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Q&A with James Caan
He is founder and CEO of private equity firm Hamilton Bradshaw, based in Mayfair, London. The company specialises in buyouts, venture......
Q&A with David Gold: Pure Gold
This seminar will be a rare chance to hear and learn from one of the most experienced entrepreneurs of not only......
Changing the Rules of Angel Investing
Serial entrepreneur, Bill Morrow, has been creating, building and selling businesses for the last 25 years. He is founder and CEO......
Help for Real Entrepreneurs – an open workshop with the Small Business Minister
This interactive session is a unique opportunity to speak directly to the Small Business Minister, Mark Prisk MP about issues affecting......
Get Off Your Arse
Don’t let the jeans and t-shirt fool you — Brad Burton will give you the sharpest advice on how to get......
Stop Talking, Start Doing: How to make your business happen
A kick in the pants from a bestselling author and successful entrepreneur. Sháá Wasmund, author of the smash hit book Stop......
How to sell to retailers: 5 Secrets to Success
It is notoriously difficult for a small, unknown brand to sell products or services to a retail giant. Feared for their......
Using Multiple Channels to Drive Growth and International Expansion
Chris Poad will show how Amazon Services Europe, through its suite of seller programmes, is enabling merchants to take advantage of......
Bulldog Natural Skincare – Taking a bite out of the male skincare market.
Bulldog is the UK’s largest natural skincare brand for men. Following their launch in Sainsbury’s 2007, the brand has now expanded......
Secrets from the big brands
Andrzej will be unpacking how the unreasonable power of creativity can help your brand and business rise above ambivalence to start......
Growing online. Tips and Future Trends From Google
This session will provide insight and best practices on how to accelerate your business growth through the better use of real......
Making the most of free software for your startup
From email marketing and collecting direct debits to managing, storing and sharing files — there is a wealth of great tools......
Using Facebook to drive sales
Marketing on Facebook provides an opportunity for UK businesses to outmaneuver their competitors and drive real sales growth. In this seminar......
Birdies, Sweat and Tees
How has Your Golf Travel become such a success? Ross believes in a fearless but educated approach to business, tough negotiation......
From Small Business Owner to Entrepreneur, it's your choice
Penny will share her remarkable journey from launching a community of small business entrepreneurs to becoming a thought leader on the......
Monetising Social Media
The last decade has seen traditional marketing methods turned on their head. Many businesses fail to keep abreast of the constant......
Using negotiation as a pillar for successful business
As one of the UK’s leading negotiators, Clive Rich has brokered deals worth over £10bn for companies such as Napster, Yahoo......
AIMing High – The Road to Flotation
AIM is regarded by advisers, investors and companies as the most successful growth market in the world, having helped thousands of......
Grow Your E-Commerce Business With Social Media Marketing
In this seminar, Warren Knight will show you the how to drive traffic to your online business, and share with you......
How I went from homeless to Secret Millionaire
This is the rags-to-riches story of Kevin Green and his rocky road to becoming a self-made millionaire. Kevin will offer advice......
Business Alchemy
In this inspirational seminar Rachel will talk about her entrepreneurial journey — from starting her first business at just 24, building......
Overcoming Obstacles
Is It Friday Yet?- How to make uncertainty work for you.... In this wonderfully personal and moving talk, Phil will delight &......
New ways to raise finance for your business
With new tax incentives to invest in startups and early stage business, it’s a perfect time to raise finance. Learn how......
Making Millions from Invention
Mandy Haberman tells the story of her best known invention, the Anywayup cup and explains how you can make millions by......
Business mentoring & access to funding: The REAL deal.
In this dynamic seminar, Jonathan Pfahl, founder of the UK’s largest business mentoring and private funding organisation, will be providing key......
Marketing Magnetism - 10 Ways To Attract More Clients, Money and Time
Don't waste another penny on marketing! Kimberly Davis, owner of Sarsaparilla Marketing, shares her top tips on how to attract all......
