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ECOFAIR 2016
If you have a passion for a good cup of coffee, a tasty
snack and love socialising, then you will enjoy the
welcome and atmosphere at Milly’s.
Our annual Eco Fair
will return to Leeds on
Wednesday 15th June 2016.
Milly's is not just for breakfast, however. Bernadette
Samuel, who launched the café, realised people and
the community are the centre of all things and locals
need somewhere to go throughout th e day.
As a result, the café covers all needs, from lunch on
the go, a quick coffee, a catch up with friends and
free Wi-Fi for the kids.
Join us at Elland Road for our biggest event of the year and find out
how your organisation can reduce its environmental impact, reduce
costs and secure contracts with customers who choose to buy green.
Eco Fair is free to attend, so please put the date in your diary.
A successful business may be fuelled by coffee and
passion, but planning and research are central to
getting it right. When Bernadette was introduced to
the Chamber’s Start Up team, they worked together
on the business and financial planning to make sure
that the numbers added up.
The Eco Fair exhibition will showcase environmental goods and
services and our seminar programme will include technical advice
and case study presentations across the following themed zones:
Energy & Carbon; People & Property; The Circular Economy and
Policy & Regulation.
Milly's Café can be found at No 1 Hunsworth Lane,
Cleckheaton.
Interested in attending?
Over 600 people attended last year and feedback tells us that Eco
Fair 2015 was “inspirational” and the seminars were “excellent”,
“really useful” and “very professional”.
Together, they explored their idea and, inspired by their own ‘big momma’,
Jas, they developed their brand around their love for all things sweet;
something different to get the taste buds watering and attract all ages.
At Big Momma’s Waffles, they have developed their offer and menu to
include a range of sweet as well as savoury waffles, toasties and delicious
milkshakes. As they say, a little something special for everyone to
complement the shopping experience.
Having met the Chamber’s Start Up team, they were able to run their idea
past a business adviser to make sure they had everything in place for a
successful launch. To experience the taste, the business can be found at
the White Rose Shopping Centre in Leeds.
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Interested in exhibiting?
Last year 87% of exhibitors generated new sales leads, with an
estimated value of 16 times the cost of their exhibition fee.
They also said that Eco Fair 2015 was a great event to exhibit
at to “meet local businesses” and they were “impressed at the
variety of enthusiastic people who attend”.
If you are looking to put your dreams into
practice, research a business idea or need
help to identify a gap in the market, contact
the Chamber’s Start & Grow team.
They will help you develop your idea, source
start-up funding and put a business plan
together with you. Support is also available
for a newly-launched business.
Eligibility criteria apply.
West & North Yorkshire Chamber
Visit www.eco-fair.co.uk or call
01274 206660 to register or book
your exhibition space.
ENVIRONMENT
Harpreet and Gurvinder recognised an emerging trend for people looking
for “dessert spots” while they are shopping and found a gap in the market.
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own business
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Come along for the day or call in for an hour or two to talk to
experts and suppliers and to network with local businesses.
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Big Momma’s Waffles is a business dream come true for entrepreneurial
sisters, Harpreet and Gurvinder Kaur. They have always wanted to launch
their own business and with Big Momma’s Waffles, they feel they have
found the perfect recipe.
West & North
Yorkshire Chamber
of Commerce
West & North
Yorkshire Chamber
of Commerce
T: 01274 206656
E: [email protected]
W: www.startupandgrowyorkshire.co.uk
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