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SUMMARY:How to write and develop your business plan
DESCRIPTION:New and established businesses will require a business plan for getting a loan\, grant or just to consider the direction they wish to go in. This webinar will teach you what you need to include and how. We will walk you through what should be included within a business plan\, how a business plan is used to improve your prospects for a loan or a grant\, and how you can develop a business plan to meet your needs. \nWe will: \n\nProvide a structure for a business plan\nReview each section of what should be included within the business plan\nExplain when and how to use a business plan\nExplore the connections (and importance) between the words and the numbers\nLook at how to identify and manage cashflow within the business planning process
URL:https://investinangus.com/event/how-to-write-and-develop-your-business-plan-30/
CATEGORIES:Business Planning,Business Start-up
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240207T123000
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SUMMARY:How to generate and increase sales
DESCRIPTION:Sales are the lifeblood of every business. This webinar focuses on a pragmatic approach to sales strategy and delivery and is designed to fit with the needs of small businesses in both B2C and B2B environments. \nWe will cover: \n\nWhy a clear understanding of what an ideal customer looks like\, and a good understanding of their problems\, needs and wants is key to sales success\nHow to develop your sales platform using digital tools\, platforms\, and techniques\nThe different motivations potential customers may have and how to identify which ‘buttons’ your business needs to press\nThe key phases in prospecting\, qualifying\, and converting sales prospects\nThe value of a ‘sales funnel’ and how it can be used to help plan and achieve sales\nWhy keeping the customers you already have is the best sales strategy of all\nThe importance of appropriate customer service in retaining customers
URL:https://investinangus.com/event/how-to-generate-and-increase-sales-21/
CATEGORIES:Business Planning,Digital Marketing,Marketing
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240212T163000
DTSTAMP:20260419T072652
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SUMMARY:Build an effective strategy to grow your business
DESCRIPTION:This webinar is practical\, outcome driven\, and designed to fit with the needs of small businesses in both B2C and B2B environments. It will help you develop a strategically led approach that can turbo charge business growth\, identify the core growth strategy(ies) that are right for your business\, and develop an action plan. \nWe will look at: \n\nYour business today – identifying your strengths and areas for development\nThe key pillars of a business and why balancing all areas is essential for success\nPersonal and business ambitions and using these to guide strategy development\nAnsoff’s Matrix as a tool for identifying core growth strategies\nThe core components of your business delivery\nHow to develop a methodical\, strategic approach to developing your business for future success\n\nAfter the webinar\, you will understand: \n\nHow to undertake a balanced review of where your business is that helps identify areas for development\nAnsoff’s Matrix and how to use it as a core strategic planning tool\nHow to create a strategic plan for growing your business
URL:https://investinangus.com/event/build-an-effective-strategy-to-grow-your-business-21/
CATEGORIES:Business Planning
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240213T110000
DTSTAMP:20260419T072652
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SUMMARY:Community Wealth Building - Finance
DESCRIPTION:This webinar by Co-operative Development Scotland (CDS) is second in a series of four topics in the Community Wealth Building (CWB) event programme. This event will help participants explore how\, practically\, inclusive business models can contribute to the other 4 pillars of CWB: Spending and Procurement\, Workforce\, Land and Property and Finance. This series of webinars will be presented by delivery support partners\, to explore the potential role the featured CWB pillar and inclusive business models can play in your local approach. \nTo attend this webinar\, you must have already attended the first CDS workshop “Inclusive Business Models – Identifying the opportunities for Plural Ownership”. \nThis particular webinar will focus on the Finance Pillar of CWB – exploring how investment and financial institutions work for local people\, communities and businesses through the adoption of inclusive business models. \nHosted by CDS\, partners (Community Shares Scotland\, Social Investment Scotland\, Future Economy Scotland\, Scottish Communities Finance and Co-operative and Community Finance) will present and outline their support offer(s)\, links to CWB principles/opportunities and then sit as an expert panel to respond to Q&A from attendees.
URL:https://investinangus.com/event/community-wealth-building-finance/
CATEGORIES:Business Planning
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240213T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240213T200000
DTSTAMP:20260419T072652
CREATED:20240115T103619Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240115T103619Z
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SUMMARY:Using Chat GPT in your Business
DESCRIPTION:Janine Marriott explains practical business uses for the AI that everyone is talking about – Chat GPT \nWe will cover the following topics and more\, and there will be plenty of opportunity to ask questions at the end on how it can help your particular business/industry. \n\nWhat is ChatGPT and how does it work?\nHow can ChatGPT help my small business?\nHow much does ChatGPT cost?\nHow can ChatGPT help me reach more customers?\nCan ChatGPT integrate with other marketing tools I’m already using?\nHow do I know if ChatGPT is right for my small business?\nAre there any resources or support available to help me get started with ChatGPT?
