Member Event: Thinking of starting a business? Event for pre-start ups from the Built Environment sector

This is an Adapt business start-up event for all building sectors, from architects to plumbers. The event will cover everything you need to know about starting a business, and will feature presentations from legal and accountancy experts.

The Centre for the Built Environment (CBE) team, part of the University of East Anglia’s Adapt Low Carbon Group, has partnered with law firm and solicitors Howes Percival and accountancy firm Larking Gowen to produce this bespoke event on May 13.

Focusing on the key legal and financial aspects of starting a business, the CBE team will demonstrate how using sustainable materials and practises can give new and established businesses a distinct advantage.

The event is aimed at any entrepreneur with a vision of starting a business in the built environment – from building concept and design through construction to occupancy and management. The CBE team are highly experienced in the benefits of low energy building design such as Passivhaus and BREEAM and have cutting edge knowledge regarding uses for natural materials.

The event will also be used to launch a competition for entrepreneurs in the built environment sector, who are being offered the opportunity to win incubation space for a start-up business in The Enterprise Centre at the University of East Anglia.

To enter the competition, entrepreneurs planning on setting up a business are asked to attend the event on 13 May, before filling out an online entry describing why The Enterprise Centre is the right building for their business.

For more information, visit www.adaptcbe.co.uk.