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Boost your chance of business success

If you are a business owner, or are looking to start your own business and need expert help and advice on how to set up or develop your business in today’s economic climate, Banbury Business Expo is a great place to start.

Now in its fourth year, Banbury Business Expo’s tried and tested formula of providing free targeted seminars, access to market research and professional expertise, specialist training and one-to-one sessions has proved successful in enabling companies in and around Banbury to start up, expand, improve efficiency and profitability whilst developing sustainable growth.

Run by Cherwell District Council, in association with local professional businesses and business support organisations, this years Banbury Business Expo will be held on Tuesday 12th May 2009 at Banbury Cricket Club and will run in the morning from 7:30am until 10am then again in the evening from 4.30pm until 7:00pm.

Bringing together all the facets of starting a new business in one location, the current list of exhibitors includes Oxford Innovation, Colin Sanders Innovation Centre Banbury, Business Link, Cardwell Marketing, Banbury Chamber of Commerce, Ellacotts Chartered Accountants and Business Advisers, NatWest, , Oxfordshire Enterprise Hub, Oxfordshire Business Enterprises and Spratt Endicott Solicitors. It is hoped that many more companies will want to take advantage of this unique opportunity and exhibit their business too.

David Saunders, Managing Partner at Ellacotts LLP explains: “Our aim as a sponsor and seminar speaker is to provide essential small business advice that helps people get over the blocks to business success; the Banbury Business Expo is the essential business guide, a crucial ingredient for all growing and ambitious businesses.”

Jayne Lees, Client Development Manager at Spratt Endicott Solicitors added “As the leading firm of solicitors in Banbury, Spratt Endicott passionately believe in assisting local businesses to grow and are therefore proud to be associated with the Banbury Expo and of providing a solicitor to talk about “Business Legal Basics”.

Lilian Bannister, Sales & Marketing Manager, Colin Sanders Innovation Centre Banbury and a provider of office space for start up businesses commented ‘ we are pleased to be involved in the 4th Banbury Business Exhibition; in the current economic climate with so many redundancies in the area, many more people will be considering starting up their own business, this is the event that can help them to get started’.

Banbury Business Expo is aimed at everybody from a one person business to a high growth company, so if you are a local business and would like to benefit from high quality advice and assistance so that you can move your business forward quickly and efficiently, then this is the event for you and more importantly it’s free.

For information, including details of how to become an exhibitor, please contact:

Steven Newman of Cherwell District Council on 01295 221860, Vicky Boulton of Ellacotts on 01295 250401 or Lilian Bannister of Colin Sanders Innovation Centre Banbury on 01295 817600