Events and workshops
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Insights for growth
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2 Day Start Your Own Business
This is a 2 Day Workshop incorporating: Business Planning, Finance, Marketing & Market Research
Highland
Bookkeeping
This workshop aims to equip you with the knowledge and skills necessary to manage your finances and comply with regulatory and legal requirements through a relevant bookkeeping system.
Lanarkshire
Facebook for Business from Scratch - STRANRAER
In this workshop you’ll learn about Facebook for Business from the ground up, No previous experience or knowledge is required.
Dumfries & Galloway
Expenses - What can I claim?
This half day session is designed for Sole Traders/Self Employed persons who wish to know how their tax is calculated.
Stirling
Start Up Day
This workshop aims to make you aware of the various requirements involved in setting up a business.
Aberdeen
Producing Engaging Online Content (Intermediate) – DigitalBoost
Producing quality content is an excellent way of helping customers develop a meaningful relationship with your brand, and ultimately boosting sales. Learn to understand, source and measure content.
Western Isles
Prepare a business plan for growth
Every successful business regularly reviews its business plan to ensure it continues to meet its needs and responds to variations in the market, the economy and customer base.
Guide
Write a marketing plan
Writing a marketing plan helps you decide which customers to target and how to reach them. A marketing plan includes factors such as: deciding which customers to target; how to reach them and how to win their business.
Guide
Help and support available for your start up
If you run a start-up business as an entrepreneur, you may be able to get extra support if you’re a woman, over 50, disabled, from a minority ethnic group, young or on a low income.
Guide
The EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - Our six top tips
The EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into force on 25th May 2018. Here are our six top tips on things SME’s need to be doing right now to prepare for GDPR.
Guide
Alcohol Wholesaler Registration Scheme (AWRS)
On 1 April 2017, HMRC launched the Alcohol Wholesaler Registration Scheme (AWRS) online look up service allowing those who purchase alcohol for onward sale or supply to check that their UK wholesaler is registered.
Guide
Preparing for the new £1 coin
The new pound coin will be introduced in March 2017 and businesses which handle cash will need to prepare this.
Guide
Business helps breathe new life into Carly's career
Using HypnoBirthing™ techniques in labour inspired Carly to re-train.
Case study
Former civil servant unlocks new career
Falkirk residents will shortly be able to break their way out of a post-apocalyptic world.
Case study
Family mould new future by firing up former pottery
One of the most famous potteries on the Outer Hebrides has re-opened its doors.
Case study
Business hits the right note in Inverness
A love of music led Paul Bowie to open his own music shop.
Case study
Business puts Rebecca in the frame
A love of photographing sportsmen and women led Rebecca Lee to become a freelance photographer.
Case study
Expanding client base hits the right notes
A love of music has helped two brothers establish a leading tour and artist management company.
Case study
Highlights
Resource
Digital health check
Do you want to know which aspects of your digital operation need improvement? Take our quick digital health check to find out.
Case study
Investment set to help business uncork alcohol delivery market
Edinburgh business Drinkly has secured major investment to help it continue to grow.
Resource
Amplify – Cyber Resilience
Issue Five is dedicated to businesses who are faced with the challenge of trying to protect their business against an ever-changing cyber threat.
Resource
Your market
Understanding your market is one of the golden rules of business, so we’ve complied this list of over 100 different markets.
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