URL:https://investinangus.com/event/using-chat-gpt-in-your-business/
CATEGORIES:Business Planning,Technology
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240220T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240220T110000
DTSTAMP:20260419T072652
CREATED:20240109T162453Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240109T162453Z
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SUMMARY:Community Wealth Building - Workforce
DESCRIPTION:This webinar is 1 in a series of 4 topics and forms the second part of Co-operative Development Scotland’s (CDS) CWB event programme aimed to help participants explore how\, practically\, inclusive business models can contribute to the other 4 pillars of CWB: Spending and Procurement\, Workforce\, Land and Property and Finance. This series of webinars is hosted by CDS and will be presented by delivery support partners\, to explore the potential role the featured CWB pillar and inclusive business models can play in your local approach to CWB. \nTo attend this webinar\, you must have already attended the CDS workshop “Inclusive Business Models – Identifying the opportunities for Plural Ownership”. \nThis particular webinar will focus on the Workforce Pillar of CWB – exploring how investment and financial institutions work for local people\, communities and businesses through the adoption of Inclusive Business models. \nHosted by CDS\, partners (Fair Work Convention\, Scottish Enterprise Workplace Innovation Team and Skills Development Scotland) will present and outline their support offer(s)\, links to CWB principles/opportunities and then sit as an expert panel to respond to Q&A from attendees.
URL:https://investinangus.com/event/community-wealth-building-workforce/
CATEGORIES:Business Planning
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240220T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240220T110000
DTSTAMP:20260419T072652
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SUMMARY:Closing the Gender Pay Divide: Strategies for Success
DESCRIPTION:Our online session is for employers who want to understand the root causes of the gender pay gap and how they can relate to their business. \nThe webinar will include: \n\nA presentation on gender inequality in the workplace including key considerations for SMEs\nHow to identify inequalities in your business\, and\nHow to use this information to take targeted action.\nA showcase of self-assessment tools available for SMEs.\nQ&A\n\nThe webinar will support employers’ capacity to take action to tackle key gender inequalities that may occur in their organisation\, enabling them to harness the business benefits of improved employment practice. \nThe content of the webinar will include references to current research and best practice\, with reference to reports from recognised industry specialists\, along with illustrative examples of what successful companies are doing in this space.
URL:https://investinangus.com/event/closing-the-gender-pay-divide-strategies-for-success/
CATEGORIES:Business Planning,HR
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240221T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240221T160000
DTSTAMP:20260419T072652
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SUMMARY:How to start a business: The basics
DESCRIPTION:Whatever your reasons may be for considering being your own boss\, Business Gateway is here to support you and help you decide if this is the right path for you. Helping you consider your plans from exploring your potential customers to looking at the key activities and costs involved. \nWe will cover: \n\nPersonal finance planning – how much do you need to earn?\nResearching your market – who your customers are\, understanding your competition and what the trends are within your chosen field\nBusiness structure – what are the core business structures? How to decide which is right for you and how to register as a business\nCreating your start-up action plan – an outline\nMarketing\nPricing\nNaming the business\nBasic bookkeeping\nForecasting\nFinancing\, banking\, insurance\, and VAT\nTax
URL:https://investinangus.com/event/how-to-start-a-business-the-basics-35/
CATEGORIES:Business Planning,Business Start-up
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240222T163000
DTSTAMP:20260419T072652
CREATED:20240212T113009Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240212T113009Z
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SUMMARY:Tayside Transform Business Festival
DESCRIPTION:The Transform Business Festival is an event which connects entrepreneurs\, start-ups and businesses of all shapes and sizes over the course of a day. \nAfter the success of its launch in 2023 at the Science Centre Dundee\, this year’s event continues its tour of Tayside at Perth Concert Hall on 22 February 2024\, focused on informing and inspiring businesses and individuals to transform their futures. \nAttendees will benefit from: \n\nengaging\, motivating guest speaker sessions\nbitesize sessions and fireside chats to stimulate and educate\nbuilding connections through fun networking sessions\nan ecosystem village featuring key support partners in the Tayside region\na client showcase market\, one-to-one advisory sessions and much more
URL:https://investinangus.com/event/tayside-transform-business-festival/
LOCATION:Perth Concert Hall\, Mill Street\, Perth\, PH1 5HZ
CATEGORIES:Business Planning,Business Start-up,Networking
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240222T120000
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CREATED:20231218T161903Z
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SUMMARY:Selling your business masterclass
DESCRIPTION:Have you considered a succession plan for your business? It’s never too early to start thinking about your options. Employee ownership is fast becoming the preferred exit route for business owners. \nAimed at business owners considering an exit from their company\, this session will give attendees the opportunity to hear bus and coach company Shuttle Buses and complete security systems supplier and installer Alternative Systems Protection explain what they considered in choosing employee ownership and how things have worked. \nRalph Leishman from 4-consulting will talk through all ownership succession options before focussing on employee ownership and how to ensure the employee buyout is a smooth process.
