About Us

About Rushcliffe Business Partnership

The Rushcliffe Business Partnership was launched in 1999 as a forum for local businesses to network with each other, develop new business opportunities and link in to the local authority and other agencies on commercial matters.

We are now integral to a thriving local business scene with more than 150 individuals and organisations currently signed up to working with, and benefitting from, our Partnership.

The forum brings together local business people and companies based within Rushcliffe, a south Nottinghamshire borough of 157 square miles that stretches from the River Trent in the north to the southern Wolds villages, with West Bridgford as the major urban area.

We are a ‘not for profit’ organisation in part funded by the Rushcliffe Community Partnership based at the Civic Centre by Trent Bridge and have strong links with the local authority and other agencies in the region such as the Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire Chamber of Commerce.

We provide input and advice into the community strategy and actions plans for Rushcliffe as well as feeding in to other important public consultations. Our members are generally drawn from small to medium-sized enterprises although membership covers everyone from small start-ups and sole traders to industries with turnover of more than £1 million.

General membership is free with a range of benefits including networking and training opportunities. The Partnership is led by a small steering group, which meets bi-monthly, and holds an annual meeting to review progress and set the strategic agenda for the following 12 months. We have ambitious plans for the development of the Partnership and would encourage all those with an interest in the success of the business sector within Rushcliffe to get in touch and get involved.

About Rushcliffe

Rushcliffe is the home of a Test match cricket venue, a double-European Cup winning football team, the base for many of our London 2012 watersports hopefuls, the current Justice Secretary and former Chancellor of the Exchequer, and is widely recognised nationally for its high standard of living.

There is a great variety of businesses operating in Rushcliffe with a range of SMEs in all sectors as well as larger employers such as the British Geological Survey at Keyworth and British Gypsum at East Leake.

There is more information on the borough in the Rushcliffe Borough Council website.

Our aims

The Partnership’s key aims are to:

Support businesses in Rushcliffe to grow, develop and increase profitability
Increase trade between Rushcliffe businesses
Increase trade for Rushcliffe businesses from outside of the borough
Raise awareness of issues that affect the business community (such as regional and local business support, grants and funding, and new legislation)
Work with relevant partners to provide a forum for businesses to communicate with the public, private and voluntary sectors
Work with other local strategic partnership theme groups to raise awareness of the needs of the business community and how the other groups can assist in meeting these needs
Improve the general business environment in Rushcliffe