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SUMMARY:Promoted Event - Net Zero: Getting your Business on the Right Path
DESCRIPTION:Apply Now \nNEL Fund Managers has partnered with Sustainable Business Services to bring you this event focussed on helping local businesses to improve their sustainability and confidently start\, or continue\, their journey to Net Zero. \nThe interactive session will enable businesses to break through the industry jargon and provide the perfect pathway to understanding the business benefits\, and then get started\, on developing a sound sustainability strategy. \nAgenda \n• Introductions \n• Climate Change 101 – a glossary of some of the terms used and what is happening to our planet \n• Carbon foot printing and reporting for business – busting through the jargon \n• The importance of sustainability in business \n• What we can do to reduce our impact \n• Actions\, tools and further support available \n• Q&A \n  \nAbout Sustainable Business Services \nSustainable Business Services are committed to supporting business\, government and communities to work together and drive a sustainable and low carbon future. \nWe support businesses to understand\, track\, and reduce carbon emissions and reach their ambition. Our net-zero services are at the forefront of sustainability\, add value to business and follow the protocol of internationally recognised standards including PAS2060\, The GHG Protocol and the United Nations Race to Zero Campaign. \nBusinesses are at different stages of their sustainability journey\, we can work with you to create\, roll out and embed your sustainability strategy into your business\, enabling efficiencies\, and business growth. \nWhatever your business\, type\, we can work with you to understand your business\, your objectives and align a sustainability strategy preparing you for future changes and giving you a competitive advantage. \nAbout NEL Fund Managers \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 growth funding of £5\,000 up to £500\,000 to enable the growth of North East SMEs \nThis event is open to SME 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 partner ‘Sustainable Business Services’ for the sole purpose of this event. For queries\, or to be directed to our Privacy Policy\, please email Suzanne.smith@nel.co.uk \nApply Now
URL:https://emn.org.uk/oldevent/promoted-event-net-zero-getting-your-business-on-the-right-path/
LOCATION:The Quadrus Centre Boldon Business Park Woodstock Way Boldon Colliery NE35 9PF
CATEGORIES:Promoted Events
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SUMMARY:Promoted Event: British Business Bank - What is Green Finance?
DESCRIPTION:What is Green Finance? \nDo you find the topic of Green Finance confusing? Are you keen to learn more about if it’s right for you and your business? \nIf so\, please join us for a virtual event as part of British Business Bank’s inaugural Business Finance Week on Friday 11 November where we will be discussing Green Finance in detail\, including a panel session on: \n•    What are the benefits of Green Finance?\n•    Where can you find it?\n•    How to get ready for it \nThis event will be chaired by Angelene Woodland\, Chief Marketing Officer at British Business Bank\, who will be joined by a range of experts in Green Finance. \nJoin us between 1-2pm on Friday 11 November to learn more about Green Finance.
URL:https://emn.org.uk/oldevent/promoted-event-british-business-bank-what-is-green-finance/
LOCATION:Online webinar\, EMN Tanfield\, Stanley\, Co Durham\, DH8 8LF\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Promoted Events
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SUMMARY:Promoted Event: British Business Bank - Accessing Export Finance for Business - UK Export Finance
DESCRIPTION:UK Export Finance presents: Accessing Export Finance for Business \nOn Thursday 10th November at 12pm\, join UK Export Finance (UKEF)\, Carl Hunter\, Chairman of British Exporters Association (BExA)\, and Rebecca Harding\, CEO of Coriolis\, as they discuss what support is available to businesses looking to export\, how to access support and the challenges facing businesses in a turbulent global market. \nPanel \n\nCarl Williamson\, Head of Trade Finance UKEF\nPhill Potter\, Regional Head\, Midlands\, Wales and the South West\, UKEF\nCarl Hunter\, Chairman of British Exporters Association\nRebecca Harding\, CEO of Coriolis\n\nWhy join the webinar? \n\nUnderstand how to get support with exporting\nGather insight into the world of export finance\, enhancing your ability to grow overseas and increase your international footprint\nUnderstand how trade finance and insurance play a role in international trade and how UKEF complements this\nHear about UKEF’s regional and global success stories\nMake new connections with UKEF\, BBB and BExA\nAsk questions to specialists in export finance and international trade\nProgress your export potential further by engaging with UKEF’s regional Export Finance Managers after the webinar\n\nAbout UKEF \nUK Export Finance (UKEF) is the UK government’s export credit agency\, working alongside the Department for International Trade. \nEstablished in 1919 as the world’s first export credit agency\, UKEF helps exporters access finance and insurance when there is a lack of private sector risk appetite or capacity. UKEF supports exporters to: \n\nWIN export contracts by providing attractive financing terms for overseas consumers of UK goods and services.\nFULFIL orders by supporting working capital loans and contract bonds so businesses can take on more projects.\nGET PAID by insuring UK businesses against buyer default and non-payment where the private market is unable to offer insurance.
