Chair: to be confirmed
Guest Speaker: The Dorchester Group:
Hear first hand about plans for the former RAF/USAF aerodrome and camp at Upper Heyford.

Chair: to be confirmed
Guest Speaker: East - West Rail:
Coming to update us on this significant Rail Project - much has changed since they last spoke

Chair: tba
Guest Speaker: Karen Curtin:
Cherwell District Council Director (Bicester)

Chair: Andrew Richards
60 Second Presentations

Chair: Phil Fetzer
Guest Speaker: Adrian Lockwood:
Oxfordshire Skills Board

Chair: Neil Evans
Guest Speaker: Grant Hayward from Collaborent

What is CSR and how can you harness it to gain competitive advantage?

Ask people what they think Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is, and you will get a range of answers. Do you think it's about compliance and regulation, or ethics and "doing good”? Or do you see it as a powerful way to develop your business, open new opportunities and gain competitive advantage? Grant Hayward of Collaborent Ltd., works with businesses of all sizes to open up creative opportunities to do just that.

Chair: Jenny Fenton
Guest Speaker: Triin Urdis, Enterprise Europe Network

A chance to hear about European Grants, Collaboration and Co-operation opportunities for businesses.

Chair: Tina Rigg
Guest Speaker: Andrew Rozzier, Velocity Business Advisor for Northamptonshire and Cherwell

'An Introduction to Velocity Business Support'

Velocity offers FREE business support to established small and medium sized companies in the Cherwell district: it is already engaged with over 6,000 businesses across the South East Midlands since April and is provided to purely assist business like yours to succeed and grow.

Velocity's local Business Advisor for Bicester is Andrew Rozzier and he will provide an overview of Velocity and explain what support is available from one-to-one adviser support, networking opportunities, training and grant funding. Revenue grants of £1,000 to £10,000 are available ti business in the Cherwell area to help with business development projects that will create, or safeguard, jobs and Andrew will be happy to answer questions, or arrange to come and meet you to discuss how to access Velocity's FREE services.

Chair: David Babister
Guest Speaker: Ian Rowe, Owner of 'Atlantic Experience Personal performance Coaching in Business and Education'

'Ordinary' People, extra-ordinary things - rowing the Atlantic Ocean

The story of six 'ordinary men' attempting to be the first in history to row across 3,000 miles of the Atlantic Ocean in under 30-days - their excitement, fear, anger, depression, mental and physical hardship of rowing for 2-hours on and 2-hours off, 24/7 for 28-days - until disaster struck just 500-miles from the finish...