| June 2011 Issue 3
FREE Workshop on Starting A Business: Managing Money and Making a Profit, 5th July 2011, Skegness Business Centre 9:30am
If you missed the event held last 31st May, here’s another chance to attend this full day workshop aimed at people fully committed to starting a business or running an early stage business (up to six months). It will cover different types of finance, raising finance, bookkeeping and accounts and financial planning and cash flow and credit control. There are still eight places remaining. Call 0845 058 6644 or email info@businesslinkem.co.uk
FREE Search Engine Optimisation seminar, Tuesday, 2nd August 2011, Brackenborough Hotel, Louth, 8:30am to 10:30am
This free breakfast seminar provides an overview of search engine optimisation (SEO) and top tips to help a business get to the top of Google, Yahoo and Bing rankings for relevant keywords. Discover what search engine optimisation really means and how it can be done by finding the keywords prospective customers are using and making web pages appear relevant to search engines. It also covers common mistakes and misinformation that can seriously hurt your search engine rankings! Contact charlotte.robson@lincs-chamber.co.uk or call 01522 523333.
FREE Google analytics and conversion seminar, Tuesday, 5th July 2011, Southview Park Hotel, Skegness, 8:30am to 10:30am
This free, breakfast seminar will explain simple ways to take action, based on a variety of techniques including Google Analytics’ reports, to make immediate improvements to the conversion rates of any website. It is aimed at business owners and webmasters who already have a website and want to improve its performance by converting visitors to customers. There are still 23 spaces available. Contact charlotte.robson@lincs-chamber.co.uk or call 01522 523333.
Red Bull Future 50 Competition Opens to Entries
The new Red Bull Future 50 Competition is a search for the most ‘ambitious, disruptive and thrilling’ business start-ups in the UK. The Competition is being administered by Real Business, a digital, print and events organisation, alongside the energy drinks company Red Bull. Companies eligible to enter must be four years old or younger; show steady turnover growth; show steady employment growth; be innovative; and be ‘disruptive’. The entry deadline is 22nd July 2011. For more information, visit http://realbusiness.co.uk/news/wanted-the-uks-most-exciting-startups
The future of the High Street – Mary Portas review
Mary Portas has been appointed to lead an independent review into the future of the High Street. The purpose of the review is to identify what government, local authorities, businesses and individuals can do to promote the development of more prosperous and diverse high streets. Get your views heard by completing the survey on http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/SR5KNW5
ELDC 2011 Annual Business Survey
The annual survey has been posted directly to 2000 businesses and others are encouraged to visit the Council’s website, www.e-lindsey.gov.uk to complete the online form on http://www.eldc.gov.uk/consultation/Business_ED/2011_business.htm
Small Loans for Businesses
Loans of £3,000 – £20,000 are available to individuals, to support good business ideas that could be difficult to fund through other means. The loan can be used to turn ideas into a new business or grow an existing business if they can raise/contribute to a minimum 30% of the value of the loan. For more information please call Mr Chane Biant on 0845 602 7355 extension 209.
East Lindsey joins National Food Hygiene Scheme
From August 2011, ELDC will begin re-scoring all food businesses in line with the Food Standard Agency’s national five star scheme. ELDC currently operate a three star scheme specific to the District. The change will mean that wherever local people are in the country, they will be able to make meaningful comparisons between food premises before choosing where to buy from. For more information, please contact the ELDC’s Commercial Team on 01507 601111.
SO Festival 2011 Programme Finalised
The SO Festival Programme promises three days of amazing cultural activities in Skegness, including an event to be performed at the opening ceremony of London 2012. For an e-Programme visit http://www.sofestival.org/downloads/SOFestival2011_Programme_Download.pdf
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