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07th November 202410:00 am - 11:30 amFREE
7 November Webinar Series: Unlocking Commercial Potential: Strategic Tools and Insights for Business Growth
Join us for an in-depth exploration into commercialisation strategies designed to drive business success. This interactive session will delve into essential topics such as market analysis, customer profiling, and strategic planning techniques. You'll learn how to identify commercial opportunities, engage stakeholders, and create value for your customers, all while assessing the impact of these actions on your brand, both internally and externally.
14th November 20249:30 am - 11:00 amFREE
North Yorkshire Council: 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.
05th December 202410:00 am - 2:00 pmFREE
Whitby Peer-to-Peer: Your Small Business Board
Does running a business feel isolating and hard at times? Do you struggle to make decisions or overcome challenges? The Small Business Board is designed with ambitious owners in mind and who are ready to take the next step, whatever that may be.
04th February 20259:30 am - 4:30 pmFREE
The Courageous Females Programme
For Women in Business (owners or their teams) who want to reach their potential and enjoy higher levels of confidence and resilience.
Webinar Recording: Apprenticeships Unmasked – Are they right for my business?
Are you a business owner, or part of a business team looking to boost your workforce? Apprenticeships might be the answer, but there are many myths and misconceptions out there. Our webinar, "Apprenticeships Unmasked - are they right for my business?" is designed to clear up the confusion and provide you with the facts.
Fire up your Food and Drink business with Make it! toolkits
A free video toolkit to help growing food and drink businesses in York and North Yorkshire. Essential ingredients for food and drink business success.
Screen Tourism Toolkit
A free screen tourism toolkit exploring the opportunities, showing best practice and connecting business with resources and support.
Glossary of Climate Change Terms for Businesses
A free digital glossary defining the key climate change terms relevant to businesses, to help you understand and engage with sustainability resources and support.
Grow Yorkshire: Introduction to Food and Drink Commercial Agreement
This Grow Yorkshire webinar, featuring presentations from partnering organisations, will introduce you to the new Crown Commercial Service Food and Drink Agreement and discuss how it can help you join the supply chain.
Funding Growth
This webinar will provide you with a summary of all the commercial funding options available to businesses, with detail on how to make your business more attractive to funders.
An introduction to sales
This webinar will help you get sales confident by providing tips and guidance on mastering important communication skills.
Employer's Apprenticeship Toolkit
Thousands of businesses just like yours are using apprenticeships to help them grow. Download the toolkit to learn how apprenticeship training can link to your business’s aspirations.
Free Webinar - Customer Retention Marketing
This webinar will provide you with practical tips to help you retain your customers and build a relationship with your audience.
Free Webinar : Show Me The Money!
This webinar guides you through the funding options that are available to new and early-stage businesses, to help your business thrive now and in the future.
Free Webinar : Creating and delivering business growth
This webinar explores how to manage and achieve your business' growth aspirations by looking at and prioritising the activities that are key to success.
Made Smarter
If you’re a manufacturer looking to grow through the use of technology, the Made Smarter programme could help you access advice, support and grant funding.
Articles
Scarborough Tech company boosts production
A GRANT of almost £10,000 is helping a Scarborough tech company boost services and production buy investing in new equipment.
How to Sell Goods or Services to the Public Sector
Increase your customer base and increase revenue by learning how to successfully sell goods or services to the public sector with our expert advice.
Four issues key to social enterprise survival
Social enterprises face a unique and complex series of issues. To ensure the long-term health and survival of your social enterprise, an understanding of these issues is vital. In this article, I will summarise four key areas you need to consider: sources of funding, governance considerations, the power of people, and sustainable growth.
New robot will be ‘one of the team’ as Hunmanby manufacturing firm streamlines production
A PRECISION engineering firm near Filey is adding an advanced robot to its workforce after winning funding to upgrade its production process with the latest technology.
Horizon Scanning: Four questions social enterprises need to answer
With so much going on in the present, it’s not always easy to look to the future. However, the identification of potential risks and opportunities is vital to the long-term health of any business, and social enterprises are no different. Horizon scanning helps in assessing whether you are adequately prepared for future changes or threats.
Malton technology firm first in region to receive Government’s new Made Smarter grant
A NORTH Yorkshire firm which produces technology for use in hazardous environments is the first in the region to receive funding from a new Government initiative aimed at boosting the manufacturing sector.
How has the Growth Hub helped people do business?
At the York & North Yorkshire Growth Hub, we’re supporting businesses to start, grow and scale – find out how our programmes, partnerships and teams have helped.
The Benefits of Local Business Networking
Building relationships with other businesses through local business networking can be incredibly rewarding on a personal level as well as a shrewd business decision. Forging friendships with other people, many of whom may be facing similar challenges to you, can have some fantastic benefits that will enable you to grow your business – some of
Why Business Continuity is Important
Preparing for the challenges a business might come up against when times get tough can seem like a mammoth task. You want to protect your business and guarantee that it can survive the adversity. It can be helpful to think about why you’re making a plan to ensure business continuity. Once you have in mind