Our monthly breakfast networking event. This event is a chance to introduce yourself to other Chamber members, to hear from local businesses and build up your contacts.
The Wolverhampton Business Breakfast Club meets from 7am to 8.45am on the first Wednesday of each month at The Goldthorn Hotel and Leisure Club, Penn Road, Wolverhampton. If you want to create new business opportunities; improve your understanding of doing business in Wolverhampton or simply meet fellow business people for breakfast then this is a great place to start. A sit down buffet breakfast followed by a short topic of interest.
Venue: The Goldthorn Hotel and Leisure Club, Penn Road, Wolverhampton, WV3 OER
Individual Price: £20.00
Chamber PassPort Free - £10 + VAT per Chamber member & £20 + VAT for non members
The SPEED Business Networking Club is held on the 1st Wednesday of the month and is open to all local businesses - whether you are a business start-up or an established and growing company, everyone is welcome.
The Breakfast Club is FREE to attend - all we ask for is your commitment and continued attendance.
Registration is from 8.30am, giving you an opportunity to do some informal networking and have some breakfast before we sit down at 9.00am for a short presentation from either a guest speaker or one of the breakfast club members. This is then followed by some high energy, fun and fast paced speed networking - we aim to give everyone the opportunity to speak to as many different people in the room as possible! Make sure you bring plenty of business cards as you are sure to make some exciting new business connections!
We round up the morning between 10.15am and 10.30am, there is usually time for some further informal networking if you didn't get chance to speak to everyone.
The SPEED Business Networking Club is run through the University of Wolverhampton Careers, Enterprise and the Workplace. The club is also supported by City of Wolverhampton Council 'Inspire Wolverhampton' project part of the Transformational Wolverhampton Graduate Programme Fund – Providing local businesses with the support they need to offer employment to graduates with disabilities.
If you would like the opportunity to do a presentation during one of the breakfast meetings, please email jo.terry@wlv.ac.uk or r.judehelwell@wlv.ac.uk to express your interest.
If you have any other questions regarding the SPEED Plus Business Networking Club, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Venue: Wolverhampton Business Solutions Centre, University of Wolverhampton Science Park, Glaisher Drive, WV10 9RT
Join us for an exciting festival of talent aimed at supporting technically-oriented entrepreneurship. Students will be showcasing innovations across a range of subjects.
The Faculty of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment will come together to exhibit their own technological concepts, bringing to life their innovative ideas.
Innovation Fest marks and celebrates the achievement of our students in what has been an engaging year of learning in practice. Join us with our professional bodies and industry partners for this inspiring festival, complete with keynote speeches from guest speakers and Innovation Fest prizes.
Venue: Birmingham City University, Millennium Point , Curzon Street Birmingham B4 7XG
A week long programme of seminars, events, workshops, company visits, and briefings designed to provide information, advice and business opportunities to Walsall's business base.
Designed by business for business, this event brings together businesses of all sizes and from all sectors to create the space in which we can share, learn, and prosper.
For the full day by day details of what is on and where click here
Got a great idea for a new business? Don’t just sit on it! Make your start-up a reality with the help of The Ideas Lab. This one-off event will give you the opportunity to test your idea on a group of business experts, who will act as your mentors.
The Ideas Lab will also help you to:
Develop your pitch
Gain advice on funding
Get to grips with using social media to market your business
Be inspired by local up and coming entrepreneurs
Venue: The Hub at Walsall College, Walsall, West Midlands WS2 8ES
Want to support the community in which you are based?
•Want to help a local voluntary group or project?
•Learn more about the fantastic work our community and voluntary sectors are doing?
Leading CSR champions AF Blakemore, Mid Counties Co-op and Homeserve will explain how and why they are involved in supporting community and voluntary projects, how it benefits the Walsall Community, and benefits their company and their staff.
Building ‘Corporate Social Responsibility’ into your business ethos can be great for Walsall and great for your business. Our three local champions will enthuse you, help you engage with the right local projects and groups, and commit to providing ongoing support to your CSR journey over the next 12 months.
The aim of the Walsall Business Week (6th to 10th June) is to significantly increase the level of business engagement across the borough; to provide businesses with access to quality advice, information, opportunities and intelligence; to support and enhance the role of intermediaries across the borough; to raise the profile of business support and the Black Country Growth Hub; and to foster business to business networks and local supply chains.
Venue: Walsall College Business Hub, Littleton Street West, Walsall WS2 8ES
Invest Black Country (IBC) will be exhibiting at Automechanika Birmingham, an international automotive event from 7- 9 June at the NEC, Birmingham.
IBC will be joining regional partners on the Drive West Midlands stand 10J12.
The West Midlands is home to more than 1,100 specialist automotive firms, with global names including Jaguar Land Rover, BMW, Geely and SAIC UK. The area is proud to boast the highest concentration of Tier 1 and 2 automotive suppliers in the UK.
Drive West Midlands will be showcasing the £6 billion of growth opportunities available for firms across the West Midlands.
Interested in finding out how Drive West Midlands can support you?
Meet us at Automechanika Birmingham happening for the first time in the UK
Visit us on stand 10J12.
Venue: National Exhibition Centre, North Avenue, Birmingham B40 1NT
This seminar brings together experts from both the supplier and user communities to share their experience.
