Business Events in Gloucestershire

'The magic of web marketing' - your key to internet marketing success

You've got your website in place, you're pretty well ranked in the search engines and you're getting regular visits to your site. But you have the capacity to receive more online orders and enquiries. This seminar will give a basic overview of how to ensure your site meets the needs of your visitors before looking at the range of strategies you can use to increase the number of visitors who engage with you.

Date: 17 Jun 2010 - 09:30 - 14:00
Location: Cheltenham Racecourse, Evesham Road, Cheltenham GL50 4SH
Organiser: Business Link
Event Type: Breakfasts / Lunches / Dinners, Information Sessions, Networking, Seminars
Cost: Free
Business Sector: All industries

To book please telephone 0845 0707 747 or email events@businesslinksw.co.uk

Everything you ever wanted to know about Marketing

Join Business Link for an exciting and informative FREE marketing seminar. This seminar will help you to take a fresh look at your marketing and what it can do for your business. It will give you tools and techniques to make your advertising and promotions more cost effective and successful. You will go away with a number of new ideas on how to reach your customers.

Date: 26 May 2010
Location: Cotswold Water Park Four Pillars Hotel, Cirencester GL7 5FP
Organiser: Business Link
Event Type: Breakfasts / Lunches / Dinners, Information Sessions, Networking, Seminars
Cost: Free
Business Sector: All industries

To book your place, please contact events@businesslinksw.co.uk or call 0845 0707 747.

MARKSTRAT Marketing Challenge

Marketers and university students will pit their wits against each other in a university marketing challenge using an advanced computer game. Teams will compete using the MARKSTRAT program where their strategic and tactical marketing skills will be put to the test. The Institute will be working in partnership with the University of Gloucestershire this spring as part of the BUG (Business planning at the University of Gloucestershire) Competition. Open to students, staff and graduates from the university, a series of workshops on a variety of topics such as IP, finance, funding and marketing will take place until March at the Park Campus in Cheltenham. The Institute will present a workshop on marketing strategies and issues to consider in managing a business. Supported by mentors, entrants will be able to take part in the competition by submitting an innovative business plan.

Date: Thursday 20 May 2010
Location: University of Gloucestershire

For further information on any of these events in Gloucestershire contact the Institute’s region and branch events team on 01628 427340 or email cimevents@cim.co.uk. Alternatively book direct via www.cim.co.uk/events.  

'Business finance options - the choices simplified' seminar

Want your business to survive and thrive but don't know how you are going to finance it? Then attend this free of charge information seminar, delivered by Business Link's Financial Advisory Team. This seminar will address the building blocks of business finance, help you unravel the jargon and understand some basic concepts. Discover the different types of finance that may be effective, including working capital (overdrafts & invoice finance), equity funding and regional finance support schemes. By the end of the seminar you will walk away with a greater knowledge of what lenders are looking for when it comes to agreeing finance, plus a far wider knowledge of the many options available. There will also be a free opportunity for you to have a one to one impartial advice session with a Business Adviser. This will enable you to make better informed decisions about your own business needs and its future growth.

Time: 10:15 - 14:00
Date: 31st March 2010
Where: Cotswold Water Park Four Pillars Hotel, Cirencester
Cost: Free
Contact: events@businesslinksw.co.uk 0845 0707 747

'Talking up your business - how to maximise your networking skills' workshop

If you have ever heard the expression 'you buy from people, not companies' then you will know that recommendations, referrals and introductions play an invaluable role in getting new business. Using her psychological expertise and intuitive understanding of what makes people tick, our guest speaker, Lisa Pierson of Moving You Forward will provide practical tips to improve your networking skills, highlighting that attitude and behaviour have a significant impact on the success of your business.

Time: 09:20 - 14:00
Date: 30th March 2010
Where: Hatherley Manor Hotel, Gloucester
Cost: Free
Contact: events@businesslinksw.co.uk 0845 0707 747

Looking the business - be your own shop window!

When you're in business, you are the business' 'shop window'. The messages you convey invite customers in or turn them away! How you look and what you say could convey messages about the quality, reliability and effectiveness of the products or services you sell. As the saying goes, 'you never get a second chance to make a first impression'. In this taster session presenters; Miranda Jenkins and Berith Sandgren-Clarke, will introduce their top tips to help you discover skills for confident, clear verbal and non-verbal communication. They will explore the link between your 'look', the way you communicate and your business brand.

Time: 07:45 - 09:20
Date: 26th March 2010
Where: Conference Centre, Building 9, Vantage Point Business Village, Mitcheldean
Cost: Free
Contact: events@businesslinksw.co.uk 0845 0707 747

South West Food and Drink Conference

A key diary date for marketers in the food and drink industry returns next spring following the success of last year’s conference in Cornwall. This year’s South West Food and Drink Conference theme focuses on online sales strategies and aims to explore digital marketing opportunities for producers, processors and retailers and how they can maintain a competitive edge.

Date: Wednesday 24 March 2010
Time: 16:00 – 20:00
Location: Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester, Gloucestershire

For further information on any of these events in Gloucestershire contact the Institute’s region and branch events team on 01628 427340 or email cimevents@cim.co.uk. Alternatively book direct via www.cim.co.uk/events.  

Communicate or alienate - the art of effective communication

Richard Newman, body language trainer, presenter and coach, specialises in body language and voice skills in business. His interactive, engaging and entertaining presentation will show you how to get better results in presentations, sales pitches, negotiations and interviews. Business Link's IT Adviser, Andy Poulton, will show you how email can be used to generate website visits to boost sales, reduce market costs and improve communications with customers and prospects without being classed as spam.

Date: 10 Mar 2010
Location: Stonehouse Court Hotel, Stonehouse, Gloucestershire, GL10 3RA
Organiser: Business Link
Event Type: Breakfasts / Lunches / Dinners, Information Sessions, Networking, Seminars
Cost: Free
Business Sector: All industries

To book please call 0845 0707 747 or email events@businesslinksw.co.uk

Business Advice Clinics

Aimed at business owners or managers, the clinic is a one-to-one 60 minute meeting with a Business Link adviser. They will review key areas of your business and any issues you are facing - identifying activity and support that will help improve performance.

Date: 3 Feb - 31 Dec 2010
Location: Gloucestershire, West of England, Wiltshire
Organiser: Business Link
Event Type: Clinics & Consultations, Information Sessions
Cost: Free - Fully Subsidised
Target Audience: Aimed at Business Owners and Managers
Business Sector: All industries

Contact us on 0845 600 9966.