Portfolio
UK Trade & Investment (East Midlands) - Regional Portal
Website Link: http://www.emids.uktradeinvest.gov.uk
UK Trade and Investment is the official UK government body responsible for trade and export promotion. Identifying the benefits that could be
gained from a regional trade portal UK Trade and Investment worked with EMNET to develop one of the first regional trade websites in the UK.
The portal has helped the regional UKTI unit to provide additional specialist and regionally focused support for exporters in the East Midlands at much lower cost than traditional mail shots, adverts and large print runs.
The regional portal has been built to mirror national branding and integrate with both national and local export support services. The tool has also supported the activities of the regional Business Link export advisor teams.
In a recent national evaluation the East Midlands trade portal was cited as the leading example of regional trade portal sites in the UK.
Funding Partnership solution
Website Link: http://www.onenottingham.org.uk
OneNottingham is the Local Strategic Partnership for Nottingham responsible for managing a multi million pound regeneration budget through a range of local partnerships.
The website enables OneNottingham to manage the relationships between a diverse set of local agencies, community groups, government bodies and authorities to maximise the benefits of existing and new regeneration funds.
Using the website the partnership is able to communicate more effectively with the public, partners and press at a fraction of the costs usually associated with complex project communications.
Euroregion Skills Analysis Network (ESAN)
Website Link: http://www.esan-project.org
ESAN is an innovative Interreg IIIA project, which is investigating key workforce and skills issues across Kent and the Nord Pas de Calais region. Partners are the Regional Council for Nord Pas de Calais, Learning and Skills Council for Kent and Medway, and Kent County Council. Its key aim is to pull together and develop relevant research activity to inform joint policy development and delivery across the Transmanche Euroregion.
Over the lifetime of the project a number of sector skills and workforce research studies have been commissioned covering:
- Road Transport and Logistics
- Management in Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SME's)
- Construction
- Rural Economy
Big-Table - Nottingham Restaurant Awards
Website Link: http://www.nottinghamrestaurantawards.co.uk
Big Table public relations, the creators and organisers of the Nottingham Restaurant Awards, approached EMNET to build a website that would not only help to promote the Awards but would enable people to vote on-line.
The site provides a central hub through which Big Table are able to manage their communications with the press, participating restaurants and the voting public. The website has full content management facilities and enables any member of staff to upload text, pictures and data in a range of formats as well as being able to download the latest voting results.
By utilising electronic voting Big Table were able to increase efficiency and reduce costs.
"The website was key to the success of the Awards...the site was so easy to administer allowing us to concentrate on organising the Awards"
Jocelyn Platt (Co-Director, Big Table PR)