The use of aluminium, particularly in the automotive and transport sectors, has grown exponentially in the last 15 years. Road vehicle manufacturers are rapidly "lightweighting" their models in order to meet corporate greenhouse gas targets, reduce fuel consumption and improve driver experience.
Traditionally cast aluminium components have been used in road vehicles. Today the major manufacturers are also using aluminium extrusions, sheet, stampings, forgings and pressings, often together but also in conjunction with other materials, such as steel and carbon composites.
One of today's challenges for the automotive supply chain is how to join these components - either aluminium to aluminium or aluminium to steel or composites. There are many different joining technologies, which can be grouped into six broad categories:
Fastening
Advanced welding
Thermal welding
Bonding
Mechanical joining
Gluing
This seminar brings together experts from both the supplier and user communities to share their experience in all of the above technologies.
Venue: National Metalforming Centre, Birmingham Rd, West Bromwich, West Midlands B70 6PY, UK
Attendance costs ALFED Members - £120 + VAT (£144.00) and Non ALFED Members - £165 + VAT (£198.00). Email or call 0121 601 6365
Our local training providers team up to demystify all the talk around the new apprenticeship levy – and show how it can work for you; and then take you through their very broad training offer to upskill your workforce - an offer that is both flexible, cost effective, and available on your doorstep or in your business.
For many SME’s the new apprenticeship levy can act as a grant to support one or more apprentices in your business, and practical examples will be provided from local employers on how apprenticeships have benefitted their businesses.
Alongside we will share details of all the training support that is available as well as details of the SFA’s ‘Business Support Service’.
We know how hard you work to grow your business and create jobs, so why not come along and see what we can for you. The event will conclude with an independent Q&A session and an opportunity to network with local companies from across Walsall.
Venue: Business and Sports Hub, Walsall College, Walsall, West Midlands WS1 1TR, UK
Combine a leading Walsall retail entrepreneur, one of the nation’s leading national retailers, and a marketing and finance consultancy with a free offer to retailers and you have the recipe for one evening of expert advice for every independent retailer and market trader in the borough.
A local retailer with a wealth of experience of trading in Walsall and developing allied businesses; and staff from Marks and Spencer, will share their experience and knowledge of customer service and use of visuals to promote the business.
In addition colleagues from the government backed ‘Get Set for Growth’ programme will be on hand to explain how their scheme can provide free consultancy support on the financial and marketing side of growing the business.
Venue: Committee Room Walsall Council, Walsall, West Midlands WS1 1TP
Invest Black Country (IBC) will be exhibiting at Automechanika Birmingham, an international automotive event from 7- 9 June at the NEC, Birmingham.
IBC will be joining regional partners on the Drive West Midlands stand 10J12.
The West Midlands is home to more than 1,100 specialist automotive firms, with global names including Jaguar Land Rover, BMW, Geely and SAIC UK. The area is proud to boast the highest concentration of Tier 1 and 2 automotive suppliers in the UK.
Drive West Midlands will be showcasing the £6 billion of growth opportunities available for firms across the West Midlands.
Interested in finding out how Drive West Midlands can support you?
Meet us at Automechanika Birmingham happening for the first time in the UK
Visit us on stand 10J12.
Venue: National Exhibition Centre, North Avenue, Birmingham B40 1NT
A two hour interactive session, to explore how communication in a supply chain helps to reduce costs and waste for everyone.
How do you put a value on the cost of your supply chain, and how could you make small changes to improve the efficiency and save money for your company?
Come along ready to get involved, discuss, and share your experience.
Venue: Citibase, Walsall, West Midlands WS1 3BZ, UK
If you are in the construction, rail or automotive supply chain - then our new supply chain tool is just for you.
Join us for the launch of the ‘Black Country High Value Manufacturing City’ – a virtual site on which we will promote all the local development schemes, host the automotive Black Country Bullet and the HS2 Rail and related infrastructure opportunities.
We are committed to profiling the strength of the Walsall supply chain, giving you early sight of the major business opportunities, and engaging with leading development contractors, automotive and rail companies.
Come along to learn how the site can add real value to your business; what the real opportunities will be with HS2, with forthcoming construction schemes, and within the automotive sector; and take the first steps to register on the site to open a new world of supply chain opportunities.
So join us for lunch and become part of the Black Country High Value Manufacturing City.
Black Country Supply Chain portal and supply chain opportunities - If you are in the construction, manufacturing or the rail or automotive supply chain - then this new supply chain tool is just for you. Join Walsall Business Week for the launch of the ‘Black Country High Value Manufacturing City’ – a virtual site to promote all the local development schemes. Plus this site will host the automotive Black Country Bullet and the HS2 Rail and related infrastructure opportunities.
This event will reflect local committment to profiling the strength of the Walsall supply chain, giving early sight of the major business opportunities, and engaging with leading development contractors, automotive and rail companies.
Come along to learn how the site can add real value to your business; what the real opportunities will be with HS2, with forthcoming construction schemes, and within the automotive sector.
Take the first steps to register on the site to open a new world of supply chain opportunities. So join us for lunch and become part of the Black Country High Value Manufacturing City.
The aim of the Walsall Business Week (6th to 10th June) is to significantly increase the level of business engagement across the borough; to provide businesses with access to quality advice, information, opportunities and intelligence; to support and enhance the role of intermediaries across the borough; to raise the profile of business support and the Black Country Growth Hub; and to foster business to business networks and local supply chains.
