Events in the North West 

• • Business start-up course – day two

  • Location: Whitehaven Business and Education Centre, Whitehaven | Show on map

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

  • Part two of a guide for people looking to start their own business, presented by Michelle Monks. The event will cover: what is marketing? how can marketing work for me? what research do I need to do? networks and others who can help my marketing plan

• • So...you want to build your reputation?

  • Location: Red Hall Hotel, Bury | Show on map

  • Date and Time: 14 Sep 10 4:00PM - 7:00PM

  • Do you want to build your business' reputation? This workshop will help you to: explore ways of enhancing your reputation through better relations with customers, your staff and anyone affected by your business take control of how others see your business understand who to communicate with, what to say and how to reach your audience The workshop will be presented...

• • Pennine Lancashire Festival of Food and Culture 2010

  • Location: The ACE Centre, Nelson | Show on map

  • Date and Time: 14 Sep 10 10:00AM - 1:00PM

  • Business Bites is a free business event held by the festival organisers to bring together venues, producers and supporters to develop beneficial working partnerships. This event will include an opportunity to meet, greet and eat. There will also be workshops offering tips to put into practice for developing tourism and hospitality business through marketing and partnership learning....

• • Market research and marketing workshop

  • Location: Bridge Chapel Centre, Liverpool | Show on map

  • Date and Time: 21 Sep 10 10:00AM - 3:00PM

  • This workshop is an introduction to the main principles of market research and marketing for those in the process of setting up a business, or who have recently started their business. The workshop considers the relevance of market research and marketing to the business plan and allows for delegates to explore the main issues in relation to their own business idea. The topics covered...

• • Develop Your Business Skills

  • Location: Broadstone Mill, Stockport | Show on map

  • Date and Time: 22 Sep 10 9:45AM - 3:30PM

  • This one day course is ideal for women in Stockport who have recently started their own business, and are looking to develop skills that will support them in the day to day running of the business. The course covers: basic book keeping understanding tax and National Insurance marketing your business websites and...

• • Own brand or known brand

  • Location: ic2 Liverpool Science Park, Liverpool | Show on map

  • Date and Time: 29 Sep 10 9:30AM - 1:00PM

  • Liverpool Science Park invites you to attend an exciting half day workshop to help you define and develop your brand and create compelling customer promises.  Facilitated by Davide De Maestri, Master Coach at the International Coaching Academy and Chair of the Chartered Institute of Marketing NW, this event promises to help you differentiate your business and beat the competition.   ...

• • Business start-up course – day two

  • Location: Whitehaven Business and Education Centre, Whitehaven | Show on map

  • Date and Time: 01 Oct 10 9:30AM - 4:30PM

  • Part two of a programme on starting your own business, looking at marketing and market research and presented by Michelle Monks. The event will cover: what is marketing? how can marketing work for me? what research do I need to do? networks and others who can help my marketing plan

• • Market research and marketing workshop

  • Location: Venture House, Liverpool | Show on map

  • Date and Time: 05 Oct 10 10:00AM - 3:00PM

  • This workshop is an introduction to the main principles of market research and marketing for those in the process of setting up a business, or who have recently started their business. The workshop considers the relevance of market research and marketing to the business plan and allows for delegates to explore the main issues in relation to their own business idea. Topics covered in...

• • Enterprise awareness workshop

  • Location: West Lancashire Recycling Centre, Skelmersdale | Show on map

  • Date and Time: 07 Oct 10 10:00AM - 1:00PM

  • An introductory workshop providing an awareness of some of the key issues around self employment. This is an ideal session for those who want to find out more about self employment and what's involved in running their own business, this introductory workshop considers the pros and cons of being self employed before moving on to introduce issues such as market research,...

• • Mary Portas retail masterclass 6: marketing for more customers

  • Location: Manchester Skills Shop, Manchester | Show on map

  • Date and Time: 08 Oct 10

  • Spreading the word about your business without spending the earth Successful brands spend time and money establishing what it is that they do and how they stand out from their competitors. They then find new and innovative ways of spreading their message, creating an utterly compelling story for their customers through marketing. Taking any retail business to market is a...