make thathappen.

Ksenia Zheltoukhova from CIPD outlined theresults from their Talent and Resource PlanningSurvey, while Kate Gardner, a partner at ClarkeWilmott LLP took delegates through the finerpoints of the Enterprise Regulatory Reform Act.

Sally Lynskey, CEO of Business South, said: “Wewere fortunate to have a really good line-up ofspeakers for our conference.

“Being able to listen to the likes of GeoffGlover and Helen Ives is really inspirational.It would be great now to see howwe can move forward with theinformation we have gained.”

Conference Speakers (L-R): Marc Long from Clarke Willmott LLP, Emma Giddy from Ford, Sally Lynskey from Business South, Geoff Glover from Ford,Sarah McCarthy-Fry from Solent LEP, Helen Ives from Peer1 Hosting and Barney Ely from Hays Specialist Recruitment

There is a realopportunity forHR professionals.In recent times wehave all been inwardfocused but now itis up to us to realisethe opportunitiesfor innovationand growth.

Being able tolisten to the likes ofGeoff Glover andHelen Ives is reallyinspirational.

the same time,” she said.Dave Yates, Chief Executive of New Forest

District Council explained the New Forest isserved by two Local Enterprise Partnerships(LEPs), Solent and Enterprise M3. He was keen tochallenge misconceptions about the New Forest.

“More people live in the New Forest than livein Bournemouth and a lot more than there are inPoole. We have more registered businesses thanthere are in Portsmouth or even Southampton.

“We are very keen to work with partners andto do our bit to support growth,” he said.

Assistant Principal at Totton College, RobDunford, shared the vision for Enterprise 4 Totton.The aim is to promote Totton as a great place todo business and the college hopes to retain localtalent in the area by providing employees with theskills businesses in Totton require.

And he revealed Totton was set to becomeBusiness South’s first “town champion”.


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Champions represent a diverse cross-section of business and provide apowerful forum for debate, generating ideas and project initiatives for thebenefit of the South central region.

Could you be a Champion of the region?Find out how you can help to make the region a world-class location in whichto work, invest, study, live and enjoy, contact Leigh-Sara Timberlake by [email protected] or call 0844 225 3130.

Directors ForumDispels NewForest MythsIF YOU thought the New Forestwas all about ponies, pannageand restrictive planning rules,you couldn’t be further fromthe truth.

Champion ProgrammeContinues to Grow inthe South

We welcome the New Champions:

Above (L-R): Dave Yates from New Forest District Council, Alison Barnes from New Forest NationalPark, Chris Cundy from Business South, Mandy Walker from Handpicked Hotels, Rob Dunford fromTotton College, Leigh-Sara from Business Southand Russell Bowman from Beaulieu.

Park, Chris Cundy from Business South, Mandy Walker from Handpicked Hotels, Rob Dunford from

Let’s Put Tottonon the MapA MAJOR move is underway to putTotton on the map as a great placefor talented go-getters to starttheir businesses.

It turns out the New Forest is home to moreregistered businesses than Portsmouth orSouthampton and 90 per cent of planningapplications get the go ahead.

Champions got a clearer picture of what ishappening in the New Forest at the recentDirectors Forum dinner held at the majesticRhinefield House Hotel near Brockenhurst.

Guests were welcomed by Mandy Walker fromRhinefield House and Russell Bowman, ManagingDirector from sponsors of the evening Beaulieu.

Alison Barnes, Chief Executive of the NewForest National Park Authority, stressed the NewForest was very much open for business.

“It is not set in aspic, it is a living and workingforest. There are 2,530 businesses in the Forest,we have low-unemployment and a highly skilledworkforce.

“Tourism is a key thing for us but we don’twant to kill the goose that lays the golden egg at

Enterprise for Totton is just getting off the groundand a number of initiatives are planned for 2014.

Rob Dunford Assistant Principal at Totton Collegesaid: “Enterprise 4 Totton will show Totton is a goodplace to do business, to grow your business and toattract business.

“We are working with key employers such asMeachers and major organisations such as Rotaryand Business South,” he said.

In April’s edition of the Business South magazinewe will have a feature looking at the work beingdone to reinvent Totton.

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Above: Bill Cotton from Bournemouth Borough Councilpresented with a Champion plaque by Geoff Patersonfrom Business South

At the core of ourschool is a belief inpersonalising the learningexperiences of all of ouryoung people and weactively seek to removebarriers to learningthrough our innovative,flexible and stimulatingcurriculum.

MARITIME & MARINE


Opportunities identified bysome of the top global names inthe marine and maritime sectorwill help to shape future strategyfor the Solent Maritime Board.

Speakers from global maritime brands based inSouthampton such as Lloyds Register, Carnival UK,and the National Oceanography Centre highlightedthe strengths of the region, while JonathanWilliams, CEO of Marine South East, led the secondhalf of the packed conference programme lookingat future opportunities for the sector.

Co-chair of the Solent Maritime Board, JohnMillican, said the ideas raised at the conferencewould be amongst those to be discussed at thenext meeting of the Board, when the main itemon the agenda would be its strategic plan for thenext three to five years.

“The conference was a great success with animpressive line up of speakers and some veryconsidered and thoughtful contributions fromthe audience.

“The Solent maritime sector is so large and diverseit’s not possible to do justice to all of it in a singleevent, so the next conference will aim to build on thisyear’s success by using the same format to look atsome other aspects of maritime business that we didnot include this time. It will also be an opportunityfor the Solent Maritime Board to report back on thework it has done in its first full year of operation.”

Iain Shepherd, co-chair of the Solent MaritimeBoard, said that with so much focus on theimportance of the marine and maritime sector, itwas critical for the Solent Maritime Board to lead theinput from the business point of view.

“The Solent LEP and a number of local authoritiesare prioritising the importance of marine and

Major MaritimeConferenceHelps to SteerPriorities for SolentMaritime Board

Sixty-eight students were among the first cohortof youngsters aged from 14-19 to take up places atthe new Southampton Studio School.

The Studio School is a new concept in education,pioneering a bold approach to learning whichincludes teaching through enterprise projects andreal work. This approach ensures students’ learningis rooted in the real world and helps them todevelop the skills they need to flourish in life.

Working closely with local employers, StudioSchools offer a range of academic and vocationalqualifications including GCSEs in English, maths andscience, as well as paid work placements linked directlyto employment opportunities in the local area.

One of the local employers working closely withSouthampton Studio School is Meachers GlobalLogistics. Commercial Director, Gary Whittle, said:“We are supporting Southampton Studio Schoolbecause it is a growing challenge to encourage newtalent into the industry.

“Work experience and partnering with educationprovides a great opportunity for young people tounderstand that our business is far more than justmoving & storing boxes. As a company, we arecommitted to recruiting the best people for the job,

but also developing and training those who wantto build a career in logistics”.

By working closely with employers from a youngage, Studio School pupils will gain a much broaderrange of employability and life skills, putting themin a competitive position to go on to university,further training and into employment.

Principal Christian Down, said: “Our schoolcurriculum strongly reflects the interest andinvolvement of key local employers providinginspirational stimulation and real-life challenge.

“Outstanding schools are supportive and wepride ourselves on knowing all of our young people,ensuring they are each linked to a highly trainedand effective personal coach team.”

Among the employers backing the school are:• Associated British Ports• Business South• Capita• Carswell Gould• Lloyds TSB Commercial Finance• Meachers Global Logistics• Southampton NHS Trust• Trimline Ltd

Above (L-R): Steve Sharp, Grant Thornton; Ian Shepherd, Solent Maritime Board; Jonathan Williams,Marine South East; Kevin Forshaw, University of Southampton; Geraint West, National OceanographyCentre; John Millican, Solent Maritime Board; Paul Winter, Red Funnel Group; Denise Edghill,Southampton City Council; Capt. Julian Burr, Lloyds Register

maritime to the local economy.“With investment coming to support marine and

maritime, we want to ensure it meets theneeds of business – and that is what will aim toachieve with our strategic plan,” he said.

