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Social media essentials: TikTok and Instagram Reels
2025-12-09 12:00 - 14:00 UTC
TikTok and Instagram Reels aren’t just for dance trends and lip-synching videos, they can also be a fantastic opportunity to engage with your customers and increase the reach of your business online. Learn how to create bitesize video content for more effective business communication on two of the most popular social platforms.
We will cover:

How to optimise your TikTok and Instagram accounts for the best results with video
How to discover the latest trends on each platform and leverage this to create popular videos for your business
Ideas for creating content to entertain, inspire or educate your audience (with lots of examples from a variety of relevant TikTok and Reels accounts)
How to increase engagement and reach by paying attention to your videos’ structure, duration, titles and understanding hashtags and algorithms
The best kit, apps and workflow to create bitesize vertical videos for both platforms

Voice, video and virtual assistants: Easy wins for busy business owners
2025-12-09 14:00 - 15:00
Running a small business means juggling endless tasks – from meetings and messages to notes, admin and follow-ups. What if you could take some of that pressure off with tools that work for you?
Join our expert speaker Jamie Bykov-Brett for a free Tech Hub webinar to discover how voice technology, AI transcription and virtual assistants can help you save hours every week.
Learn how these accessible tools can simplify your day-to-day operations, boost productivity and give you more time to focus on what really matters – running your business.
Whether you’re a sole trader, freelancer or small business owner, this session will show you quick, low-effort ways to use modern technology to lighten your workload and make your working week more productive.
What we’ll cover:

How voice and AI tools can automate repetitive daily tasks
How to capture and organise information effortlessly using transcription tools
How virtual assistants can manage reminders, emails and meetings
The latest AI video tools for summarising meetings and creating content
Practical, easy-to-implement tips to save time and boost efficiency

This session is ideal if you’re:

a business owner or manager looking to save time and reduce admin
a freelancer or consultant managing busy client schedules
interested in practical, low-cost ways to use AI for everyday tasks

Female Founder Meet Up
2025-12-09 17:00 - 19:00 | Business Gateway Dundee, 27 & 28 City Quay, Dundee, DD1 3JA
Join Business Gateway for an exclusive evening for female and non-binary founders to connect, learn and share your business experiences.
Building strong connections is key to growing your business. Having a supportive community of like-minded people makes all the difference, especially if you’re starting out solo, or as part of a small team or looking to scale.
We’re delighted to partner with AccelerateHER and Techscaler by CodeBase for this informal meet-up in Dundee. It’s a great chance to meet other founders, grow your network and exchange ideas.

Bookkeeping Essentials
2025-12-10 10:00 - 12:00, 2026-01-09 10:00 - 12:00
At the end of this session, you will be able to:

Implement basic bookkeeping skills across your business
Create a profit and loss account
Understand what expenses can and cannot be claimed
Use financial management to increase revenues and profits
Understand capital and revenue costs and how they are treated

You will also receive a workbook on excel to help you manage and monitor costs and sales.

Creating an AI-powered sales process | Lunch and Learn
2025-12-10 12:00 - 12:30
The legacy playbook of “do more, sell more” is broken.
Hiring more reps, demanding more activities and adopting more technology no longer guarantees productivity. Growth has stagnated, reps are unable to connect with customers and leaders are unable to scale predictably.
As a start-up or new business, you have an opportunity to build an AI-powered sales strategy from day one or to adapt your existing process.
Topics covered in this session:

Mapping your sales process
Top use-cases for AI in sales
Actionable next steps for adopting AI in your start-up

Thorntons Webinar - Data Protection Round Up 2025
2025-12-11 09:30 - 10:30
This webinar will focus on the key developments of data protection law over 2025 including legislative reforms, case law and ICO action from a UK perspective. We will also look towards what 2026 may hold for organisations in terms of data protection and practical steps organisations can take to prepare for any upcoming changes.

