The Village Co is a social marketplace that ignites a powerful connection between businesses, their local consumers, community groups and organisations. The focus is to nurture local businesses to connect with and directly market to local consumers. From state-of-the-art apps to savvy marketing tools, The Village Co is revolutionising the way the food service industry operates. We will find out more on the product, Grub Lab, and also more on the Virtual Supply Chain (VSC) which is an innovative supply chain technology that uses Artificial Intelligence and machine learning to provide a platform for efficient food distribution to customers. Join us on this ground-breaking journey.

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Founder and CEO Michael Carr has a proven track record of driving start-up companies from concept, through commercialisation to profit. He has been entrepreneurial since the age of 8 and by 27, he had developed, built and commercialised an innovative solution and channel to market for safety equipment that changed an industry. It also started an ongoing relationship with the Fortune 500 company, 3M. Mick’s passion and drive for The Village Co is to help as many business owners as possible to grow and survive the struggles of running a business. He is developing this with platforms and technology to allow collaboration and access to resources and tech that would normally be out of reach due to resource restraints.

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