Business Change Manager for Lloyd’s RegisterGlobal Technology Centre, Capt. Julian Burr, outlinedthe importance of their move to Southampton andexplained they had looked at other cities in the UKbefore choosing Southampton.

“We are going to be working with the Universityof Southampton at our new site – they have a strongenterprise culture and can deliver on a commercialbasis,” he said.

Studio School Opens its DoorsA NEW school with strong links to local employershas successfully opened its doors to young peoplein Southampton.

Southampton Studio School opened its doorsin September

Southampton can capitalisefurther on its position asthe capital of the NorthernEuropean Cruise Industry, saysSteven Young, Head of PortOperations and Services forCarnival UK.With 20m cruise passengers a year now enjoyingholidays on the water, Steven said the cruiseindustry had continued to grow despite theeconomic downturn.

P&O Cruises’ new ship Britannia is scheduled toarrive in spring 2015 and Southampton will playhost to the largest ship built exclusively for Britain,said Steven, who is responsible for Port and Agencyrelationships worldwide for both P&O Cruises andCunard Lines.

Speaking at the Solent Maritime Conference,he told delegates gathered at the NationalOceanography Centre, the city already benefittedfrom the many jobs and supply chain opportunities

that came from the cruise industry.He said up to 2,000 tonnes of stores are moved

on a weekly basis to supply the cruise ships andSouthampton firm Meachers Global Logistics playa key role in making sure supplies are always wherethey are needed.

Southampton is already recognised as the busiestport in Europe according to a report by the CruiseLines International Association.

It is estimated that more than 11,000 jobs acrossthe South-East of England are supported by theport and each cruise ship turnaround is estimated tocontribute around £2.5 million to the local economy.

With transit calls by the German cruise lineAida developing, Steven said there was a majoropportunity for local tourism.

“Up to 200,000 German tourists are expected toarrive in Southampton. There are opportunities forGerman speaking guides and activities like cyclehire.

“The pre and post cruise packages including hotelstays are also an area where Southampton can addvalue with 1.7m passengers this year alone.

“There are many opportunities and there is a needfor a local partnership to allow for focus,” he said.

Europe’s Busiest Cruise PortBrings More Opportunitiesfor the Region

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ChampionNews-in-Brief


Solent LEP Announces a £14million Funding Package to HelpMitigate Shipbuilding LossFollowing the disappointing newsthat shipbuilding operations

at Portsmouth Naval Base will cease in thesecond half of 2014, the Solent Local EnterprisePartnership (LEP) has acted quickly to launch a£14m package of support to mitigate the impactof this decision on the Solent economy. The£4.7m Solent Futures support fund for businessesin the shipbuilding supply chain is already upand running. It is designed to help businessesrestructure to support the maintenance of thetwo aircraft carriers, which are to be based inPortsmouth. A further £3m in the latest roundof the Growing Places Fund will also now beencouraging bids from affected businessesthat are looking to protect jobs or are seekingfinancial support to take forward research anddevelopment, new innovations or the applicationof lean manufacturing techniques in theadvanced manufacturing sector. The LEP is alsofinalising detail on additional funding initiativesin the region of £7m.

EPOCH Making ToysLimited AppointsImport Services asLogistics Partner

EPOCH Making Toys Limited has recentlyannounced the opening of its new UK & Eireoperation and appoints Import Services ofSouthampton as its supply chain logistics partner.The new logistics partnership will be operationalfrom January 1st 2014 in time to support thelaunch of Epoch Making Toys Limited, as it assumesdistribution, sales & marketing of the Epochbrands, including the iconic Sylvanian Families.

Carswell GouldProduces Memento ofPort’s 175th birthday

When the Port of Southampton wanted tocommemorate 175 years of rich history, it turnedto the region’s leading communications agencyCarswell Gould. The award winning team atCarswell Gould produced the landmark 96-pagehardback book detailing the incredible historyof the country’s most important port. Startingwith the famous painting of the laying of thefoundation stone and running through the earlydays of the port, classic liners to modern giantsas well as the port’s role in various conflicts, thebook is a unique pictorial record.apprentices.

PSP Scores with WorldCup Boats Deal in SouthAfrica Team

Luxury yachts, international wine shipping deals anda contract to transport football shaped boats to theBrazil World Cup. These are just some of the dealsglobal logistics company PSP is aiming to securethanks to its sponsorship of the Clipper Round theWorld Yacht Race. The Hampshire based logisticsspecialist has aimed to add £1m to its turnover byusing the race to create new business opportunities.The Cape Town visit of the race saw PSP secure anew South African partner and unlock a series ofnew business connections.

Above: P&O Cruises’ Britannia will launch in March 2015 and will increase their total fleet capacity by 25%

At a Glance

Steven YoungSteven’s career spans over 30years in the Ports and Marineindustries having also worked asHarbour Master and Port Managerin a number of international ports,including Deputy Port Director atthe Port of Southampton in the UKand Executive General Managerfor Sydney Ports Corporation inAustralia.

A Master Mariner, Steven startedhis career with P&O Princessbefore moving ashore in the early1990’s to further a career in portmanagement.

Above: Steven Young, Director of PortOperations, Carnival UK

BUSINESS leaders hadthe opportunity to meetthe council team leadingthe transformation ofSouthampton and hear aboutdevelopments from majornames in construction at therecent breakfast briefing.Leader of Southampton City Council, CouncillorSimon Letts, said he described Southampton as“a city of opportunity”.

He said the signing of the City Deal betweengovernment and the cities of Portsmouth andSouthampton was a significant milestone.

“City Deal will enable us to regenerate keysites and the funding for skills will be a reallyimportant part of that process,” he said.

Dawn Baxendale, CEO of Southampton CityCouncil, told the packed briefing at the De VereNew Place Hotel in Shirrell Heath, there arecurrently 22 cranes in the sky in Southampton– a visible indicator the city is a focus fordevelopment.

Her presentation covered everything from thesuccess of Southampton Football Club in thePremier League to work starting on the new ArtsComplex in the Cultural Quarter.

Taking the city region to the next level requiresthe buy-in of businesses and partnerships, shesaid.

“It is time for you as individual companies tostep up to the mark. We need to be ambitiousfor Southampton and talk the city up.

“We are building relationships all the time andbusiness genuinely has a role to play,” she said.Capita’s Executive Director for Central

Government, Richard McCarthy, had another cityvision for Southampton to aspire to.

Richard, who studied in Southampton inthe 70s and was a top civil servant helping tointroduce Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs)before joining Capita, proposed aspiring tobecome the next San Francisco.

He made a plea for Southampton to embracea few more buildings with scale and to be moredaring with density.

Glen O’Nion, Finance Manager of BarrattDavid Wilson Homes talked about housingdevelopments his company is getting off theground and the boost from the Government’sinitiative to help house buyers.

Allan Gordon, Preconstruction Director ofBouygues UK highlighted that as well as beingresponsible for major landmark buildingscurrently under construction in Southampton,they were also involved in the new SouthamptonFootball Club training facility.

“It has been a fascinating project to be involvedin,” he said.


DEVELOPMENT & CONSTRUCTION


Southampton is SecondHighest Ranking English Cityfor Good GrowthNew figures show thatSouthampton is the second highest

ranking city in England for ‘good growth’, based on the“Good Growth Index 2013”, beaten only by Reading/Bracknell. The Good Growth Index (produced byPwC and think tank Demos) compared 39 UK cities,ranking them based upon a variety of criteria, includingGross Domestic Product (GDP), but also consideringcharacteristics identified by the public and businessas key to economic success and wellbeing, of jobs,health, income and skills. Above average cities for‘good growth’ perform well on the job, income andskills measures in the report. Southampton showed themost improvement of any other city, between 2012 and2013, featuring fourth overall within the UK (Aberdeenand Edinburgh ranked second and third) this year.

Government Must do Moreon Residential Development,Says LSHNew research from nationalcommercial property consultancy,

Lambert Smith Hampton’s (LSH) residential developmentteam has revealed that 41% of the housing sector inthe South feels the government is not doing enough tosupport the delivery of new housing. The LSH ResidentialDevelopment Survey 2013 focused on identifyingmeasures that could be implemented to increase housingsupply, and looked at the views of the UK’s leadinghouse builders, investors, developers, landowners,professional services and public sector bodies.

