Diamond Magazine
The Newman Virtual Showroom Experience
The advent of augmented reality is a real game changer in some industries. It can help organisations to reach out to potential customers who might be too time-poor and unable to take time away from their business to make business meetings or visit showrooms for demonstrations. As buyers needs and tastes change it's important to
use the latest in tech advancements. The Sharp virtual showroom has been a welcome addition to the Newman portfolio. It’s an immersive and interactive environment designed for people to explore Newman’s Portfolio remotely. People can view the virtual showroom at their own pace. This experience enables the audience to browse and explore office technology anytime and anywhere. virtualshowroom.sharp.co.uk/ newman-business-solutions/ Access to the showroom can be via phone, laptop, interactive display screen or any device with internet and browser connectivity. Try it for yourself… it's pretty cool! How do I use Augmented Reality? Load the AR link (QR Code) on a
mobile device. Move your camera around to calibrate your device. Place the to-scale product in your environment and adjust as you like.
Of course, Newman still has a physical showroom too. The Newman team is always happy to arrange to meet in person to demonstrate the whole suite of workplace technologies. newmanbs.co.uk
Flagship Business Growth Fund supports the first business to commercialise new green solutions The first business has been awarded a grant from Crawley Borough Council’s flagship Greentech Business Growth Fund (GBGF), part of the Towns Fund Programme. The successful business will use the grant funding to further commercialise and scale up production of their existing green technology products, supporting decarbonisation efforts for businesses and homes in Crawley and across the UK. The council launched the GBGF earlier this year as part of its wider commitments to support local small business opportunities linked to the net zero carbon transition. Grants are available in three tiers – up to £10,000 in grant support to support start-up businesses and ventures, up to £50,000 grant support to help small businesses further mature greentech solutions and up to £175,000 matchfunded investment grants for the necessary investments required
to support commercialisation of greentech solutions at scale. The GBGF has a total investment value of £900,000 with multiple grant rounds running until the expected final allocation of funding in April 2024. It is open to all green-tech small businesses based in Crawley or those moving to Crawley and is being managed by Carbon Limiting Technologies, specialist advisors who have supported climate tech innovators across the UK since 2003. Councillor Bob Noyce, Cabinet member for Environment, Sustainability and Climate Change, said: “We are proud to demonstrate our continued commitment to achieving net zero climate targets through ensuring that Crawley businesses have the resources they need to develop the solutions we need as a community to make the transition to a greener, fairer society.”
Councillor Atif Nawaz, Cabinet member for Planning and Economic Development, said: “This first grant award is a significant milestone demonstrating what can be achieved at a borough level to support the growth of a local, greentech economy.” For more information on the grant scheme and eligibility criteria visit crawley.gov.uk/greentech
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