Monday, 28 April 2025

🎼 Beyond the Diva | Concert

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Concert

A portrait painting of a woman holding a lute

BEYOND THE DIVA: WOMEN ARTISTS & PATRONESSES IN HANDEL’S TIME

Wednesday 30 April 2025, 6.30-8.00pm

Tickets from £17.50

Enjoy an enchanting evening of baroque delights with the Nocturnalia Ensemble.

Nocturnalia Ensemble is composed of three young performers who believe that baroque music is tremendously contemporary, and look to offer fresh concerts to audiences that celebrate the freedom and unique creativity of 17th and18th-century compositions.

PERFORMERS

Mojca Jerman,

historical violin

Alex Mastichiadis,

historical keyboards (harpsichord & organ)

Pablo Tejedor-Gutiérrez, historical cello & viola

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Foundling Museum, 40 Brunswick Square, London, WC1N 1AZ

Nearest tube: Russell Square. 5 minute walk from Kings Cross.

Image credits: Bartolomeo Nazari, Faustina Bordoni on loan from Handel Hendrix House: Nocturnalia Ensemble photo © Nocturnalia Ensemble.

Monday, 14 April 2025

Join our April event with guest speaker Alessandro Georgiou AM

NLCCE info@nlcce.co.uk

Tue 1 Apr, 13:45 (13 days ago)

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Dear NLCCE Member,

We are delighted to welcome London Assembly Member, Cllr Alessandro Georgiou AM, as our guest speaker at our April networking event. Alessandro will be speaking about the GLA's approach to business growth and the use of the UK Shared Prosperity Fund in London. NLCCE Members have priority booking for this event - please click the link below to register.

Cllr Georgiou has served on Enfield Council since 2014. In 2022 he was elected Leader of the Opposition and Conservative Group. During the 2024 Mayoral and GLA elections Alessandro was elected as a Londonwide Member of the London Assembly and serves on the Economy, Budget and Performance and Oversight Committees. His responsibilities for 2024 - 2025 include:

Deputy Chair of the Economy, Culture and Skills Committee
Member of the Budget and Performance Committee
Member of the GLA Oversight Committee

Alessandro has spent his political career fighting for lower taxes, opposing Green Belt development and is a champion against overdevelopment in London.

Agenda

11.00am - Arrivals, networking and refreshments
11.30am - Welcome, Despina Johnson, CEO, NLCCE
11.35am - Cllr Alessandro Georgiou AM
12.05pm - Despina Johnson, CEO, NLCCE
12.10pm - 1.00pm - networking & refreshments

New DASA Themed Competition - Innovation in Support of Operations Phase Two - New Challenge Areas

Newsletters/Defence & Security

Defence and Security Accelerator accelerator@dasa.mod.gov.uk

Wed 2 Apr, 12:30 (12 days ago)

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DASA News!

Hi Jean-Francois,

The Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) is pleased to launch Phase Two of our fast paced Themed Competition, Innovation in Support of Operations. Run on behalf of the Ministry of Defence, this competition aims to identify and accelerate innovative solutions and techniques, ensuring they can be scaled and deployed faster than our adversaries.

There are five new Challenge Areas:

UAS Propulsion
Repair of 155mm Artillery barrels
Autonomous navigation systems for UAS and USVs
Seekers
UAS detect and destroy

The UK Government is continually assessing lessons from world events. From these lessons, we seek to rapidly adopt solutions that enhance our military and economic advantage. This competition is designed to identify nearly-ready solutions and techniques that can be accelerated into scalable and deliverable effect faster than our adversaries.

Do you have a suitable innovation? Read the full competition document and submit a proposal.