13% Jump in UK TurnoverKeeps Savills Number OneStatus Firmly in Place

Savills has retained its UK numberone position in leading trade

publication Estates Gazette’s annual Top Agents Survey,published in October. The firm’s 13% increase in UKturnover from £352.3 million in 2012 (based on 2011financial year end) to £399.1 million in 2013 (based on2012 financial year end) made it a clear leader aheadof Jones Lang LaSalle, CBRE and Knight Frank whowere placed second, third and fourth respectively. MarkRidley, Chief Executive of Savills UK, comments: “Thisis once again a fantastic result, particularly in securingthe top position by such a significant margin againstour competitors. This further underlines our diversifiedbusiness model and strategic growth over the last12 months as well as the continued dedication andcommitment from our staff.”

Russell-Cotes RefurbishmentUnearths Secrets from the Past

Remnants of the past wereunearthed by a Dorset construction

company during the refurbishment of the Russell-CotesMuseum in Bournemouth. Greendale ConstructionLimited didn’t expect to come across such fascinatingglimpses into the lives of the Victorian plumbers andcarpenters who had worked on the building during itsoriginal construction between 1897-1901, but, duringthe renewal of the lead sheet roof, names and dateswere found inscribed in the wood under the lead, mostnotably, ‘Harry,’ who, it transpired, was an apprenticecarpenter to his father, Issac, and had lived in ShelleyRoad, Boscombe. Another inscription revealed otherworkers were ‘plumbers to her majesty, 1899’.

Above (L-R): Glen O’Nion from Barratt David Wilson Homes; James Prowse from Futures Southampton Group;Dawn Baxendale from Southampton City Council; Cllr Simon Letts from Southampton City Council; Sally Lynskeyfrom Business South; Richard McCarthy from Capita and Allan Gordon from Bouygues UK

Briefing Has Focus on MajorDevelopments in the Region

Above: Richard McCarthy, Executive Director forCentral Government from Capita

PORTSMOUTH andSouthampton’s historic CityDeal is set to bring millionsin public and private sectorinvestment into the Solentarea and create more than17,000 jobs.It is particularly aimed at the area’s maritime,marine and advanced manufacturing sectors.

It will also:• help 1,000 long-term unemployed people get

back to work• support workers recently made redundant• help equip workers with the skills

employers need• help tackle youth unemployment• support small and medium-sized businesses,

as the area is more dependent on largeemployers than many other parts of the UK

• unlock major development sites at Tipner/Horsea Island in Portsmouth, and atWatermark West Quay in Southampton.

Councillor Gerald Vernon-Jackson, Leader ofPortsmouth City Council, said: “This deal is ahistoric one. It is about the economic future of

people in Portsmouth, Southampton, and thewhole of the Solent area.

“We had to come up with a strong plan that thegovernment felt was viable, and in return we havebeen given the ability to cut through red tape.

“This deal has been in development for almosta year and is about the medium-term future. It isnot a here-and-now response to the end ofshipbuilding in the city, although it does containsome help for recently-redundant workers.The shipbuilding decision is a separate issue thatwe are challenging the government on. If wecan’t reverse the decision, then we need a properpackage of immediate help to lessen that blow.”

Councillor Simon Letts, Leader of SouthamptonCity Council, said: “This City Deal brings togetherkey partners across councils, business andeducation, to create a scheme that truly workson a local level for Southampton, Portsmouthand the wider Solent area; to support ourresidents and businesses, and ultimately thefuture of our local economy.

“It will enable us to unlock the developmentpotential of a key City Centre Master Plan projectsite, as well as giving us the opportunity tosupport our residents; offering them the righttraining for the right jobs, which in turn supportslocal businesses to be better equipped and moreefficient to meet their future aspirations, and bringgreater economic benefit to the Solent area.”


DEVELOPMENT & CONSTRUCTION

City Deal willUnlock MajorDevelopmentsAlong theSolent

Spotlighton the KeyDevelopment Sites

Watermark WestQuayA critical industry for Southampton’s maritimesector is the growing international cruiseindustry, with more than 400 ships expected todock in Southampton in 2013. This will provideapproximately £1bn to the local economy; a 200%increase in passenger numbers in the last 10 years,with further growth expected. This provides asignificant opportunity to improve the attractivenessof the city to visitors, which can be found in thestalled 49,000 square metre Watermark WestQuaydevelopment.

This £97m mixed-use scheme will be delivered intwo phases. The first phase comprises a landmarkcinema building, up to 15 restaurants, additionalretail space and newly-created public space infront of the city’s historic walls – creating 500 newpermanent jobs. The second phase has the potentialto include a residential tower, a hotel, flexible officespace, restaurants and additional public space.

Tipner /Horsea IslandMaking land at Tipner and Horsea Islandin Portsmouth available for development willeventually provide 2,370 new homes andmore than 3,700 permanent jobs.

Portsmouth City Council has alreadyinvested £24m in infrastructure in the Tipner/Horsea Island area to support current andfuture development. This includes the buildingof a new motorway junction, which providesaccess between the motorway and TipnerEast, Tipner West and a Ministry of Defencefiring range. This work will be completed inMarch 2014. Housebuilding will also begin atTipner East in 2014/15.

Parts of the Tipner/Horsea Island areacurrently cannot be developed because ofobstacles such as multiple land ownership,land that needs cleaning up, or a lack ofinfrastructure. The City Deal will transfer landfrom the Ministry of Defence to PortsmouthCity Council and enable roads and otherinfrastructure to be built.

Above: Artist impression of Watermark WestQuay,image courtesy of Hammerson plc

Tipner /Horsea Island

Above: Aerial view of the Tipner site

Being in charge of Queen Alexandra Hospital inPortsmouth for the past 10 years (she is one of thelongest serving NHS CEOs in the country), Ursulahas steered the organisation through a majorconsolidation that saw three hospitals combine underone roof (Queen Alexandra Hospital in Cosham, StMary’s Hospital in Portsmouth and Royal HospitalHaslar in Gosport) and a £265m redevelopment paidfor with a Private Finance Initiative (PFI) contract.

Managing the transformation and new-build, whilemaintaining services, keeping staff happy and savinglives on the same site, has been one of her greatestachievements to date.

“The new-build has to be my proudest achievement.We have built a great facility where people can becared for – and the staff had a major say in howthe building was laid out and the look and feel ofit” she said.

The second largest employer in Portsmouth,Queen Alexandra hospital has a staff base of 7,000people in total. On the frontline, 300 medical staffare drawn from the combined services of the Army,Navy and RAF, while 932 are employed by Carillionlooking after the fabric of the buildings cleaning,catering and portering.

Ursula is closely involved in NHS appointmentsand interviews all consultants wanting to work atthe hospital.

To an outsider it might seem a complexarrangement but Ursula sees it as the answer torunning a modern day hospital and meeting thegrowing health needs of the Portsmouth region.

Having military personnel working alongside NHSstaff brings more benefits than challenges, explainedUrsula.“We are the largest Ministry of DefenceHospital in the country and five per cent of ourworkforce are MoD. There are major benefits to behad from having MoD personnel in key roles”.

“We have one of the biggest emergencydepartments on the south coast. The hospital offersa full range of general specialist and tertiary services.Our military staff offer good clinical expertise andexperience and they tend to be really strong onleadership too”, she said.

Under the terms of the PFI that paid for thetransformation of Queen Alexandra Hospital, £44mmust be paid back every year over the next 31 years–an eye-watering £120,000 a day.While there is somecontroversy around the PFI, Ursula was clear aboutthe options. “We needed a new hospital and therewas no other game in town. It was PFI or nothingand I would stand by the decision to do what we did.

“The annual payment of £44m is index linkedand represents 10 per cent of our turnover which ismanageable, for some hospitals it is 15 or 20 per cent.

