Webinars, Events & Podcasts

This workshop aims to help you understand the process of employing people. It will also deal with legal obligations and point you in the direction of further assistance.

Thinking about starting a business but not sure where to begin? Already trading and looking to grow? Come and speak to one of our Business Advisers face to face.

Shape your 2026 business strategy with guidance from expert consultants on growth, sustainable scaling, and securing investment. This session is for ambitious businesses trading for 3 years +.

A practical start-up workshop about how to finance your business - where to look for funding, what you will need and who can help.

Join us in-person for this practical workshop on time management and learn how to banish procrastination from your working day!

Check-in with your goals you set for 2025 - did you get there? We'll review what's worked well, what we can do better and how to supercharge 2026.

This course explores relationships between a company's profitability and potential for growth. Participants will learn how to optimise profit and strategically reinvest to foster sustainable growth.

A creative way of planning 2026 being the best year ever...

This session will provide you with the key information and tools to plan and start your own business.

Personal branding on LinkedIn as an employee going self-employed with our expert, Sharon Murray.

Getting pricing right is the key to all businesses - whether they are service or product based. Join us in this interactive session on figuring out what to charge.

Find out how to register your business with HMRC, what is meant by employment status and the different classes of NI contributions

Join us for a masterclass in how to prepare your bricks and mortar Midlothian retail business for changes – whether that is road closures or making the most of the Christmas trade...

Starting or recently started a business in Lanarkshire? Join our Start-Up Bootcamp! This interactive half-day workshop covers everything you need to launch a successful business.

The aim of this webinar / workshop is to give retailers tips, tools and tactics to help raise awareness of their retail business.

A practical start-up workshop about how to finance your business - where to look for funding, what you will need and who can help.

How do people really use your website? Are they dropping out of ordering or failing to buy? An in-depth look at how people navigate and use websites from IT expert Stephen Whitelaw.

Join us for a practical, informative online session introducing small business owners to the Scottish Government’s Fair Work provisions.

This workshop covers business planning/finance and marketing.

This event will give you the knowledge and skills you need to identify the best methods of promotion for your business and to produce an advertising plan to boost sales.