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Seminar Information

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Birmingham
November: Thursday 15th, Radisson Blu Birmingham, 12.00 noon - 2.00pm

Time - Registration 11.00am for a prompt 11.15am start

Presenter - Rob Wainwright from WWA Associates

Topic - Why Becoming A NED Leads To Growing Company Wealth?

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Non-Executive Directors (NEDs) ? How to become a NED and why you can't afford NOT to have a NED on your Board. Many of us have thought about being a Non-Executive Director (NED). In our seminar this month we show you how - how to be effective in the Board room plus support you to build your portfolio.

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* Why become a NED? Do I have the skills?
* How do I make the leap to being a NED?
* How can I add value?
* Benefits of NED to companies
* Corporate Governance - what does this grand wording mean?

About The Presenter:

Originally from a family business background, from age 29 Rob worked mainly for overseas companies running their UK subsidiary as MD before launching his own consultancy firm 13 years ago part of which places NEDs - Rob sits on the Board of 3 companies, one as Chair, is on the Board of Trustees for a national charity for which he has been invited to be their Chair.
December: Thursday 13th, Radisson Blu Birmingham, 12.00 noon - 2.30pm

Time - Our Christmas event runs from 12 noon until 2.30pm

Presenter - Ian Lavin, Close-Up Magician

Topic - Christmas Entertainment

There is no seminar at our December event as we like to mix business with some fun Christmas entertainment.

You will be amazed and dazzled by Business Network member and Close-Up Magician Ian Lavin.

In addition we will also be raising money for our nominated charity, The Donkey Sanctuary via our annual Charity Christmas Draw. Please consider bringing a prize for the draw and enter on the day to ensure the network raises some well deserved funds for this amazing charity.
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November: Thursday 21st, To Be Confirmed, 12.00 noon - 2.00pm

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Bolton and Bury
November: Tuesday 20th, The Last Drop, Bolton 11:45 - 14:00

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December: Tuesday 18th, Bolton Whites

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Brighton
November: Thursday 22nd, Hotel du Vin. Lunch 12.00 Noon - 14.00

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Central and East Lancashire
November: Thursday 15th, Barton Grange Hotel 12 Noon to 2.15 pm

Time - 1030 - 1145

Presenter - Liz Hardwick and Darren Jenkinson, DigiEnable

Topic - Search Engine Optimisation In Your Coffee Break

There are only so many hours in the day. A recent survey found that on average, business owners spend over 50.5 hours a week at work. So when your friendly local digital marketing company comes along with suggestions which could help supercharge your business?s online visibility, there is only one logical response? 'When?'

Developing a strong online presence is not a quick process, and involves many ever-moving parts, but there are some quick fixes which you could apply to your business in the time it takes to brew a good cup of coffee.

DigiEnable specialise in Online Marketing Training and Search Engine Optimisation, having helped numerous businesses increase leads and generate business, through a more purposeful online presence. In this workshop, they will share with you some of their methods which help clients see fast results, and it?s going to be against the clock. Five SEO fixes which you can apply to your business, each taking 10 minutes or less.

DigiEnable
0843 886 8470
www.digienable.co.uk
December: Wednesday 12th, Stanley House 12 Noon - 2.15 pm

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October: Thursday 17th, Stanley House

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Chester
November: Thursday 8th, The Chester Grosvenor 12 Noon - 2pm

Time - 10am registration for a 10.30am start

Presenter - Jane Bingham of The Cheshire Garden

Topic - Charities, Silver Gilt medals and 5 garden design Tips!

Jane and Penny will guide attendees through the top 5 tips for garden design.

Drawing on their extensive experience of design and planting, they will through the course of this seminar help budding gardeners and those that lack green fingers through the design process.

In sharing their fabulous experiences, notably on their route to a Silver Gilt medal at Tatton in 2017, for the Mid Cheshire Hospitals Charity, Dementia Awareness Garden, they will also share their experience of designing their garden with their charity partner.
They will bring to life how by deepening your understanding of what you want your garden space to do for you - how it can help shape your approach and final design.

