FREE WORKSHOP ON TRANSFORMING YOUR WEBSITE
The First Steps workshops are part of a popular national initiative aimed at helping businesses to discover the benefits that e-commerce can bring and many local companies have already taken advantage of the free First Steps workshops which are being run in Leicestershire by the Chamber of Commerce.
The workshops touch on different aspects of e-business and the next event, Transforming Your Website on October 12th, has been designed to help local companies to not only assess the current performance of their website but increase the level of businesses generated by it, maximising the value of website investment.
First Steps workshops are all designed to help businesses to embrace and understand the potential and the commercial advantages of the internet and e-commerce.
For more details or to book onto the Oct 12th Transforming Your Website workshop please contact Kam Atker at Leicestershire Chamber on Tel: 0116 204 6614 or email: atker.k@chamberofcommerce.co.uk
ALL FOR LESS THAN THE COST OF A FIRST CLASS STAMP
Whether you want to promote your company in general or publicise a seasonal campaign or special offer you can get your message out to 1600 Chamber members for less than the cost per company of a 1st class stamp.
Pay just £250 +vat for a single sheet A4 flyer insert in Chamber News and we will mail 1600 of your flyers out for you- that works out at less than 19p per flyer- cheaper than a first class stamp plus you’re saving on envelope costs and staff time too! We currently have 2 spaces available for flyers in the November edition of Chamber News- your last chance to get a promotional or seasonal offer out to Chamber members and potential customers before Christmas!
For more details please call Suzanne on Tel: 0116 204 6609 or email: farmer.s@chamberofcommerce.co.uk
EURO PREPARATIONS FOR BUSINESS
HM Treasury have prepared a new leaflet “Euro Preparations: What you need to know”
This, as with similar documents, aims to advise on how the UK would make the change from sterling to euro, in the event of a decision to do so. This envisages a minimum 36 month timetable from Government decision to stopping the use of sterling altogether. The content includes checklists, consumer protection codes and a recommendation to businesses to consider building euro compatibility into their investment decisions. The leaflet is available online at www.euro.gov.uk
BUSINESS NETWORKING EVENING WITH ADDED SPICE
SPONSORED BY WILSON BROWNE SOLICITORS
Date: 20th October
Time: 6pm-8.30pm
Venue: Spices Restaurant at Meridian Leisure Park, Leicester
Cost: £25 Members/£35 Standard
A networking evening with a popular all-you-can-eat buffet at one of Leicester’s largest and smartest Indian restaurants.
REGENERATION UPDATE BREAKFAST
Date: 9th November
Time: 7.30am - 9.30am
Venue: Leicester Tigers Ground, Aylestone Road, Leicester
Cost: £25 Members/£35 Standard
At this seminar the Leicester Regeneration Company Chief Executive John Nicholls will update everyone on the progress with the regeneration Masterplan including the marketing to developers of the New Business Quarter.
INTEGRA PRESENTATION WITH WI CALENDAR GIRL TRICIA STEWART
Date: 16th November
Time: 6pm-8.45pm
Venue: LCFC, Leicester
Cost: £34.50 Chamber Members/£44.50 Standard
Tricia Stewart’s life is the one on which the hugely popular film Calendar Girls was based and is truly an amazing story. Many people may have seen the film or read the book but this is the chance to meet the remarkable woman who inspired the alternative “nude” version of the famous WI calendar.
BUSINESS NETWORKING EVENING
Date: 18th November
Time: 6pm-8.30pm
Venue: Leicester Tigers Ground, Aylestone Road, Leicester
Cost: £25.00 Members/£35.00 Standard; Attendance & exhibition stand space £55.00 Members/£65.00 Standard
ANNUAL LUNCHEON
Date: 3rd December
Time: 12.15pm-4pm
Venue: Midlands Conference Centre, LCFC, Leicester
Cost: £45.00 Members (£425 for a table of 10)/ £50 Standard (£475 for a table of 10)
The Annual Luncheon has a great tradition of attracting top name guest speakers and this year is no exception with household-name comedian Stan Boardman stepping into the role.
Leicestershire Chamber of Commerce networking events are
sponsored by Wilson Browne Solicitors
For more details or to book onto Chamber Events please contact the Events Team on Tel: 0116 247 1800. You can also visit www.chamberofcommerce.co.uk and click on What's On/Events.
EMPLOYER'S FEDERATION GRANT FUNDING
Grants for purchases of normal business improvement resources such as plant and equipment, computer hardware and software or marketing materials are available from the European Regional Development Fund. The Engineering Forum is actively looking to give companies money to help improve their business.