“If we had built the hospital using traditional

funding it would have made a difference of around£6m-£7m which isn’t huge on a turnover of this size.

“An advantage of the PFI is the facilitiesmanagement. Carillion must maintain the fabric ofthe hospital as you see it today, while other hospitalsare facing a growing backlog of maintenance,” she said.

Ensuring those payments can be met forthe foreseeable future means Ursula andher management team must come up withever more ingenious ways to build the QueenAlexandra ‘business’.

“The payments don’t go away and we aregoing to have to grow our business to meet thosedemands.

“As well as providing clinical services we alreadyhave a pharmacy and manufacturing distributionunit off site which generates £2m a year supplyingthis hospital and other NHS providers”.

She said.

We are alsolooking at expandingniche markets &developing selectiveexpertise in areas suchas robotic surgery andlaparoscopic trainingcentres.


HEALTHCARE

URSULA Ward started her career as a research nurse andnow she is running the tenth largest hospital in the UKwith an annual budget of £450m.

Ursula Takes a Caring Approachto Running a Multi-Million PoundLife-Saving Business

Above: The Queen Alexandra Hospital in Portsmouth

... there is nodenying how muchshe cares about theimportant roleshe has at QueenAlexandra...


Care UK Moves up theRanking in NationalBusiness League Table

Care UK has beenunveiled as the highest ranking health and socialcare organisation included the Sunday Times GrantThornton Top Track 250 league table of Britain’s leadingmid-market private companies. Last year Care UK wasranked 36 but, on the list published in the SundayTimes in November, it now ranks number 22. Thenew ranking puts Care UK ahead of other well-knowhousehold names such as the Priory Group, Selfridgesand the RAC.

Southampton Clinicianslaunch leading-edgeChildren’s Eye Centre

Clinicians and researchers at Southampton’s universityhospitals have developed a leading-edge treatment andresearch centre for children with eye problems. Thepaediatric ophthalmology clinic, based at SouthamptonGeneral Hospital’s eye unit, is the first in the region tooffer a complete range of services following the additionof dedicated children’s cataract and eye movementclinics, as well as research into a variety of genetic eyedisorders affecting children and babies. Staff now seepatients ranging from birth to 18 years old and treateverything from complex squint and lazy eye problems,to congenital cataracts, eye movement disorders andinherited genetic conditions.

Surgeon Calls for DirectPublic Engagement tobe at Centre of NHSTransparency

One of the UK’s top surgeons has called for annual publicevents to become a requirement for all clinicians in theNHS. Mr Tim Underwood, a consultant oesophagealsurgeon at Southampton General Hospital, said givingmembers of the public a chance to see “the personbehind the scrubs and the gloves” was the only way toensure “absolute transparency”. He spoke ahead of hisfirst ‘audience with...’ event, Surgeon, which took placeat Winchester Discovery Centre in November and gavean insight into his training, career highs and research - butalso human error in the operating theatre.

Helping to Care forBreast Cancer Patientsin their Own Homes

Pioneering research by the Optoelectronics ResearchCentre (ORC) at the University of Southampton thatcould transform the care of cancer patients or peoplewith infections in their own homes has received asignificant grant from the Engineering and PhysicalSciences Research Council (EPSRC). Senior ResearchFellow Dr Collin Sones and Professor Rob Eason areworking with colleagues from Medicine and theInstitute of Life Sciences – Dr Spiros Garbis, ProfessorPeter Smith and Professor Saul Faust - to developlaser-printed paper-based sensors that can be usedto detect biomarkers in cancer patients and see howthey are responding to their chemotherapy treatment.The team has been awarded over £230,000 EPSRCfunding to explore whether Laser-Induced ForwardTransfer (LIFT) printing of biological materials can beused to develop the sensor device on paper.


HEALTHCARE

Beyond the Boardroom– About UrsulaA petite powerhouse with an engaging Irish brogue, Ursulahas proudly brought a touch of femininity to the boardroom.

A pair of sparkly court shoes with toweringstiletto heels are to be seen in a corner ofthe office close to the ceremonial spadesused to mark milestones in the new buildproject on the hospital site.

Her quick humour and salty languageare legendary in the hospital. While tosome she may seem intimidating, there isno denying how much she cares about theimportant role she has at Queen Alexandra,

Above: Ursula Ward, Chief Executiveof Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust

but she doesn’t take herself too seriously.Each Christmas, the hospital staff put

on an outrageous review and they takethe opportunity to poke fun at their CEOby drawing attention to the highlightsshe favours in her hair and her liberal useof Clarins beauty products.

A grandmother and step-mother totwo adult children, she became a motherherself for the first time at the age of 43.


WOMEN ON TOP

CEO of SouthamptonCity Council –Dawn Baxendale

Director General ofOrdnance Survey –Vanessa Lawrence

Women on Top

Southampton’s Women on Top

Dr Pauline Leonard, Professor of Sociologyat the University of Southampton said the cityshould shout about its top women.

“Southampton as a city has a lot to recommenditself as a forward-looking and very diverse place.

“The fact it has a number of women in seniorpositions makes Southampton quite an outwardlooking European city,” said Professor Leonard,who is a co-director of the Work FuturesResearch Centre in Southampton.

With women having a major say in everythingfrom media to education and hospitals, ProfessorLeonard said there was much to be applauded.

“They are great role models and prove it ispossible to aim for senior leadership positions.It’s also important for boys and young men tosee they haven’t got an automatic route to thetop and there is an equality of opportunity inSouthampton,” she said.

A recent study by catering services firm Sodexorevealed it made business sense to have womenin positions of influence because firms whichemploy higher numbers of female executivesmake more money.

Evidence shows women:• build better teams• they’re more liked and respected as managers• they tend to be able to combine intuitive andlogical thinking more seamlessly• they’re more aware of the implications of their

own and others’ actions• they think more accurately about the resourcesneeded to accomplish a given outcome.

Gill Gould established integrated marketingcommunications agency, Carswell Gould, inSouthampton 20 years ago and has played anactive role in the city’s business scene ever since.Her agency has grown over the last two decadesand consists of experts in each area of marketingcommunications, carrying out work for the likesof The Women’s Prize for Fiction, GORE-TEX®and Baileys.

She said: “I’m a great believer in developing thenext generation of business leaders and what’spromising about Southampton is that, with somany women in senior roles, we are sending amessage to young girls that you can reach thetop. It’s important to inspire the youth.”

Leader of Southampton City Council, CouncillorSimon Letts, said he personally welcomed havingmore women in prominent roles in the city.

“You get better outcomes when you haveboth men and women in senior positions, theybring different perspectives and different lifeexperiences.

“With more than half the university populationbeing female, it’s about time we had a moreeven representation with more women inpositions of power,” he said.

With more thanhalf the universitypopulation beingfemale, it’s abouttime we had a moreeven representationwith more womenin positions ofpower

SOUTHAMPTON is blazing a trail when it comesto having women at the helm – and expertsagree it could be really good for the city.

Dawn Baxendale has had animpressive 20 year career in localgovernment. Starting with a fast-track management scheme withthe European Commission, inBrussels, she’s worked the lengthof the country, from Doncasterand Wigan, to the IOW,Portsmouth and Havant.

Vanessa is the Director Generaland Chief Executive of OrdnanceSurvey, Great Britain’s nationalmapping authority. Vanessa is theadviser to the British Governmenton mapping, surveying andgeographic information. Shereceived her business training fromthe publishing company Pearsonplc. Prior to joining OrdnanceSurvey, Vanessa held seniorpositions at Autodesk Inc.


WOMEN ON TOP

Regional PartnershipDirector at Capita –Steph Coward

Principal atSouthampton CityCollege –Sarah Stannard

CEO of NHSSolent –Dr Ros Tolcher

Managing Directorof Newsquest –AmandaDavison-Young

CEO of UniversityHospitals Trust –Fiona Dalton

Dean of the Faculty of Physicaland Applied Sciences,University of Southampton –

Professor DameWendy Hall

Sarah Stannard comes from abusiness background, which includedhigh level roles with IBM BusinessConsulting Services, PwC and theUK Chip and PIN Programme. Priorto coming to City College she wasvice principal at Chichester Collegewhere she worked for the last sixyears. With key responsibilities formarketing and business developmentat the £44m turnover college, shesuccessfully led the growth of itsapprenticeship delivery.

