Carlisle's next generation of business leaders move things forward. The next generation of budding business leaders met at Carlisle's Assembly Rooms, on the 17th January, for the first ever Carlisle Young Ambassadors 'scoping meeting'. Like their adult counterparts, Carlisle Young Ambassadors, is already becoming a network of like-minded young peop...

Chinese fact-finding mission discovers Carlisle Business leaders and representatives from Maotai and Guizhou Province, in China, a region famous for its distilleries paid visited Carlisle, Cumbria, last week (12th & 13th December) as part of a fact-finding mission to the historic city. The Chinese delegation of six included; DENG Fan, vice mayo...

​Here is our latest video highlighting our November 2018 meeting and showcases

We are delighted to host our next event at The Halston, Warwick Road, Carlisle Our key theme for the meeting is Skills and Learning Speakers Phil Wild and David Nicholson and apprentices from James Cropper including Q&A with apprentices Mike Hunt from More Handles Young Carlisle Ambassador - Alastair Herd Photography Along with 20 showcases Des...

Carlisle Ambassadors goes from strength to strength, after nearly 4 years since it began. Carlisle Ambassadors has now got 165 members ranging from large SMEs through to charities, sole traders and not for profit organisations, all with the aim of making Carlisle a better place to live, work, visit and invest. Each event attracts between 200 to 230...

​Our September 18th event at the Shepherds Inn, saw over 200 attend. We had 21 showcases and some fantastic speakers, there wasn't a dry eye in the room when we heard from the very inspirational Cumbria Wheelchair Sports. Our other amazing speakers were Pirelli and Virgin Trains. 

  At the end of May we held our Carlisle Ambassador’s meeting at The Halston. Around 220 people joined us to hear excellent speakers, discover more about business via the many showcase stands, and to enjoy time networking and doing business in a relaxed, positive atmosphere.  Thanks to Andrew Ashley, Craig Kenyon and Tara Telford for giving us exce...

  Last year, we launched our first Marketeer Event, and were delighted that Peter Sidwell joined us to share his expertise in marketing. We also worked together in the room to think about how we can collaborate to promote the city of Carlisle, and our own business within this, to raise the profile as a great place to live, work, invest and visit. G...

Mental Health Support in Workplace We were delighted to hear from Dave McCaul of Balfour Beatty at our Carlisle Ambassadors' meeting on 15th March 2018. The theme for the event was health and wellbeing at work, and the amazing work lead by Dave and others at Sellafield was perfect for sharing to the 200+ people who joined us at the Crown and Mitre....