Social media essentials: Instagram
2025-12-11 10:00 - 12:00, 2026-01-08 14:00 - 16:00
Thinking about using Instagram to communicate with existing and potential customers? Want to showcase your products or services using it? During this webinar we will cover:

Getting the setup right and benefitting from the available business tools
Best practice profiles, and some strategies to help your business stand out from the crowd
The types of audience you can reach via this platform and the factors and analytics such as cost and timing of posting images and how that can maximise impact
The various types of content you can post to Instagram, from regular posts to Stories and Reels

How small businesses can create great videos | Lunch and Learn
2025-12-11 12:00 - 12:30
Join this Lunch and Learn as we showcase a new way of video editing – as a team.
Whether you’re in marketing, comms or creative, you’ll discover how anyone – no matter what their skill level or where they’re based – can co-create professional, on-brand videos quickly and effortlessly. No expensive equipment and no steep learning curves.
Video is the most powerful storytelling format brands can employ – and companies that use video on their landing pages see conversion rates increase by up to 80%.
Yet many teams still believe great video requires big budgets or advanced technical expertise. Today, that’s no longer true.
With next-generation online collaborative tools, teams can now plan, edit and publish video content together in real time – saving time, money and creative energy.
Topics covered in this session:

How co-creating videos saves time and money
A live demo of team video editing in action
Practical tips for how to make videos quickly and easily

Social media trends for 2026
2025-12-11 13:00 - 15:00
Social media continues to evolve at lightning speed. With new features, shifting algorithms, and ever-changing user behaviour, staying relevant can be a challenge.
That’s why this session is designed to give you a competitive edge – whether you’re managing social for a brand, running a small business, or working as a digital marketing professional.
Led by social media expert Alison Battisby, this two-hour session will reveal what’s next, what’s working and how to prepare your social media strategy for success in the year ahead.

VisitScotland Business Essentials Bitesize Webinars: Taking those first steps towards inclusive
2025-12-11 14:00 - 14:30
Learn about how taking small steps toward accessibility and inclusivity can open your business to a wider audience, boost customer satisfaction, and help you stand out in a competitive market.
This VisitScotland Business Essentials webinar offers an introduction to the value of inclusive tourism.

An introduction to Artificial Intelligence (AI) for small businesses
2025-12-11 14:00 - 16:00
You’ve heard of Artificial Intelligence, but do you know how it can help you as you run your business? This practical webinar will explore how AI can help improve your business marketing to be more efficient and cost-effective, through the automatic creation of content for all your digital platforms; as well as helping you better understand your customers and business opportunities.
This webinar will cover:

What is Artificial Intelligence
Current AI tools and systems to use right now (including ChatGPT and MidJourney)
Automating digital content for blogs and social media
Using AI for business strategy and customer profiling
The pros and cons of AI for small businesses

This webinar will help you understand how you can integrate AI into your existing marketing, looking at the potential consequences (good and bad) of Artificial Intelligence, and its impact on small businesses and their customers.

Supercharge your start-up with marketing trends for 2026 | Lunch and Learn
2025-12-12 12:00 - 12:30
Join Lorna Bladen, Chief Marketing Officer at Enterprise Nation, Alison Battisby, founder of Avocado Social, and Martha Keith, founder of Martha Brook, for an inspiring and insight-packed webinar exploring the marketing trends set to define 2026.
In this session, Lorna and Alison will unpack how rapid changes in technology, consumer expectations, and digital culture are transforming the way small businesses connect with customers. You’ll gain a forward-thinking view of what’s next – and leave with practical steps you can take right now to stay ahead.
Topics covered in this session:

AI-powered marketing for everyone: How to use automation and personalisation tools to save time and boost engagement
The creator economy meets small business: How to collaborate with creators and communities to grow your brand authentically
Sustainability and storytelling: Why conscious marketing is winning hearts (and sales) – and how to communicate your values effectively
Social platforms in 2026: Where your audience will actually spend their time and what content is driving results
Budget-friendly innovation: Smart ways to test new ideas without big-brand budgets

Social media essentials: Facebook
2025-12-15 10:00 - 12:00
Get to grips with Facebook – the world’s most popular social networking platform.
In this webinar you will:

Learn how to get the most out of Facebook and how it could fit into your business’s digital marketing strategy
Better understand the algorithm behind Facebook, and how to create great content that achieves a bigger reach and impact
Learn from the stats and data you can get from the system and discover who your most interested customers/clients are
Understand the power of Facebook advertising, and other selling options available to you
Discover other business opportunities presented by Facebook, including how to promote and sell products and services
Be introduced to ‘Business Suite’ – a free Facebook dashboard to manage all your business activity

Delivering Profit to Drive Growth
2025-12-17 10:00 - 12:00
The course covers financial analysis, strategic decision-making, resource allocation, and the role of innovation and scalability in leveraging profit for long-term success.
We will cover:

