Whether it’s a presentation, a pitch, a team meeting or an interview, your ability to communicate your ideas in an authentic and inspiring way is critical to your career.

Giving presentations and public speaking is an essential skill for many small business owners. At September's Learning Lunch, hear Anna Randall from The Speaker’s Coach provide some tips and tools to help you craft and deliver presentations without feeling anxious and uncomfortable.

• Your Finance Team Ltd won the Accountancy Firm of the Year (Surrey) 2024 at the UK Business Awards.
• Nourish Grow Enjoy Ltd won a Gold Award for their Cacao Bites and a Silver Award for their Raspberry Mini Macaroons in the 2024 Health & Wellbeing Awards. 

Wednesday 11 September 06.30 - 09.30 Manor Breakfast Club, Reigate Manor - hear from Brad Burton (UK's #1 Motivational Speaker) book now 

Wednesday 11 September 17.45 RB Inspire Business Mentoring Meeting, Town Hall, Reigate Book now

Wednesday 18 September 17.30, The Light, Redhill Business Guild Meeting book now

Thursday 19 September 12.30-14.30 Reigate Business Guild, Networking Lunch - the opportunity to network in a friendly and inclusive atmosphere with other like-minded professionals in the Reigate area. A two-course lunch is included at Reigate Heath Golf Club. Book now

Thursday 26 Sept 12.00-14.00 Learning Lunch Town Hall, Reigate - How to improve your presentations and engage your audience, with Anna Randall from The Speaker’s Coach Book now.

Thursday 26 Sept 18.30-21.30 RH Networking special, Reigate Manor Book now

Wednesday 9 October 18.00 RB Inspire Business Networking and expert speaker, Monte Forte, Reigate Book now

Thursday 24 October 12.00-14.00 Learning Lunch, Town Hall, Reigate - Scaling your business - tips and lessons learnt. With Paolo and Luca Malavasi from Monte Forte  Book now 

Thursday 28 November 12.00-14.00 Learning Lunch Town Hall, Reigate  - Cyber security: How to protect your business, with Russ McKenzie from nTrust systems Book now.

Thursday 12 December 12.00-14.00 Learning Lunch Town Hall, Reigate  - Festive get together Book now.

Reigate & Banstead are looking for local businesses including cafes, restaurants, pubs, shops and zero waste stores to sign up as water Refill Stations.

The Refill scheme works by connecting people with locations where they can eat, drink and shop with less waste. If you would like to sign up as a Refill Station, simply sign up to the app and get a poster/sticker for your window.

Being featured as a Refill Station on the Refill app can:

• Save you money
• Keep your customers happy
• Increase footfall: The Refill app is a brilliant, and free, way to reach new potential customers.
• Boost sales: Refill (water) customers spend on average between £2.50 and £5 per visit.
• Protect where you love: Create lasting change in your community and help to prevent plastic pollution.
  
  This project is being delivered with not-for-profit environmental organisation City to Sea and is funded by UK Government as part of the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.

Have you got a great business idea but could do with some help to get your idea off the ground? Why not join this year's Reigate & Banstead Entrepreneur Academy programme? A free, six-month programme giving local residents the opportunity to gain the essential skills needed to set up a business including finance, marketing, networking, business law, and online business promotion.

Don't miss this event which promises a fantastic mix of live global music, street food and drink in Redhill town centre.

Sunday 22 September

11am to 4pm

Drumming group workshop, Solid Steel Duo Steel drum, Brazilian Sway covers duo, Dhol Drummers

Drum and Dance Quartet, stilt walker, face paint / henna, fairground rides.

You can get help from the government to pay for apprenticeship training.

You might be able to get an additional payment of £1,000, depending on the apprentice you hire.

Research shows that a quarter of small and medium-sized businesses that buy technology struggle to use it efficiently because of a lack of knowledge.

Take the Tech Hub diagnostic by Enterprise Nation to be served personalised recommendations and support for new technologies you can implement in your business to save you time and enable you to boost your growth.

Looking to recruit some local staff? Why not get a stand at Redhill Jobs Fair.  

Contact simon.brown3@dwp.gov.uk  07785692071 for more information.

The course can be completed online at your own pace to fit around existing commitments.

The latest HMRC Employer Bulletin provides updates on:

PAYE

• employer liabilities and payments viewer — ‘Earlier Year Update’ becomes ‘end of tax year adjustment’
• electronic payment deadline falls on a weekend
• student and postgraduate loans
• P11D and P11D(b) for tax year 2023 to 2024
• tax calculation repayments for PAYE customers

Tax updates and changes to guidance

• supporting employees with changes to the High Income Child Benefit Charge
• expanding the cash basis
• basis period reform — reporting on a tax year basis

General information and customer support

• pensions for seasonal temporary staff
• employer registrations — check when you can expect a reply from HMRC
• getting your new employees on the right pay

Visit our Supporting Local Business web pages for the latest business updates.

Information about Council services can be found on our website.

Follow RBBC on our social media channels:

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LinkedIn Business Group

Did you know that Reigate & Banstead has two key grants to help and support your business?

• Business Support Grants (of up to £1,000) are a great way to help your business start, develop and grow.  Find out more and apply
• Business Employment, Growth and Skills Grants (of up to £5,000)for businesses looking to expand, enter new markets, become more environmentally sustainable, increase their efficiency, or capacity to continue their growth trajectory.  Find out more and apply