BE a Retail Champion: 10-Steps to Retail Success
The 10-steps to retail success is a unique methodology designed by Clare Rayner, The Retail Champion, to enable retail business owners,......
3 simple steps to earning £50K – £150K net profit per year in 2 – 5 years from a property portfolio worth £1 – £5 million
PPP founding Partner Steve Bolton will explain why property is such a tremendous wealth creation tool and outline the high-return investment......
If I can do it, Anyone Can!
Former Apprentice Winner Lee McQueen will be talking about his experience on the BBC show the Apprentice as well as his......
From Start Up to Secret Millionaire in 5 years (or less)
Dominic will share with you what you really need to know about starting out on your own; from remortgaging his flat......
The “Ploughcroft Journey” by Chris Hopkins, Managing Director
An inspirational and moving account of how a Roofer with only 4 O’Levels ran a declining business in an already struggling......
London 2012 - Is your business Games-ready?
The London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games will affect the public transport and road network in certain places at certain times......
If you think IP won’t affect your business, think again!
If you are not sure who owns your business name or website, this seminar will set you straight. Trade marks and......
SEO Demystified: It’s not rocket science
SEO Demystified is an essential seminar about getting your business on to the first page of Google, on your own. You......
How to get paid without losing your clients.
This interactive discussion will teach you how to avoid being the subject of fraud, how to recognise what the 3 stages......
How to start a business in a recession
Having launched and successfully run several new businesses, entrepreneur and author David Lester is seriously passionate about new business. In this......
So you’ve got a new website, now what?
In this presentation we will explore all the different ways that you can market your website and use it as an......
Taking a start-up to over £2m in just 24 months through online marketing.
Push worked together with two 24 year old entrepreneurs who spotted a gap in the market for ‘bike parking’. It......
Your Start-Up and The Law
In this insightful seminar, Christian. The Law Firm. will concisely discuss the most important legal issues facing start-up businesses, and in......
Brand Protection – The importance of Trade Marks
This session will highlight some of the more common pitfalls in entering a new market without a registered trade mark, it......
Do you pay employees? If so, is your business prepared for PAYE Real Time Information?
Are you prepared for one of the biggest legislative changes to the PAYE system since it was introduced in 1944? Regardless......
Business Growth Is Scientific Not Creative
Most businesses don’t grow because the owner doesn’t know HOW to grow. The business is good at what it does, products......
INSPIRE... with Creativity and Sense!
Inspiration is at the heart of business today. According to Forbes, “When consumers are inspired by a company, 81% recommend it......
How to Be a World-Class Business Coach
This session is for you if you are a Life Coach who wants to apply your skills in the business arena......
Managing Your Foreign Exchange Requirements
An essential seminar for any business with overseas suppliers or customers; Currency Index explain how to save money on every foreign......
One Year In – a first-hand account of setting up a business
Taking an idea and transforming it from a vague concept into a viable business can be quite a journey. Tracey Morbey......
My Definition of SEO is Simple, Easy and Of Value but Can You Do It Yourself?
SEO Secrets Revealed — Tips to Save You Money. Would you like to know what your competition has achieved in successfully marketing......
Google Adwords – Getting much more out of your existing Adwords campaign.
Push are an accredited Google Certified Partner and the London based team have been building campaigns on Google Adwords since 2005.......
Building your brand without a marketing budget!
Mark Linton founded The Business Growth Show brand 5 years ago with no help from the banks and no outside investment,......
Simple Selling on eBay and Web Site
The seminar provides a basis for starting an ecommerce business on eBay giving you all the basics leading to a successful......
Women in Business – Kitchen Table or Boardroom
Janet will share her experiences on just what women starting a business should think about. Is it a business to help......
STAND OUT from the Crowd
Do you want to be different? Do you want to be noticed? Do you want to be remembered? If you always......
Reaching the Modern Consumer
This seminar puts a spotlight on the challenges of retailing in the 21st Century, providing an insight into the modern consumer,......
