The autumn meeting of Suffolk Chamber’s Central Suffolk Forum was held at Siemens Healthineers in Sudbury. Chambers members learnt about the vitally important specialist instrumentation for laboratories and hospitals that is assembled in Sudbury by Siemens; the new Babergh economic strategy and how a focus on sustainability is the key to growth for a number of enterprising businesses in Babergh.
Councillor Deborah Saw, leader of Babergh District Council spoke about Babergh’s new economic strategy and how it will be aligned with regional and national priorities. Darren Howard spoke about Mbloc’s sustainable approach to house building. Jason Lawrence told the meeting how Heatweb had quickly moved from a start-up to a growing business by focusing on monitoring and managing the energy efficiency of heat networks. Kevin Withane described how Diversity X is supporting entrepreneurs in under represented communities. The meeting ended with Michal Boguslawski of Optima telling members about a new mental health in the workplace support service that is available to businesses in Babergh and Mid Suffolk.
Dr Peter Funnell, chair of the Central Suffolk Forum and director of Oakmere Solutions commented ‘Our meeting provided a fascinating insight into how local entrepreneurs have recognised the business potential of sustainable growth and how this approach fits with Babergh District Council’s emerging economic strategy. Meeting at Siemens Healthineers also gave us an understanding of how a large business in Central Suffolk has thrived by focusing on sustainable growth’.
Copies of the presentations made at the meeting can be found here
