Hi Cardiff Innovations tenants, Hope you have some lovely plans for the weekend ahead. Some important building updates below and some great events to take part in. 📣BUILDING INFO📣 ❌Tenants/building users not to use the Large Service Lift ❌(Next to the bike storage) Tenants and other building users are not to use the large Service Lift, which is at the back of the building near the bike storage. Building Support have advised this is for their use only. Please do not ignore the signs that will be put up. The passenger lifts at the front of the building are there for your use. * NEED THE LARGE LIFTS? If you need to use the service lift to move large items, please let us know so we can flag to the Building Support team asap and they can assist. 🖥 IT/AV Training 🖥 – SAVE THE DATE (rescheduled) On the 21st March there will be AV training sessions for equipment within the building. This will be a quick demo followed by a question and answer session. We encourage tenants who host meetings or who have previously had difficulties with the AV to attend. The event will be held in Room 1.34. Please use the following link to book a place https://www.eventbrite.com/e/spark-av-demo-session-room-134-tickets-5698302… and note places are limited to 20 tickets per session. 💧🥛 Water fountain 🥛💧 BUG Update: A water fountain on the ground floor by the microwaves has been installed. 🚗🔌 Maindy Road EV charging bays 🚗🔌 Information about Maindy Road EV charging bays. https://www.zap-map.com/location/54laz9i/<https://eur03.safelinks.protec… In case you missed last week’s building updates….. 🚭No Smoking Policy 🚭 The building support team have flagged they have still been finding lots of cigarette butts on the 4th floor balcony. This is a reminder that Cardiff University has a no smoking policy. Smoking is not permitted on any University premises (internal and external). Building support have installed a bin on the boundary fence – please use this rather than littering the floor. [cid:image010.png@01D9502D.542FF600] 🚷 Forgotten ID Cards 🚷 Due to the increase in security breaches, reception cannot issue replacement day passes with access to the building and your room. If you arrive onsite without your access card, you will not have building access and be considered as a visitor. You will need to be signed in and out of the building by a member of your team. 💬 Visitors 💬 In relation to the above security updates please ensure you understand the below fully in regard to any non-building users. Visitors are anyone who doesn’t have building access cards. This includes and members of your business visiting who don’t have access. * All visitors must be met at main reception and be signed in and out at reception by the host. * All Visitors must be accompanied throughout the building. * All Visitors must wear their green visitor lanyards at all times. * All Visitors found unaccompanied and/or not wearing lanyards will be challenged by building staff and escorted down to the main reception. If you are hosting a meeting with visitors, please ensure you read the above and relay the expectations to your visitors so they understand our security protocol. 📞🗯Communal Space Etiquette 🗯📞 The common seating areas have been provided for everybody’s use. We ask that you use these spaces respectfully and in consideration for others who may be working around you. We want to make sure that all of our tenants feel comfortable using the communal areas and that they are welcoming spaces for work and collaboration to help grow our community. To ensure fair use of the communal space we encourage you to use the several non-bookable informal meeting / breakout spaces throughout the building. There is a soundproof meeting both on each floor in the building which are brilliant for taking calls and using for online meetings – please make use of these. Alternatively, there are some nice booths towards the one end of the 4th floor which are great for tucking yourself out of the way. Have a wander across the floors – the space is there for you to use. Say ‘Hi’ and introduce yourself at kitchenettes too 😊 🙌 GET INVOLVED – SBARC|SPARK 🙌 [Criw Cymraeg – Rhayader CIW Primary School] Welsh language lunch break in SPARK Everyone is welcome to come along – first language Welsh speakers, new Welsh speakers and those who know a little bit of Welsh. There will be no language police and Wenglish will not be a problem. What we won’t be doing is lapsing into full English. Last Wednesday of every month, 1.00-1.30 in room 1.24, SPARK Please bring your lunch Organiser: Jonathan Scourfield, CASCADE (scourfield@cardiff.ac.uk<mailto:scourfield@cardiff.ac.uk> Egwyl cinio Cymraeg yn SBARC Mae croeso i bawb ddod draw – Cymry Cymraeg iaith gyntaf, siaradwyr Cymraeg newydd a phobl sy’n deall ychydig o Gymraeg. Ni fydd heddlu iaith o gwmpas, ac ni fydd Wenglish yn broblem. Yr hyn na fyddwn yn ei wneud yw llithro’n llawn i’r Saesneg. Dydd Mercher olaf o bob mis, 1.00-1.30 yn ystafell 1.24, SBARC Dewch â'ch cinio. Trefnydd: Jonathan Scourfield, CASCADE (scourfield@caerdydd.ac.uk<mailto:scourfield@caerdydd.ac.uk>) ✨ MARCH & APRIL - EVENTS & COURSES✨ [cid:image006.png@01D94C32.22AD0360] 🟠 Email Marketing: A how-to guide 🟠 SETsquared is delighted to partner with Anna Gordon from HubSpot for Startups for a