Thinking big for small businesses – an open dialogue with the Shadow Small Business Minister
Are you a business owner or planning to become one? Come and speak directly to the Shadow Consumer Affairs Minister, Ian......
Blogging can make 2012 an Olympic year for business!
Want to be found in Google without spending a small fortune on SEO? Blogging is now mainstream marketing that anyone......
Succeed In Ecommerce, Marketing & The Social Web
This seminar explains the absolute fundamentals for succeeding in e-commerce whether you are starting up or running an existing site and......
8 key steps to maximise your lead conversion
Learn how to handle all types of leads effectively across your sales channels! Find out about lead management best practice and review......
How to Franchise your Business
Based on the presenting Company’s 30 years of experience Nick Williams will outline how a Company can prepare themselves for expansion......
Benchmark your e-business: The journey to the top.
Now is the time to get trading online. Living and breathing this fast growing industry are many e-tailers, who began trading......
How to Relocate Your Business for Growth
What are the business opportunities associated with relocating your business? Inward Investment agency Into Somerset will share the benefits, pitfalls...
Climate Ready: Minimising risk and opportunities
Does your business plan take into account the risks and opportunities......
The Features and Benefits of Invoice Finance
This seminar will outline the main features and benefits of invoice finance, giving an explanation of what invoice finance is and......
Mobile Websites - Your business on the move
A website developed specifically to display on the smaller screens of mobile devices such as iPhone, iPad and Android phones will......
Dipping your toe in e-commerce - a beginner's guide.
Setting up a website is only a part of what you need to launch yourself into the world of e-commerce —......
Take Control of your Destiny
Why/How being made redundant twice in six months changed my life forever. How I changed such a negative experience that is......
Top ten tips for starting a new business
Serial entrepreneur Jo Gideon shares her top ten tips for new business start ups and those thinking about self employment. Taking......
Cloud: Beyond the hype
There are many talks about Cloud computing, what it is today and how great it is, however in this seminar Adam......
IT For The Startup Office
In this session Paul Angus will look at the cost saving technologies that larger enterprises employ, which are now available to......
The Seven Key Tasks of the Chief Executive in a Changing World
Based on the collective experiences of Vistage’s 15,000+ CEO members worldwide, John will review the 7 Core Tasks for effective leadership.......
Franchising – in business for yourself, but not by yourself
Want to start your own business, but not sure about going it alone? Need additional finance? This seminar gives you an......
The Power of Electronic Banking: Payment solutions and Business prepaid cards to help improve cash management streamline administration and control ex
Join Rich Wagner for an insightful perspective into the power of payment solutions and Business prepaid cards specifically tailored for the......
Choosing the RIGHT telecoms solution for your business
Customers are the lifeblood of business. But if you’re not there when they need you they’ll go elsewhere and probably won’t......
New ways to finance your growth
As new models for financing your growth have developed, it is now possible to raise finance using the strength of the......
Dealing with Companies House
Come along to this seminar and learn how to incorporate a limited company. All company officers have to comply with company......
Insurance isn’t like buying a can of beans
Every business employing staff is legally required to have certain insurance, meaning this seminar is vital for most business owners. Robert......
Dealing with Companies House
Come along to this seminar and learn how to incorporate a limited company. All company officers have to comply with company......
Dealing with Companies House
Come along to this seminar and learn how to incorporate a limited company. All company officers have to comply with company......
Invest in yourself and build a Successful business – we did.
An inspiring seminar from Kate and Phil Diacon who now successfully run two companies having left the RAF in 2010 with......
Dealing with Companies House
Come along to this seminar and learn how to incorporate a limited company. All company officers have to comply with company......
The Relationship Between International Payments and Fraud
There are buyers all over the world that want your product or service. Why limit yourself? Melissa Blackburn of 2Checkout.com, an......
Dealing with Companies House
Come along to this seminar and learn how to incorporate a limited company. All company officers have to comply with company......
IT Performance and Security for Small Businesses
During this seminar the increased risks of Cybercrime will be explained and advice given on how to improve the performance of......