Where Jane and Penny focus is on the end user - this is what helps set them apart and ensure any garden design is personal, manageable and sustainable.
December: Thursday 13th, The Chester Grosvenor 12 Noon - 2pm

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Exeter
November: Wednesday 7th, Sandy Park 12 Noon - 2.00 pm

Time - 10.00 am Registration and Refreshments for a 10.30 am Start

Presenter - Gary Delbridge - Founder and CEO - Objective Assessment

Topic - The Psychology of Sales

This month's seminar is being presented by Gary Delbridge, Founder and CEO of Objective Assessment. Entitled 'The Psychology of Sales', the presentation will cover the psychology behind how and why everyone makes their buying decisions. It looks at what we can do to be more successful in sales and how to identify the factors that will lead to salespeople being successful. It is designed to assist business owners in building a successful sales organisation and how to become more successful in sales without compromising your value.

After a 27 year career in major corporations, Gary established Objective Assessment in 2002 with the goal of assisting companies to build powerful and effective workforces. In 2012, Gary was awarded "Speaker of the Year" by TEC/Vistage in Australia and New Zealand and went on to become a "Master Speaker" within the global TEC speaker community.
December: Wednesday 5th, Sandy Park 12 Noon - 2.00 pm

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March: Wednesday 13th, Exeter Racecourse 12 Noon - 2.00 pm

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London Central
November: Thursday 15th, London Marriott Hotel Marble Arch - 12 Noon - 2.00

Time - 10.00 am Registration and Refreshments for a 10.30 am Start

Presenter - Alun Williams - Managing Director - Luna Branding

Topic - Why And When Should Your Business Rebrand

We hear the word rebrand and we instantly think it means changing our logo, but there are many important business reasons to rebrand (and some don't involve your logo.) This session will explore the business rationale of effective rebranding, considering the times when it is beneficial, when you should not consider a rebrand and providing advice for assessing where you are on the journey.

Alun's presentation will cover:

- Key reasons why businesses rebrand
- Core elements of a brand to provide context to rebranding
- Major types of rebranding
- Examples of rebrands to illustrate different strategic objectives
- When to rebrand & tips for assessing your business
- Rebrand 101: five essentials

Alun is a branding agency owner obsessed with the strategic thinking that has to underpin great design and high impact brands. He was formerly a corporate Marketing Director in a multinational business and an Associate Lecturer in the Business School at Oxford Brookes University.
December: Thursday 6th, London Marriott Hotel Marble Arch - 12 Noon - 2.00

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Manchester
October: Wednesday 31st, The Midland Hotel 12.00 Noon - 2.00 pm

Time - 10.00 am Registration and Refreshments for a 10.30 am Start

Presenter - Anna Egan - Manchester Metropolitan University

Topic - Making Sustainability Work For Your Business

This month's seminar is being presented by Anna Egan, Senior Lecturer at Manchester Metropolitan University ans is entitled 'Making Sustainability Work
For Your Business.'
November: Wednesday 21st, The Midland Hotel 12.00 Noon - 2.00 pm

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December: Thursday 13th, The Lowry Hotel 12 Noon - 2.00 pm

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Peterborough
October: Thursday 25th, Peterborough Marriott Hotel, 12.00 noon - 2.00pm

Time - Registration 11.00am for a prompt 11.15am start

Presenter - Stephen Smith from The Peterborough Biscuit

Topic - How To Be A Brilliant And Outstanding Exhibitor....

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This seminar will explain how to be a brilliant outstanding exhibitor and get the most engagement from your event budget at a business event. It will show you how to make an engaging exhibitor and be a front of mind exhibitor at events.

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At this seminar we will cover:

* The reason why you exhibit
* What's your exhibitor attitude
* How to profile and get engagement
* How to stand out from your crowded competitors
* Controlling costs
* Inviting guests
* 121's
* Follow up and conversion

About The Presenter:

Stephen has been the safety officer to many prestigious events throughout the UK and Europe. He has seen first-hand the best and worst exhibitors. Stephen set up and has run the Peterborough Biscuit Business Event to bring a top quality, high engagement business event to the Cambridgeshire region. His mantra at this event is that by standing out from the crowd those exhibitors get more business, and they do!
November: Thursday 22nd, Orton Hall Hotel & Spa, 12.00 noon - 2.00pm

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South Herts
November: Wednesday 7th, Beales Hotel, Hatfield

Time - 10.00 am Registration and Refreshments for a 10.30 am Start

Presenter - David Ventura - V7 Consultancy

Topic - Raise your self-awareness to catapult your networking success

This exciting, engaging and entertaining session will build on the insights shared by Dexter Moscow in his September Seminar and support you in really catapulting your networking success.

