Plymouth’s Oceansgate marine enterprise centre has begun a series of business support events to help start-ups “succeed in challenging times”.
The team at the waterfront business zone, in Devonport, is running a Friday Start-Up Club throughout the autumn with a Meet the Expert and masterclass programme too.
On Tuesday, October 12, there is a Social Media Masterclass presented by Scott Grenney of Plymouth’s Eddystone Media, from 9.30am to 12.30pm.
This is also a four-part series of workshops running every Friday from October 8 to November 5, designed for “equipping start-up businesses to succeed in challenging times”.
And the Meet The Expert programme holds regular one-to-one business advice events and workshops allowing businesses the opportunity to meet and interact with a range of business experts covering a wide range of topics.
The Social Media Masterclass - at The Loft, on the Barbican, will explain how managing social media can help a business thrive, the benefits of using Facebook for business and a look at recent and upcoming changes.
Mr Grenney will also speak about how to make a social media channel stand out from the crowd, how to build followers and increase engagement on Facebook, how to manage social media content creation effectively and scheduling posts, including time saving tips.
Meanwhile, the Friday Start Up Club began on October 8 but continues on October 15, 22 and November 5 in “Covid-friendly” venues across the city.
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The free series of workshops is designed to help start-up businesses in Devon and will cover key topics including formalities of setting up, legals, finance, money and grant opportunities, business planning, creating an identity, and building a proposition.
The Meet the Expert programme is funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and is free to SMEs across Devon. The programme offers eligible businesses a free, three-hour diagnostic session followed by a further, nine-hour, free package of “impactful support” to achieve current growth aspirations. Businesses may also be able to access a £1,000 fixed-sum grant for external consultancy
support which could be used to access a variety of advice, such as for strategy and management, finance funding, HRMC/tax, legal advice, HR and recruitment, business expansion, sales and marketing, regulations, premise property management, innovation and intellectual property, skills and workforce and development.
Jonny Prout, business relationship manager for Plymouth City Council, which runs Oceansgate, said: “If you are looking for new ways to develop and grow your business, then Meet The Expert Business Support Programme is for you.”
He added: “As part of this support package you will also be signposted to local and specialist business support organisations and training providers.”
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To take part in the Meet the Experts programme email louise.creber@plymouth.gov.uk
And for more information about the business support programme contact Mr Prout: jonny.prout@plymouth.gov.uk