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The High Growth Academy is an exciting programme of events, workshops and forums, brought to you by East Midlands Chamber in collaboration with Nottingham Trent University, University of Derby and University of Nottingham. It is aimed at businesses in the EMCCA region.

Growth Forum
Join us at the High Growth Academy - Growth Forum: Driving Business Growth Through Innovation.

Innovation is the engine of growth, but scaling an innovative business comes with unique challenges. In this interactive forum, a panel of leading experts will share insights and practical strategies to help you overcome these hurdles and unlock your venture’s full potential.

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Who should attend?
These Forums are aimed at business owners, CEOs, MDs, senior managers or strategic leaders located in Derby, Derbyshire, Nottingham and Nottinghamshire from high growth businesses.

What's covered:
• Professor Simon Mosey will explore how to tackle the toughest innovation challenges
• Learn about key approaches to securing funding for growth
• Experts will share real-world lessons from building a cutting-edge enterprise

You’ll also have the chance to connect with peers, exchange ideas, and discuss how these strategies apply to your own business. Don’t miss this opportunity to gain actionable insights and grow your network in an inspiring, collaborative setting.

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Speaker Profiles:
Prof Simon Mosey
Simon is Professor of Entrepreneurship & Innovation, and is Director of Haydn Green Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship. He is chair of the award winning Your Entrepreneurs Schemes that have developed the entrepreneurial skills of over 6000 academic researchers and technicians and Ingenuity Impact that has supported over 4500 social entrepreneurs. Simon supports organisations understand how to turn ideas into real opportunities and build a strong culture of innovation.

More speaker details coming soon

Eligibility:

This forum is open to eligible high growth businesses located in Derby, Derbyshire, Nottingham and Nottinghamshire that can demonstrate 20% annual growth in revenue, employment, or market share over the past three consecutive years.

You must be registered on the High Growth Accelerator project.

Receipt of this support is subject to the Subsidy Control Act (2022). To qualify an enterprise cannot have received more than £315,000 Minimal Financial Assistance (MFA) and or De Minimis within any three-year period.

The project is funded by the UK Government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.

This event is available for: Eligible SMEs

29th January 2026

8:30am - 11:00am

In-Person

University of Nottingham - Jubilee Campus, Nottingham, NG7 2GX

This is a funded event and will be subject to eligibility questions during the checkout process to ensure you match the required criteria.

Members must Sign in / Register to purchase member only tickets

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*All our business prices are excluding VAT at 20%.

For further information on this event, please contact Hannah Kerridge on 07741 163242 or email hannah.kerridge@emc-dnl.co.uk

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