on your business - Creative Lancashire

Focus
on your business
FREE workshops, drop-ins & seminars
For new, up-and-coming or long-standing businesses
October 2012
During the month of October
Pendle Council and Pendle Vision along
with a host of business specialists will
be running a series of seminars and
workshops. It doesn’t matter if you’re
established, or you are just starting out in
business you are sure to find something
in the following pages that will help you.
Digital Marketing
27th Sept
8:30-10:30am
Breakfast provided
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ACE offices,
Cross Street,
Nelson,
Lancashire
BB9 7NN
Lancashire
Innovation
Network
innovate@regeneratepl.co.uk
0800 612 2029
ACE offices
Groundwork
Pennine
Lancashire
training@gwpl.co.uk
01254 265163
Environmental Business
Support & costs savings
2nd Oct
Initial Business Basics
(start-up)
3rd Oct
10-11am
ACE offices
Pendle Enterprise hello@enterprisetrust.co.uk
01282 389037
Brierfield Mill
agents day
4th Oct
8am-10am
Brierfield Mill,
Glen Way,
BB9 5NJ
Barnfield
Construction
tracy.bate@barnfieldconstruction.co.uk
Breakfast provided
LEAP bootcamp session
– high growth start-up
support
Oct 4th,
11th, 18th
and 25th
9am-4pm
ACE offices
Enterprise 4 All
carole@profitoptimiser.co.uk
01282 872 410
Ready for Business
(start-up)
9th Oct
9.30am-3pm
Full day
ACE offices
Pendle Enterprise hello@enterprisetrust.co.uk
01282 389037
Retail Masterclass –shop
window display workshop
10th Oct
6-8pm
Evening session
Nelson Town
Centre shop
Sue Storer
9:30-12:30
buffet lunch
(Bill surgery 1- 2pm)
01282 442300
business.support@pendle.gov.uk
01282 661679
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Tax for the newly
self-employed
11th Oct
10am-1pm
2.30 hrs
workshop
ACE offices
HMRC
hello@enterprisetrust.co.uk
01282 389037
Access to Finance
exhibition
16th Oct
1-3pm & 4-6pm
ACE offices
Funding partners:
business.support@pendle.gov.uk
Access2finance
team, MAS, LIN,
Regenerate
Pennine
Lancashire,
Barclays, NW
fund, CoC
01282 661679
LEAN manufacturing &
Supply Chain
16th Oct
10am-12:30
ACE offices
Manufacturing
Advisory Service
(MAS)
business.support@pendle.gov.uk
Employers Forum
17th Oct
11am-2pm
Training 2000
Netherfield Rd,
Nelson,
BB9 9AR
amin@cbpartners.org
Community
Business Partners 01254 505050
Art & Vintage Market
in Nelson
19th, 20th,
21st October
All day
Nelson Town
Centre
Pendle Council
1-2-1 advice for new &
existing businesses
24th Oct
3-6pm
Nelson Town
Centre shop
Pendle Enterprise hello@enterprisetrust.co.uk
01282 389037
Nelson: It’s performance
& potential
25th Oct
6-8pm
Evening session
Nelson Town
Centre shop
Springboard
Drop-in sessions
Lunch provided
01282 661679
judith.watmough@pendle.gov.uk
01282 661040
judith.watmough@pendle.gov.uk
01282 661040
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Z Initial business basics
Z Ready for business (start-ups)
Z Tax for the newly self-employed
Z 1-2-1 advice for new and existing businesses
Z Digital marketing
Z Pennine LEAP bootcamp
Z Environmental business support and cost savings
Z Digital marketing
Z Lean Manufacturing and Supply Chain
Z Access to finance
Z 1-2-1 advice for new and existing businesses
Z Retail masterclass
Z Nelson: Its performance and potential - Nelson retailers
Z Employer Forums
Environmental business support and cost savings
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Are you worried about soaring energy bills for your business?
Environmental experts, Groundwork Pennine Lancashire, will tell you about:
Carbon footprinting – how to calculate and report your carbon footprint. Your carbon footprint is the
amount of carbon dioxide that enters the air because of the electricity and fuel you use. It’s measured
in tonnes of carbon dioxide. Knowing your carbon footprint helps you understand and reduce your
impact on the environment and save costs.
Followed by:
Energy bill surgery - understanding and reducing your utility bills, understanding changes on your bills,
potential cost savings and how to take advantage of electrical half hourly data. Bring along your bills for
a review.
Tax for the newly self-employed
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An opportunity to get all the facts direct from a friendly HMRC representative, to ensure you’re on track
with all the tax issues, including:
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How to register with HMRC
The basics and importance of record keeping
What expenses are allowable?
The date your tax return and payments are due
Information on national insurance and how to pay it
Initial business basics (start-ups)
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Test your business idea to see whether self-employment is right for you.
If you have ever thought about being your own boss this session will provide you with an overview of
what’s involved. Where to start? Is it a good idea? Do you have the skills? How to find finance? What to
do next?
This session will be a light, upbeat introduction to thinking about starting your own business. Come
along with your business ideas and the expert advisor will test and explore the idea, and see if the idea
will work and whether self-employment is right for you.