Venue: Calderfields Golf and Country Club, Aldridge Road, Walsall, WS4 2JS
Invest Black Country (IBC) will be exhibiting at Automechanika Birmingham, an international automotive event from 7- 9 June at the NEC, Birmingham.
IBC will be joining regional partners on the Drive West Midlands stand 10J12.
The West Midlands is home to more than 1,100 specialist automotive firms, with global names including Jaguar Land Rover, BMW, Geely and SAIC UK. The area is proud to boast the highest concentration of Tier 1 and 2 automotive suppliers in the UK.
Drive West Midlands will be showcasing the £6 billion of growth opportunities available for firms across the West Midlands.
Interested in finding out how Drive West Midlands can support you?
Meet us at Automechanika Birmingham happening for the first time in the UK
Visit us on stand 10J12.
Venue: National Exhibition Centre, North Avenue, Birmingham B40 1NT
Discover the marketing tools to grow your business at this FREE event from GetSet for Growth, hosted with Lloyds Bank.
There will be a range of leading local businesses who can give advice on all aspects of marketing, from website design to photography and print. Also during the day there will be two seminars.
Importance of Marketing Planning
Improving Your SEO
During the event there will be opportunities to speak with over 20 local companies from across the marketing spectrum, as well as public advisors from the Black Country Growth Hub.
The GetSet for Growth Marketing and Finance Advisors will be on hand to have a short 121 session with, appointments will be available and bookable on the day.
The fully funded GetSet service focuses on helping businesses overcome the two biggest barriers to growth – generating sufficient profitable customers and accessing finance.
Whether your business is micro or multimillion, if you need a more effective business and market strategy or improved business development tactics, come along to find out how we can help!
GetSet for Growth is a specialist service offering fully funded marketing and finance expertise to ambitious businesses with the potential to grow, thanks to the Regional Growth Fund. Through access to specialist masterclasses and the option of hands on 1:1 advice, our team of experts help businesses:
Get the money they need to take their business forward
Create, develop and strengthen their marketing and sales strategy
Develop world-class skills and knowledge
Become investment ready
If you have any questions please don't hesitate to get in touch on 0800 917 9325.
Venue: Black Country Growth Hub, Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton, West Midlands WV10 9RT
Between 10am and 2pm on Thursday 9th June, Colmore Insurance Brokers and Hiscox Insurance will be exhibiting on Innovation Birmingham Campus offering free consultation and advice to start-ups and SMEs. Pop along to Cafe Resource in Faraday Wharf for a chat or book a time slot above for a dedicated 1-2-1 session.
About us:
Colmore Insurance Brokers is an independently owned Birmingham based Commercial Insurance Brokers, passionate about providing start-up & growth companies with the right insurance & risk management advice. We will provide a free technical review of your current insurance & risk management policies and ensure that you have the right covers at the best price – guaranteed.
Hiscox has over twenty years’ experience in the technology sector and now insures more than 35,000 technology companies in the UK and Ireland. Our specialist technology insurance portfolio gives you the option to tailor an insurance package to suit your client’s needs. Whether it’s a fire at their office, an unhappy client suing for breach of contract, or an employee injured at work, we can protect their business.
With a team of experts at your disposal, sign up for a 1-2-1 appointment or simply jusy drop by on the day. Please note this is for Innovation Birmingham tenants only.
The second Award Writing Workshops - a great starting place for your entry. Entering the Annual Awards is a great way to promote your goods and services. It will give an opportunity for you to demonstrate your successes and should you be shortlisted you will attract some great publicity and press features. Are you just not sure where to begin – would you like some inspiration on how to get started on your submission for the Annual Awards.
Then you will find our Awards workshop “Award entry writing” useful. This is led by Andrea Childs, MD of Klick Business Solutions (Bid & tender writing company). She has written successful business tenders and award submissions and entries for many years and was the winner of the 2015 Black Country Chamber Customer Service Award. The workshop aims to provide a summary of the awards, some essential tips, and some coaching in preparing your entry. A half a day course to prepare you for writing that ‘killer’ award submission.
Venue: Black Country Chamber of Comerce, Wolverhampton Science Park WV10 9TG
Using Digital Technology and Marketing to Improve Business Performance
With the digital world moving so fast we are pleased that local experts Five Rivers and Vibrant Networks have offered to take us through what can be a confusing and complicated space.
Apps
Websites
Online Marketing
Software
Ever wanted an app; to redo your website; to save time on a repetitive task; to increase website traffic conversions; or to master social media, to gain get more business?
We're here to tell you, and to explain how to manipulate technology to your competitive advantage.
This interactive Workshop will provide a compelling mix of technical insight, practical advice and hands on support to ensure you can make digital technology work for you.
Celebrate the UEFA European Championship 2016 at Powerleague Halesowen’s purpose built facilities. The site has 6 outdoor 5 a side pitches and a 7 a side pitch plus a comfortable bar and function room for the all important networking.
Each team will play a minimum of 3 round robin group games with knockout rounds following the group stages leading to the final. Your booking fee includes fantastic prizes including trophies for the winners and runners up. There will be post event pizzas in the bar (free for the teams) and plenty of networking opportunities. Spectators and mascots are very welcome.
VENUE: Powerleague Halesowen, Park Road, Halesowen, B63 2RG
£65+VAT for a Team of 5 (Maximum squad 7) for members and guests
As part of the inaugural Walsall Business Week, Black Country Chamber of Commerce is working in conjunction with The Best of Walsall and Gone Fishing 4 Business to bring the business community together at a great networking event.