URL:https://emn.org.uk/oldevent/promoted-event-british-business-bank-accessing-export-finance-for-business-uk-export-finance/
LOCATION:Online webinar\, EMN Tanfield\, Stanley\, Co Durham\, DH8 8LF\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Promoted Events
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SUMMARY:Promoted Event: British Business Bank - Exploring Debt Funding Options across the Devolved Nations
DESCRIPTION:Exploring Debt Funding Options across the Devolved Nations \nAre you a small business operating in Northern Ireland\, Scotland or Wales\, keen to explore debt funding options for your business but don’t know where to start? We are here to help. \nAs the funding landscape continues to evolve\, there are a wide range of debt related products\, outside of traditional bank loans and overdrafts\, available to support businesses to start up\, scale up or stay ahead. Delivered in partnership by British Business Bank (BBB) and Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) as part of the British Business Bank’s Business Finance Week\, this virtual event is designed to: \n\nBuild your awareness and understanding of the options available to you\, with a particular focus on loans (including RLS)\, invoice finance and asset finance\nHelp you make informed choices about what type of finance is right for you and your business at a particular stage\n\nYou will also have the opportunity to hear from some of the providers themselves – to hear their views on current market conditions\, sectoral trends & funder appetite\, understand how best to improve / maximise your chance of success when applying\, and importantly how best to manage the debt once it’s in place. \nYou will also hear first-hand from businesses about the positive impact that loans\, invoice finance or asset finance have had in terms of accelerating the growth of their business and how they overcame some of those initial barriers to get to that point. \n  \n  \nThe British Business Bank and the FSB are hosting a webinar on Exploring Debt Funding Options on 10 November 2022. If you wish to attend\, please complete the registration form with your name\, company name\, job role\, and email address. The information you provide will be held by both BBB and FSB for the purpose of registering you to the event and will be deleted within one month after the event. \nWe would like to contact you after the event to get your feedback and make you aware of other news\, webinars and events\, so if you are happy for us to email you please tick the appropriate box. You can unsubscribe at any time. \nFor more information about how we process personal data\, please see the BBB and FSB privacy policies.
