Banstead:

• Wessex Garage Doors have funded two publicly accessible defibrillators – one on the front of The Old Fire Station in Banstead and a second will be installed in Lower Kingswood at the company’s warehouse facility.
• Romans International have bought the nextdoor Ford dealership to expand its supercar showroom space

Redhill:

• B&Q are moving into the former Mercedes showroom in Redhill 

Reigate:

• The Rose Room coffee shop opened in Church Street
• Work is underway ready for the opening of Lounge café bar in the High Street (in the old Martins unit)
• Barnes and Fadden, who also have a shop in Redhill, are expanding and taking on the former Laura Ashley unit in Reigate with opening imminent
• Joules, the clothing and homeware retailer, is planning to open a store in the High Street (in the former Jigsaw unit)
• Sullivan Street Partners has agreed to acquire Osborne Infrastructure Ltd (Osborne’s civil engineering and infrastructure business).  Osborne will continue to focus on the residential and education sectors.

• 15 Sept 12.00-14.00 Reigate & Banstead Learning Lunch Local Business Hero - Luca Malavasi from Monte Forte shares his business journey Book Now
• 30 Sept 19.00 RN networking, the Cage Wine Bar, Reigate Book now Book now
• 6 Oct 17.00 RBInspire Mentor-Mentee Connect meeting,  Book now
• 17 Nov 12.00-14.00 Reigate & Banstead Learning Lunch, How to make your business greener.  Town Hall Reigate Book Now
• 3 Nov 17.00 RBInspire Mentor-Mentee Connect meeting, Book now
• 8 Dec 17.00 RBInspire Mentor-Mentee Connect meeting, Book now

Reigate & Banstead Borough Council have launched  a new Business Growth Grant scheme which will provide business grants of up to £10,000.

The Grant will support local small businesses who can demonstrate growth and are looking for support to take their business to the next level.

The grant will be for small businesses of up to 49 employees.  The grant will be a ‘one off’ award to help a small business grow by enabling them to recruit new staff, invest in new plant or premises, or gain new accredited skills.

If you are a solo, micro business or small business owner who are pre-start-up, start-up or looking to grow to the next level – you can book to come to one of our events. You get to choose the topics you wish to discuss with a mentor and will be matched with a mentor accordingly for a 20-minute meeting. You can have as many mentor meetings as you wish during the 5pm – 8pm timeframe.

To be added to their mailing list to keep informed here.

There is a great team of mentors in place, but rbinspire is very happy to hear from experienced business owners with specific skill sets they feel they could contribute. Interested Mentors can contact Alastair on alastair@rbinspire.net

It has been very exciting to see our Marketfield Way development project in Redhill reaching new heights over the summer so far.

The third issue of our project newsletter is out now, with an update on progress, what’s coming up next, and a chance to hear what we are doing to boost local employment and procurement opportunities.

You can also keep up to date by following VINCI’s dedicated project Twitter feed www.twitter.com/marketfieldway  

14 Sept 10.00 – 12.00 Grants for Growth – Applying for Invest4 Funding - This webinar is to help business to understand Invest4 Grant Fund criteria and process.  After the webinar we also offer a 1-2-1 follow up, where we can discuss specific project and offer guidance on the applications.  Book your space.

Grant application writing workshop – Invest4 Funding.  Remote workshop to discuss where to start with the Invest4 grant application, what the fund is looking for, how to word the answers on the application, most common mistakes when writing the application. All attendees will be given a workbook and offered a 121 to review their application.

Day 1 – 21 Sept 10.00 – 13.00 - Grant application writing workshop – Invest4 Funding - Day 1 of 2 Tickets, Tue 21 Sep 2021 at 10:00 | Eventbrite

Day 2 – 28 Sept 10.00 – 13.00 - Grant application writing workshop – Invest4 Funding - Day 2 of 2 Tickets, Tue 28 Sep 2021 at 10:00 | Eventbrite

30 Sept 10.00 – 14.00 Business Planning (How to Write a Business Plan) webinar. Learn to write a realistic business plan with a clear strategy.  All attendees will be given a workbook and offered a 121 to review their business plan. Book now 

Planning, Managing & Growing My Business – Webinar – The Business Hothouse

This course will be delivered over 3 days, in 4-hour sessions: 26 Oct, 10.00 – 14.00, 2 Nov, 10.00 – 14.00, 9 Nov, 10.00 – 14.00 Book your space

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