Harrogate Drop-In sessions: Connect Over A Cuppa

‘Connect Over A Cuppa’ Harrogate drop-in sessions help businesses to share new ideas, solve problems, and connect with like-minded businesses.

Free session: 9.30am – 11am

About this Harrogate Drop-in session

Organised by North Yorkshire Council, and supported by SME Growth Managers, the free monthly 90 minute Harrogate drop-in sessions are already sparking new ideas, highlighting opportunities for funding support and identifying new business opportunities.

With a key theme every month and guest experts, ranging from Marketing and Sales, through to Managing Team Performance, Strategy, Improving IT, Legal and Finance, the team cover the business issues that matter most.

Although we’ve had a wide range of companies sharing their business journeys at Connect, this will be a first in terms of machinery and transport manufacturing.

Damian Walsh, Chief Commercial officer at WRAITH Defence, will be giving us an overview of the challenges involved with the design, manufacture and assembly of advanced tactical and armoured vehicles for the defence and law enforcement industries. This kind of manufacturing brings a whole set of challenges, from supply chain management, through to quality systems, exporting, skills recruitment, and the ever changing world of defence, and adapting products to suit different threats.

Damian will talk us through these challenges and more, shedding a light on what it takes to be a quality UK manufacturer on the global stage.

At every session, delegates also have the chance to meet our Harrogate based Growth Manager, Michael Reynolds, to discuss any funding or learning support.

‘Connect Over a Cuppa’ is free to attend for SMEs based in North Yorkshire. At present, all 90 minute sessions will be held in person in Harrogate in 2025.

Interested?

To learn more about the event and to register, please click the link below.

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Once the session is over you’ll have the opportunity to contact any of the support specialists to follow up for more in-depth advice and help.

Previous topics at Harrogate drop-in sessions have included:

• Strategic Business Growth
• New Business? Sourcing new clients. Growing existing & Bid writing. How to find it and win it.
• Chat GPT and your business
• The Innovation Challenge – Part 1 & Part 2
• Grow your business locally
• Skills gaps: mapping your skills needs, recruitment, training and and how to address it.

Further information

If you have any questions or would like further information, please contact Michael.Reynolds@northyorks.gov.uk