WARRINGTON businesses seeking venture capital funding are being invited to attend a special networking event in London on January 21.
The free event has been organised by Marketing Cheshire in conjunction with the Warrington and Cheshire Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) and Warrington & Co and sets out to create beneficial new relationships between investors and businesses.
It is specifically aimed at businesses in the energy, automotive, life science and chemical sectors.
Financial Secretary to the Treasury Sajid David MP will be making a welcome address at the early evening event.
Invitations to the event are limited, but a few are still available and any local businesses seeking funding and wishing to attend are encouraged to contact Sharon Pond at Marketing Cheshire on 01244 405604 or email [email protected]
WARRINGTON businesses seeking venture capital funding are being invited
to attend a special networking event in London on January 21.
Venture capital funding opportunity
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“energy, automotive, life science, and chemical” just the sort of industries the young people of Cheshire would be pleased to work in – I don’t think!
Nice to see such a positive comment………………………. not.
It’s not a positive comment because I personally can’t see anything positive in encouraging high pollution industries with unskilled, low paid jobs to the area – ‘opportunities’ that other authorities probably wouldn’t touch with a barge-pole. I can however understand that from the point of view of someone from ‘out of Warrington’ there would be a very positive aspect – as in thankfully the smelly, polluted chemical works etc. will be landing in Warrington and not on my doorstep!
Another point, why has the meeting been arranged at a venue in London? Wouldn’t it have been better for Warrington’s economy if the investors came here and spent their money in our hospitality sector rather than the other way around?
Rather sweeping generalizations claiming that “businesses in the energy, automotive, life science and chemical sectors” are necessarily high on pollution and low in pay. Unless you already know or are aiming to attend the freebie on 21 January how do you know which companies and industries will show up? If you want the businesses – whatever they are – you have to attract them to the area. That is a fact of life. Even someone with your jaundiced view has to admit there are some worthwhile employers in the area.
Karla, if you read the report the meeting is specifically aimed at investors in these industries, also invitations to the event are limited and only a few are still available. So barring those from Marketing Cheshire, the LEP and Warrington and Co the already reserved places will have been taken by pre selected investors. Its not an event to which one can just show up! Also its a well known fact that these industries employ a minority of very well paid staff and a large majority of low paid workers and the lower the pay the dirtier the work. Warrington is in need of investors and employment opportunities but why are the powers that be concentrating their efforts in the type of industries that other areas wouldn’t want on their doorsteps? We already have a glut of low paid unskilled sweatshops in warrington, so much so that many people travel in to the area to fill up the vacancies. This causes terrible traffic congestion and also an increase in demand for social housing – of which we are already short. Many, if not most of those resident in Warrington who are earning over the average wage travel out of Warrington to work. There is a terrible employment inbalance in the area and associate problems – so why create more? Also we are living in an area with the highest cardiovascular disease not just in Britain but the world so pollution is a very very serious problem here and it seems senseless to me to create more. We already have enough pollution ridden industries, we take in waste from other areas and are being expected to accept fracking and nuclear – don’t you think its about time other areas took their share of the unhealthy and unwanted industries? And if you want to find out more about what kinds of plans the said agencies have for Warrington do some research into their activities – it isn’t difficult. Lastly, I don’t consider that being concerned for the future of Warrington’s young folk could in any way be described as having a jaundiced viewpoint. Perhaps if you did some research your own view point might become clearer.
have you been to Widnes?
Sha I don’t doubt your sincerity but where is the back up for this statement: “we are living in an area with the highest cardiovascular disease not just in Britain but the world.”
CHD (coronary heart disease) arises from a number of factors and the interaction of genetic, lifestyle and environmental influences. These include age; gender; social deprivation; incidence of smoking; nutrition levels; levels of exercise; alcohol consumption; physiological disposition; blood pressure; overweight or obesity; cholesterol and ethnicity.
Scotland actually has a higher incidence of CHD than north east England, which in turn is greater than in north west England .
The incidence of COPD another disease linked to pollution is highest in the north east of England and most likely Scotland.
China has reluctantly had to admit that over 500,000 people there die each year due to its extraordinary levels of pollution. I doubt Widnes, Scotland and the North East combined even starts to approach that level of pollution harm.
That said, I agree with you, it is not acceptable to allow things to continue as they are. Things have moved on in the work place since pollution was something that had to be accepted as part of the job.
What is the basis for your other comment that most high earners in Warrington travel out of town to work, how do you come to that conclusion?