Grants worth up to £4,000 against normal business improvement purchases are on offer. Companies that wish to check if they qualify should visit the Engineering Forum Web site: www.engineeringforum.co.uk , click on “Business Opportunities: Funding & Support report for your company” and answer 4 simple questions. Alternatively call the Lo-call telephone number 0845 1308666 and ask to speak to Karen Hill, Funding Manager.
To qualify for the grants:
• The company must be a Small to Medium sized Enterprise (an SME), as defined by the EU.
• The company must be in one of the designated areas classified as qualifying for Objective 2 funding support.
• The purchased items must be company property and title (i.e. H.P. and leasing agreements are excluded).
• The minimum purchase level reached before grants are paid is £2,000, the maximum £16,000. The rebate level will be 25% of qualifying purchases.
A company can obtain a grant for the following items:
• Plant & shop floor equipment.
• I.T. hardware or software for shop floor or office.
• Marketing materials (brochures, flyers, exhibition stands, websites etc.)
Applying may take up to 10 minutes completing a simple, 2 page form, which can be downloaded from www.engineeringforum.co.uk
Grants are only available until 31st december 2004
LEICESTER BUSINESS SCHOOL PROFESSIONAL DOCTORATE OPEN EVENING: TUESDAY 12 OCTOBER 2004, 6.00PM
Leicester Business School Graduate Centre offers a part-time Professional Doctorate (DBA or DFin) formatted to suit the needs of busy professionals. It differs from standard research routes leading to a PhD or MPhil by focusing on a high level of management practice, combining academic research with practical business awareness. January start.
For further information, call (0116) 250 6330, email lbs.pg.enquiries@dmu.ac.uk, visit: http://www.dmu.ac.uk/faculties/business_and_law/business/sm_dba.jsp?ComponentID=15639&SourcePageID=15207#1 or come and meet the Programme Leader at our open evening on 12 October.
For directions to Leicester Business School Graduate Centre visit http://www.dmu.ac.uk/aboutdmu/campuses/maps/leic_home.jsp?ComponentID=1037&SourcePageID=1082#1 Parking will be available at the rear of the building.
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EXPORT FOUNDATION COURSE
Date: 3rd November
Time: 9am-4.30pm
Venue: Chamber Offices, New Walk, Leicester
Cost: £160 Members/£200 Standard includes lunch
Beginnners course to give an overview of export documentation procedures and practices.
EXPORT DOCUMENTATION COURSE
Date: 10th November
Time: 9am-4.30pm
Venue: Chamber Offices, New Walk, Leicester
Cost: £160 Members/£200 Standard includes lunch
Covers the preparation of export paperwork including transport documentation and methods of payment and banking.
EXPORT LETTER OF CREDIT COURSE
Date: 17th November
Time: 9am-4.30pm
Venue: Chamber Offices, New Walk, Leicester
Cost: £160 Members/£200 Standard includes lunch
Intended for delegates with working knowledge of export documentation involved in processing letters of credit.
IMPORT FOUNDATION COURSE
Date: 24th November
Time: 9am-4.30pm
Venue: Chamber Offices, New Walk, Leicester
Cost: £160 Members/£200 Standard includes lunch
A beginners course giving a clear overview of the procedures and documentation involved in importing.
For more information please contact the Events Team on 0116 247 1800 or visit www.chamberofcommerce.co.uk
SECOND REGIONAL INVESTMENT FORUM
The Vitebsk Oblast Marketing Center would like to invite Leicestershire companies to the Second Regional Investment Forum which will be held on 7 – 8 October 2004 in Vitebsk, Republic of Belarus.
The purpose of the Forum is the attraction of investments into the economy of the Vitebsk Oblast and further expansion and development of small entrepreneurship, primarily of commodity producers. Belarusian and foreign representatives of production, commercial and financial organizations are welcomed for participation in the forum as potential investors. Representatives of Polish, Czech, Latvian, Lithuanian, Estonian business circles are intended to take part in the work of the Forum.
Events of the Forum:
7 October – visit of production SMEs of the Vitebsk Oblast
8 October - participation in the exhibition of investment projects, meetings with managers of enterprises representing these projects, participation in the Conference “Investment Initiatives of the Vitebsk Oblast” and presentation of investment project.
For more details please contact: Vitebsk Marketing Center, 32 Pravda St., Republic of Belarus 210025 Vitebsk, tel.: (+375 212) 27 45 35, 27 64 62, 27 42 72, tel./fax: 27 45 35; e-mail: info@vcm.vitebsk.by, http://www.vcm.vitebsk.by