Welcome to Events
At Skills for Enterprise we aim to give you and your business the best start possible. We offer a wide range of events including Workshops, Courses and Networking opportunities.
Details of current events are highlighted below.
To find out more browse through the events on offer, or give us a call on 0116 251 8730.
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[ Is it for you? ]
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The, Is it for you? programme is a short 2 day introduction to understanding what is defined as Enterprise and to help individuals assess their suitability for starting up a new business or becoming Self Employed. Upon satisfactory completion of an assessment candidates will achieve the Level 1 Award in Exploring Enterprise qualification through SFEDI Awards.
Free to those seeking employment. (This will be confirmed prior to confirmation of programme place)
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[ Leicester For Business - Confidence & Motivation ]
New EventSkills for Enterprise's new programme Leicester for Business is aimed at helping individuals start their own businesses. This programme will include at set of 4 workshops, coaching and regular networking events.
Some of the key elements which will be covered in our workshop Confidence & Motivation:
- The importance of the right attitude to do business
- What is confidence and how to get the level right
- Are you cut out for self employment
- Balancing your time with business and personal life
- 5 keys to overcoming obstacles in business
- Setting goals to achieve and stay on track with your business
- Visualising success
For further information or to book your place call Skills for Enterprise on 0116 251 8730.
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[ Leicester For Business - Deciding To Start & The Business Plan ]
New EventSkills for Enterprise's new programme Leicester for Business is aimed at helping individuals start their own businesses. This programme will include at set of 4 workshops, coaching and regular networking events.
Some of the key elements which will be covered in our workshop Deciding To Start & The Business Plan:
- Business essentials what you must know to trade legally and ethically (covering business structure, tax implications, premises, legal matter, licences etc)
- How to prepare and make key business decisions - what type of business owner are you?
- Creating a simple plan of action - your business plan
- Setting and achieving effective goals - how to set goals session
- Identifying and marketing to your target market
- Your survival and beyond - finance simplified - preparing your personal survival budget
- Your next steps - taking action
For further information or to book your place call Skills for Enterprise on 0116 251 8730.
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[ Leicester For Business - Financial Planning ]
New EventSkills for Enterprise's new programme Leicester for Business is aimed at helping individuals start their own businesses. This programme will include at set of 4 workshops, coaching and regular networking events.
Some of the key elements which will be covered in our workshop Financial Planning:
- Understanding the basics - what you need to live off - personal survival 101
- Finance demystified - a new business owners guide to money jargon - terms explained
- Pricing for profit and sustainability - pricing to sell and profit
- Know your break-even - the profit tipping point
- Develop a simple cash flow forecast - know the flow of you money - creating simple flow forecast and anticipating financial ebb and flow
- Setting up your terms of trade to ease cash flow - know what your financial boundaries are
- Asking for and chasing up money - controlling your money the considerations
For further information or to book your place call Skills for Enterprise on 0116 251 8730.
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[ Leicester For Business - Sales & Marketing ]
New EventSkills for Enterprise's new programme Leicester for Business is aimed at helping individuals start their own businesses. This programme will include at set of 4 workshops, coaching and regular networking events.
Some of the key elements which will be covered in our workshop Sales & Marketing:
- Understanding who you are marketing your product and service to and why - know your audience
- Establishing the proof from you potential audience - where and how to research
- Brand identity to capture your audience attention - creating a valid brand in the eyes of your customer what you need to consider
- Selling the benefits of your product and service - the emotional pull of selling
- How to ask the right questions to sell effectively
- How to market and sell online
- Social Media marketing - which route id best for my business?
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[ Start Up Now - Deciding To Start & The Business Plan ]
New EventSkills for Enterprise's new programme Start Up Now for Oadby and Wigston is aimed at helping unemployed individuals start their own businesses. This programme will include at set of 5 workshops, coaching and regular networking events.
Our workshop Deciding to Start & Business Plan:
- Explores confidence and motivation. From our experience and knowledge of business owners FEAR and FOCUS seems to be the root of many problems
- Developing new market opportunities, working and learning from the competition. Understanding how contracts are won and lost
For further information or to book your place call Skills for Enterprise on 0116 242 9482
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[ Start Up Now - Motivation & Attitude ]
New EventSkills for Enterprise's new programme Start Up Now for Oadby and Wigston is aimed at helping unemployed individuals start their own businesses. This programme will include at set of 5 workshops, coaching and regular networking events.
Our workshop Motivation & Attitude:
- Understanding your personal behaviour and the fear of conscious and unconscious habits we have developed over time. Successful people genuinely inspire and lead others to stay focused and create success with less stress.
For further information or to book your place call Skills for Enterprise on 0116 242 9482
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[ Start Up Now - Financial Planning ]
New EventSkills for Enterprise's new programme Start Up Now for Oadby and Wigston is aimed at helping unemployed individuals start their own businesses. This programme will include at set of 5 workshops, coaching and regular networking events. .
Our workshop Financial Planning:
- Money affects every area of our lives, but managing if efficiently is not always easy.
- Develop simple financial solutions you can understand and use.
For further information or to book your place call Skills for Enterprise on 0116 242 9482
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[ Start Up Now - Finding New Customers ]
New EventSkills for Enterprise's new programme Start Up Now for Oadby and Wigston is aimed at helping unemployed individuals start their own businesses. This programme will include at set of 5 workshops, coaching and regular networking events.
Our workshop Finding New Customers
- In order to find new customers you need to know how they think and behave.
- Understand that behaviour patterns and purchasing decisions constantly change; customer lifestyles and desires always drive product definition
For further information or to book your place call Skills for Enterprise on 0116 242 9482
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[ Start Up Now - Promotion & Publicity ]
New EventSkills for Enterprise's new programme Start Up Now for Oadby and Wigston is aimed at helping unemployed individuals start their own businesses. This programme will include at set of 5 workshops, coaching and regular networking events.
Our workshop Promotion & Publicity
- The difference between success and failure in business is more often not determined by the effectiveness of the business marketing and promotion strategy.
For further information or to book your place call Skills for Enterprise on 0116 242 9482
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[ Leicester For Business - Confidence & Motivation ]
New EventSkills for Enterprise's new programme Leicester for Business is aimed at helping individuals start their own businesses. This programme will include at set of 4 workshops, coaching and regular networking events.
Some of the key elements which will be covered in our workshop Confidence & Motivation:
- The importance of the right attitude to do business
- What is confidence and how to get the level right
- Are you cut out for self employment
- Balancing your time with business and personal life
- 5 keys to overcoming obstacles in business
- Setting goals to achieve and stay on track with your business
- Visualising success
For further information or to book your place call Skills for Enterprise on 0116 251 8730.
View all General Events
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[ Leicester For Business - Deciding To Start & The Business Plan ]
New EventSkills for Enterprise's new programme Leicester for Business is aimed at helping individuals start their own businesses. This programme will include at set of 4 workshops, coaching and regular networking events.
Some of the key elements which will be covered in our workshop Deciding To Start & The Business Plan:
- Business essentials what you must know to trade legally and ethically (covering business structure, tax implications, premises, legal matter, licences etc)
- How to prepare and make key business decisions - what type of business owner are you?
- Creating a simple plan of action - your business plan
- Setting and achieving effective goals - how to set goals session
- Identifying and marketing to your target market
- Your survival and beyond - finance simplified - preparing your personal survival budget
- Your next steps - taking action
For further information or to book your place call Skills for Enterprise on 0116 251 8730.
View all General Events