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The New Forest is a great place to do business – Our thoughts after the NFBP Business Awards
On the evening of November 30th, some of the brightest and best businesses and business people congregated together at the Carey’s Manor hotel in Brockenhurst for the NFBP Brilliance in Business Awards. In its 11th year, the awards commemorate the success of businesses in the New Forest national park.
We at entrustIT have been operating out of the New Forest for all of our 10 years of trading. Our offices in Ringwood serve as a base for our operations which spread out across the country, and the continent. In ten years we have progressed from operating out of a house in Brockenhurst with only a handful of local customers, to providing services across the UK and Europe and in the USA via our office in Boston, with thousands of users accessing our servers daily and customers including Bath Store and the BBC – and all of this success has occurred in the New Forest.
As a result, we feel, as a company, a certain fondness for the area. It is our area or operations, it is our scenery on our commute and for many of our staff, it is our home. It was only natural, then, that we felt honoured to be selected as finalists for the ExxonMobil award for innovation and entrepreneurship at the New Forest Business Awards.
The evening itself was very professionally organised and although we weren’t winners on the night, we are still proud to be ambassadors of the New Forest. The evening did bring one fact into focus for us though:
The New Forest is a great place to do business.
Looking around on the night, there were plenty of exciting and varied businesses and business people. From solar-powered cameras, to haircare products and even a ‘chocolate messaging’ company – there was something for everyone at the awards.
A talk by Di Roberts from Brockenhurst College highlighted the great work the college is doing providing all these local businesses with the next generation of talent. With thousands of students and adult learners, there will certainly be plenty of skilled workers to propel the local economy forward in the years to come.
The New Forest has around 8,000 businesses within it. This is more than in Southampton or Portsmouth. It is clear to see that this is a great place to do business and so many businesses do thrive here. Furthermore, this is a great place to live and work.
We are extremely proud to be ambassadors for the New Forest. We have had a great ten years of business here and are looking forward to many more. With uncertain economic times ahead, it is clear to see that the New Forest is well positioned to continue with stable growth for many years.