This session also has specific support for the 18 to 30 age group as Prince’s Trust experts will be on hand
to help you explore and test your ideas. Book yourself a place– it could transform your future.
Ready for business (start-ups)
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Spend a full day working with experts to learn about setting up a new business, seeing if it is right for
you and looking at how to plan you business.
This in-depth workshop covers all aspects of starting a business, including:
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You and your business - essential knowledge
Marketing: competitors/researching your market/ identifying opportunities
Must know facts: legals, taxation, financials
Understanding and appreciating cash flow, profit and loss
Business Planning - pulling it all together
A great opportunity to meet other people who are starting in business, share experiences and swap
contacts.
Digital marketing
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A breakfast seminar on using marketing and innovation in your business. This event will give you the
knowledge you need to ensure your business continues to thrive. In this short one-hour seminar, see
how your business can change its marketing strategy to adapt to changes in your business.
Topics covered include: search engine optimisation, Google ranking factors, pay-per-click advertising,
how to use social media marketing to drive enquiries, web design, YouTube, increasing your web
visibility. All explained in simple terms.
Lean manufacturing and supply chain
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Manufacturing Advisory Services will be on hand to advise local manufacturers on a range of
manufacturing support, from streamlining your processes, reducing waste, becoming more energy
efficient and generally improving and growing your business.
Regardless of the size of your business, their experienced and highly skilled advisor can help you with
your hands on experience of both shop floor working and management skills. MAS will work with you
and your workforce to ensure that your business is run in the most efficient way possible.
Access to finance
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Exhibition and drop-in sessions where a whole range of funding experts will be on hand to discuss
access to finance for businesses. Find out about business grants, loans, venture capital and more. If you
need funding to support your business growth then come along and talk to the experts.
Stands will include: Regenerate Pennine Lancashire (Accelerating Business Growth grant scheme),
Barclays Bank, NW Fund, Access2 finance, Rosebud, East Lancashire Chamber of Commerce.
1-2-1 Advice for new and existing businesses
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Free confidential 1-2-1 advice with business experts. Book a place to spend time with an advisor. They
will be available to answer any of your business queries.
Pennine LEAP bootcamp
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Intensive, high-growth business start-up support. Providing coaching, seminars and mentoring support
from experts.
The bootcamp happens over 4 days and is a practical seminar programme for new businesses, delivered
by Enterprise4All.
Bootcamp support includes:
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Access to sector-based experts. A start-up toolkit, including a wide range of “how to” guides, templates and start-up checklists.
Access to flexible coaching styles and additional seminars.
Finance support.
Specialist mentoring support for up to 2 years.
Pennine LEAP is funded by the European Regional Development Fund.
This support is also available for businesses up to 36 months old.
Employers Forums
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Employers Forums allow businesses to keep up-to-date with key hot topics. It allows you to get together to
share best practice and talk about issues of interest and network with like-minded business peers.
The agenda is driven by private sector demand. A buffet lunch is also provided.
Retail masterclass
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Pendle retail businesses have the chance to attend a workshop on making the most of your shop
window displays.
The masterclass will be delivered by visual merchandiser and consultant Sue Storer, who has over 20
years’ experience, both in the UK and abroad.
As well as working hands-on in designing window displays and in-store layouts, Sue also offers in-store
training and individual consultation for retailers.
Sue will illustrate ideas for shop window displays, including ‘dos and don’ts’ for visual merchandising for
retail businesses.
Nelson: Its performance and potential
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As part of Nelson’s successful Portas Pilot bid, Springboard Research Ltd will be running a free workshop
aimed at developing a true understanding of Nelson’s currentpositionand the future opportunities for
growth.
The workshop will explore issues being faced by the town and will:
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Provide a profile of Nelson’s performance to date to identify the town’s strengths and weaknesses and look at the opportunity for improvement.
Benchmark the town’s performance to determine the degree of under or over performance and
so the extent of change that is required.
Look at other towns around the UK of a similar size and provide a comparison.
Brierfield Mill agents’ day
Commercial estate agents are invited to view Brierfield Mill in Brierfield. Recently purchased by PEARL
2, this fantastic former textile mill covers 380,000 sq ft on a site of 7 acres and is ideal for a whole
range of new uses. Still at the development stage, this is an opportunity for agents to consider future
commercial uses for the mill and promote the premises to your clients.
Art & Vintage market in Nelson
A new and exciting market will be launched in Nelson. The Art & Vintage market aims to prove that
the concept of vintage is truly cool. Come along and enjoy classic, timeless design, prolong the life of
clothing, and be savvy with your spending. Unique pieces will be available to buy or you could even set
up your own stall. If it’s a success it is hoped to become a regular thing.
Supporting business growth
Focus on your business has been organised by Pendle Vision and Pendle Council, in partnership with
business support agencies and private sector partners. It offers the latest advice and guidance on a
range of business areas, with something to help all businesses.
Events will cover a wide range of advice to help businesses grow. They will cover business areas such as
digital marketing, energy efficiency and reducing utility bills, access to business finance, manufacturing
advice, business start-up advice, to name but a few.
To find out about Focus on your
business contact:
Kelly Eardley
Business Support &
Development Officer,
Pendle Council
kelly.eardley@pendle.gov.uk
Tel: 01282 661679
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