A morning of informal and formal business seminars, a trade fair, networking, and for the first time in Walsall the UKTI Export Truck, and University’s F3 car.
If you want to make new business contacts; promote your business; take advantage of briefings on sales, finance, social media and international trade; or learn more about our local networking and business support groups then an hour or two at this Expo will be time well spent.
Venue: Sports Hall University Campus, Walsall, West Midlands WS1 3BD, UK
As part of the inaugural Walsall Business Week Black Country Chamber of Commerce is working in conjunction with The Best of Walsall and Gone Fishing 4 Business to bring the business community together at a great networking event.
As part of the inaugural Walsall Business Week Black Country Chamber of Commerce is working in conjunction with The Best of Walsall and Gone Fishing 4 Business to bring the business community together at a great networking event. The Walsall Networkers Expo - the Black Country Chamber of Commerce, Best of Walsall and Gone Fishing 4 Business have joined forces to showcase the talent, expertise and knowledge of the Walsall business community. A morning of informal and formal business seminars, a trade fair, networking, and for the first time in Walsall the UKTI Export Truck, and University’s F3 car.
The morning hosted by Wolverhampton University at their Walsall campus off Gorway Road takes place in the sports hall at the Performance Hub.
The event will be zoned into the Networking Display Zone where up to 30 businesses can take the opportunity to have a table to display more information about their companies. Delegates will attend to make new contacts and find suppliers circulating in the Zone.
The second area will feature the Information Zone with round table workshops where local businesses will share information with delegates attending to find out about topics of interest to themselves. The Information Zone contains five separate topic areas and the subjects will be delivered in ten to fifteen minute sessions to a small interactive audience of no more than ten at a time. The Information Zone workshops can be booked for free on the morning.
If you want to make new business contacts; promote your business; take advantage of briefings on sales, finance, social media and international trade; or learn more about our local networking and business support groups then an hour or two at this Expo will be time well spent.
Venue: The Performance Hub, Walsall Campus,Gorway Rd, Walsall, WS1 3BD
This event will see ‘HeadzUpBusiness’ host a women only Question Time Panel to address the key business issues of the day. Chaired by owner of HeadzUpBusiness, Pushpa Alexander. The Panel will be revealed leading up to the event which will provide some insights on a range of topical business issues. Plenty of opportunities for the attendees to promote, circulate and network at the session. (Please feel free to bring business cards/flyers as the host will be connecting as many ladies as possible at the session!)
This will be co-incinding with additional activities taking place on the day, so make a day of it, come earliar and visit the following:
The Walsall Networkers Expo - A morning of informal and formal business seminars, a trade fair, networking, and for the first time in Walsall the UKTI Export Truck. If you want to make new business contacts; promote your business; take advantage of briefings on sales, finance, social media and international trade; or learn more about our local networking and business support groups then an hour or two at this Expo will be time well spent.
Location: 8.30am to 1pm - Sports Hall University Campus Gorway Road Walsall WS13BD
Made in Walsall: Exported round the World: 10am to 4pm - Rolling into Walsall for the first time is the UKTI Export Truck - bringing the knowledge of 10 ‘export experts’ direct to your doorstep. Sitting alongside the Walsall Networkers Expo for most of the day, the Truck (which converts into a 30 seater seminar venue) will provide you with all you need to develop your export potential, research and approach new markets, or just explore how you could dip your toe into the overseas water. International Trade Advisers, together with a specialist Digital Adviser, IP and Trade Mark Adviser Country Cultural Awareness Adviser, and experienced local exporters will be on hand to provide short seminars, briefings, and one to one meetings to help you explore your export potential. An hour or two at the University Campus in Walsall could prove to be your ticket to a world of opportunities.
UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) are partnering with the International Festival for Business 2016 (IFB2016), which will be taking place in Liverpool over a three week period between 13th June and 1st July 2016. There is a different theme for each of the three weeks, which include:
Week 1 - Advanced Manufacturing
Week 2 - Energy and Environment
Week 3 - Creative and Digital
Furthermore, the first 20 businesses to register for one of the events taking place will be eligible to receive £75 of funding support. Please note, in order to be eligible for this funding you must complete the following steps:
Register your interest for potential funding through this Black Country Chamber event by going through the checkout and registration process on this page. Please make sure you enter the name of the specific event that you are looking to attend at the IFB2016 in the comments section of the registration form.
Once you have successfully registered for the Business Club, make sure to also register for Meet Your Future Deal, which will match your business with thousands of connections for free.
The International Festival for Business 2016 aspires to be the world's leading international business event, with an anticipated audience of over 30,000 delegates from the UK and overseas.
Each week will be packed with high-quality activities:
Inspirational and challenging outlooks from leaders in the fields of business, innovation, technology, sports, social enterprise and culture, through Blue Skies speakers and events and Meet the Expert
Venue: Exhibition Centre Liverpool, Kings Dock Street, Liverpool Waterfront, Liverpool, L3 4FP
Award Winning 'Most Innovative Business’ Avatar 3D is hosting the first of its series of knowledge exchange workshops in 3D Printing, also known as Additive Manufacturing (AM).
The ‘Ingenium’ 3D Printer designed and manufactured in the UK, with Autodesk Fusion 360 Computer Aided Design Software (CAD) is available for you to design and create your own bespoke product.
