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Back for its fourth year, the premier event for businesses across Essex to connect, collaborate, and celebrate success will be on 5 November at Chelmsford City Racecourse. Read more

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An exciting opportunity for businesses across Braintree, Chelmsford, Colchester, Epping Forest, Maldon, Tendring, and Uttlesford. Twenty local companies will receive a free exhibition stand at the upcoming North Essex Business Expo, taking place on Thursday 10 September 2025, from 10 am to 3 pm at Charter Hall, Colchester Leisure World. Read more

The hoardings are coming down at the new Digital Forum in Colchester which opens in the autumn. Read more

Newly rebranded, the Ambitious Essex Growth Hub will continue to support small and medium sized businesses across Essex, Southend and Thurrock. Read more

First launched back in September 2024, the AdVantage competition by Ambitious Essex, in partnership with Let’s Do Marketing, set out to empower businesses across Essex by providing them with marketing tools and strategies to help them scale and enhance their digital presence. Read more

Ambitious Essex, in collaboration with Let’s Do Marketing, is excited to reveal the ten exceptional businesses that have made it to the finals of the AdVantage competition. Read more

Ambitious Essex, in partnership with Let’s Do Marketing, is excited to announce the launch of AdVantage, a unique competition designed to give new and scaling businesses across Essex the digital boost they need to outshine their competition. Starting on 16th September 2024, AdVantage offers an incredible opportunity for ten selected businesses to win tailored marketing […] Read more

Last autumn the Ambitious Essex launched the Elevate competition to help start-up and scale-up businesses digitally elevate their businesses. Businesses were invited to enter by sharing their long-term goals. At the close of 2023 ten businesses were then chosen to each win a package of support to the value of £1000. The ten businesses chosen […] Read more

Networking Essex are really pleased to announce a partnership between all the South Essex Councils, Brentwood, Rochford, Southend on Sea, Basildon, Thurrock Castle Point and Essex County Council along with Essex Wildlife Trust, FSB, Colbea, Global and the DS Group. We hope to achieve the biggest business expo in South Essex at the Brentwood Centre […] Read more