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SUMMARY:Grants to Grow your Business
DESCRIPTION:Secure the small business funding your business needs to flourish! \nGrants to Grow your Business Zoom!\nSmall Business Britain & Indeed have partnered to help you uncover the potential of grants to propel your businesses from grants to grow your team to innovate and enhance your business. \nWe’ll guide you through the maze of where to find these opportunities and offer practical advice on successful grant applications. There are lots of opportunities out there\, it’s just knowing where to look for them! \nYou will learn:  \n\nWhere to find these invaluable grant opportunities\nThe exact kinds of grants that are currently out there for small business growth\nEssential tips on how to apply for grants to give your business a competitive edge\n\n  \nThis Zoom webinar is arranged by Small Business Britain and Indeed. In collaboration with the People for Business programme to help small businesses grow and hire. In this video\, Nicola the founder of Single Variety Co\, shares her experience and advice for growing a small business and hiring  a team.
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SUMMARY:Social Media Marketing for Small Businesses
DESCRIPTION:Want to improve your social media marketing to reach and engage with customers for your small business? \nBusiness Social Media Marketing for Small Businesses\nBusinesses based in North Essex districts can join the FREE workshop this December\, and learn key skills to create their own social media strategy\, eye-catching and interesting content\, and how to start running their own social media adverts! \nWith an expert business coach from Let’s Do Marketing\, learn how to master tools Canva and Hootsuite to create effective and eye catching posts for your small business! Along with exploring powerful tools in Meta Business Suite that can help you to maximise your social media channels to reach more customers and gain sales! \n*Your business must be based in or shortly moving to North Essex\, in one of the districts covered by the North Essex Economic Board. (Braintree\, Chelmsford\, Colchester\, Maldon\, Tendring) \nYou will learn: \n\nUnderstand the benefits of using social media as a key marketing tools\nIdentify and connect with your target market\nNavigate and use social media for your business\nCreate eye-catching posts on graphic design tool Canva\nUse social media scheduler platform Hootsuite to organise and plan your content\nMonetise your content to reach more potential customers\, with Facebook & Instagram boosting and Facebook Ads Manager.\n\nThis programme is delivered by Let’s Do Marketing\, part of Let’s Do Business Group\, under the North Essex Economic Board. A programme funded by multiple district councils in the county of Essex.
URL:https://www.launchpadsouthend.co.uk/event/social-media-marketing/
LOCATION:Online
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SUMMARY:The Big Christmas Women In Business Network ZOOM Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Fun\, festive Zoom networking event for Women In Business- grow your business through even bigger networking by joining WIBN Big Christmas Zoom Meeting! \nJoin at 10am for informal networking with mixed group members who are all welcome to attend this meeting. A great opportunity to talk about your business\, along with making plenty of new connections. \nTake this chance to make connections outside your monthly group\, reunite with old friends and make some new ones! All while feeling positively festive at this collective Christmas Networking meeting on Zoom. \nMeeting Fees \nThis Festive meeting takes place online via Zoom and is open to any WIBN member from the South Essex and Bishop’s Stortford  groups\, visiting members from other groups and new Visitors new to WIBN. \nYou will have the opportunity to meet likeminded individuals from Billericay\, Basildon\, Bishops Stortford\, Chelmsford\, Leigh on Sea and Southend on Sea.  \n– Rachel’s members – FREE included in your membership fees \n– Non WIBN Members : £25 +VAT Meeting Fee \n– Visiting WIBN Members from any other WIBN group : £14+ VAT Meeting Fee \nMeeting Agenda \n10am – Welcome and Introductions \n10.15am – Guest Speaker with Q&A – Ann Girling a WIBN member in Liverpool\, Chester and Angelou National Groups\, Published Author and owner of the “Unlikely Guru.” \n10.35am – Speed networking in breakout rooms- share your business with us. \n11am – Guest Speaker with Q&A – Yvonne Williams the UK’s Leading Burnout Coach\, who we are delighted to have with us. \n11.30am – Speed networking in breakout rooms so you will get to share your business with even more people! \n11 .55am – Festive wrap up. \n12pm – Close. \nSpread the word about your business to dozens of other brilliant individuals as we welcome you to this mixed group Christmas networking event for women in business! \nProfessional Exclusivity \nWe usually operate a professional exclusivity policy. So only one representative from each profession at each meeting is applicable\, but this is suspended for this festive meeting to ensure the maximum opportunity for you to network with new people. \nFind out more about South Essex\, East Herts and Cumbria group leader\, Rachel Gilbert – 07308 305918 / rachel.gilbert@wibn.co.uk
URL:https://www.launchpadsouthend.co.uk/event/christmas-networking-event-for-women-in-business/
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SUMMARY:The Big Essex Christmas Lunch 2023
DESCRIPTION:The Big Christmas Lunch Members from Brentwood\, Billericay and Basildon\, Bishops Stortford\, Chelmsford\, Leigh on Sea and Southend on Sea combined will be there\, with lots of visitors. The networking potential to meet lots of new people is huge! \nThe WIBN Christmas Networking Lunch 2023\nGrow your business through even bigger networking! \nSpread the word about your business to dozens of other brilliant WIBN members and visitors as we welcome you to this mixed group networking Christmas Lunch \nWe all know people buy people\, so here’s your chance to make new connections outside your monthly group\, reunite with some old friends and make some new ones\, all while feeling positively festive at this collective Christmas Networking Lunch. Join at 12pm \nMeeting Fees \nWarley Park Golf Club\nMagpie Lane\nLittle Warley\nBrentwood\, Essex  CM13 3DX\nUnited Kingdom \nThis festive meeting takes place at Warley Park Golf Club and is open to all WIBN members and visiting guests. \n\nRachel’s members: £25 Inc VAT Lunch fee\nNon- Members : £39 Inc VAT Lunch fee\nVisiting WIBN Members from any other WIBN group : £35 Inc VAT Lunch Fee\n\nProfessional Exclusivity \nWe usually operate a professional exclusivity policy\, which means only one representative from each profession at our meetings but this is suspended for this festive lunch meeting only to ensure the maximum opportunity for you to network with new people \nFind out more about South Essex\, East Herts and Cumbria group leader\, Rachel Gilbert – 07308 305918
URL:https://www.launchpadsouthend.co.uk/event/wibn-christmas-networking/
LOCATION:Warley Park Golf Club\, Warley Park Golf Club\, Brentwood\, CM13 3DX\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Creative Colchester December Social
DESCRIPTION:Creative Colchester December Social \nJoin us for a festive social meet up\, Decembers’ edition of Creative Colchester monthly social. Its a great chance to be first in the know about what’s happening locally. \nPop along for a relaxed catch-up with peers and make new connections with creatives from across Colchester’s creative and digital sectors. \nChristmas jumpers are most welcome!  \nWe hope to see you there 🙂 \nWhen: Wednesday 20th December from 6.30pm-9.30pm \nWhere: Level Best Cafe – 26 Johns Street\, Colchester\, CO2 7HB
URL:https://www.launchpadsouthend.co.uk/event/festive-social-meet-up/
LOCATION:Level Best Cafe\, 26 St Johns Street\, Colchester\, CO2 7HB\, United Kingdom
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