Calling All Neurodivergent Entrepreneurs! NeuDICE is The Neurodivergent and inclusive Community of Entrepreneurs. Join us on Monday 17th April, 11am-12pm for the launch of NeuDICE-Plymouth and NeuDICE-UK. You are invited to meet the three co-founders of NeuDICE-UK and find out more about neurodivergent entrepreneurship. Full details and booking link here.
Wellbeing at Work, part of Livewell Southwest, offers a free Workplace Awards programme, a free Wellbeing Champion Programme and Wellbeing Training. Onsite support, resources, access to events, webinars and conferences are also available.
At Outset, we know how inspiring the idea of working for yourself can be, but also that starting up your own business can sometimes be daunting – that’s why we’re here!
If you have a business idea in mind, this practical support programme will guide you through all the critical steps needed to set you up for success.
Apply for energy bill support for non-domestic properties
Do you own or run a non-domestic property eg a farm, warehouse, pub or hotel, which is not connected to the gas grid but instead uses LPG, solid fuel, wood or kerosene (heating oil)? You can apply for support towards energy bills. Find out more about the support available.
A campaign to help businesses, charities and public sector bodies increase their energy efficiency has been launched by the Government. The campaign, targeted at small and medium-sized businesses, will offer guidance on how organisations can make significant savings while cutting emissions.
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has redeveloped their guidance for food businesses. There’s a new business guidance hub with all the information you need for running your food business. They have also developed a new, easy to navigate guide for those starting up a new food business.
The FSA want to make sure their guidance works for you, so please help them to gather feedback on the site by completing this short survey.
Taking England to the World is a training programme which aims to help your business reach new customers and grow your revenue.
Sign up for free training from Visit England on how to take your business overseas. With content covering all aspects of getting ready to work with the travel trade to attract new customers, this training course will cover an overview of the key markets to England - providing information on insights and research, marketing, product development, distribution and partnerships to create a fully rounded training offering.
Analysis for Innovators (A4I) is a very different type of programme from Innovate UK’s usual grant funding competitions. It is focused on helping individual companies solve tricky and, perhaps, long running technical problems affecting existing processes, products or services.
Find out about Round 10 at the online briefing on 20 of April, or why not attend the roadshow event with two of the programme partners on 3 and 4 May.
The Government has published a prospectus for the Pioneer programme, setting out how it will support research and innovation in the UK should association to the Horizon Europe scheme not prove possible. The Pioneer programme would focus on talent, end-to-end innovation, global collaboration and investments in the R&D system.
UK Export Finance will receive an extra £10 billion to boost its support for exporters. The funding will ensure that no viable UK export fails due to lack of finance or insurance.
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Introduction to Social Media for Business
Outset | Online | 18 April
This workshop aims to give you an overall understanding of social media and how it can be used as part of your marketing campaigns.
How to start a business - 2 day workshop
Outset | Online | 24 & 25 April
Starting a business can be overwhelming! This 2 day in person workshop is designed to help you tackle each step in bite size chunks to build your knowledge and confidence to get you on your business journey.
Free training to support people with finance concerns
IFAN and the Trussell Trust | 26 & 27 April | Online
Frontline staff and volunteers in Plymouth are invited to attend a ‘Money Counts’ training session, which promotes a cash first approach to food insecurity – this means providing people with money, rather than emergency food or in-kind support.
If you wish to attend, please book your place using Eventbrite.
Branding & Canva for Small Business
Outset | Online | 27 April
We'll cover tone of voice, brand management, positioning within the marketplace and how to find your niche to ensure you build a winning brand for your business.
Why do we willingly follow some leaders and not others?
Legitimate Leadership | 27 April | Boringdon Hall Hotel, PL7 4DP
A deep understanding of what makes leaders legitimate or otherwise, has been instrumental in accelerating the success of business and business leaders alike. The Legitimate Leadership Model enables a transformation in people from taking to giving at work.
Register here
Finance and Accountancy Tips for your small business
Outset | Online | 23 May
This informative workshop looks at the importance of implementing a Business Plan for your enterprise.
How to win with Instagram for Business & Canva
Outset | Online | 30 May
This fully funded online workshop will help you understand the basics of using Instagram for your business and develop it as an effective communications tool.
Critical Materials for Magnets: Two New IUK Competitions Announced
Innovate UK (IUK) is launching two competitions to stimulate growth in a circular critical materials supply chain for high performance magnets. Collaborative innovation projects will address opportunities across the whole value chain and help increase supply chain resilience.
The two competition strands are:
- Critical materials for magnets: Strand 1, early-stage feasibility studies that will enable the adoption of new innovations in processes or technologies by industry that enable a more resilient UK supply chain for rare earth elements (REE).
- Critical materials for magnets: Strand 2, mid and late-stage R&D projects that accelerate the industrialisation and commercialisation of innovative processes and technologies that enable a more resilient UK supply chain for REE.
Up to £5 million has been allocated to fund innovation projects across both strands. Each project’s total costs must be up to £500,000 for feasibility studies, and up to £1 million for industrial research and experimental development.
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