14 February 10.00-12.00 Fabulous Women and Marvellous Men, Hartsfield Manor.  Find out more  

20 February 12.00-14.00 Learning Lunch What Makes You So Different?  Nicola McDonald, Attractive Marketing Learning Lunch, Town Hall Reigate.  Book your space now

21 February from 9am Redhill Micropreneurs Co -Working, Redhill.  Find out more 

28 February 17.30-19.30 Morrisons Solicitors R&R connects, Old Reigations RFC.  Find out more.

1 March 08.30-10.00 Is your business Disability Confident?  Come along and hear the benefits of taking part in the Disability Confident Scheme. Town Hall, Reigate  Book your space.

6 March 17.30 - 19.00 Redhill Business Guild, Three Central, Redhill.  E mail if you would like to go along. 

12 March 17.30-19.00 Banstead Business Guild Meeting, Cafe Italia, Banstead.  Find out more

20 March 12.00-14.00 Learning Lunch 7 Steps for Crowdfunding Success – Adrià Tarrida, Crowdfunding Consultant. Book your space now

12 June Surrey Business Expo, Surrey Sports Park, Guildford.  Find out more.

11 September 12.00-14.00 Learning Lunch How Artificial Intelligence in Finance can support your business – Esther Guy & Natasha Baker, A4C Group. Book your space now.

16 October 12.00-14.00 Getting the most from LinkedIn with the ever-popular Emma Turner, My Social Secretary.  Book your space now

13 November  11.00-14.00 Learning Lunch + Google Digital Garage Comes to Reigate and Banstead - Book your space now

Join your local Business Guild

Business Guilds are a great way to be part of your local business community. 

Banstead - fully committed to helping Banstead become the most vibrant village in Surrey in which to live and work, we are a group of local businesses that recognise our responsibility to the greater community.

Redhill - enhancing Redhill as a place to live, work and do business.

Reigate - a local united voluntary voice from the business community, promoting commerce, events, activities and opportunities for the benefit of Reigate.

Horley Association of Traders - HATs is an open group that all traders and members of the public can join. We continue to drive awareness of Horley as a town and to promote local business growth.

The Coast to Capital Local Enterprise Partnership has committed £5m of capital to create a funding escalator comprising a loan scheme and an equity fund managed by The FSE Group. If you are an ambitious SME based in the Coast to Capital region with the potential to deliver high growth and employment opportunities, you may be eligible to apply. Closing 22 February. 

• Coast to Capital Expansion Loan Scheme
• Loan Amount: £50,000 – £500,000 Loan Term: Up to 4 years

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On Wednesday 13 November 11-2pm we have a Learning Lunch + session, staring at 11am allowing more time for content.  Presenters from Google Digital Garage will be coming along to up-skill your digital knowledge, you will then have an opportunity to network with other local businesses over lunch.

Learn how to write a social media strategy and how to write for social media.  Tickets to this event are limited and already going fast book today!

Enterprise Nation have launched a campaign with free events across the UK to help aspiring young entrepreneurs aged 16-30 to start a business.  Find out more.

Don't miss our next Learning Lunch, come along and hear the ever popular Nicola Macdonald, Attractive Marketing talk about the benefits of creating a benefit statement to market your business.  Nicola is a qualified marketer with lots of experience to share from working with SMEs.

She created Attractive Marketing because helping small business owners to promote and market their products and services makes her leap out of bed in the morning!

Book your space now.

Reigate & Banstead Borough Council are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer.  Come and join MP Crispin Blunt and other local employers to hear how your company can benefit from the Disability Confident scheme, on 1 March at 8.30am at the Town Hall, Reigate. Hear how large employer, East Surrey Hospital, has been able to recruit and retain disabled people and people with health conditions for their skills and talents.

Book your space 

Why not apply for a SME innovation voucher. The 2019 Innovation Voucher Scheme aims to cultivate closer ties between UK SMEs and the University of Surrey. The vouchers allow SMEs to address complex challenges, drive product innovation and accelerate business growth by harnessing the University’s world-leading academic expertise and state-of-the-art facilities.

Please e-mail the scheme manager, Dan Bance, to discuss your business needs and potential areas of collaboration with the University of Surrey. 

Find out more.

Join the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) and Association of Learning Providers in Surrey (ALPS) for the annual celebration of National Apprenticeship Week. Anne Milton MP and Minister for Skills and Apprenticeships will address attendees. The celebration includes breakfast and you will have the opportunity to network and visit stands in the marketplace. The event is for apprentice employers and those considering employing an apprentice. 

Friday 8 March - 8am-10am - Mercedes-Benz World, Brooklands Drive, Weybridge - Book Here

Reigate & Banstead Business Support Grant Do you have a business based in the borough with less than four employees? Are you looking to grow?  Why not apply for our Business Support Grant of up to £1,000? 

Successful business grant applicants will also receive one year's membership to Enterprise Nation 

Do you need start-up funding for your business?  Struggling to get funding from a mainstream provider? Have a look at responsible finance provider Fredericks Foundation, who may be able to help.