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This winter is packed with events and support to help your business grow, read on!
Are you a small or medium food or drink business? Do you want to accelerate the growth of your business?
Then join us at the food and drink SME event of the year!
Network with likeminded food and drink businesses and industry experts.
Gain cutting-edge industry insights from our growth masterclasses.
Apply to pitch your product to interested buyers.
DEFRA?s National Food and Drink Summit is a free event for small and medium food and drink businesses to inspire the next steps of your business growth journey.
Find out more and secure your FREE ticket here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/national-food-and-drink-summit-2024-tickets-696059872817?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=ebdsshcopyurl
Date and time: Thursday, 22 and 23 February 2024 at 9:30am - 3:30pm Location:?Online
This programme is available to individuals residing in Nottinghamshire (excluding Nottingham City - see alternative options)
This two-day programme of workshops led by one of our experienced business trainers will teach you the nuts and bolts of starting and running a successful business.
Over the course of the programme, we will cover:
- Knowledge, skills, and characteristics needed by successful business owners
- Sole trader, limited company, partnership ? which is best for you?
- Your legal responsibilities as a business owner
- Marketing your business
- Understanding tax, National Insurance and VAT
- Record keeping and business banking
- Start up and running costs
- Planning your personal survival budget
- How to price your product or service
- Importance of cash flow forecasting for your business
*Eligibility checks will be made
Register today at: http://tinyurl.com/2p95vutr
Date and time: Thursday 1 February 2024 11.00am -11.45am
Nottingham City Council?s Public Health team, alongside Maximus, will be hosting a webinar on Time to Talk day to make small and medium sized organisations aware of the cost-free workplace mental health support service through Access to Work.
During this session, Maximus will explore how they can support your employees to manage their mental health or stress at work, including:
- Service overview and customer journey
- Eligibility and referral process
- Support and interventions available
They will also provide a Q&A, full recap and ongoing consultancy from the Partnerships Team.
If you?re interested in championing mental health in local workplaces across Nottingham City, the Public Health team at Nottingham City Council will also be sharing plans for a new workplace mental wellbeing programme, where we are looking to identify a network of Mental Wellbeing Champions across a range of sectors and industries.
Training will be provided (free of charge) as well as opportunities for networking and continued professional development (CPD) led by the Public Health team and alongside other local champions.
Sign-up today for the webinar at: Introduction to ATWMHSS Feb 2024 (maximusuk.co.uk)
Date and time: Tuesday, 13 February 2024 at 9:30am - 11:00am Location:?Online
You know you need to use social media to help promote your business, but perhaps you?re worried that the choice is too overwhelming. How do you know which platforms to use for your target market?
Whether it?s Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, Pinterest or even TikTok, it takes time away from delivering products and services to your customers. In this seminar you?ll get a summary of the major platforms, who is using it and what businesses can use it for so that you can choose which platforms you should focus on and which ones you can avoid.
Register today at: Selecting the right Social Media Tools to help you - D2N2 Growth Hub
Date and time:?Tuesday 6 February 2024,?11 am - 1 pm
An inclusive space for women and their businesses to grow together.
Whether you?re?aspiring to take your business ideas to the next level, or you are?already achieving?and need ways to amplify your success - our club offers events and workshops to suit you, both online and in person, in a supportive and friendly environment.
Hosted by NTU Enterprise, Female Founders Club (FFC) offers skills and knowledge updates,?including access to expert advice on starting, funding, and growing as well as practical workshops to help you and your business evolve. Together, we?ll explore how you can effectively and authentically tell your business story and?get it out into the world, making sure you get heard and noticed. All with a focus on fostering peer connections to?help?you confidently?navigate the business world your way.
Female Founders Club is more than just a business support programme, it's?a community for women who want to make an impact. We?re proud to have secured funding from NatWest which enables us to offer the fully funded programme at no cost to participants. You'll hear from experts along the way, gain exclusive access to tools and platforms plus be plugged into a phenomenal network of women.
To register, please visit: http://tinyurl.com/5b7auh3k
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Date and time: Wednesday, 7 February 2024, from 10am - 11am
The news on ESG/ Sustainability is often dominated by a focus on carbon emissions (net zero) and new legislation on carbon reporting and disclosure. However, increasing legislation around biodiversity, deforestation and chemicals will impact on cost, availability and present significant risk to business if they do not plan ahead. We remain in a period of unprecedented supply chain disruption and competition for ?green? materials and supply chains will ensure this continues.
So, where do you start?
We will cover some of the changes from deforestation to green chemistry. This includes some of the ?largest ever chemical legislation? which will include packaging, timber, leather, food, fire-retardants and non-slip coatings and therefore impact manufacturing supply chains from automotive and aerospace to construction.
On the day we will share and overview, introduction and practical considerations:
- What are some of the new areas and how to approach risk assessment for your business?
- What are the practical risks and implications around price and availability (competition for ?green? materials)?
- How to engage suppliers and understand their readiness and capability?
- How to be proactive; mitigate risk and gain competitive advantage?
- How can material sustainability reduce emissions and accelerate your product/supplier decarbonisation (Scope 3)?
- Opportunity for Q&A. Discussion will be encouraged.
Register today at: http://tinyurl.com/4nucwkvt
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