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SUMMARY:Promoted Event: Bridging the Gap
DESCRIPTION:Register \nNEL Fund Managers has partnered with Northumbria University Business Clinic\, North East Ambition and Sunderland Software City to bring you this event focussed on bridging the skills gap within ambitious North East businesses and enabling them to put unparalleled growth plans into action. \nThe event will highlight the fully-funded opportunities available to North East SMEs and provide live examples of businesses who have benefitted from these programmes\, both of which have been developed to enable businesses to exceed the plans they could put in place with existing resources. \nAgenda \n• Introduction to the Business Clinic and an overview of the consultancy services it can offer to help your business increase its competitiveness and put growth plans into action \n• Live Case Study examples of inspiring Business Clinic projects \n• Outline of the North East Ambition programme and a look into how it could help you to spot the skills gaps within your business and then either re-train your existing team or bring in new talent \n• Outline of Sunderland Software City’s new business support offer surrounding Digital Talent Acquisition and how this can help you to recruit top tech talent into your business \n• Summary of funding available to enable businesses to monetise their new skill sets and project ideas. \n• Q&A \nThe programmes \nNorthumbria University Business Clinic works with a range of businesses every year from all sectors\, shapes and sizes to scale up\, and matches final year undergraduate and masters students from the Business School to work on a consultancy basis to solve a diverse range of business problems and issues. These include feasibility studies\, marketing strategies\, HR and recruitment/retention strategies\, finance and investment\, logistics\, international and tourism. Students are supervised by experienced tutors to produce a high-quality professional report. \nNorth East Ambition is a programme of free support for SMEs based in the North East of England. Part funded by the European Social Fund\, the programme aims to provide businesses with the support they need to be able to either re-train their staff or take up new recruits through a variety of government-supported schemes\, such as apprenticeships\, traineeships\, and internships. Each business that engages in the programme will be supported by a dedicated Skills Facilitator\, who will work with the business to determine their specific requirements and develop a bespoke plan to support them in addressing current and future skills gaps. \nSunderland Software City’s new business support offer aims to address the varying recruitment challenges spread across the digital sector\, awarding 12 hours of fully funded consultancy support to SMEs in the North East\, who are hoping to attract digital talent into their organisation. The organisation and our partners\, which include recruitment experts Talentheads\, possess a wealth of knowledge surrounding business growth and talent acquisition. We will work with you to provide bespoke support\, culminating in the delivery of a comprehensive talent acquisition strategy aligned to your business; helping you to recruit\, retain and scale with ease. \nNEL Fund Managers is an employee owned fund management company\, committed to strengthening our local economy by providing tailored funding solutions and business support to small and medium-sized businesses right across the North East of England. NEL manages two investment funds which can offer unsecured loan funding of £5\,000 up to £500\,000 to enable the growth of North East SMEs \n  \nThis event is open to small businesses based in County Durham\, Northumberland and Tyne & Wear and is fully funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF). You will be asked to complete some paperwork to meet the ERDF eligibility criterion and evidence the support you have received. Your details will be stored securely and retained by NEL Fund Managers in compliance with The European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Registration data will be shared with our event partners ‘Northumbria University Business Clinic’\, ‘North East Ambition’ and ‘Sunderland Software City’ for the sole purpose of this event. For queries\, or to be directed to our Privacy Policy\, please email Suzanne.smith@nel.co.uk \n  \n  \n  \n  \nRegister
URL:https://emn.org.uk/oldevent/promoted-event-bridging-the-gap-2/
LOCATION:The Business Clinic at Northumbria University 97 New Bridge Street Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 2SW
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SUMMARY:Promoted Event:  Getting your contracts right -  a practical approach
DESCRIPTION:We are delighted to be offering our first face to face contracts training since the pandemic and we very much look forward to seeing you again in person. \n  \nWe know putting together a contract can be intimidating but it doesn’t need to be. \nWe’ve designed this course to take the stress out of the process\, giving you the know how to negotiate and manage your contracts with confidence. If you put in the work upfront and get it right first time\, you’ll save your organisation time and money in the long run. \nWhy attend? \n  \nDelivered by experts from our Commercial and Dispute Resolution teams\, the course will cover the basics of contracting as well as highlighting some of the more complex issues\, including termination and disputes.  Our experts will provide you with the practical tips to help identify risks and common pitfalls\, as well as highlighting where you might be able to identify potential opportunities\, so that you can achieve your commercial objectives. \nWho should attend? \n  \nSuitable for those who are new to contracting and procurement as well as those who may want to refresh or deepen their understanding of some of the more complex contractual issues. \nPrice \n  \n£150 + VAT (plus Eventbrite fee £10.24 + VAT) = £192.29. \n  \nIf you require further information\, help or advice please email neena.reynolds@muckle-llp.com in the events team or call her on 0191 211 7987. \nInterested? \n  \nTo register for this event please book here
URL:https://emn.org.uk/oldevent/promoted-event-getting-your-contracts-right-a-practical-approach/
LOCATION:Muckle LLP\, Time central 32 Gallowgate Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 4BF
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SUMMARY:Promoted Event: SAM Project Event - How can Simulations help your manufacturing business
DESCRIPTION:Sign up now \n\n\nThe SAM project\, in conjunction with Flexsim simulation software and Saker Solutions are hosting this simulation in manufacturing event to highlight the benefits of simulation in manufacturing\, to support visualisation of operations and the de-risking of decision making. \nSimulation software allows users to build models directly in a 3D environment including Virtual Reality to help identify plant capacity\, balance manufacturing lines\, manage bottlenecks\, solve inventory and WIP problems\, test new scheduling practices\, optimise production rates\, justify capital expenditure and the simulation excels in challenges for manufacturing in ‘’what if’’ ? \nAt this event you will have the opportunity to gain an understanding of simulation software\, how it works in practice with practical examples and how it can help your business. \nSchedule \n09:00 – 09:30 Registration and networking with refreshments \n09:30 – 09:45 Introduction and welcome \n09:45 – 10: 00 History and background of simulation \n10:00 – 11:00 Industrial examples and large scale applications \n11:00 – 11:15 Refreshments (biscuits) \n11:15 – 11:30 Industry 4.0 and digital twin\, how it all fits together \n11:30 – 12:15 Using simulation with SMEs (working examples) \n12:15 – 12:30 Q&A \n12:00 – 12:15 Moving forward with SAM and University of Sunderland and close \n12:00 – 13:15 Site tour \n\n\n\nSign up now
URL:https://emn.org.uk/oldevent/promoted-event-sam-project-event-how-can-simulations-help-your-manufacturing-business/
LOCATION:SR5 3XB The Industry Centre Colima Avenue Sunderland SR5 3XB
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