URL:https://investinangus.com/event/selling-your-business-masterclass-4/
CATEGORIES:Business Planning
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240222T110000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240222T133000
DTSTAMP:20260419T072652
CREATED:20231218T153954Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231218T153954Z
UID:10088366-1708599600-1708608600@investinangus.com
SUMMARY:How to protect and manage your intellectual property
DESCRIPTION:You have invested time\, energy\, and money into your project\, however\, have you protected the innovation? \nFollowing this webinar\, you will understand how to manage your intellectual property (IP) or how to start the process of registering it. \nTopics covered include: \n\nWhat are intellectual assets (IA)?\nWhat is intellectual property (IP)?\nHow to use IP (in the real world)\nWhere to get more insight and information\n\nParticipants will leave with: \n\nAn understanding that all businesses create IA/IP\nA framework of knowledge about IP\nA little more knowledge about the diverse types of IP\nAn insight into how to identify\, protect and exploit IP/IA\nContext of why IP/IA matters\nLinks to useful learning resources
URL:https://investinangus.com/event/how-to-protect-and-manage-your-intellectual-property-20/
CATEGORIES:Business Planning
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240224T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240224T120000
DTSTAMP:20260419T072652
CREATED:20231218T154207Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231218T154207Z
UID:10088372-1708768800-1708776000@investinangus.com
SUMMARY:How to write and develop your business plan
DESCRIPTION:New and established businesses will require a business plan for getting a loan\, grant or just to consider the direction they wish to go in. This webinar will teach you what you need to include and how. We will walk you through what should be included within a business plan\, how a business plan is used to improve your prospects for a loan or a grant\, and how you can develop a business plan to meet your needs. \nWe will: \n\nProvide a structure for a business plan\nReview each section of what should be included within the business plan\nExplain when and how to use a business plan\nExplore the connections (and importance) between the words and the numbers\nLook at how to identify and manage cashflow within the business planning process
URL:https://investinangus.com/event/how-to-write-and-develop-your-business-plan-31/
CATEGORIES:Business Planning,Business Start-up
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240227T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240227T110000
DTSTAMP:20260419T072652
CREATED:20240109T162314Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240109T162314Z
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SUMMARY:Community Wealth Building - Land and Property
DESCRIPTION:Ready to continue your learning with Co-operative Development Scotland’s (CDS) Community Wealth Building programme? \nThis is the third of four webinars that explore how inclusive business models can contribute to the four key pillars of CWB: spending and procurement\, workforce\, land and property and finance. \nDelivered by support partners of CDS (including the Scottish Land Commission\, Development Trusts Association for Scotland\, The Plunkett Foundation and the Community Energy Foundation) this webinar will focus on Land and Property. It will explore how communities can grow their social\, ecological\, financial and economic value using inclusive business models as a democratic model of land and property ownership. There will also be a chance to ask your questions to the expert panel. \nPlease note\, to attend this webinar you must have already attended the CDS workshop Inclusive Business Models – Identifying the Opportunities for Plural Ownership.
URL:https://investinangus.com/event/community-wealth-building-land-and-property/
CATEGORIES:Business Planning
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240229T080000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240229T090000
DTSTAMP:20260419T072652
CREATED:20240219T091056Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240219T091056Z
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SUMMARY:GlobalScot Briefing Session: Capital Investment to Drive Productivity (Timeslot 1)
DESCRIPTION:Following the announcement of Scottish Enterprise’s new strategy for economic transformation\, our mission leads are keen to share this approach directly with the GlobalScot network. Join this session to hear from mission lead Elaine Morrison on Driving Capital Investment for Productivity. \nDriving up levels of capital investment is critical to driving up productivity\, leading to higher value jobs and improved standards of living. If Scottish productivity matched the OECD top quartile today\, the Scottish economy would be £35 billion better off\, with annual average wages growing by between £2\,000 and £5\,500 annually. We want to do more to attract new capital investment into Scotland and to work with our partners to support more companies to invest in their future growth potential. \nGlobalScots and the network will play a key role in helping to deliver this strategy and this session will provide more detail about this mission\, give you an opportunity to ask questions\, comment and consider how you can help. \nPlease note there will be two briefing sessions for each of the three missions to accommodate different world time zones.