Getting to know your financials
Controlling growth
Improving decision making
Opportunities
Cash is king
Controlling change
Pricing strategies for maximum profit
Measuring profit

How to start a business: The basics
2025-12-27 10:00 - 12:00
Whatever your reasons may be for considering being your own boss, we are here to support you and help you decide if this is the right path for you.
We will cover:

Personal finance
Planning – how much do you need to earn?
Researching your market – who your customers are, understanding your competition and what the trends are within your chosen field
Business structure – what are the core business structures? How to decide which is right for you and how to register as a business
Creating your start-up action plan – an outline
Marketing
Pricing
Naming the business
Basic bookkeeping
Forecasting
Financing, banking, insurance, and VAT
Tax

How to build a digital marketing plan
2026-01-07 10:00 - 12:00
This webinar will guide you through the steps needed to create an effective digital marketing strategy, ensuring you focus on the right tactics to meet your business objectives and goals.
We will cover:

The importance of planning your digital marketing activities
Building your plan around a simple framework
Conducting a situational analysis (and understanding customers and competitors)
Developing your brand and tone of voice
Planning your content strategy
Prioritising digital channels
Evaluating your Digital Marketing efforts

Mastering the mechanics of achieving goals | Lunch and Learn
2026-01-07 12:00 - 12:30
This isn’t a “new year, new you” type of training – you’re already awesome.
But in this session led by Rhea Freeman, we’ll delve into how to make your 2026 goals a reality by creating a simple step-by-step blueprint you can use to get to where you want to be.
We’ll look at how to set goals you actually care about, the anatomy of goals that make them easier to achieve, how to create the pathway to get there, and how and why you need to celebrate those micro goals along the way.
Topics covered in this session:

How to understand the key bits that make goals a blueprint rather than a wish
How to reverse engineer a goal into actionable steps
Three steps they can take to move them closer

Building capacity, creating partnerships and leveraging data
2026-01-07 12:00 - 13:00
The role of councils as connectors and brokers is evolving. By building enabling ecosystems of governance, finance, leadership, and partnerships, councils turn ambition into delivery. The effective use of data and digital platforms can unlock insight and decision-making that accelerates this coordinated, place-based progress.
This webinar will demonstrate how the Net Zero Living Programme places have used their convening power to align networks, attract investment, and drive innovation with visible local impact.

A step-by-step guide to building your business plan
2026-01-07 14:00 - 16:00
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.
We will:

Provide a structure for a business plan
Review each section of what should be included within the business plan
Explain when and how to use a business plan
Explore the connections (and importance) between the words and the numbers
Look at how to identify and manage cashflow within the business planning process

How to plan and schedule your online content
2026-01-08 10:00 - 12:00
Businesses who plan their content in advance, aligning their channels with actual business objectives, customer themes and national events, and then schedule it to ensure it reaches the target market at the right time, on the right platform – hugely increase the chances of achieving impact.
In this webinar, you will learn how to:

Plan content based on your business and your customer needs
Evaluate current social media dashboards and management tools
Create a social media content calendar and schedule updates automatically
Reach more people through automating your blog and email newsletter content
Implement simple automation techniques to increase efficiency

Having great content is just the start. This webinar will help you better organise and setup your content strategy through simple planning and effective scheduling, to achieve great business results.

How to become financially savvy in 2026 | Lunch and Learn
2026-01-08 12:00 - 12:30
This Lunch and Learn uncovers the top money mistakes founders make – and why they happen. Spoiler: it’s usually because you don’t have the time to keep up with everything.
Karen McFadden will also show you how Money Insights (and our new matchmaker, MiMi) helps you find, save and understand money as you grow, without the panic.
Topics covered in this session:

New tools and support (including Money Insights) that help you manage your business finances with confidence
Where to find, save and understand money more effectively
Why gaining traction and organic revenue is crucial before approaching investors

Make 2026 work for you – the goal system you need
2026-01-08 12:30 - 13:30
Join Rhea Freeman for a free webinar to get 2026 off to a great start.
“Make 2026 work for you – the goal system you need” has been created to not set goals you FEEL you should want, but to look at what you really WANT to do, and then help you get there!
Here’s exactly what we’ll be covering in the webinar:

Why goals matter
Why it’s our duty to dream BIG
The value of sharing goals with the right people (and why we should NOT share with the wrong ones!)
The anatomy of a good goal – and why that helps us achieve
Three of the most common blocks that stop us from achieving our big goals – and how to overcome them

