Business Gateway seminars and workshops available in May
Posted: Mon May 09, 2011 10:24 pmBusiness Gateway are running seminars and workshops during May that may be of interest to you. A brief description of the workshops, dates and venues are below for your information.
Would you like to bid for Council contracts?
A master class in using Public Contracts Scotland to help secure public contracts, with practical advice from Council staff who score tenders
This FREE workshop will show businesses and other organisations how they can ensure they give themselves the best possible chance of gaining business and winning contracts with Argyll and Bute Council.
Come along and learn how the Council procure goods, services and works and why the Council go through the processes they do. Argyll and Bute Council’s Procurement team will be able to show participants how best to demonstrate their business/organisations strengths; and Council operational staff that score the tenders will be providing their input on what they look for in a tender. There will also be an opportunity for the team to share and discuss with workshop participants future plans for procurement and new developments from the Scottish Government over the next year.
Workshops will be held on the following dates:
Queens Hall, Dunoon - Tuesday 10 May – 9.30am - 12.30pm
Corran Halls, Oban – Wednesday 18 May – 9.30am - 12.30pm
Argyll Hotel, Inveraray – Thursday 26 May – 9.30am - 12.30pm
Make the most of online trading and marketing
Learn how to exploit online trading and marketing opportunities for your business.
This FREE workshop will help businesses develop their online presence and increase online sales. It is aimed at those who already have a little experience now looking to increase the amount of trading they do online, or for those businesses new to online trading but keen to exploit the opportunity.
The workshop covers everything from online shops, payments and legal aspects to effectively marketing and advertising your business online. The format of the workshop is part presentation, part discussion and part hands-on, with the opportunity to ask questions about developing these opportunities for your particular business.
Workshops will be held on the following dates:
Monday 23 May 2011 - The Argyll Hotel, Inveraray - 10am – 3.30pm
Build your own business website
Learn from scratch how to build and manage an attractive and effective website for your business.
This FREE workshop will show you how simple it is to develop your own business website and keep it up to date yourself. It is ideal for businesses that don’t have their own website yet, or for those who do but want to take control of managing it themselves.
No prior knowledge or skills other than basic web browsing and text editing skills are required to use this simple but powerful website building tool.
Workshops will be held on the following dates:
Tuesday 24 May 2011 – The Argyll Hotel, Inveraray - 10am – 3.30pm
Wednesday 25 May 2011 - SAMS, Dunbeg, Oban – 10am – 3.30pm
Planning to start your own business?
Learn how to develop your ideas into a practical and effective plan to launch your business
Join our FREE two day workshop where you will learn how to develop your ideas into a practical and effective plan to launch your business. Key elements include: Getting the marketing right for your business; Developing a realistic, working business plan; Deciding what finance you need and learning how to use financial information.
Becoming self employed?
This FREE workshop run by HM Revenue and Customs will be run on the last afternoon of the 2 day workshop, but can be booked separately. The workshop will give you the knowledge you need to register your self-employment; setup and maintain business records; know what National Insurance to pay; know what expenses you can claim and which pages of your Self Assessment Tax Return you need to complete.
Workshops will be held on the following dates:
ACHA, Menzies House, Oban – Wednesday 1 and Thursday 2 June - 9.30am - 4.30pm
Community Centre, Lochgilphead – Tuesday 7 and Wednesday 8 June - 9.30am - 4.30pm
Queens Hall, Dunoon – Wednesday 22 and Thursday 23 June – 9.30am - 4.30pm
Places are limited so we advise you book early.
For more information or to book a place please call the Business Gateway team on 01546 605459 or email business.gateway@argyll-bute.gov.uk
Short notice, but an interesting opportunity!
Opportunity to work with UK's leading software developers to create a business/social start-up
NESTA (National Endowment Science Technology and the Arts) run an annual event called the Social Innovation Camp. This is for anyone who has an idea to deal with a social issue, or health and wellbeing, and offers the opportunity to work with some of the UK's leading software developers to turn 6 back of the envelope ideas into business/social start-ups in under 48 hours, complete with working software. Technical skills are not a requirement for this process.
The Social Innovation Camp will run from 17th - 19th June, in Edinburgh (Some expenses will be paid). Ideas that use the web to create social change need to be submitted for consideration by NESTA by Friday 20th May 2011. If selected, you will be invited to attend the Edinburgh workshop to try and make the idea a reality.
To get a better idea of what is involved and how you can participate, NESTA will deliver two short workshops, lasting approximately 1 hour, on 10th May at 4.30pm and 7.30pm at The Ironworks, 22b Academy Street, Inverness, IV1 1LX.
If you would be interested in attending on 10th May, could you please e-mail: iain.hamilton@hient.co.uk
Full details of the programme are available at http://www.sicamp.org/social-innovation ... s-now-open where you can also find examples of successful ideas from past years.
