Business Basics Series: Webinar Recordings & Blogs
Business Basics Series: Part 1
| Topic | Recording Link | Resources |
| Pricing for Maximum Profit | Watch on YouTube | Webinar Slides Companion Blog |
| Owning a Business: an introduction to what you need to know | Watch on YouTube | Webinar Slides Companion Blog |
| Financial Management – do you know your numbers? | Watch on YouTube | Webinar Slides Companion Blog |
| What is a Tax Deductible Expense? | Watch on YouTube | Webinar Slides Companion Blog |
| Associated Companies | Watch on YouTube | Webinar Slides Companion Blog |
| VAT registration and the rules of VAT | Watch on YouTube | Webinar Slides Companion Blog |
Business Basics Series: Part 2
| Topic | Webinar | Resources |
|---|---|---|
| Risk and Resilience in Your Business | Watch on YouTube | Webinar Slides Read the Blog |
| Making Tax Digital | Watch on YouTube | Webinar Slides Read the Blog |
| Accessing Capital for growth | Watch on YouTube | Webinar Slides Read the Blog |
| Forecasting | Watch on YouTube | Webinar Slides Read the Blog |
| How much is your business worth? | Watch on YouTube | Webinar Slides Read the Blog |
| Selling some or all of the shares | Watch on YouTube | Webinar Slides Read the Blog |
| Shared Ownership | Watch on YouTube | Webinar Slides Read the Blog |
| Profitability | Watch on YouTube | Webinar Slides Read the Blog |
| Project Evaluation | Watch on YouTube | Webinar Slides Read the Blog |
| Tax planning | Watch on YouTube | Webinar Slides Read the Blog |
| Cash flow v Profit and Loss | Watch on YouTube | Webinar Slides Read the Blog |
Articles
Say ‘I do’ to getting your side hustle tax right
HMRC’s Help for Hustles campaign is here to help side hustlers get their tax right, quickly and easily - whether that’s wedding suppliers, parents earning from a hobby business or content creators making money from posting about the latest trends online.
CardioLogic Diagnostics Wins Innovation Supper
The fifth instalment of Innovation Supper saw Faye Singleton, Director of CardioLogic Diagnostics, take home the funding after delivering a compelling pitch for her life-saving business. Winning Innovation Supper has provided CardioLogic Diagnostics with seed funding that will help tackle one of the business's biggest early challenges: marketing. The prize money will support activities such as attending industry conferences and investing in paid advertising to reach more customers and raise awareness of the importance of accessible cardiac screening.
Strive Live Start-Up Incubator: Expression of Interest for Autumn 2026
Interested in joining a future cohort of Stive Live Start-Up Incubator? Find out more about the programme below, and register your interest to secure the first places when dates are confirmed.
Resources
Webinar Recording: Protect Your Business from Cyber Attacks
Delivered by the North East Cyber Resilience Centre (NECRC), this webinar is designed to help SMEs strengthen their cyber resilience and understand the practical steps needed to protect their business from increasingly common cyber threats. Alongside this, attendees will be offered free membership of the NECRC and access to funded cyber security services.
Webinar Series: Data Protection
In this engaging and practical webinar series, Privacy Protect Group Ltd will guide you through everything you need to know to build a confident, compliant, and resilient approach to data protection in your business. Whether you’re just starting out or looking to refine your practices, each session is designed to build your understanding step-by-step.
Farm Business Support Programme: Webinar Recordings
This programme is a designed to help farm businesses understand where they are now, where they want to be next, and how to make confident decisions in a fast-changing industry. The focus is simple: real world, farm focused business skills that can be applied straight back at home.