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2 Day Business Start Up Workshop
"Over the 2 Days you will understand the need for a Business Plan in starting and running a successful business, be able to describe your business and learn how to present your plan."
West Lothian
Business Start Up
A one and a half day business start-up workshop incorporating: business planning, finance, marketing and market research.
Argyll & Bute
Digital Marketing Strategy - DigitalBoost
Digital marketing can deliver real world business growth, and this workshop will show you a practical strategy for success.
Edinburgh
Keep your Business Safe Online (Cyber Security Essentials) - DigitalBoost
Find out how to take some simple steps to reduce your chances of being hacked and also how to minimise the impact if your business does suffer a cyber attack.
Renfrewshire
Marketing Your Business
This workshop will help you create a realistic marketing plan. It is designed to improve how you market your business and increase sales.
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.
Edinburgh
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 is pick of the crop
Experience gained over the last 27 years helps Magnus Swanson grow his business.
Case study
Moray tax specialist counting on business success
Ewan Edwards set up his own tax and accountancy practice late last year offering a range of professional services
Case study
Christine takes care of business
A carer who set up her own business providing a range of personal services is steadily growing her client base
Case study
Argyllshire gym owner addresses child obesity with new kids programme
A former navy fitness instructor who opened his own personal training centre six months ago is aiming to help Helensburgh children get fit
Case study
Argyllshire food and drink gets a DigitalBoost
A café at Oban pier is planning to revamp its online presence to expand sales of local food and drink produce
Case study
DigitalBoost delivers success for Edinburgh card company
A couple who began designing and creating unique hand illustrated stationary as a hobby are now racking up to 100 online sales a week
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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