There’s a great range of free events/training/seminars on offer not just through Cumbria Business Growth Hub.
Through Cumbria Business Growth Hub:
Introduction to DIT support – Tuesday 19th July – 10am to 11pm (Online)
Meet Cumbria’s Department for International Trade team who will discuss how they can help you grow your business overseas, learn about the grants available to support with marketing, attending overseas meetings or trade shows, market research and consultants from Sarah Peak.
Discover the variety of training programmes available for new exporters to experienced exporters wanting to learn more from Irina Shmakova.
Find out about how to sell online direct to consumers using a variety of tools from expert John Baines.
Meet Ella Chippendale an international trade advisor who works on a 1:1 basis with businesses in Cumbria who will share with you her top tips on developing your international sales and how she can help you.
Don’t miss out, join us and let DIT tell you how they can help you export your product, service or drive international sales.
Introduction to Lean – Tuesday 26th July – 9am to 3pm (lunch and refreshments are not provided)
Lakes College, Lillyhall Business Park, Hallwood Rd, Workington, CA14 4JN
Cumbria Business Growth Hub is pleased to partner with Acclaim Training to deliver an introduction to Lean workshop.
Simon & Tracy Morris will talk you through:
- What Lean is, and also what it isn’t
- Case studies
- Practical applications
- Process mapping
- 8 Wastes
- Improvement tools
- 5S, Kaizen, Visual management, Line balancing, Policy deployment, Standardisation
Simon is a TAP accredited Learning and Development professional, with over 20 years’ experience in work-based learning. From classroom training of 5000 apprentices for Jaguar Landrover, to training Lean at boardroom level, Simon has evolved Acclaim’s provision to blended learning, mixing classroom with modern methodologies and philosophy. Simon is currently creating competency frameworks for the defence and nuclear industries, working with the MOD, Office of Nuclear Regulator, and Atomic Weapons Establishment.
Tracy is an Applied Psychologist specialising in organisational psychology. From conflict resolution, dealing with difficult situations, to stress and change management, Tracy works with leadership provision to help create modern, fit for purpose, leadership programs. Tracy is also a mental health first aider. As Acclaim’s Business Development manager, Tracy works with customers to build bespoke programs that offer measurable return on investment.
First Local Food & Drink Producers Site Tour – The Torpenhow Cheese Company – Tuesday 13th September – 10.30am to 3pm
The Torpenhow Cheese Company was formed at Park House Farm near the village of Torpenhow (pronounced ‘Tra-pen-ner’) on the edge of the Northern Fells in Cumbria. Established in 2019, they turn the rich free range milk from their Jersey/Friesian herd, into creamy deep flavoured cheese.
The day will consist of an introduction to Mark & Jenny’s journey through Organic conversion on their dairy farm in the Northern fells and the process to being 100% pasture fed followed by a tour of the cheese making area or a short video of the process before visiting the cheese stores (dependent on numbers).
Tea & coffee will be available throughout the day with a Ploughmans lunch provided by the venue.
Following lunch, please bring along suitable footwear and clothing for a tour of the farm, hopefully a walk to see the herd in the paddock and potentially a woodland walk to visit the pigs (if they are within walking distance). We’ll then finish with refreshments and a chance to network further back at the farm.
This is event is only for food & drink manufactures/suppliers/retailers.
Conversion Optimisation – Maximise opportunities on your website – Friday, 16th September – 10am to – 1pm
The Villa Levens, Brettargh Holt, Kendal, LA8 8EA
Getting visitors to your website is crucial but whilst they’re there, you don’t want them to leave without ‘converting’. Whether you’re looking to boost product purchases, increase sign-ups to your mailing list, or encourage likes or follows on your socials, there are always things that can be done to ensure that your website is conversion optimised.
This 3-hour interactive session will demonstrate how to track and measure conversions so you can begin to optimise your marketing spend and start improving sales.
We’ll cover…
- How to measure your website’s conversion rate
- How improving conversion rates can refocus your marketing spend
- Where to start with improvements (with real-world examples)
This session will be delivered by David Hamer, Managing Director of MUV website and digital marketing agency.
Finance Training with Dodd & Co Accountants – Tuesday, 25th October, 2022 – 9.30 – 12.30
(Online)
Designed to provide you with a basic understanding of the most common financial issues relevant to small business entities and companies. This session will focus discussion around the following areas:-
- General record keeping and discussion of current MTD regulations
- Calculating profits and considering allowable expenses
- Thinking about VAT – why and when to register
- Taking on employees – additional responsibilities of the business owner
- Taxing business profits – important dates and deadlines
To book onto any of the above please email info@cumbriagrowthhub.co.uk – eligibility criteria apply
Through the University of Cumbria:
ECO I NW – Networking Forum for Buildings, Construction and Retrofit SMEs – 14th July
Explore a low carbon future for SMEs in Cumbria, and specifically define why this matters to you and your business. Find practical, fit for purpose next steps to equip you with real actions and an understanding of the tangible benefits of a low carbon future. Meet other likeminded businesses and industry peers, and grow your knowledge of where to go to for help and advice on sustainability.
Book your place here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/networking-forum-buildings-construction-and-retrofit-registration-180929594287
FREE masterclass – Coaching for Innovation: Coaching for Resilience – 15th July
Join Cumbria Innovations Platform (CUSP II) and The Harrison Network for Day 3 of their online Coaching for Innovation series. This session will explore how you approach failure or setbacks and use a coaching approach to stay resilient and encourage failure as a learning opportunity. The session will explain the value of intelligent failure and psychological safety in organisations, as well as what we can learn from failure and how you can use this learning to encourage and enhance innovation.
Book your place here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/coaching-for-innovation-day-3-coaching-for-resilience-registration-344711550527
Jobs To Be Done: Designing Products and Services Your Customers Really Need – Cumbria Innovations Platform in collaboration with Barclays Eagles Labs – 26th July
Why do certain products and services just click with customers? The secret behind modern start-up success is the Jobs To Be Done method – a way of understanding customer’s motivations even more deeply than they do themselves, and then designing your products, services and marketing around that understanding.
Book your place here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/jobs-to-be-done-designing-products-and-services-your-customers-really-need-registration-369104961877
Through Barclays Eagle Lab delivered by Burnetts:
Employment Advice Day with Burnetts – 26th August – Barclays Eagle Labs, Bus Station, Bransty Row, Whitehaven, CA28 7XE
Anna Lovett and David Gibson from Burnetts Employment & HR will be at the Bus Station all day to chat through all and any people issues you may have, whether it be dealing with a tricky individual, getting your contracts in place or protecting your trade secrets.
Business advice – Friday 24 June and 30th September – Barclays Eagle Labs, Bus Station, Bransty Row, Whitehaven, CA28 7XE
Whether you are growing your business, looking to buy or sell, or seeking general day-to-day commercial legal advice, this business advice days will give you the opportunity to drop in to speak to Michael Walby, Corporate Partner about your business needs. Michael will be available at the Bus Station all day, and will give a presentation on Business Exit Planning – Succession or Sale? between 12:30 – 1:30pm on Friday 24 June 2022.
Property Matters – 29th July and 28th October – Barclays Eagle Labs, Bus Station, Bransty Row, Whitehaven, CA28 7XE
A member of Burnetts’ Commercial Property team will be available to answer any questions relating to property ownership and leasehold matters.