Would you like to bid for Council contracts?
A master class in using Public Contracts Scotland to help secure public contracts, with practical advice from Council staff who score tenders
This FREE workshop will show businesses and other organisations how they can ensure they give themselves the best possible chance of gaining business and winning contracts with Argyll and Bute Council.
Come along and learn how the Council procure goods, services and works and why the Council go through the processes they do. Argyll and Bute Council’s Procurement team will be able to show participants how best to demonstrate their business/organisations strengths; and Council operational staff that score the tenders will be providing their input on what they look for in a tender. There will also be an opportunity for the team to share and discuss with workshop participants future plans for procurement and new developments from the Scottish Government over the next year.
Workshops will be held on the following dates:
Queens Hall, Dunoon - Tuesday 10 May – 9.30am - 12.30pm
Corran Halls, Oban – Wednesday 18 May – 9.30am - 12.30pm
Argyll Hotel, Inveraray – Thursday 26 May – 9.30am - 12.30pm
Make the most of online trading and marketing
Learn how to exploit online trading and marketing opportunities for your business.
This FREE workshop will help businesses develop their online presence and increase online sales. It is aimed at those who already have a little experience now looking to increase the amount of trading they do online, or for those businesses new to online trading but keen to exploit the opportunity.
The workshop covers everything from online shops, payments and legal aspects to effectively marketing and advertising your business online. The format of the workshop is part presentation, part discussion and part hands-on, with the opportunity to ask questions about developing these opportunities for your particular business.
Workshops will be held on the following dates:
Monday 23 May 2011 - The Argyll Hotel, Inveraray - 10am – 3.30pm
Build your own business website
Learn from scratch how to build and manage an attractive and effective website for your business.
This FREE workshop will show you how simple it is to develop your own business website and keep it up to date yourself. It is ideal for businesses that don’t have their own website yet, or for those who do but want to take control of managing it themselves.
No prior knowledge or skills other than basic web browsing and text editing skills are required to use this simple but powerful website building tool.
Workshops will be held on the following dates:
Tuesday 24 May 2011 – The Argyll Hotel, Inveraray - 10am – 3.30pm
Wednesday 25 May 2011 - SAMS, Dunbeg, Oban – 10am – 3.30pm
Planning to start your own business?
Learn how to develop your ideas into a practical and effective plan to launch your business
Join our FREE two day workshop where you will learn how to develop your ideas into a practical and effective plan to launch your business. Key elements include: Getting the marketing right for your business; Developing a realistic, working business plan; Deciding what finance you need and learning how to use financial information.
Becoming self employed?
This FREE workshop run by HM Revenue and Customs will be run on the last afternoon of the 2 day workshop, but can be booked separately. The workshop will give you the knowledge you need to register your self-employment; setup and maintain business records; know what National Insurance to pay; know what expenses you can claim and which pages of your Self Assessment Tax Return you need to complete.
Workshops will be held on the following dates:
ACHA, Menzies House, Oban – Wednesday 1 and Thursday 2 June - 9.30am - 4.30pm
Community Centre, Lochgilphead – Tuesday 7 and Wednesday 8 June - 9.30am - 4.30pm
Queens Hall, Dunoon – Wednesday 22 and Thursday 23 June – 9.30am - 4.30pm
Places are limited so we advise you book early.
For more information or to book a place please call the Business Gateway team on 01546 605459 or email business.gateway@argyll-bute.gov.uk
Short notice, but an interesting opportunity!
Opportunity to work with UK's leading software developers to create a business/social start-up
NESTA (National Endowment Science Technology and the Arts) run an annual event called the Social Innovation Camp. This is for anyone who has an idea to deal with a social issue, or health and wellbeing, and offers the opportunity to work with some of the UK's leading software developers to turn 6 back of the envelope ideas into business/social start-ups in under 48 hours, complete with working software. Technical skills are not a requirement for this process.
The Social Innovation Camp will run from 17th - 19th June, in Edinburgh (Some expenses will be paid). Ideas that use the web to create social change need to be submitted for consideration by NESTA by Friday 20th May 2011. If selected, you will be invited to attend the Edinburgh workshop to try and make the idea a reality.
To get a better idea of what is involved and how you can participate, NESTA will deliver two short workshops, lasting approximately 1 hour, on 10th May at 4.30pm and 7.30pm at The Ironworks, 22b Academy Street, Inverness, IV1 1LX.
If you would be interested in attending on 10th May, could you please e-mail: iain.hamilton@hient.co.uk
Full details of the programme are available at http://www.sicamp.org/social-innovation ... s-now-open where you can also find examples of successful ideas from past years.