Showcase Your Business: Join the Swadlincote Small Business Event

A new networking and business showcase event – the Swadlincote Small Business Showcase, is making a call for potential exhibitors to get involved.

The inaugural Swadlincote Small Business Showcase will take place in the town centre on Saturday 20 July 2024, between 9am - 2pm. The event will be an opportunity for new and small businesses to network with other businesses and showcase their products and services to the local community.

Exhibit categories include food & drink, independent & bespoke, arts & crafts, entertainment, community organisations, health & wellness, and professional services.

Keelie Briggs Marketing Consultancy, SW Markets and South Derbyshire Business Advice Service have joined forces with local businesses and organisations to host the event, which will include free family entertainment.

A Council spokesperson said: “It is great to highlight the diversity of our local businesses, and to provide us all with the opportunity to ‘shop local’ and support them.”

There is no charge for businesses to join in, and it is free for visitors to attend the first Swadlincote Small Business Showcase. For further information and to exhibit see the contacts below.

Event enquiries: Keelie@KeelieBriggs.com and for stall enquiries: 01283 595791 or business@southderbyshire.gov.uk.

For further information please visit: www.visitsouthderbyshire.co.uk/event/swadlincote-small-business-showcase.

This project is part-funded by the UK government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.

The UK Shared Prosperity Fund is a central pillar of the UK government’s Levelling Up agenda and provides £2.6 billion of funding for local investment by March 2025. The Fund aims to improve pride in place and increase life chances across the UK investing in communities and place, supporting local business, and people and skills. For more information, visit: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-shared-prosperity-fund-prospectus.

24 June 2024