Steph is the Partnership Director for theStrategic Partnership Capita BusinessServices has with Southampton CityCouncil. She has worked for Capita, theUK’s leading business process outsourcingcompany for 10 years. She is responsiblefor the Partnership, and manages abusiness which is worth around £30Mper year to Capita. It is one of Capita’slargest pubic sector contracts. Capitaprovide the Council with 11 outsourcedservices including HR Pay, IT, CustomerServices, Property Services, Revenue andBenefits processing, Procurement andLearning and Development services.

Fiona Dalton, former deputy ChiefExecutive and Chief OperatingOfficer at Great Ormond StreetHospital (GOSH), spent fouryears at the trust as director ofstrategy and business developmentbefore moving to GOSH in2008. Ms Dalton joined the NHSmanagement training scheme aftergraduating from Oxford Universitywith a degree in human sciencesand began her career in hospitalmanagement at Oxford RadcliffeHospitals NHS Trust in 1996.

Dr Ros Tolcher was appointed tolead Solent NHS Trust from itscreation on 1 April 2011. As CEOof the Trust she is responsible forensuring that the Trust meets itsstatutory and service obligations,and works effectively with thelocal authorities and other partneragencies. Ros trained as a doctor inSouthampton, qualifying in 1985.

Recently named as the second mostinfluential woman in UK IT in a pollpublished in Computer Weekly,Dame Wendy was one of the firstcomputer scientists to undertakeserious research in multimedia andhypermedia, she has been at itsforefront ever since. The influenceof her work has been significant inmany areas including digital libraries,the development of the SemanticWeb, and the emerging researchdiscipline of Web Science.

Amanda was formerly headof the Peterborough EveningTelegraph, as Managing Directorof East Midlands Newspapers,and Managing Director at BuryFree Press and associated titles.She has a Masters degree inbusiness administration and hasalso lectured in business andaccounting at University CentrePeterborough and PeterboroughRegional College.

ARTS & CULTURE


SAM Hodges first programme for Nuffield is agood indicator of where he wants to take thetheatre in the next couple of years.

This spring there will be the opportunity tosee all nine plays from Noel Coward’s collection‘Tonight at 8.30’ for the first time in the UK since1936 (twice a week audiences are being invitedto gorge on the dramatic delights of Coward bywatching the whole lot back to back with lunch,dinner and cocktails).

And Nuffield will be helping Southamptonto celebrate 50 years of being a city with aninnovative performance in the Cultural Quarter.

Acknowledging the passion evoked bySouthampton Football Club, Nuffield will bedeveloping an ambitious project that will becomea new play about the Saints – and it will be thefans and players who will help to shape the action.

The new Creative and Executive Director hascertainly hit the ground running. He is bringing hisWest End experience to the city as well as a five-year stint running the HighTide Festival Theatre.

Speaking to him in the theatre’s cafe bar (whichwill also be getting a revamp), it’s interesting tonote that Sam has spent the first few weeks inpost carefully listening to what people have to sayabout the theatre and what they would like it tobecome.

“I’ve been having conversations with everyonefrom the City Council to people who live roundthe corner and have been coming here for years.What has struck me is the passion that peoplehave for the city and this theatre,” he said.

As well as being the city’s 50th birthday, 2014will also see Nuffield celebrate its half centurymilestone. Sam is keen to showcase the innovationand vibrancy of the city and has assembled a

talented team of associates to help him take thetheatre to the next level.

In his welcome notes for the spring programme,he spells out his ambition and the creative synergyhe sees with the university and the city beyond.

“Southampton is already world-class in manyfields, from science to football. I want theatre to berecognized in the same league, developing a cultureof excellence that builds on what the city already has.The University of Southampton is world-leading inbiomedical science and engineering amongst otherthings. It feels apt to be kicking off 2014 with aplay interrogating the ethics of science, A Numberby Caryl Churchill, a modern classic written at theheight of the genetic engineering furor of the lastdecade,” he said.

Critically he will be taking the creative processbeyond the confines of the theatre building toshine a light on the ground-breaking work goingon in the city.

“We’re throwing a group of talented theatre-makers from different backgrounds, playwrightElla Hickson, fresh from writing the RSC’s newChristmas show, video designers 59 Productions,

the geniuses behind War Horse and the OlympicsOpening Ceremony, amongst others, into a roomwith hepatologists, hip surgeons, and geriatricclinicians to see what happens.

“It’s about the fact that behind closed doors,tucked away in laboratories and clinics across thecity, some of the world’s leading research is takingplace and if we can find a way of talking about it,of engaging the wider public with it, we get to tellsome of the most fascinating, relevant and urgentstories around,” he said.

Sam is especially keen to embrace the businesscommunity and explore how he can work withthem too.

“I am interested in seeing how we can workdirectly with business and in the next fortnight I’vegot ten meetings set up with businesses in the cityto explore opportunities,” he said.

“It’s so important for us to recognise theimportance of the city’s cultural offer. It can makethe difference between a company deciding torelocate to Southampton or going elsewhere.

“We recognise that and want to be at the heartof developing that cultural promise,” he said.

Southampton’s cultural offer is key to futureprosperity - the Nuffield Theatre’s new Creativeand Executive Director Sam Hodges discusses howhe plans to raise the curtain on a new theatricalchapter for the city.

All the World’s a Stage

Check out the Nuffield programmeat www.nuffieldtheatre.co.uk

Above (L-R): Michael Longhurst, Blanche McIntyre, Natalie Abrahami, Sam Hodges, Tom Scutt,Adam Brace from the Nuffield Theatre – Credit: Paul Stead

Above: Sam Hodges CEO and Creative Directorat Nuffield Theatre – Credit: James Newell

Above: The Cast and Creative Teamfrom The Nutcracker

ARTS & CULTURE


Above: The new Arcadia room at the Mercure Southampton Centre Dolphin Hotel

Portsmouth PyramidsCentre being runby BournemouthChampion BH LiveBUSINESS leaders from Portsmouthwere invited by new operators BHLive to find out more about what thefuture holds for Portsmouth’s largestentertainment complex, the Pyramids.

The leisure and cultural trust has built areputation in Bournemouth running venuessuch as the Bournemouth InternationalCentre (BIC) and Pavilion as well as leisurecentres in partnership with BournemouthBorough Council.

Now the Business South Champions havecome along the coast to Southsea to runthe Pyramids Centre.

Mike Lyons, BH Live Director of LeisureFacilities and Pyramids, Portsmouth, saidthe aim was to get more people using thepools, gym and leisure facilities.

“We need to get more people, moreactive, more often – and to do that we haveto engage with them and show them whatwe have on offer.

“The location is perfect, we just needmore regular footfall, “ he said.

Mr Lyons said they would be investingin the building and they would be lookingto work with local partners to ensure thefuture of the Pyramids at the heart of thelocal community.

They captured the imaginationof everyone in Southamptonduring the summer – and inOctober at a glittering auction,the Go! Rhino Sculptures tuggedat the heart strings helping toraise £124,700 for good causes.

Thirty-seven eye-catching artworkswent under the hammer and therewas stiff competition to snap up oneof the iconic beasts.

Estimates of £2,000 per rhinoquickly went by the wayside as theMarwell Wildlife public art exhibitioncame to a tantalising close.

The most expensive Rhino wasFlossy – dressed as a dental nurse– and she made £9,000. BusinessSouth’s Rhino, named Rudy,auctioned for a fantastic £2,250.

Status Quo bassist John ‘Rhino’Edwards was among the 200-strongaudience and he paid £4,000 forEnrhinomental.

Auctioneer Mike Osman ensuredthere was plenty fun to help the bidsroll in – joking with the audience thatsuccessful bidders would have to putthe roof down on their cars to getthe colourful creatures home.