This two day short course, the 'Essentials of 3D Printing' ignites the participant's creativity through professional instruction pertaining to product model design and development using an Additive Manufacturing process that is also known as 3D Printing.
The participants will have an understanding of the flexibility of solid modelling using Autodesk Fusion 360 CAD software and the use of a 3D Printing Process which can be applied in the real world of product development, for example creating everything from fuel nozzles for civil aircraft to hip replacements.
This course is designed for designers, engineers, architects, manufacturing engineers and teachers. Though anyone who is curious about 3D printing will benefit from the workshop including, makers or inventors, artists, and business owners looking to understand the role 3D printing could play in their business may be particularly drawn to the course.
The topics will include conversion of a 2D Sketch to 3D Design using a Computer Aided Design software package called Fusion 360, the 3D printing process using ‘CURA’ slicing software to make your own bespoke product using environmentally friendly materials, and examples of the diverse range of applications for 3D Printing.
Venue: Wolverhampton Business Solutions Centre, University of Wolverhampton Science Park, Glashier Drive, Wolverhampton, WV10 9RT
Complimentary lunch/refreshments are provided throughout the two days of training. The cost per person is £200 ex VAT.
Award Winning 'Most Innovative Business’ Avatar 3D is hosting the first of its series of knowledge exchange workshops in 3D Printing, also known as Additive Manufacturing (AM).
The ‘Ingenium’ 3D Printer designed and manufactured in the UK, with Autodesk Fusion 360 Computer Aided Design Software (CAD) is available for you to design and create your own bespoke product.
This two day short course, the 'Essentials of 3D Printing' ignites the participant's creativity through professional instruction pertaining to product model design and development using an Additive Manufacturing process that is also known as 3D Printing.
The participants will have an understanding of the flexibility of solid modelling using Autodesk Fusion 360 CAD software and the use of a 3D Printing Process which can be applied in the real world of product development, for example creating everything from fuel nozzles for civil aircraft to hip replacements.
This course is designed for designers, engineers, architects, manufacturing engineers and teachers. Though anyone who is curious about 3D printing will benefit from the workshop including, makers or inventors, artists, and business owners looking to understand the role 3D printing could play in their business may be particularly drawn to the course.
The topics will include conversion of a 2D Sketch to 3D Design using a Computer Aided Design software package called Fusion 360, the 3D printing process using ‘CURA’ slicing software to make your own bespoke product using environmentally friendly materials, and examples of the diverse range of applications for 3D Printing.
Venue: Wolverhampton Business Solutions Centre, University of Wolverhampton Science Park, Glashier Drive, Wolverhampton, WV10 9RT
Complimentary lunch/refreshments are provided throughout the two days of training. The cost per person is £200 ex VAT.
The Digital Funders will be working from e4f all day on 14th June. The company specialise in helping digital and tech companies find financing to grow their business and achieve their ambitions. Drop by on the day or email info@e4f.co.uk for a specific time slot.
Please note this is open to Innovation Birmingham tenants only.
The award winning business plan competition for engineering researchers. Workshops across the country provide three days of training and interaction with industry experts followed by a one-day final for the top teams.
At this event, the top six national teams go head-to-head and present their plan to a panel of leading experts. Our keynote speaker is entrepreneur Dr Phil Harper, founder of Tribosonics Ltd.
Come and join us and meet the teams and panel!
Agenda:
9:30am – Registration
9:45am – Introduction and final briefing from David Scott, with a Welcome to the Innovation Birmingham Campus from Hugo Russell
This 1 day course covers all the basic aspects of exporting. It is designed for people who may be new to exporting plus experienced business people who may need to keep up with industry updates.
During the course live online examples are used to explain export procedures and how to complete export documentation. The course highlights commercial implications and why it is so important to understand these processes which will help towards successful and efficient global business.
Key Learning objectives and outcomes of the course
Understand what an export is both direct and indirect
Understand the role of the tariff code and the importance of correct classification
Understand how to produce the necessary documentation for an international shipment and identify where to go for sources of information and assistance.
Use most appropriate Incoterm® for the shipment of your products
Understand the basics of letters of credit
Understand the role of customs and information required
Untangle the complexities of the Rules of Origin, how to comply and benefit from them
How to successfully process and export order
How export documents and procedures can reduce costs and increase sales
All delegates get 6 months FREE after course support
This course is CPD Accredited and attendees awards 10 CPD points on completion.
Emotional intelligence is the ability to perceive, control and evaluate emotions - in oneself and others - and to use that information appropriately.
It is generally said to include 3 skills:
Emotional awareness, including the ability to identify your own emotions and those of others
The ability to harness emotions and apply them to tasks such as critical thinking and problem solving
The ability to manage emotions, including the ability to regulate your own emotions, and the emotions of another
This ½ day course introduces you to some of the key strategies and techniques designed to improve your emotional intelligence.
Through explanation, practical activities and personal assessments you will learn how to:
Think “Smart”
Take full responsibility and control for fulfilling your potential
Keep stress at bay during challenging times
Increase your power to negotiate and win new business
Mentor and motivate your people to perform
Your Facilitator
Barry D’Souza currently enjoys an international reputation as a results driven leadership and management specialist. His approach to working is relaxed, jargon free and focused entirely on the client and is backed up with the company’s guarantee to deliver exceptional value to its clients. By combining leading edge business thinking, with 20 years of professional experience, and strategies drawn from the areas of NLP and Emotional Intelligence, he delivers compelling and experiential based solutions that never fail to exceed client expectations.