How to make your website become a customer haven
Having a website is great, it can increase sales and help your online presence, however trying to keep customers coming back......
Accounting – A Necessary Evil / An Essential Tool
For every business, accounting represents a technical challenge — an awkward combination (some would say black art) of paperwork, systems, deadlines ...
SEO & the Google Dance
This seminar talks about the importance of SEO and the role it plays in ensuring your website is visible to potential......
Employment Matters! The Small Business Guide to Employing Staff
Having a good understanding of employment legislation is absolutely vital to your business success. This seminar will include practical tips and......
Help Your Business Grow By Accepting Card Payments
Latest figures* report an annual spend on credit and debit cards of almost £400 billion in UK businesses with over 165......
Beating Big Business
Do you dream of your business taking on the big corporations — and winning? Over the last 10 years XLN has......
Double the value of your business with the help of some unique strategies
I will reveal unique strategies which will guarantee you a significant increase in your profits and wealth. I will not only......
How to get your business on Page 1 of Google
This seminar examines why people fail in their SEO projects and what you can do to ensure you are not an......
Empowering SMBs for good business
In this presentation, Carol Wright, Pitney Bowes, will draw on research to examine how SMBs are dividing their marketing budgets, and......
Improve your bottom line with electronic signatures
Olly will provide key insights and case studies from businesses who have used electronic signatures and seen a large increase in......
5 strategies to increase your eCommerce sales
There is no magic bullet that will make your ecommerce site succeed. Working with a variety retailers, we see the......
Alternative funding options for your business
The seminar will highlight the alternative funding options available to SME......
What makes a successful social media and community strategy?
Dan Harris of MOO.COM will explain how MOO has achieved success and built up highly engaged social communities across multiple channels.......
How to get the best out of your business & save tax!
How can accountants and business advisors help businesses grow and excel. Also what are the key steps all new businesses should......
Reasons to embrace online marketing
The online marketing space is a maze of acronyms, links and SEO Salesmen, here we will explain the fundamental considerations and......
Understanding Music Licensing
If you play recorded music in public, you will almost certainly be legally required to obtain the correct music licenses. This......
Business and Investment Climate of Slovenia
The Seminar will offer a short overview of Slovenia, its macroeconomic figures, its position within the EU, and the national tax......
Low risk Growth
In this presentation, David Jones will illustrate how you can grow your business at limited risk. He will talk you through......
Independent Retailer Month
In this session Clare Rayner, The Retail Champion, will introduce the audience to Independent Retailer Month, this July, explaining what’s happening ...
The 10 Rules of Engagement for Start-Up Success
In this inspiring seminar, Brad will show you the "10 Rules of Engagement for Start-up Success" to help ensure that your......
Understanding and exploiting your Intellectual Property Assets
Intellectual property, including patents, trade marks, designs and copyright, can be......
Outsource your order fulfillment to ‘unlock’ your growth potential
This informative seminar discusses how outsourcing your e-commerce order fulfilment can remove barriers to growth, add efficiencies of process and dra ...
THE TOP 7 QUALITIES OF AN ENTREPRENEUR – HAVE YOU GOT WHAT IT TAKES?]
Carly Ward takes you through her own journey to success sharing with you the essential qualities you need to make it......
Reduce Your Business Energy Costs!
Many businesses struggle with managing their energy costs. We all know how easy it is to consume energy but when it......
Understanding and exploiting your Intellectual Property Assets
Intellectual property, including patents, trade marks, designs and copyright, can be one of a business' biggest assets. It can provide......
Successful Business Planning for Beginners
This interactive session with Frank Titley will get you started on planning for success. Using his 5 steps to Successful Business......
Have your head in The Cloud but your feet on the ground
Find out how you can leverage the benefits of The Cloud for your business; understand why The Cloud is different from......
Tactile and Powerful - The vital role of Print Marketing
Serial entrepreneur and Tweak.com founder Jerry Kennelly explains the important role of print marketing in retaining and selling to existing customers ...
