Katie's passion is shining at Eliot Park

"It's really nice when you see a small business use one of the rooms and come away really satisfied."

Katie Mackiewicz's passion for helping people has a new outlet now that she is responsible for managing the conference and meeting rooms at Warwickshire County Council's business centres.

Katie has worked for the County Council for five years, initially as a Development Support Officer before  becoming a Customer Service Executive and then the Customer Service Executive Team Leader at Eliot Park Innovation Centre.

Her lead role is to manage the conference and meeting rooms at Eliot Park. As the business world starts to move on from Covid, Katie's brief is to look after clients who hire the meeting and conference rooms following their £250,000 refurbishment.

"I really enjoy the role," Katie said. "I make sure the rooms offer the best possible value to businesses, take bookings, manage the catering and am just around to ensure that customers have everything they need.

"The rooms used to be very basic but they have been hugely improved. They were refurbished early in 2020 but then Covid hit, so they could not be for months.

"Now it's great to see them fully up and running, open Monday to Friday from 8.30am to 5pm. We have rooms of different styles and sizes, including two boardrooms and two large rooms ideal for training.

"My role is a very rewarding one. It's really nice when you see a small business use one of the rooms and come away really satisfied."

Named after famous stately homes of Warwickshire, the professional and contemporary rooms have been carefully designed around requirements of both businesses and their clients.

‘With six meeting and conference rooms of varying styles and capacities we are certain we can find the perfect package for any business," said Katie. "All of our packages include free onsite parking,  access to an LG TV screen with plug and go technology, super-fast WIFI and high quality catering and refreshments."

Katie has always enjoyed deploying her energies in a constructive way, an attribute which came to the fore during the pandemic. She assisted with an appeal to ensure some of the county’s most vulnerable young people had sufficient resources to support home learning.

As schools faced closure, the Coventry and Warwickshire Careers Hubs, quickly joined by the County Council, appealed for businesses to donate unused stationery which could then be handed to pupils in need of support. The council, through Katie, created a temporary point at their Business Centre in Nuneaton (Eliot Park Innovation Centre) which allowed a drop-off location for businesses to leave donations.

"It was lovely to play a small part in what was a wonderful effort by the business community to help children," said Katie. "Now I am really enjoying making every effort to ensure that businesses using our rooms at Eliot Park get everything they need."

For more information on conference facilities at Eliot Park, please visit https://www.eliotparkconferencing.com/