Barry holds an MBA, is a Master Practitioner of NLP, Executive Coaching and Hypnotherapy and is a Chartered Manager. His contributions to the fields of training, coaching and management have been recognised in the form of fellowships from the Chartered Manager’s Institute, The Institute of Leadership and Management, The Institute of Consulting and the RSA.
About Walking Among Giants
Walking Among Giants provides bespoke training, consultancy and coaching packages to businesses throughout the West Midlands and the Iberian Peninsula.
Operating within the context of leadership and management, their areas of specialism are Business & Financial Strategy, Marketing, Operations Management & Personal Development
Venue: Wolverhampton Business Solutions Centre, Glaisher Drive, Wolverhampton, West Midlands WV10, UK
Join us for a Business Breakfast Briefing, where the Chamber’s Alliance 4 the Black Country will present the results of the Chamber's Black Country Business Indicator and explain the implications for our local economy.
The survey is extremely well respected and influential and is used by the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee and a number of government departments. By taking part it ensures that the issues that affect Black Country businesses specifically are heard at the highest level. The results are given coverage by local, national and international media.
This quarterly event features a presentation detailing the latest Black Country Business Indicator (BCBI). The British Chambers of Commerce QES is the largest and most representative independent business survey of its kind in the UK. The presentation highlights these results and is followed by an interactive voting forum, which allows attendees to vote in confidence on the key questions of the day – these are recorded and Black Country Chamber can monitor and feedback changes and trends live on the day.
Venue: Park Inn Birmingham West M5 Jct 1, West Bromwich, B70 6RS
FREE to PassPort Holders
£10 + VAT for Chamber members and £20 + VAT non-members
Is your business to dependent on you being there all the time? Are you having to spend time correcting other peoples' mistakes and putting things right?
If so then this interactive seminar is for you. We will look at ways to: Engage your staff; Build a cohesive team; Recruit effectively; Improve your leadership skills and understand why team members behave differently.
Seminar: Turn your staff into a dream team
Your staff will make or break your business.
The business will only ever be as strong as the weakest team member.
Staff turnover is too high.
Everyone depends on me to make the decisions.
I can’t take any real time out of the business
If any of these statements apply to you then why not invest half a day learning how to get the most out of your direct and indirect team at our informative and interactive seminar?
What we’ll cover:
How to be an inspiring leader
How to build a great team
The six essential elements of a great team
How to recruit effectively
How to get the team less dependent on you
How to build a supportive and productive culture
Your presenter:
Simon has been coaching for the last nine years and has been involved with developing teams (of all sizes) for the last 25 years so he brings with him a wealth of experience.For more info please go to Simon's Linkedin page.
Venue: The Black Country Growth Hub, Wolverhampton, West Midlands WV10 9RU, UK
In this roundtable session, Steve Walker will concentrate on what is looked for by funders when businesses approach them, and the types of funds that now exist.
ART is based on the Innovation Birmingham campus and there will be opportunity to put any questions you have to Steve and his team during the session.
Pitchfest is a pitching competition with the final taking place at Venturefest WM at the Birmingham NEC Gallery Suites on 23 June 2016.
Organised jointly by Aston University, the University of Birmingham and the University of Warwick, it is a perfect platform for you to increase the profile of your businesses in front of a national audience of investors.
You are invited to present your ideas, pitch for investment and take part in this showcase event, with the chance of winning one of several awards
Shortlisted applicants will then be invited to attend a free workshop to refine their pitch with support from specialists at Aston, Birmingham and Warwick Universities as well as experienced investors.
Entrance is free. If you’re interested in applying visit the website and if there is anything more you would like to know, get in touch...
As a business looking to create jobs in the Marches region, we want to give you the best possible chance of being successful in your application for a Green Shoots Plus grant. As a business looking to create jobs in the Marches region, we want to give you the best possible chance of being successful in your application for a Green Shoots Plus grant. We are offering Small to Medium size businesses (SME’s) the opportunity to participate in one-to-one reviews with a business solutions advisor to see if they could qualify for Green Shoots + financial assistance to support their plans for business growth or expansion.
Ahead of your visit, here are our top tips for making your Green Shoots Plus Fund application count.
1. Make sure your business is eligible - You must be a sole trader, partnership, or limited company delivering a capital project, and creating or safeguarding jobs in Shropshire, Telford Wrekin, Stafford or Herefordshire.
2. Think about the information in your Expression of Interest - the main point of this project is to create or safeguard jobs in the areas stated so make sure you're emphasising how many you're looking to create/safeguard and how you will achieve this
3. Be realistic about your funding request - the amount of funding you're asking for needs to be proportional to the amount of jobs you're creating or safeguarding in the Black Country. If you're asking for a lot of investment, we'll expect a lot of jobs in return.
4. Be realistic about the number of safeguarded jobs – You must be able to confirm that the amount of jobs that you propose are being safeguarded will be lost within 12 months if the project doesn’t proceed.
5. Make sure you've considered all of the options for funding - Please indicate that you've considered other funding options such as your own resources or commercial lenders even if the funding isn't confirmed. We require a letter declining funding from your bank
6. Attend a Green Shoots workshop - you will have the opportunity to meet business advisors who can support you in your application and help you pull together a proposal that is investment ready.
