 Invitation - Being a good business is good business
Join us for our free to attend SME breakfast meeting and learn why the race to Net Zero is critical for your business. We'll also have exciting news about upcoming projects.
There has never been a more important time to talk about sustainability. Not least because of environmental impact, increased energy prices and the cost of living crisis, but also as a business, how your awareness and action can impact your ability to access opportunities.
Councillor Abu Talha Chowdhury the Cabinet Member for Jobs Skills and Growth and Tower Hamlets Council's Growth & Economic Development Team invite you to join us at our first SME Business Breakfast for 2023.
Wednesday 25th January 2023, 7.30am - 9.30am
Location: Toynbee Hall, 28 Commercial Street, London, E1 6LS (View on map)
 London Community Energy Fund
Phase six of the London Community Energy Fund (LCEF) is now open for applications.
Up to £400,000 of funding is available to support community energy projects across the capital. Funding is available across four streams supporting a range of projects:
- Stream A – Feasibility and business case development grants of up to £15,000
- Stream B – Project implementation and delivery grants of up to a third of the capital value of the project, capped at a maximum of £50,000
- Stream C – Innovation and pre-feasibility development micro-grants of up to £5,000 per project supported
- Stream D – Training, events and engagement grants of up to £5,000 per group supported.
LCEF can fund projects run by community energy groups, as well as those supporting renewable-energy and energy-saving measures on community buildings. This may include projects that help to reduce energy usage and running costs in schools, community centres, places of worship libraries and other sites providing a service to the local community.
Closing date for applications: 11.59pm, Sunday, 5 February 2023
 Free Government Funded Growth Programme
UWS London is now recruiting 25 proactive business owners to take part in a Government Funded Growth Programme in April 2023.
The Help to Grow: Management programme worth £7,500 – is an innovative and accessible solution for SMEs looking to boost their performance, resilience, and long-term growth.
The programme is 90% funded by the UK Government, but aware of the financial pressures faced by SMEs, UWS are one of few business schools that are offering an additional 10% funding bursary ensuring there is no cost to participating organisations.
Over 12 weeks, participants will take part in a range of interactive, online sessions and four in-person workshops at UWS’s London Campus, exploring key topic areas including internationalisation, branding, marketing, and digitisation.
In addition, participants will take part in peer group discussions with like-minded business owners, benefit from 10 hours of 1:1 business mentoring and develop a unique growth action plan tailored to help them tackle their challenges.
Register using the link below to secure a fully funded place on the April 2023 cohort.
For more information email: sadiq.islam@uws.ac.uk or call 07904 031 720
 Free webinar - Making your social media marketing pay
This free webinar will help you to hone in on the best performing social media channels in your mix, with practical steps on how to optimise your time so that these pay off more in terms of cash sales and networking.
Learn more about:
- The steps to create an effective social media plan of activities across a week or month.
- The best performing channels for a given audience.
- How to schedule posts to free up your time.
- Other digital tools that can take on some of the work for you, allowing you to experiment and grow your marketing capacity.
Some of the new tools covered will include using social listening tools SEMrish and Sprout Social, as well as Hootsuite for scheduling. Join us if you’d like a run-through of how to use them with confidence.
Thursday 12th January 2023, 3.30pm – 5pm
 Property Advice Service
Renting a property can be an expensive and complex part of running a business. That’s why the London Business Hub will support you to find the right space and fully understand the costs associated with renting a property and can also help if if you’re renegotiating a lease with your landlord.
Entrepreneurs and business owners taking part in the programme will have access to a series of free masterclasses on topics such as business rates, lease negotiations and more. The programme can also offer one-to-one support for your specific circumstances from expert property consultants Gerald Eve and other property professionals.
The Property Advice Service Programme now has confirmed new dates for 2023, please see below:
- Tuesday 17th Jan - 10.30am - 12.30pm
- Tuesday 21st Feb - 10.30am - 12.30pm
 Tower Hamlets Partnership Plan – Get involved
We are keen to hear your views about Tower Hamlets, what you feel are the borough's challenges and opportunities, and what the future could look like, if we all worked together.
So tell us what you think. Take a few minutes to complete a short survey and help shape a shared vision and ambition for the borough, with a new Partnership Plan to 2028 to deliver better services and outcomes for everyone - people that live, study, work and visit the borough.
This survey will close on 30th January 2023.
 Webinar: Negotiation Skills
Join this free bite-size London Business Hub virtual 'Lunch & Learn' event to discover the theory behind successful negotiations and develop a confident mindset and skillset to navigate the conversation - when it really counts.
Our expert speaker will share negotiation traits and strategies, tips and tools that every great negotiator has in their toolkit to influence and persuade:
- Learn negotiation basics - how can you create and claim value
- Identify the key biases and blindspots that can impact your negotiation and how to manage them
- Discover the planning tools to improve negotiation interactions and outcomes
Thursday 19th January 2023, 12:30pm – 1:30pm
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