A COUNTY business network has celebrated seven years of connecting Worcestershire businesses to lucrative deals online via its website and face-to-face at monthly breakfast meetings.
The FinditinWorcestershire team, who have built the network’s membership to more than 8,000 businesses, hosted a special cyber security-themed breakfast meeting to mark the occasion, where they launched the #IveDoneBusiness campaign.
The campaign encourages members to share their good news of work won at meetings, through opportunities on the website and successful one-to-one meetings with buyers at its meet-the-buyer events.
The birthday celebration marked the seven-year milestone with networking, keynote speakers, a guest panel of experts and a complimentary breakfast.
In addition, its monthly breakfast meetings have attracted more than 6,000 delegates across 70 events at Sixways Stadium.
Lorna Jeynes, project manager at Worcestershire County Council, presented some of FinditinWorcestershire’s achievements to date and highlighted that the website has advertised £41billion worth of supply chain opportunities to local businesses.
“To be celebrating our seventh birthday here in Worcester is amazing and it was important to us to mark it with a high-profile event to say thank-you to all our members, old and new,” she said. “It’s a big milestone for any project and we wouldn’t be here without the support of our members – that and copious amounts of coffee!
“But in all seriousness, FinditinWorcestershire is about more than clicking online. It’s about making business relationships face-to-face and discovering the great suppliers on our doorstep.
“Both public and private opportunities have always been at the heart of our network and through the posting of opportunities on the website and regular procurement events, we will continue to promote the use of local companies. In turn, this strengthens our local economy and ensures ‘Worcestershire is Open for Business’.”
In the past two years, FinditinWorcestershire has launched its new look website with innovative features including Quick Quote and Marketplace, functions which allow buyers to send requests for quotes and a member’s section to promote products and services.
For more information, visit www.finditinworcestershire.com