7. Make sure your figures are accurate - your application will be assessed based on the figures you provide, so make sure they're accurate. Get support from finance professionals if possible.
8. Do your research - show the investors that you know the need and demand for your product or service and can evidence it.
9. Obtain robust project costs – make sure that you can demonstrate your estimated additional costs relating to the increased volume of your output/sales, as a result of carrying out the project.
Venue: Wolverhampton Business Solutions Centre, University of Wolverhampton Science Park, Glaisher Drive, WV10 9RT
CONNECTING INVESTORS, INNOVATORS AND ENTREPRENEURS IN THE WEST MIDLANDS
Venturefest West Midlands takes place at the NEC, Birmingham. This one-day event brings together entrepreneurs, investors and innovators to meet, engage and discuss ideas.
The day offers networking opportunities along with a forum for presenting practical advice, stimulating ideas and funding options to entrepreneurs and start-ups particularly in the science, knowledge and technology fields.
Who Should Attend?
– Firms looking to connect & trade with local innovative SMEs
– Companies looking to reach SME owners in the West Midlands
HS2 Ltd are hosting a coffee morning for women who are interested in careers with us.
If you are looking for a career change, or are a returner from maternity seeking advice on your next move or would like some information on what we do and how we can support a career in engineering and construction, come and meet the team. Our event promises to be informative, engaging and inspiring.
We’re currently hiring across various functions including Engineering, Project Management, Project Controls and Programme Management.
You’ll join an inclusive organisation where we value flexible working, opportunities to continue learning and fulfilling your long-term potential. Don’t miss out on the chance to get to know us better and discover why High Speed Two can really take you places.
This one-day workshop takes place on Thursday 23 June at Birmingham City University Business School. It delves into the issues of supporting business start-up whilst also offering the opportunity for break-out sessions to discuss and develop a debate on how to better support start-ups.
The event is being hosted by Entrepreneurship SIG, British Academy of Management (BAM) and Birmingham City University Business School, Birmingham City University. It is aimed at academics (including PhD students), practitioners, policy makers and those in a business advisory capacity.
The workshop offers the chance to:
• Gain a deeper insight into the entrepreneurial mindset based on ESRC funded research
• Develop further insights into business support practice from different perspectives
• Learn about recent research on taking better advantage of an external business environment for starting a new venture
• Meet and network with people from the field.
Cost: The workshop is free for BAM members and for staff and students from Birmingham City and Birmingham University, while a £20 charge will be requested from non-members to cover costs. The fee of £20 includes refreshments and lunch.
Venue: Curzon Building, Curzon Street, Birmingham City University Business School, Birmingham B4 7BD.
Would you like to find out more about Sandwell Council's procurement and e-sourcing system?
Hear about how to write winning bids and tenders?
Sandwell Council would like to invite you to an event on 23 June at Sandwell Business Solutions Centre, Smethwick, B66 3LX
Times: 11:30am to 13:30pm
The event will cover how you can:
Promote your company and become an accredited supplier
Be alerted to new tender opportunities
Save time by not wading through paperwork; juggling spreadsheets and relying on the post
Have direct support from Sandwell Council’s e-sourcing team
Hear more of what Think Sandwell’s Business Growth Team can offer
Also at the event you will hear from a ‘bid-writing specialist’ demonstrating an over view to how you can become a ‘winner’ in bid writing!
This event is open to Sandwell, Black Country and local SMEs that may be interested in learning more about the council's tendering process using Intend.
To register for one of these sessions please email: think_sandwell@sandwell.gov.uk
Is your business capitalising in the digital world?
Take control of your Digital Marketing with this essential half day workshop.
94% of business to business buyers research online for purchase decisions (Acquity Group)
64% of consumers are more likely to buy after watching a product video (MultiVisionDigital)
Email marketing drives 10 x more e-commerce traffic than social media (McKinsey & Company)
The successful companies of the future will continually use digital marketing strategies to drive their business forward. This workshop will cover the fundamentals of digital marketing including:
Email marketing
Social media marketing
Videos and podcasts
Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)
Google Analytics
The session is led by Philip Oakley who is a board member of the UK IT Association and the Professional Institutes Network.
He regularly talks for Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM), Chartered Institute of Personal Development and many universities
Book now to find out which digital marketing tools are right for your business.
Venue: Wolverhampton Business Solutions Centre, University of Wolverhampton Science Park Glaisher Drive, Wolverhampton, WV10 9RT
Emotional intelligence is the ability to perceive, control and evaluate emotions - in oneself and others - and to use that information appropriately.
It is generally said to include 3 skills:
Emotional awareness, including the ability to identify your own emotions and those of others
The ability to harness emotions and apply them to tasks such as critical thinking and problem solving
The ability to manage emotions, including the ability to regulate your own emotions, and the emotions of another
This ½ day course introduces you to some of the key strategies and techniques designed to improve your emotional intelligence.
Through explanation, practical activities and personal assessments you will learn how to:
Think “Smart”
Take full responsibility and control for fulfilling your potential
Keep stress at bay during challenging times
Increase your power to negotiate and win new business
Mentor and motivate your people to perform
Your Facilitator
Barry D’Souza currently enjoys an international reputation as a results driven leadership and management specialist. His approach to working is relaxed, jargon free and focused entirely on the client and is backed up with the company’s guarantee to deliver exceptional value to its clients. By combining leading edge business thinking, with 20 years of professional experience, and strategies drawn from the areas of NLP and Emotional Intelligence, he delivers compelling and experiential based solutions that never fail to exceed client expectations.