session on Email Marketing. Do you want to learn how to attract and convert more leads with your email marketing efforts? * Monday 13th March * 11am * Virtual This session will include: * How email marketing works * Creating an email marketing strategy * How to build out an email list successfully * Email marketing analysis Register: Email Marketing: A how-to guide (hubspot.com)<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3… [cid:image007.png@01D94C32.22AD0360] 🟤 Cardiff Service Design Jam🟤 Admiral Pioneer<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%… is hosting their first Global Service Jam<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fglo… (GSJ) in the heart of Cardiff, the Cardiff Service Jam<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fww… is just one of nearly 100 jams running simultaneously around the world. Join us for an exciting weekend as we dive into the challenge and guide you through the Service Design process. The Jam is a great opportunity to meet like-minded people and get to know the Cardiff Service Design community. * Fri, 17 Mar 2023, 18:00 – Sun, 19 Mar 2023, 18:00 * Capital Tower, 9 Greyfriars Road, Cardiff, CF10 3AD More information and register here: Cardiff Service Design Jam Tickets, Fri 17 Mar 2023 at 18:00 | Eventbrite<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%… [cid:image004.png@01D952A2.BB668CE0] [cid:image005.png@01D952A2.BB668CE0] 🟦 Investment Showcase inside GCV on 20 June 🟦 If you are a SETsquared member start-up or scale-up, the Investment Showcase offers an unrivalled opportunity to raise investment to take your business to the next level. This summer, we’ll be hosting it as part of the Global Corporate Venturing (GCV) Symposium, to further widen the pool of investors and corporates that you have the opportunity to meet. The GCV Symposium is Europe’s leading corporate venturing and innovation event. The Investment Showcase will take place on the first morning of the Symposium and you will be able to stay at the event for the rest of the day free of charge. On the day, you will have the opportunity to deliver a five-minute investment pitch and meet with investors at your exhibition stand. You can expect an audience of 150+ active investors in early-stage, high-technology ventures eg business angels, specialist venture capitalists and high net-worth individuals as well as corporate venturing teams looking to invest in and partner with innovative start-ups. The showcase is the culmination of a two-month investment programme, which will help you to hone your company’s pitch and provide significant promotion within the investor community. Participation in this event is free to SETsquared members. For more information and to submit your application<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A…amp;reserved=0>. Applications are assessed against the selection criteria stated on the website and validated by the SETsquared central team and local centres. A maximum of 45 companies will be admitted to the selection process. Deadline is 27 March, 09.00 but please bear in mind we may reach capacity before then. Apply asap. [cid:image002.png@01D951BC.64364500] 🔺 Unleash2023 - Unleashing Ambition & Good Growth 🔺 The CCR business conference for sustainable SME success * WEDNESDAY 26TH APRIL 2023 * ICC WALES Unleash 2023 brings together the latest business thinking and best practices, geared to helping the SMEs of CCR build sustainable success. It’s ‘Your Day’, if you’re a business of any size and sector, looking to future proof your enterprise and maximise your potential. Seize this day. Unleash your ambitions and optimise your growth. Join us, completely free of charge, at the ICC Wales, on 26th April 2023 More Infor & register your place here: Unleash2023 - Unleashing Ambition & Good Growth<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2… [cid:image008.png@01D94C32.22AD0360] 🎈‼ CHANGE OF DATE - sbarc|spark 1 year anniversary and showcase ‼ 🎈 Unfortunately due to train strike we have had to re-schedule the celebration event. To celebrate 1 year of opening, at the end of March the building will be hosting a showcase the buildings SPARK members and Cardiff Innovations Tenants. * Tuesday 25th April * 11am-2pm Plans are underway, but it would be wonderful for all of our Cardiff Innovations tenants to have a presence there. It will be a great opportunity to network with each other, the wider building community and external guests. Get your banner stands ready, more information to follow. [cid:image003.png@01D9529C.33A557B0] Kind Regards, Alice Burke – Business Support Officer Arloesi Caerdydd@Sbarc Gwasanaethau ymchwil acarloesi Prifysgol Caerdydd sbarc|spark (LLawr 4) Ffordd Maindy Caerdydd CF24 4HQ Sbarcinnovations@cardiff.ac.uk<mailto:Sbarcinnovations@cardiff.ac.uk> Tenant Enquiry Form Link<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ff… 029 2251 4013 Cardiff Innovations@Sbarc Research and Innovations Services Cardiff University sbarc|spark (Floor 4) Maindy Road Cardiff CF24 4HQ Sbarcinnovations@cardiff.ac.uk<mailto:Sbarcinnovations@cardiff.ac.uk> Cyswllt Ffurflen Ymholiad Tenantiaid<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%… 029 2251 4013 [Graphical user interface, application Description automatically generated]