How to start and develop a successful business- The Essentials
Starting a business is a decision not to be taken slightly, as it involves your time and resources. There are some......
How To Make Your Brand Irresistible
From gaining clarity around what you want to be known for, to using colour psychology and typography to influence how people......
5 Strategies for Digital Marketing Success
Fed up with getting irrelevant marketing emails and texts? You’re not alone. If you’re looking for new success with your digital marketing......
Simple steps to improve your cashflow
In this seminar we will be looking at how by just making a few simple steps you can improve your company’s......
Exploding your marketing through video
This seminar will uncover why video is critical for every business website. You’ll learn what makes a great web video and......
How to Maximize the Value of Products Produced by R&D by Means of IP
Most important is to devise products that customers want and to produce them at the right prices. An unwanted or expensive......
Re-think print
This seminar sees Tracey Rawling Church of KYOCERA Document Solutions shine a spotlight on the waste caused by inefficient printing. She......
Getting started selling online both at home and abroad
Chris Poad will show how Amazon Services Europe, through its suite of seller programmes, is enabling merchants to take advantage of......
How to succeed in e-commerce
Do you have a great idea for an online shop but not sure how to get it up and running? Come......
How to get your business online
For everyone wanting to get their business onto the world-wide web — whether you want to sell online, showcase your service......
Tips for designing your website
Designing your website can be both an exciting and daunting process when you’re not a web expert — but it really......
An introduction to brand naming.
Brand naming is often misunderstood and underestimated as a specialism. There are many issues that need to be considered when naming......
Alternatives to Traditional Business Funding
The reduced lending environment combined with extended payment terms from blue-chip companies has put immense pressure on company cash flow, limiting......
Making your sales funnel work – pitfalls and opportunities
Most SME businesses understand the basis of the sales funnel. Many get stuck at certain transitions of the funnel delivery and......
Tax and Corporate Compliance for Business Start-ups
Recent legislation from both HMRC and the Companies Act requires the directors of all new companies to comply and register with......
Dispelling Myths of launching a Product Innovation Startup
In this seminar Michael will dispel some of the myths in starting a business, and outline how you can start a......
How To Use A “Viral” Facebook Contest Application For Massive Lead Generation.
Join our exclusive seminar on the powerful part of Facebook that most businesses are missing out on — Viral Facebook Applications. We......
You, Self-Employment and HMRC.
The Seminar will cover employment status which effects what class of National Insurance you pay. Basic record keeping, which includes what......
VAT AWARNESS
Nigel will explain to visitors the mechanics of VAT and divulge what rates are applied. You’ll discover what VAT can be......
THE LEGAL WORLD OF SETTING UP AND RUNNING YOUR OWN BUSINESS
Ritu Sethi will be running free seminars on the legal world of setting up and running your own business. She will......
Cost of Business
Aimed towards those thinking of starting up a business; this seminar will explore the costs of your first year, ensuring you......
Cost of Business
Aimed towards those thinking of starting up a business; this seminar will explore the costs of your first year, ensuring you......
Boosting Your Business through Effective Local Marketing
This seminar will show you how to get the best results from leaflet campaigns for your business, and give you valuable......
A Service Leaver’s view to business start up
I will detail how I started the business at the very beginning — name, logo, website, copyright etc. The presentation will......
A downturn – a good time to start a business?
This presentation will focus on the challenges of starting a business and how to avoid the pitfalls. It will look at......
Sales on a Beermat
Mike Southon shows how everybody can sell, featuring material from UK best-seller Sales on a Beermat. Mike’s presentation explains the simple steps ...
How to use the ‘Cloud’ to your advantage
Xenios Thrasyvoulou will tell you how to use the ‘Cloud’ to your advantage in this fast paced, ever-changing world. Whether......
Pimp My Site: How to Become Google's No 1
Paula’s do—it—yourself training to get your website to No 1 on Google takes a show—and—tell approach with each step explained......
Go Do! What you need to do in your first few months of starting a business
Successful entrepreneur Jeremy Harbour will take you through exactly what you should be doing in the first six months of starting......