Barry holds an MBA, is a Master Practitioner of NLP, Executive Coaching and Hypnotherapy and is a Chartered Manager. His contributions to the fields of training, coaching and management have been recognised in the form of fellowships from the Chartered Manager’s Institute, The Institute of Leadership and Management, The Institute of Consulting and the RSA.
About Walking Among Giants
Walking Among Giants provides bespoke training, consultancy and coaching packages to businesses throughout the West Midlands and the Iberian Peninsula.
Operating within the context of leadership and management, their areas of specialism are Business & Financial Strategy, Marketing, Operations Management & Personal Development.
Venue: Sandwell Business Solutions Centre, Cap Centre, Windmill Lane, Smethwick, B66 3LX
'To the regions biggest No.1 Expo for women in business and professionals!'
Overview of Event:
This Expo takes place annually and attracts women decision makers, professionals, city corporates and start up entrepreneurs from across the region.
Opportunity to market your business/organisation to business women target audience.
Business Fashion Catwalk, enjoy the FREE catwalk show taking place 11.00-12.00
Affordable and accessible exhibition for women in business/professionals to showcase products/services.
Work & travel friendly time to do business.
Opportunities to network. Stay as little or as long as your schedule allows.
Marketing Your Business at the Event Opportunities:
300 Flyer Inserts into Delegate Bags:.book directly on this page deadline for your flyers to reach our offices is Friday 10th June: Please post/deliver c/o Headz Up Business, Omnia Offices, Tameway Tower, 48 Bridge Street. Walsall. WS1 1JZ.
Exhibition Stands: please email enquiries@headzupbusiness.co.uk for availablity. Please note limited stands at this event and if you wish to be included in the 300 qty delegate programmes please book before Friday 10th June 2015
Venue: Birmingham City Council House, The Banqueting Suite, Victoria Square, Birmingham, B1 1BB
Register FREE to attend here. Make a day of it! meet up with other like-minded women professionals. Register on eventbrite today. enquries@headzupbusiness.co.uk
Entrepreneurs for the Future Advisory Mentor, Roy Meredith, will be holding a round table session to share his vast knowledge and experience in start-ups and mobile app publishing.
Roy works within Business Birmingham in a senior capacity providing support and advice to companies looking to set-up or establish their businesses within the city.
Working across a number of commercial sectors but with a core focus on tech, digital media and creative services, he advises on property, funding, business planning, recruitment and training, marketing, and introductions to professional services and centres of excellence.
Prior to joining Business Birmingham, he held senior commercial and software development roles across the computer games, film and music industries for high profile companies such as Disney, Electronic Arts, Sony Studios, Universal, and Square Enix.
He has held overall responsibility for numerous well known brands on both a regional and global basis and has extensive experience of marketing and publishing highly successful products across a range of formats and media (online, physical, smart phone / tablet) and of working with multi-nationals, small studios and developers.
He has worked on both games and apps within smart-phone / tablets (across the world) and is highly experienced at successfully bringing products to market from inception, planning, design and development, through to marketing, promotion and publishing and he is very well versed in navigating the many pitfalls that developers face in bringing their products to market within the challenging smart-phone environment.
Are you confident that you are following the correct import/export procedures?
Do you have new members of staff that you need to bring quickly up to speed with processes?
Are you finding that supplying or receiving incorrect information is costing you time and money?
Are you giving your customers and suppliers the right impression about your exporting professionalism?
If you can relate to any of the above or simply want to streamline your exporting and importing procedures then please take time to review our workshops.
This practical programme is designed to cover all of the necessary requirements that exporters need to follow to ensure that goods are shipped cost-effectively and meet all of the necessary legal requirements.
Content Includes
An in-depth study of commodity codes and Incoterms 2010, exporter’s commercial and official documents.
Getting the goods into UK Ports with Customs clearance procedures and proof of export documentation.
Payment documentation (Insurance and bills of exchange).
The day is designed to give candidates the understanding they need for preparing and processing export documents in the shortest possible time whilst ensuring the requirements of HMRC are met. The emphasis is not just about on how to complete documents and what to do with them, and also features information on why specific documents are required.
Profile of our Trainer
Steve Townsley has been working in international trade for forty years. He works throughout the UK and Europe delivering International Trade programmes at many Chambers of Commerce. He has developed and delivered a number of successful formal qualifications and he believes that all training should be practical, relevant, up-to-date and cost effective. It should also be enjoyable! Please note, post-seminar advice and support is always given.
Other Courses We Offer Include:
Incoterms ® 2010 – A Practical Workshop for Exporters and Importers
The Essential Guide to Letters of Credit
Advanced Guide to Letters of Credit & Trade Finance
Venue: TBC
£200 +VAT per Chamber member; £250 +VAT for non-members
Elliott Hey presents how Social Proof is being used online by large organisations to motivate customers in ecommerce. This is part one of a series of six presentations on how psychology is applied online.
This event will also provide an exciting opportunity to mix with User Experience and Digital professionals in the Birmingham area; to gain advice or possibly collaborate on a new idea.
Popular mid morning Brunch networking meeting. This event is a chance to introduce yourself to other Chamber members, to hear from local businesses and build up your contacts.
Venue: To be confirmed
Chamber PassPort Free - £10 + VAT per Chamber member & £20 + VAT for non members