URL:https://investinangus.com/event/globalscot-briefing-session-capital-investment-to-drive-productivity-timeslot-1/
CATEGORIES:Business Planning
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240229T090000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240229T120000
DTSTAMP:20260419T072652
CREATED:20240115T105744Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240115T105744Z
UID:10088489-1709197200-1709208000@investinangus.com
SUMMARY:Thorntons Employment Law Academy - Disability & Reasonable Adjustments
DESCRIPTION:Employers are legally obliged to take steps to minimise difficulties or disadvantages which may arise in the workplace for those with a disability. These steps are known as reasonable adjustments. It is crucial that employers are aware of their responsibilities towards employees and job applicants who require reasonable adjustments. \nThis workshop aims to provide attendees with the necessary knowledge to manage reasonable adjustment requests and ensure that employees with disabilities are treated fairly. Not only will this help all employees to feel supported and well-equipped to do their jobs\, it will also reduce the risk of discrimination and other tribunal claims. \nIn this half day workshop\, Employment Law specialist Noele McClelland will look at issues such as: \nThe duty of care as an employer.\nExamples of reasonable adjustments.\nResponding to a request for reasonable adjustments during recruitment and employment.\nThe risks of failing to make reasonable adjustments.\nBest practice and creating a disability positive environment.\nWho should attend?\nHR professionals\nBusiness owners\nManagers and those with people management responsibilities\nThis is a half day workshop. Qualifies as 3 hours CIPD. \nThe costs of each workshop is £125+VAT per person\, which includes all papers.
URL:https://investinangus.com/event/thorntons-employment-law-academy-disability-reasonable-adjustments/
CATEGORIES:Business Planning,HR
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240229T143000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240229T153000
DTSTAMP:20260419T072652
CREATED:20240226T153555Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240226T153555Z
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SUMMARY:Social media strategy
DESCRIPTION:Join this session to learn how you can build a social media strategy into your business plan. \nIn this session you will learn: \n\nhow social media can help you reach new customers online\nthe building blocks of a simple social media strategy\ntools that can help you save time when creating social posts\n\nThis session is run using YouTube and is 60 minutes long. \nThe course assumes no prior knowledge or experience so there is no pre-reading necessary. \nThere will be opportunity to ask questions during the session.
URL:https://investinangus.com/event/social-media-strategy/
CATEGORIES:Business Planning,Digital Marketing
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240229T160000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240229T170000
DTSTAMP:20260419T072652
CREATED:20240219T091252Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240219T091252Z
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SUMMARY:GlobalScot Briefing Session: Capital Investment to Drive Productivity (Timeslot 2)
DESCRIPTION:Following the announcement of Scottish Enterprise’s new strategy for economic transformation\, our mission leads are keen to share this approach directly with the GlobalScot network. Join this session to hear from mission lead Elaine Morrison on Driving Capital Investment for Productivity. \nDriving up levels of capital investment is critical to driving up productivity\, leading to higher value jobs and improved standards of living. If Scottish productivity matched the OECD top quartile today\, the Scottish economy would be £35 billion better off\, with annual average wages growing by between £2\,000 and £5\,500 annually. We want to do more to attract new capital investment into Scotland and to work with our partners to support more companies to invest in their future growth potential. \nGlobalScots and the network will play a key role in helping to deliver this strategy and this session will provide more detail about this mission\, give you an opportunity to ask questions\, comment and consider how you can help. \nPlease note there will be two briefing sessions for each of the three missions to accommodate different world time zones.
URL:https://investinangus.com/event/globalscot-briefing-session-capital-investment-to-drive-productivity-timeslot-2/
CATEGORIES:Business Planning
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240229T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240229T200000
DTSTAMP:20260419T072652
CREATED:20240219T085736Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240226T151449Z
UID:10088728-1709229600-1709236800@investinangus.com
SUMMARY:Sustainable Business Practices For Independent Retailers
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an insightful workshop looking at the challenges facing businesses today\, as we offer a selection of considerations and provocations designed to inspire business owners to reimagine their long-term goals. \nThis will involve a business health check with a 5 point plan \n\nCustomer Engagement and Retention – A New Era\nDriving Sales and Footfall – Marketing for Success\nOverall Business Proposition – Developing a USP\nFinancial Health Check – Controlling Costs\nBusiness Modelling – Creating Competitive Advantage\n\nEngage in discussions at each of these points\, followed by a comprehensive wrap-up at the end of the session. We’ll also ensure every participant leaves with actionable next steps and a commitment to their business’s growth. \nThis interactive event guarantees valuable insights through the business health check\, with real-time feedback provided by Kimberley. It’s also an excellent opportunity for networking and gaining insights into other businesses’ operations. \nAttendees will have the chance to schedule a one-hour\, one-on-one online meeting with Kimberley Guthrie to receive personalised guidance and advice on their business’s development.
URL:https://investinangus.com/event/sustainable-business-practices-for-independent-retailers/
LOCATION:The Meffan\, 20 West High Street\, Forfar\, DD8 1BB
CATEGORIES:Business Planning
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