Events in the North West 

• • Innovation and investment: Growing your low carbon business

  • Location: Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster | Show on map

  • Date and Time: 15 Sep 10 1:30PM - 6:30PM

  • Growth in the UK low carbon goods and services sector means increased competition and opportunity for your company. Whether you are an established provider or a business entering this expanding market, there is no time to stand still. Lancashire County Council and Lancaster University have come together to provide this free event, designed to help you compete...

• • Boots: The next five years of innovation business breakfast

  • Location: Liverpool Science Park, Liverpool | Show on map

  • Date and Time: 16 Sep 10 8:30AM - 10:00AM

  • Get to grips with the changing face of consumer healthcare and discover how to get your innovative product on the shelves of Boots stores at an unmissable event taking place at Liverpool Science Park. Don't miss this opportunity to hear at first hand from the Boots innovation team about how they expect the consumer healthcare market to develop over the next five years, and the ways they...

• • North West security sector market visit to Warsaw, Poland

  • Location: British Embassy, Poland | Show on map

  • Date and Time: 20 Sep 10 9:00AM - 23 Sep 10 - 5:00PM

  • UK Trade and Investment North West in conjuction with the North West Development Agency and the European Regional Development Fund are inviting North West businesses to attend a market visit on the security sector in Warsaw, Poland. Poland with a population of 39 million people, was the only European country with a positive rate of growth in 2009. Bilateral trade and...

• • Innovative business models

  • Location: Lancaster University Management School, Lancaster | Show on map

  • Date and Time: 29 Sep 10 9:30AM - 4:30PM

  • Two-day workshop programme plus optional Student Consultancy Project This workshop programme will help you to rethink your business model, both product and service, and support you in innovating your business. This can be teamed with bespoke support from our exceptional management students. Programme: 29 September...

• • Business improvement techniques company development programme

  • Location: International Business Centre, Warrington | Show on map

  • Date and Time: 30 Sep 10 9:00AM - 5:00PM

  • Business Venture is working in partnership with PERA who has developed a focused programme to support companies to implement and sustain Lean Manufacturing. The programme focuses on key manufacturing issues in your business, as the trainees receive in-depth support to implement, own and sustain the Lean tools within your business. The programme will deliver measurable...

• • Lancaster Environment Centre business breakfast club

  • Location: Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster | Show on map

  • Date and Time: 21 Oct 10 8:30AM - 10:30AM

  • The Lancashire Environment Centre breakfast club is an opportunity for business to business networking and to hear from guest speakers.    At the event there will also be a knowledge exchange and a Business Link innovation surgery.

• • Best practice in science-based incubation

  • Location: Merseyside Maritime Museum, Liverpool | Show on map

  • Date and Time: 17 Nov 10 - 19 Nov 10

  • Over the years, incubators have expanded their services and facilities to create the right environment for their clients to develop and grow their businesses. To fully support the young entrepreneurs, a range of business support resources and services are developed and made available by the incubator management. Science-based incubators seek to attract high-tech start-ups and lead...

• • Liverpool Software City International Event

  • Location: Liverpool Echo Arena, Liverpool | Show on map

  • Date and Time: 25 Nov 10

  • If you are running a business that excels in innovation and is in the digital/creative sector and you are seeking finance you should apply to pitch to our panel of international investors. Liverpool Software City is holding a series of heats throughout September and October, These will take place in Helsinki, San Francisco, London and Liverpool. There is also a special...

• • Business improvement techniques company development programme

  • Location: International Business Centre, Warrington | Show on map

  • Date and Time: 30 Nov 10 9:00AM - 5:00PM

  • Business Venture is working in partnership with PERA who has developed a focused programme to support companies to implement and sustain Lean Manufacturing. The programme focuses on key manufacturing issues in your business, as the trainees receive in-depth support to implement, own and sustain the Lean tools within your business. The programme will...

• • Lancaster Environment Centre business breakfast club

  • Location: Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster | Show on map

  • Date and Time: 02 Dec 10 8:30AM - 10:30AM

  • The Lancashire Environment Centre breakfast club is an opportunity for business to business networking and to hear from guest speakers.    At the event there will also be a knowledge exchange and a Business Link innovation surgery.