Money raised will be dividedbetween Marwell conservationprojects, Wessex Heartbeat High5 Appeal and the Rose RoadAssociation. Business Southsupported Marwell Wildlife to linkup with partners and businessesacross the city, for what was provedto be a hugely successful andmemorable event for Southamptonin aid of a great cause.

Go! Rhinos are Auctioned at Marwell Wildlife

Above: Sold - Auctioneer Mike Osman closes the biddingand Rosie Rhino is bought for £5,500

Above: The Pyramids Centre, Portsmouth

Grosvenor Developments Ltd has awardedthe construction contract for the newcity centre arts complex project, whichit is undertaking in partnership withSouthampton City Council, to McLarenConstruction Ltd. The works began inNovember, of the arts complex, sevenretail units and 38 apartments.

To celebrate the start of construction, a‘ground-breaking’ ceremony took place,where The Mayor of Southampton, CouncillorIvan White, put a spade in the ground andofficially commenced the building of the hugelyanticipated arts complex scheme, overlookingGuildhall Square. The ceremony officially markedthe handover of the site to Grosvenor andMcLaren by Southampton City Council.

The retail and residential elements arescheduled to open in spring 2015 and, followinga 12 month fit out programme, the arts complexis due to open in 2016. The £40 million schemewill provide over 300 direct jobs and is expectedto bring 750,000 visitors to the city every year.

The completed arts complex will incorporateCity Eye, the University of Southampton’s JohnHansard Gallery and a multi-purpose performingarts centre with two flexible performance spacesand a dance studio.

Arts Council England awarded SouthamptonCity Council £7.3 million towards the scheme

as part of its National Lottery-funded Capitalprogramme.

Councillor Simon Letts, Leader of SouthamptonCity Council said: “I am delighted that work willsoon commence on this fantastic project in theheart of our growing Cultural Quarter. The artscomplex will provide residents and visitors tothe city with a truly world class facility and helpestablish Southampton as a leading culturalcentre. I am really pleased to see work starton one of the seven VIP projects in our CityCentre Master Plan which aims to bring 24,000new jobs, 5,000 new homes, and £3 billion ofinvestment into the city by 2030”.

Work Begins on New Arts Complex Schemein Southampton’s Cultural Quarter

Above: Artist impression of the New Arts Complex in Southampton – Credit: CZWG

Above: The Mayor of Southampton,Cllr Ivan White takes part in the ‘ground-breaking’ ceremony in November to getwork underway on the site


DIGITAL & TECHNOLOGY

WHEN David Ford unveiled hisvision for Silicon South at the recentDorset Conference organised byBusiness South, he said there was anopportunity to work with creativeminds across the region.

While the focus so far has been on Bournemouth,Poole and Christchurch, David said he was “veryopen to people driving the agenda around us.”

“The plan is to have Silicon South as a marketingprogramme targeting the rest of the world,” he said.

So in the future if Amazon were looking for anew base, they might choose either Hampshireor Dorset – the important element was they werechoosing the South.

Silicon South was a brand he wanted everyoneto champion, he said.

“We want to create a social movement thateveryone can be involved in – there is no reason

why we can’t have large corporate brands comingto the region.

“We will be promoting Dorset as a digital huband Silicon South will be the means to get ourmessage out to the rest of the world,” he said.

Bournemouth, Poole and Christchurch alreadyhave a thriving creative and digital economy – andleading businesses, entrepreneurs and MPs havesigned up to a manifesto to help grow the localcreative and digital sector.

Silicon South – More than just a Digital Dream...

Above: David Ford, CEO of Bright BlueDay speaking at the Business South DorsetConference in November

A NEW Chairman will behelping to focus the activityof the Business South DigitalAction Group in 2014.

Chris Cooper, IBM’s Technical Leader on theSmarter Cities initiative, will be driving forwardprojects with vice-chair Paul Page-Tickell fromCoffin Mew.

The group is interested to see how it cancollaborate with Silicon South and establishthe region as a digital hub of internationalsignificance.

Chris Cooper, said: “I’m really taken with whatJeremy Rifkin talks about in his book The ThirdIndustrial Revolution.

“While the first two revolutions relied on coaland oil – the third will be driven by information.We are completely changing our consumptionand use of information – it’s not a matter of ifbut when”.

Digital Action Groupwill be Leading theConversation in 2014

Hacking Great Day!

Coders, hackers, webdevelopers, designers andanyone with an interest incool technology descended ona sell-out #hacksoton event.

A banana-controlled saxophone, mobilephone controlled quad-copters, 3D printing,thermal imaging and gesture controlledpresentation systems were just some of thefun tech on show at the second Southamptonhack event.

#hacksoton encourages visitors to bringanything - a pet project, a gadget, or simply

an idea - and spend a day with like-mindedindividuals ‘hacking’ it about.

More than 80 visitors drawn from theregion’s digital, technical and creativeindustries spent the day at Southampton’sCentral Hall sharing ideas and working onprojects.

Web Developer Phil Bennett, ofSouthampton creative agency Carswell Gould,said: “What is clear is the amount of incrediblework going on all over this area. There aresome really creative and technologically giftedpeople out there. It was a rare opportunity tomeet up and share ideas.”

Organiser Tom Frame, from local agencyEtch UK, said: “It was great to see a reallydiverse turnout, from kids to seasonedindustry veterans and everyone in between.We had so much talent there and the roomwas really buzzing.

There was no skill levelrequirement or pressure. Theonly ambition was to havefun doing what we love andmeet other people who thinklike we do. We are so pleasedwith the response, andobviously we want to keeprunning events like this andfoster the creative communityin Southampton as much aswe can. We plan to announcemore in the near future.

For more information on future eventsvisit www.hacksoton.com

Above: Theo Amer and Harry Frameexperiment with a quadcopter

Above: Chris Cooper, IBM’s TechnicalLeader on the Smarter Cities initiative


DIGITAL & TECHNOLOGY

Companies from the Southhave been given a rare andinvaluable insight on what’shappening in the world ofdigital by three of the biggestnames in the business.

Google, Microsoft and LinkedIn all sharedinsider knowledge about the future of digitalwith local companies at the Adido Let’s DoDigital seminar held in Southampton.

Adido, one of the fastest growing digitalagencies in the South, brought the internationalplayers to the city to help local businesses stayahead and grasp new opportunities.

“The digital world is fast moving and growingevery day. Companies like Google, Microsoft andLinkedIn can have massive influence on how abusiness operates,” said Andy Headington, CEOat Adido.

“If a business wants to stay ahead in the 21stcentury, it has to know what the big digitalplayers are making a priority. It could influencetheir business model as much as the productsthey sell and the people they sell to,” said Andy.

Delegates heard how the internet, andespecially mobile, is changing the way we live ourlives and how we do business. The prestigiousspeakers gave advice on developments that areaffecting companies today, and will continue toinfluence them in years to come.

They also revealed the true pace of change inmodern technology.

Research shows it took 38 years for radio toreach 50 million users, but Facebook reachedthe landmark in less than two. Today people usemultiple devices everywhere they go and almost

60 per cent of people access the internet from aphone or tablet.

The advice from the big three, and from theAdido team in workshops, was a big hit withsouth coast companies.

Mike Corica, business development managerat Dorset based Postgoldforcash.com said:“This world of digital is evolving at a startlingrate so it is vital that a web based business likeourselves doesn’t get left behind. Today’s eventwas excellent and has really highlighted just howquickly we have to be able to adapt our onlinestrategy!

The guestspeakers from Googleand Bing delivereda great insight intothe exciting future ofdigital, and it is goodto know that Adidois working so closelywith the peoplethat will shape thisexciting future!

Adido’s Let’s Do Digital seminars are held twicea year and are free to businesses with an interestor requirement in digital marketing.

The next one is on 13th March 2014 and peoplecan sign up now at www.dodigitalbetter.com

Champion News-in-BriefColin Lester Launches DigitalEntrepreneurship Award

Twenty First Artists CEO Colin Lester haslaunched a brand new award to discoverand nurture new entrepreneurial talent atSouthampton Solent University. He chose theday he was awarded an honorary degree bythe university to officially launch ‘The ColinLester Digital Entrepreneurship Award’.

