The Newman Virtual Showroom Experience

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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.

mobile device. Move your camera around to calibrate your device. Place the to-scale product in your environment and adjust as you like.

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

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 newmanbs.co.uk

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.

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

Recognising these challenges, CMAC felt it imperative to carry out new research to assist carriers in identifying and understanding passenger pain points, enabling them to take proactive measures to mitigate dissatisfaction. This research aims to assist carriers in more effectively identifying and understanding passenger pain points, enabling them to take proactive measures to mitigate dissatisfaction.

Our white paper explores:

• The frequency and nature of disruptions

• How airlines typically respond to disruptions

• Passenger sentiments and the lasting impact on brand reputation

• Essential steps to creating better passenger experiences during disruptions.

Click here to download the white paper

CMAC Group is a leader in managing flight disruption for airlines.

We have a track record of innovation and excellence, successfully creating a more connected passenger experience during disruption. This has played a pivotal role in helping airlines protect their brand and reputation.

CMAC is dedicated to breaking down the complexity of disruption

Businesses: your county’s future workforce needs you!

In August, the government announced that Upper Tier Local Authorities will take on all the formal functions held by Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) since 2011. For businesses, this will result in some practical changes and inherent opportunities.

It means from 1 April 2024, Surrey County Council will have responsibility for business representation, strategic economic planning, and delivering government programmes relating to the regional economy across the whole county. This includes the Growth Hub and the Careers Hub services.

Previously these responsibilities sat with two LEPs – Coast to Capital, which worked in east Surrey; and Enterprise M3, which worked in the west of the county.

We are confident the bringing together of services will deliver improved economic outcomes on a Surrey footprint.

We are building on strong foundations - and committed to a swift and efficient transition as we know that is what business needs.

We will also ensure the voice of local business continues to be heard in economic decision making.

The first part of this process is already underway with Surrey Careers Hub having gone live in September. The team has started work with the county’s secondary schools and colleges with the aim of ensuring every young person can find their best next step.

As businesses, you can get involved by offering workplace encounters, support schools directly as an Enterprise Advisor, or strategically guide the work as a Cornerstone Employer.

We know that businesses need a strong and agile workforce to thrive and grow. Working together with Careers Hubs and aligned to our wider economic interests we can support our businesses to secure the management and streamlining processes, delivering a fuss-free and reliable single-source ground transport and accommodation solution. We help airline clients deliver the best possible passenger experience, no matter the situation.

If you would like to discuss your unique requirements, we encourage you to get in touch with CMAC’s Partnership Management Team at hello@cmacgroup.com www.cmacgroup.com workforce of the future.

Thank you for considering CMAC as your trusted ground transport and accommodation partner.

We look forward to discussing how we can help keep your business moving.

Can you support the work of Surrey Careers Hub? Email Careers.Hub@surreycc.gov.uk for further information.