Bios Life - Franchise
The Bios Life® Franchise is a ground-breaking concept in the franchise industry. It offers people from all backgrounds an opportunity to......
The best kept secret in the UK!
Every time customers make a phone call, surf the net, send a text, switch on a light...you could be getting paid.......
Accepting Card Payments - Benefits and Risks
Accepting payments - everybody needs to do it, but accepting card payments over the phone, face to face and over the......
Taking Active Responsibility for your Life to create the life you want” Inspiring Women
Vicki Wusche is a vibrant engaging entrepreneur who speaks from her heart about her amazing journey from single mother on limited......
Why you should embrace social media
During this seminar we will answer the questions below to ensure......
INSPIRE... with Creativity and Sense (Part II)
Inspiration is the new marketing! Have you heard? Discover today's 'Top 10 Most Inspiring Businesses and Personalities', the secrets to their......
Brands, Logos & Icebergs - A common sense guide to small business branding
Just like an iceberg, your logo is only a small part of your business brand. But branding a business is so......
Successful recruitment strategies
Fast and inexpensive recruitment of top notch staff — how do you manage it? This seminar will provide a step-by-step guide......
Forex Secrets Seminar
Presented by a professional forex trader, you will be introduced to Forex Trading strategies and learn how 30 minutes of day......
FSB – What can it do to help businesses?
The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) is Britain's biggest business organisation with around 200,000 members. We exist to campaign about bureaucrac ...
Unpaid invoices and taking the pain out of debt recovery
No business wants overdue invoices. We all want customers who pay on time. In reality however, most do not. In this......
Getting started need not be difficult or costly
All start-ups face the age old issues of how to appear bigger and more professional without tying up the cash needed......
Riding the tide of ecommerce with instant access to finance
In a recent study by The Economist, analysts showed that the internet contributes to more than 8% of our economy and......
Startup Marketing & Synergies
Marketing synergies can maximise your sales or they can cost you a lot of money. Look into a live business case......
30 Minutes to Refine Your Website
So, your brand new website is up and running, but how can you tell how well it is performing? Let Refined......
10¾ ways to improve cashflow (& save your sanity into the bargain)
Research conducted in March 2012 by credit agency Graydon and the Forum of Private Business has revealed that around one in......
Start Your Own Recruitment Agency- Keep 100% Profit
Business Start Up entrepreneur with 30 years recruitment industry experience will reveal to you the closely guarded secrets of how recruitment......
What To Look For When Buying a Business
When deciding to buy a business, there are a number of key factors to be aware of, whether you are considering......
Marketing a Business For Sale
Once you, as seller are ready to sell your business, it’s worth working out how to best market your business to......
Finance - What Options Are Available
Having a huge pool of cash at ready disposal may not be the situation that every potential business buyer finds themselves......
Buying a Business or Buying a Franchise -Which is Better For You?
Whether a buyer should take over an existing business or buy into a proven franchise system can be dependent on a......
What Is a Business Worth (Valuations – For Buyers And Sellers)
Valuing a business is one of the most important parts of the business-sales process. This seminar will be invaluable both to......
Doing Your Due Diligence - Buyers And Sellers
The process by which the buyer checks the accuracy of a seller’s claims about their business, known as conducting due diligence,......
The Legal and Tax Implications of Buying and Selling a Business
Buying or selling a business is one of the most important things you’ll ever do, however legal and tax issues are......
After You have Bought: Expansion and Franchising
Whether you’re contemplating buying a business or are well down the road of negotiating an acquisition, this seminar may be of......
Get (excited about!) Mentoring
In this workshop we aim to get you as excited about enterprise mentoring as us, not just because it’s a great......
Gain Extra Sales, Interest Free Credit and Enhanced Profits.
Are you in business or thinking of starting a business? Learn how to achieve extra sales by embracing the economics of......
Finance; What Options Are Available?
Having a huge pool of cash at ready disposal may not be the situation that every potential business buyer finds themselves......
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