He chose the day he was awarded anhonorary degree by the university toofficially launch ‘The Colin Lester DigitalEntrepreneurship Award’. The award givesSolent University students (both existing andgraduates from 2011 onwards) the chance towin a cash prize of £1,000 and up to £9,000of claimable expenses to develop and supporttheir new digital music enterprises.

Copyrite Partners withABBYY to Provide DigitalMailroom Solution toLeading Law Firm

Document scanning and intelligentdata capture enables incoming mail to bedigitised and documents to be classified anddistributed to Practise Management Systems.Moore Blatch is a highly successful law firmin the South of England, ranked 109th in theLawyer UK 200 listings for 2012.

The management of vast amounts of paperdocumentation, evidence, statements, filingsand court proceedings leaves no room forerrors or lapses in security or availability forlaw firms. Moore Blatch needed to acceleratetheir physical mail distribution process tosupport business growth and boost theirlegal team efficiency. The firm also had toprovide exceptional customer service whilemaintaining security and confidentiality.

Having previously implemented printmanagement solutions at Moore Blatch,Copyrite understood the challenge toreduce administration costs and increaseproductivity. The Digital Mailroom Solutionwill now scan all post in bulk; post will beseparated and distributed automatically tothe appropriate destination. The result is fast,accurate delivery, while mailroom staff canconcentrate on handling exceptions.

World’s Biggest DigitalCompanies Give Advice toBusinesses in the South

Above: Speakers at the Adido Let’s Do Digital southern summit (L-R): Adriano Accardo fromGoogle, Andy Headington from Adido and Nicolas Cappiello from LinkedIn.

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THE BIG INTERVIEW


Peter is the Manwith a Plan

Closer to home he was part of the teamthat made the Bitterne by-pass possible andthen had the foresight to close Above Bar totraffic back in 1973.

He even worked on surveys for the original‘Solent City’ concept that would, if followedthrough, have seen Southampton, Portsmouthand everywhere in between transformed intoa new ‘mega-city’ by the sea.

Sipping a pint of real ale in theatmospheric Platform Tavern (his favouritewatering hole), Peter Hine is sharing someof the highlights of a career in planningthat took him from the Civic Offices inSouthampton to the tropics and a few otherplaces in between.

“I was born in Portsmouth and cameto live in Hamble in the mid 1950s. I canremember seeing the flying boats and beingfascinated watching the transatlantic linersand Union Castle mail boats in SouthamptonWater,” he said.

Anyone who has heard Peter contributeto the on-going discussion about howSouthampton can make the most of whatit’s got to offer and meet the demands ofthe 21st century, will be in no doubt about

his passion for the place and the wealth ofexperience he has accrued along the way.

While any conversation about planningmatters will inevitably highlight his prodigiousknowledge of the city over the centuries,Peter certainly isn’t stuck in the past.

Far from wanting to preserve thecity in aspic, he would love to see moreadventurous developments that would helpto put the city on the map.

“I’ve been called a vandal and a philistinein my time (On this point, other views havebeen difficult to find). As Chief Town Plannerin Hong Kong I worked on major schemeslike the 10-year New Towns programme tomove one million people from shanty townsinto purpose built homes.

Collectively, we madethings happen because wewere allowed to get on withit. Within a year buildings tookshape – almost as soon as theplans were finished they wereoff the drawing board and thecontractors were on site

“It’s a funny thing about Hong Kong butthe Planning Ordinance was based on whatwe had here in the 1930s and yet the systemmanaged to be less bureaucratic and deliverpositive results,” he said.

There was a willingness to get the job doneand that positive mindset helped Peter and hissmall team of planners and other ‘ne’er-do-wells’ to overcome the key obstacles. He evenfound the time to set up a mobile disco.

Decades later it was a similar storywhen Peter was called up by the LondonDevelopment Agency to be the manresponsible for the environmental impactassessment supporting the planningapplications needed to make the LondonOlympics Bid a reality.

“I admit I was sceptical. In July/August2003 there was no Olympics Master Plan inplace and yet we needed to have everythingready by Jan 2004 to allow for planningconsents to be secured ahead of the IOCdecision on the host city to be taken in 2005”.

But as we all know, there’s really nothinglike an immovable deadline and with literallyhundreds (and later thousands) of peopleall working together the London Bid was

HE did his bit to shape Hong-Kong in the 70s and in the odd idle moment likes tothink that the London Olympics in 2012 might not have happened without hisdiligent attention to detail (although other views are available).

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successful, the Olympics went ahead in 2012and they were a global triumph for the UK.

“Once again there was a willingness to getthings done. It wasn’t all plain-sailing and therewere numerous consents to be secured and acompulsory purchase order inquiry into the landacquisition to be dealt with.

“But I quite like a good inquiry and I enjoyedgiving evidence,” he said.

Most recently Peter compiled BusinessSouth’s response to Southampton CityCouncil’s City Centre Action Plan ahead of theanticipated examination in public in Spring2014.

As a member of the Future SouthamptonGroup – a Business South Action Groupthat gives a voice to the city’s private sectordevelopers, urban designers and visionaries– Peter enjoys having an involvement in thepublic-private sector partnership process ofhelping deliver major developments in the city.

“I’ve got to say that undoubtedly I did mybest work in Hong Kong - as a DJ!”

Peter’s ancestor ThomasChambers Hine, Victorian/

Architect/Antiquarian 1813-1899 (retired 1890)

Above: Peter Hine, enjoying a pint at thePlatform Tavern in Southampton

Above: Peter far left with the Junk BayNew Town Planning & Design Team,Hong Kong 1983

Above: Three Southampton PlanningOffice Employees and a bloke in abowler, Beaulieu Road, circa 1969

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best work in HongKong - as a DJ!


EDUCATION

Southampton Solent University and BusinessSouth have recently signed an accord thatwill see the two organisations working moreclosely together with the aim of bringinghigher skills levels to the workplace.

The aim is to target those already working forlocal companies and, with input from employers,ensure they have the most up-to-date and relevantqualifications to help businesses build on theirsuccess.

Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Professor MikeWilkinson, explained Solent University had forsome time been developing a more flexibleapproach to learning to suit employers in the city.

“We were given funding worth about £8m bythe Higher Education Funding Council of England(HEFCE) over a three year programme.

“And we have used some of that money todevelop a more flexible approach so we can

develop programmes that employers need andpart of that will be work-based learning,” saidMike, who worked in leadership roles in researchand development for global giant ICI for 22 yearsbefore moving into academia.

The beauty of their approach is that it can workacross many sectors. Already Solent University isworking with seven or eight NHS trusts on work-based delivery of learning.

“We have tailored qualifications for the needs ofthe sector. We have worked not just with the NHSbut also with the private sector health companies.

“They are particularly interested in the socialcare aspect of it and with so many changes tothe legislation surrounding care homes, providersneed to upskill their workforce,” he said.

Retail is another area where there has beenenormous change, with a growing online offerrunning alongside the traditional high street andemployers need to be able to adapt.

“There are very few awards at degree levelthat are specifically about retail. Staff mighthave generally studied management, marketingor might have a post graduate qualification inlogistics.

“But the core skills of selling in a shopenvironment or buying and fashion merchandisingmight not have been covered.

“Online is becoming increasingly important inretail. My daughter works for ASOS, the onlinefashion company. Her first degree was art withfashion illustration and she has done a postgraduate certificate in fashion-buying,” he said.

Linking with Business South and formalisingthe relationship with an accord, will meanSouthampton Solent University can develop closer

links with employers to be able to meet theirtraining needs.

“That might include elements of delivery withother private training providers and FE colleges.

“No one education provider can delivereverything that individual businesses need – wehave to provide a merged and seamless offer,” hesaid.

A great example of how Solent University hasbeen able to meet the needs of a developingmarket is the Superyacht Academy pioneered withWarsash Maritime Academy.

“With superyachts the size of ships, they need aproper ship’s crew.