URL:https://emn.org.uk/oldevent/promoted-event-british-business-bank-exploring-debt-funding-options-across-the-devolved-nations/
LOCATION:Online webinar\, EMN Tanfield\, Stanley\, Co Durham\, DH8 8LF\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Promoted Event: ISG Meet the Buyer North East
DESCRIPTION:About this event \nMeet the Buyer Event \n As we grow our presence in the Northeast / North Yorkshire region the ISG Ltd team would like to invite suppliers and subcontractors within 25 miles of Durham to a “Meet The Buyer” event on Thursday 10th November April 2022. \nThe event offers an excellent opportunity to meet Operations leads\, Commercial Managers and Quantity Surveyors from ISG Ltd assigned to our numerous projects within the Northeast area. \nDate: 10th November 2022 \nTimes: you will be allocated a 20minute meeting sometime between 9am-4.30pm\, as well as invited to the event launch and projects info session at 8.30am. This will be confirmed via email directly. \n(Priority for individual meetings will be given to those within 25 miles of Durham)  \nWhere: Attenborough Room\, Rainton Meadows Nature Reserve\, Houghton-Le-Spring\, County Durham\, Durham\, DH4 6PU \nWe would like to meet with businesses who work in the trades outlined in the list below\, with experience working in the approximate package values identified. \nTRADE/APPROX VALUE (Durham & North Yorkshire)  \nGroundworks 1.0M /300K \nAluminium Windows and Doors 300K / 100K \nAsbestos – Provisional 50K / 10K \nManual Blinds 50K / 15K \nBrickwork 300K / 600K \nCeiling 100K / 500K \nCeramic Tiling 258K /100K \nCubicles 200K / 50K \nRoofing and Cladding 1.5M/ 400K \nDecoration 150K / 47K \nDemolition 132K / 90K \nExternal Doors 30K / 20\,665 \nFlooring (Inc Sprung Floor) 127\,000 /89\,000 \nJoinery 250K /50K \nPlaster & Metsec 290K / 295\,834 \nScreed 100K / 50K \nSteelwork 600K / 300K \nUPVC Wall Cladding 6K / 3K \n About ISG \n We are ISG. Our vision is to become the world’s most dynamic construction services company\, delivering places that help people and businesses thrive. Learn more about us here – https://isgltd.com/en/who-we-are/about-us \nPlease contact mary.ord@isgltd.com with any queries
URL:https://emn.org.uk/oldevent/promoted-event-isg-meet-the-buyer-north-east/
LOCATION:Attenborough room Rainton Meadows Nature Reserve Houghton-Le-Spring County Durham DH4 6PU
CATEGORIES:Promoted Events
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SUMMARY:Promoted Event: About Tees Valley Equity Finance
DESCRIPTION:Register Now \nHow can equity investment help smaller businesses to grow and scale? Find out by joining this informative event for Tees Valley businesses\, supported by Tees Valley Business\, CPI and the British Business Bank\, as part of #BizFinanceWeek. \nThe event will feature speakers from the British Business Bank and CPI\, alongside the chance for you to hear first-hand the experiences of a Tees Valley business who has successfully secured equity funding. \nThe interactive event will cover key themes including: \n• How equity investment can help you scale and grow your business \n• What businesses need to think about when pitching for equity funding \n• Some of the common misconceptions concerning equity \nTaking place at CPI in Darlington\, event registration and networking is from 8.30am\, with the event commencing at 9:00am. \nBook your place\n\n**To book your place\, please email: events@uk-cpi.com**\nPlease note\, limited parking is available on the day in the car park on John Williams Blvd in bays 4-103. Parking permits will need to be collected from reception and taken back to your car to be displayed. If you would like to arrange a parking permit\, please email along with your car registration\, along with the make and colour of your car. Darlington train station is less than a ten minute walk away. \nCPI\, The National Biologics Manufacturing Centre\, The Nigel Perry Building\, 1 Union Square\, Central Park\, Darlington\, DL1 1GL. \n\nRegister Now
URL:https://emn.org.uk/oldevent/promoted-event-about-tees-valley-equity-finance/
LOCATION:Central Park\, The Nigel Perry Building\, 1 Union St\, Darlington DL1 1GL
CATEGORIES:Promoted Events
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SUMMARY:Promoted Event: British Business Bank - Make your business dream a reality with start up loans
DESCRIPTION:Are you looking for startup funding to start or grow an early stage business? Make your business dream a reality with Start Up Loans. \nThis event will introduce you to our low-interest personal loans (for business purposes) of up to £25\,000 and 12 months of free mentoring\, to help you start or grow a new business (up to three years trading for first loans\, and five years trading for second loans). \nYou will hear from the people behind the Start Up Loans programme\, as well as inspiring stories and tips from entrepreneurs who have received a loan to support their own journey. \nIn a follow-on drop-in session\, you can also get expert advice from Start Up Loans team\, on how to get started with your application. You can ask any questions you may have about the programme in this interactive session.
URL:https://emn.org.uk/oldevent/promoted-event-british-business-bank-make-your-business-dream-a-reality-with-start-up-loans/
LOCATION:Online webinar\, EMN Tanfield\, Stanley\, Co Durham\, DH8 8LF\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Promoted Events
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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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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: 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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