If 'people buy from people', and those people are our greatest asset in business, we need to get really good at answering three BIG, fundamental questions:

1. How well do I understand myself?
2. How well do I understand others?
3. How best can I 'influence with integrity'?

The answer to all these questions, lies in developing a deeper understanding of PERSONALITY.

In this workshop we will;

1. Discover how Personality Profiling delivers the benefits of understanding people to improve relationships in all areas of life.
2. Explore the 8 'Aspects' and 24 'Qualities' of personality within the Lumina 'Spark' Mandala - accompanied by a FREE mobile app on IOS and Android devices.
3. Learn to 'speed read' other people to understand their communication preferences and best adapt your own.
4. Develop techniques to increase the results of your networking activity by building stronger, better relationships.
5. Provide you a simple and effective framework for understanding personality 'back at work'.
December: Wednesday 5th, Holiday Inn, London Elstree

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March: Wednesday 13th, Aldwickbury Park Golf Club

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South Humberside
November: Wednesday 7th, San Pietro, Scunthorpe - Main Event 12:00 - 2:00

Time - 10am Registration, 10:30am start

Presenter - Mark Wilcockson - British Business Bank & Laura Barley - Humber LEP

Topic - The Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund & Business Support from the LEP

MARK WILCOCKSON - Senior Relationship Manager British Business Bank.

Mark is the British Business Bank Relationship Manager for Yorkshire Humberside and the Tees Valley. His responsibilities include raising the awareness of alternative sources of Finance and for ensuring the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund is delivered across the Region. Working alongside the Fund Managers his key role is to ensure the fund is promoted and understood and that businesses access the funding to allow them to grow and achieve their ambitions. Marks presentation will cover a range of the British Business Bank?s schemes including the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund and most importantly how you can access these important funding scheme, to help your business grow.

The BRITISH BUSINESS BANK ? unlocking Finance for Smaller businesses
The British Business Bank is a government-owned financial institution. It drives economic growth by making finance markets work better for smaller businesses in the UK, allowing those businesses to prosper and grow.

Laura will be discussing the range of business support programmes that are available, with a particular focus on those that are being delivered through our Growth Hub and by the Humber Local Enterprise Partnership.
December: Wednesday 5th, Abby's Upstairs, Grimsby

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January: Wednesday 16th, San Pietro, Scunthorpe - Main Event 12:00 - 2:00

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February: Wednesday 6th, Abby's Upstairs, Grimsby - Main Event 11:45 - 14:0

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South Manchester
November: Thursday 1st, Manchester Airport Marriott, 12.00 noon - 2.00pm

Time - Registration 11.00am for a prompt 11.15am start

Presenter - Kevin Cook from Business Doctors

Topic - Why Wait Until January To Start Your New Year Business Resolutions?

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We tend to run our business to calendar cycles, however if you are already thinking that you want to improve your business in someway in 2019 why waste 2 months before starting. In this interactive seminar you will learn where to look, how to measure and what to improve to have a dramatic effect on your business.

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What gets measured gets done.

Most business want more sales, more profit, more success. However many lack the correct ingredients to achieve this;

This seminar is about what you can do across these areas to both measure and deliver for your business

* Objective setting
* Culture
* Motivation
* Team work
* Fairness
* Clarity

About The Presenter:

With over twenty five years working in the retail sector in a variety of senior roles, focused on growing a UK wide network of retail stores, Kevin has experienced all aspects of growing a relatively small business to one that employed over 500 people. This experience proved a fantastic training ground to learn all the lessons that SME owners require to overcome the challenges and pitfalls they face when seeking to grow their businesses. Accreditations include advisor for Growth Accelerator, MAS (Manufacturing Advisory Service), Growth Vouchers, Pera Technology and a Leadership & Management Training Provider.

In the past seven years as a Business Doctor Kevin has helped hundreds or business owners to significantly improve their turnover/profit and mindset - Achieving their Vision.

Kevins' working week consists of helping clients from all business sectors across the Northwest but at the weekends now tends to be found pounding the country lanes of Cheshire either training for or running in road races for Macclesfield local Charity The Rossendale Trust after completing his first Marathon in Manchester earlier this year!
December: Thursday 6th, Manchester Airport Marriott, 12.00 noon - 2.30pm

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