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!

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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.

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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.

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. 

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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