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This Winter is packed with events and support to help your business grow, read on!
Date and Time: 27 February 2025, 10:00 AM – 12:00 Noon
Location: Online Webinar
Join us for an engaging workshop designed to enhance your leadership capabilities through effective communication and negotiation skills. Learn how to connect with diverse audiences, manage conflicts, and build impactful professional relationships.
What You’ll Gain:
- Practical tools for conflict management and negotiation.
- Storytelling techniques for clear and influential messaging.
- Strategies to improve workplace interactions and leadership influence.
Speaker: Dr Mel Bull, Director of Executive Education at Nottingham Business School, is an expert in coaching, mentoring, and communication with a DBA, MSc, and MA. She specialises in developing bespoke executive education and short courses and is a Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute.
Register at: https://tinyurl.com/yfd4wtdb
Application Deadline: 15th April 2025
Programme Start: June 2025
Join the She Inspires Start-Up Accelerator, a transformative 6-week programme designed for women looking to grow and sustain their business ventures. This accelerator provides expert-led workshops, peer support, and tailored business guidance to help you build confidence and master the fundamentals of entrepreneurship.
What You’ll Gain
- Learn how to turn your ideas into reality through innovation.
- Develop strategies to build a viable venture aligned with your mission.
- Access mentoring, networking opportunities, and ongoing learning to support your growth.
- Identify funders and create a compelling pitch deck.
This exclusive programme is limited to 8 participants, ensuring personalised attention and support. To apply, email [email protected] to request an application form.
Date and Time: 11 Feb 2025, 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: Civic Centre, Arnot Hill Park, Arnold, Nottingham NG5 6LU
Gedling Borough Council and Arnold Job Centre are inviting people to come to our latest Jobs Fair, to find out more about job and apprenticeship opportunities, meet employers and access career advice all in one place.
Apprenticeships are open to everyone and there are many opportunities available, so come along and speak to one of our advisors and see what next steps you can take.
For More information visit: Apprenticeship Fair 2025
Boots has announced a new initiative to support the creation of apprenticeships in Nottinghamshire by making £175,000 available to local employers.
Organisations in Nottinghamshire can apply for this funding through the government’s apprenticeships portal to help cover the costs of apprenticeship training.
For 175 years, giving back to the community has been at the heart of Boots' ethos. As a proud Nottingham business, they are excited to offer this opportunity to support local employers who want to invest in apprenticeships and skills development.
Find a Business to Fund Apprenticeship Training Here
Time and Date: 20th & 21st February 2025, 09:30 AM – 3:30 PM
Location: Online Event
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 at: Nottinghamshire Start Up Boot Camp Group
Date and Time: Thursday, 13th February 2025 at 9:30 AM - 4:00 PM
Location: Toyota Motor Manufacturing UK, Derby, DE1 9TA
Toyota has developed a carbon neutral strategy delivering accelerated cost and CO2 reduction.
This exclusive, free workshop, valued at around £600 per person, provides a rare opportunity to experience a practical demonstration and shop floor observation with Toyota Energy Specialists and includes an overview of their strategic approach to decarbonisation and energy cost management. Aiming to show how to demonstrate decarbonisation and competitiveness.
On the day you will observe energy improvement challenges and solutions in a manufacturing environment and real-life energy reduction demonstration through a tour and observation of the Burnaston plant.
Agenda:
- Welcome to Toyota Motor Manufacturing UK
- Toyota Carbon Neutrality Strategy
- Energy Support and Collaboration in Manufacturing
- Support for decarbonisation and energy reduction
- Q&A
- Lunch
- Shop floors go and see
- Q&A
What outcomes can you expect from joining us:
- Experience a practical demonstration and shop floor observation with Toyota Energy Specialists, providing knowledge exchange to apply in your own business.
- Understand how to apply a strategic approach to decarbonisation and energy cost management.
- Understand how to demonstrate decarbonisation and competitiveness.
- Network with like-minded businesses, who are on their own decarbonisation and energy reduction journey.
*Eligibility checks will be made
Register at: Energy Reduction Workshop with Toyota Motor Manufacturing
Date and Time: Wednesday, 5th February 2025 at 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Are you an established business looking to pivot, innovate or launch new products and services? Then the growth workshops are what you need to take that next step.
Join us for four workshops to drive growth within your organisation.
In a rapidly evolving business landscape, adaptation and innovation are imperative for sustained growth. This intensive workshop is designed specifically for established businesses, seeking to diversify and introduce new income streams. Stimulate innovation and entrepreneurial thinking in any organisation and how they link to business growth.
Discover more about the Create Growth N2 programme.
To be eligible for this programme you must be based in Nottingham, have been trading for a minimum of one year, have a minimum of two employees and operate Creative, Digital, or Creative Technology sector.
Register at: Growth Workshops - D2N2 Growth Hub
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