“We are able to facilitate learning anywhere inthe world so when the crew has time in dock theycan access blended learning via the internet and ina physical place as well,” he said.

“The message is that we can work with anysector to suit their needs with the aim of boostingthe overall skills level of the region.”

Flexible Learning will Help SolentUniversity Meet the Needs of Business

Above: Artist impression of the new academic and conference facility at Southampton Solent University,one of Southampton’s VIP developments – image courtesy of Scott Brownrigg

Above: Professor Mike Wilkinson, Deputy Vice-Chancellor at Southampton Solent University

Vision 2020 – Why SouthamptonSolent University is Getting so Involved

“We have no axe to grind and seeourselves as an honest broker for the city.We want to see the city and region beingeconomically successful.

“Our future is very much tied up with theregion – we want to make the city betterand we will work with anyone who hasthat agenda,” said Mike.

Southampton Master Plan –Southampton Solent University’s VIPDevelopment

As part of the Master Plan forSouthampton, seven VIP development siteswere identified including a new academicbuilding and conference facilities.

“As well as the new buildings, we will betaking what is essentially a 1960s campusand bringing it right up to date.

“In the area north of the Millais Buildingwe will create a building with a 18m wideatrium and 50m deep concourse for socialand informal learning,” said Mike.

Our future is very muchtied up with the region –we want to make the citybetter and we will workwith anyone who has thatagenda


LOCAL ENTERPRISE PARTNERSHIP ROUND-UP

Almost 400 delegates frombusinesses across the Dorsetregion came together tofocus on the future growthof Dorset’s economy atthe Dorset Local EnterprisePartnership’s first conferencein October. The LordLieutenant of Dorset as well asMP’s Robert Syms and AnnetteBrook were also in attendance,along with the Mayors of bothBournemouth and Poole.

As well as reflecting upon the achievementsof the Dorset LEP since its formation in 2012,business leaders heard about plans for thefuture direction of the Dorset LEP and how it isachieving economic growth in the county.

For more information orto register to attend please [email protected]

Above: Keynote speaker Caroline Dineage addresses delegates at the Dorset LEP Conference

Above: Gary Jeffries from Hughes Ellard,newly appointed Chairman of the Solent LEP

Enterprise M3Prepare for2014 AnnualConferencePlans are underway for the2014 Enterprise M3 AnnualConference, being deliveredby Business South.

Following the success of the 2013 Conference,preparations are underway for this years showcase.The 2014 Conference will focus on innovation andtechnology, and will take place at FarnboroughFIVE on Thursday 27th February 2014.

Mr Jeffries is the Managing Director of HughesEllard, the south coast’s largest independentcommercial real estate consultancy.

This private sector expertise in majordevelopments and in handling the propertyinterests of major corporations and industrialistswill be invaluable to the LEP in its aspirations forcreating growth and inward investment in theregion.

Mr Jeffries follows Southampton Port DirectorDoug Morrison as only the second businessleader to be appointed to this key role.

Following the appointment, Mr Jeffries said:“Doug has given the LEP the very best start inlife and everyone in the region owes him a hugedebt of gratitude for the quality of his leadershipand vision. His are big shoes to fill but with thegreat team here and the huge natural strengthsof the region and its dynamic people, I’mconfident we can build further success on thesefoundations.”

Solent LEP BoardElect New Chairman

Driving prosperity in the M3 corridor

Local business leader Gary Jeffries has been electedas the new chairman of the Solent Local EnterprisePartnership at a meeting of the board in November.

Dorset LEP Conference:Focusing on Our Future

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EVENT PHOTO GALLERY

Please see below a selection of photos from some of our recent events:

Members of the Engage Executive Jobs teampresented with their Champion Plaque byGeoff Paterson of Business South

Iain Shepherd, Co-Chairof the Solent MaritimeBoard speaking atthe Solent MaritimeConference in October.

Guests hear about how to “Harness Dorset’suntapped potential” at the recent Business SouthDorset Conference

(L-R): Ian McConnell from Ridgeway Mercedes-Benz ofSouthampton, Leigh-Sara Timberlake from Business Southand David Hitchcock from Ridgeway Mercedes-Benzof Southampton who transported guests to the SolentMaritime Conference at the National OceanographyCentre in a fleet of new Mercedes.

Speakers at the Business South Working Lunch in October, (L-R): Charlie Hislop from Southampton Festivals,Kirstie Mathieson from Go! Rhinos, Neil Brailsford from Mercure Dolphin Hotel, Stephen Boyce from CultureSouthampton, Craig Lintott from Southampton City Council, Cllr Matt Tucker from Southampton City Council,Jeremy Rucker from City Dressing, Chris Cundy from Business South, Sam Hodges from Nuffield Theatreand Ian Murray from Southern Daily Echo.

Delegates networking over coffee, ahead ofthe Champion Briefing in November.

Geoff Glover and Emma Giddy from Fordspeaking at the HR Conference in October

Matt Hawkins from C4L speaking at theBusiness South Dorset Conference

Guests seated at the Directors Forum atRhinefield House in the New ForestString Quartet from the City of Southampton

Orchestra entertaining guests at the DirectorsForum at Rhinefield House

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Please note that events have limited availabilityand are subject to possible change.

Start Networking......................Wednesday 15th January, 16:30 – 19:00,Watermark Bar, Port SolentAn event specifically designed for those new tonetworking, supported by Mott MacDonaldand JCI Portsmouth.

Local Produce Show 2014...Thursday 23rd January, 12:00 – 16:30, GrandHarbour Hotel, SouthamptonExhibition to connect catering and hospitality buyerswith produce suppliers from the South Central Region.

City College BusinessSector Breakfast..........Tuesday 4th February, 07:30 – 09:30, The Hub,City College, SouthamptonOne in a series of sector specific breakfasts,focused on the Hospitality Industry.

South CoastBusiness Works....................Tuesday 4th February, 08:00 – 15:00, Novotel,SouthamptonExhibition providing the opportunity to meet face-to-face with business owners and decision makersfrom a diverse range of companies in the South, inassociation with the Southern Daily Echo.

HR Seminar.........................Friday 7th February, 07:45 – 10:00, Norton ParkHotel, near WinchesterBreakfast seminar for HR professionals, in associationwith Hampshire County Council and HaysSpecialist Recruitment

Champion Briefing –Are You in Top Gear?................Thursday 13th February, 07:45 – 10:00, BeaulieuMotor Museum, BeaulieuChampion Briefing focused on the Transport andLogistics sector in the region, followed by optionalvisit to National Motor Museum.

Champion Seminar...................Friday 14th February, 07:45 – 10:00,Bournemouth Carlton HotelFocusing upon harnessing Dorset’s untapped potential.

Champion Briefing withSouthampton City Council........Wednesday 26th February, 07:45 – 09:30, CivicCentre, SouthamptonBriefing for Champions, providing an opportunity forbusinesses to meet with senior officers and inwardinvestment team at Southampton City Council.

Enterprise M3 AnnualConference..........................Thursday 27th February, 10:00 – 14:30,Farnborough FIVE, Farnborough.The 2014 Enterprise M3 Annual Conference focusingon technology and innovation, delivered byBusiness South.

The Big Debate.........................Thursday 6th March, 17:00 – 19:00, City ArtGallery, SouthamptonA facilitated debate on a key business issue inthe region.

Sustainable Solent Summit.......Thursday 13th March, 09:00 – 14:00, The Hub,City College SouthamptonSummit focusing on environmental sustainability inthe South Central region.

City College BusinessSector Breakfast.................Wednesday 19th March, 07:30 – 09:30, The Hub,City College, SouthamptonOne in a series of sector specific breakfasts, focusedon the Marine Industry.

Chairman’s Dinner.............Tuesday 25th March, 18:30 – 22:00,Southampton FC, St Mary’s StadiumExclusive dinner for Champions and guests, with abusiness focused theme of web scienceand technology.

Words Worth Workshop....Thursday 27th March, 08:30 – 12:30, Peer1Hosting, SouthamptonA practical, hands-on half-day workshop abouthow to improve your business by better writing inassociation with LeePeckGroup.

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