How to create a simple customer persona | Lunch and Learn
2026-01-09 12:00 - 12:30
In this fast-paced, practical webinar, Angela Venoya will tell you how to create a customer persona that improves your marketing without you wasting hours on guesswork or unnecessary details.
Using a simple framework, you’ll uncover what truly motivates your audience, what holds them back and what triggers them to take action.
By the end, you’ll walk away with a clear persona you can use to guide your content, messaging and offers immediately.
Topics covered in this session:

A simple persona framework: The four elements that matter: the problem, the goal, the objections and the triggers
A method of building an accurate persona: A fast, repeatable process you can use before every campaign or piece of content
Instant marketing clarity: How this persona helps you improve your messaging, create more relevant content and boost conversions effortlessly

How to franchise your business in 2026
2026-01-09 12:00 - 12:30
Franchising is one of the fastest ways to scale in the UK. Join our free webinar and discover how to turn your successful business into a franchise model that works.
Learn from Julie Clabby, who built The Busylizzy Club from a single location in 2011 into an award-winning UK franchise network with over 50 locations. She franchised the business in 2014 and has recruited, supported and grown franchises ever since.
What you’ll learn in 30 minutes:

What franchising actually is
Importance of a pilot
Financials
Documenting everything
Territory mapping

How to manage stress when you run a business | Lunch and Learn
2026-01-12 12:00 - 12:30
Ever found yourself working late into the night, only to wake up feeling more exhausted and less motivated than the day before?
Do you notice that the pressures of running your business, managing cash flow, leading your team and keeping clients happy are starting to take a toll on your health, focus or relationships?
In this Lunch and Learn, burnout coach David Wallis shares proven strategies to help you manage stress before it leads to burnout.
You’ll learn how to spot the early warning signs, set boundaries that protect your energy and build daily rituals that support both your wellbeing and your business goals.
This session is designed for founders and leaders who want to thrive, not just survive, in today’s demanding business environment.
Topics covered in this session:

How to recognise the difference between stress and burnout: Learn the subtle signs that your stress is becoming unsustainable, and why early intervention matters.
The seven types of exhaustion (and how to recover): Discover the physical, mental and emotional factors that drain business owners, and practical ways to restore your energy.
Setting boundaries without guilt: Master the art of saying “no”, protecting your time and communicating your needs, so you can lead with confidence.

Engineering Biology Mission Hubs: preventing plastic pollution
2026-01-12 12:00 - 13:00
Join members from the team leading the Preventing Plastic Pollution with Engineering Biology (P3EB) Mission Hub as they provide an overview of their expansive engineering biology programme.
You can expect to learn more about:

the aims and objectives of this Engineering Biology Mission Hub
research and innovation activities taking place across the consortium
opportunities to engage with the programme.

There will be an opportunity within the webinar for attendees to pose questions to the Mission Hub team.
This webinar is part of a series taking place over 2025 and 2026.
Each webinar will feature members from one of the six UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Engineering Biology Mission Hub teams.

How to create engaging content
2026-01-12 14:00 - 16:00
Producing quality content is an excellent way of helping your customers develop a meaningful relationship with your brand, services and products. In this webinar we will show you how to source and develop a variety of content for your website and social channels.
This session is ideal for businesses that already have a business website or use social media and now want to take it a step further, and develop the skills to show your audience that you are a trusted operator in your field.
We will help you:

Understand what kind of content your customers are looking for
Source, write and deliver that content
Amplify your brand and message and boost engagement online

Introduction to Canva
2026-01-13 10:00 - 12:00
Canva is an all-in-one online design tool that makes it simple to create graphics, edit photos/videos and write content.
In this webinar, you’ll learn how to navigate Canva with confidence, starting with a broad overview of what you can create and do with Canva including a live demonstration of the Canva Editor.
We’ll then explore how to:

Design professional printed marketing materials and edit photos with ease.
Create engaging social media content, including videos and images for posts and ads.
Write creative blog content and make stunning presentations.

We’ll finish this beginner’s guide to Canva by looking at some clever strategies for improving how you market your business with your new suite of creative marketing materials.
As a result of attending this webinar, you will gain practical knowledge of the basics of Canva and learn how to save time when marketing your business online. We’ll be focusing on the free features of Canva for this webinar but some paid ‘Canva Pro’ features will be demonstrated also.
