The Business Start Up and Growth Show

Thursday 20 November 2008
In business or just starting a business? Thursday 20 November 2008 is a key day for you.
A great opportunity to network, meet other business owners, share ideas, find the people to help you - all under one roof - has to be good use of your time.
The event to be held at Banks’s Stadium Walsall FC, Bescot, Walsall will include:
A ‘Market Place’
An Exhibition of up to some 50 exhibitors drawn from both public and private sectors.
You can meet suppliers of products, services and resources, find new customers as well as access essential information to benefit you and your business.
Seminars and Workshops
An exciting and informative programme of seminars and workshops which will benefit both new and established businesses.
Schedule of the day
Directors Lounge
Your Route to Business Success?
12pm, 2pm, 4pm
A presentation on Franchising and Direct Selling as two of the alternative methods for people to get into business and take a first step on the self-employment ladder.
Benefiting from 2012 Olympics Procurement Opportunities
1pm, 3pm, 5pm
Get the inside track on how your business could benefit from the cash spent on our Olympics and how to access all the support available to make your business a winner. Delivered by SERCO and Business Link West Midlands.
Swifts Lounge
How to set and achieve Audacious Goals
One of the most popular workshops from 2007.
David Hyner demonstrates how ‘high achievers’ plan for their success and how you can achieve yours.
12pm
Counting the costs
1.15pm
Learn about the legal advice that successful businesses receive and how it saves them money. Delivered by our Sponsor – Hadens Solicitors.
Promoting your website for free! (search engine optimisation)
2.30pm
Key insights to being on the first page of well-known search engines! And getting more hits – for free. Delivered by Carl Barton, Lecturer – Staffordshire University
Top Tips from the Dragon’s Den
3.45pm
A workshop about raising money, making your business pitch and avoiding common pitfalls. Can YOU learn from the mistakes of others? Delivered by Roy Bayliss – Entrepreneurial Coach and Mentor
Making an impact face-to-face
5pm
How you can build a reputation as the person to do business with.
Another ‘top skills’ presentation from David Hyner.
Entry is free to the Market Place, and all seminars and workshops.
Contact us
To get on the mailing list, for free entry tickets, for details of and to book your workshop place:
Telephone 0845 8724292
Email suebell@blackcountrychamber.co.uk
Or
Interested in exhibiting or having a presence?
Please call - 01386 552619
Exhibiting space is just £40 + VAT for businesses less than 18 months old and £100 + VAT for all others. Those business who have not exhibited before will be eligible for a free training session to get the most from the opportunity.
When and where
Thursday 20 November 2008
Bonser Suite, Banks’s Stadium Walsall FC. Bescot, Walsall
Doors open 11.30am and last entry 6pm