Erika Clegg
Creative entrepreneur Erika Clegg, winner of the IOD’s Businesswoman of the Year Enterprise award, moved to Suffolk in September 2005 with nothing more than a registered company name.
Four years on, Spring Advertising is an award-winning integrated agency with 17 staff and a client list that includes The Conservative Party, Bollinger, a top five supermarket and Belvoir Cordials.
Stephen Bournes
A successful catering entrepreneur, Stephen has been running Southwold Pier since 2005. Under his stewardship the pier has won Best Tourism Experience 2008 and Best Seaside Attraction 2007 and continues to be one of the most popular tourist destinations in Suffolk.
Find out from Erika and Stephen how you can run a successful business in Suffolk while competing with businesses across the country.
Social media masterclass
Social media resources like Twitter, Facebook and Youtube now offer new ways to get networked and grow your business. In fact, they’re essential to running an SME in rural areas. Find out why in the pub from Suffolk’s best SEO agency Further.
Interested in running a pub?
We’ve got the experts to show you how. We’ ll be giving a pub management masterclass alongside coop owners of the Turks Head. Business Link East provide funding for start-up community pubs- find out more on the night.