Check out these fantastic FREE events to supercharge your business.
Webinar - Engage Your Customers: Inspiring Action to Grow Your Business
Monday, 3 February 2025, 10:30am – 11:30am / Online
This is the final in series of 5 webinars led by BIPC expert Consumer Psychology & Marketing Expert, Alessandro Calzolari. This series of engaging webinars is designed to equip business professionals with the tools and insights needed to thrive in today's competitive landscape. Webinar 5 will help you learn how to encourage your customers to make prompt decisions and engage more deeply with your business offerings, rather than delaying or postponing their actions.
How to Make the Most of your Website: Secrets of Onsite SEO
Wednesday, 5 February 2025, 10am – 11am / Online
Ever wondered what can help you make it onto the first page of Google? Not getting the web traffic you want? Getting to grips with SEO (Search Engine Optimisation) is crucial to ensure that your potential customers can find you in a crowded online marketplace. Join our free practical advice session on SEO with Rick Chapman, founder of The Digital Beacon.
Stress and Anxiety Workshop for Business
Monday, 10 February 2025, 10:30am - 12:30pm/ / In-person at Jubilee Library, Brighton
Setting up and running a business can be stressful! Making what should be fulfilling and exciting, sometimes full of dread and fear. This workshop is designed to help teach you the tools and techniques to help you reduce the stress in running your business, and life. This workshop is led by BIPC expert Margaret Sinclair.
Introduction to Grant-Fundraising
Tuesday, 11 February 2025, 10:30am – 11:30am/ In-person at Jubilee Library, Brighton
During these current times, many of us are looking for grants and other sources of financial support to help sustain our businesses and projects. Yemisi Mokuolu will lead this session to give you a clearer understanding on: Why Funders Fund, What Funders are looking for, Where to Find Grants, Top-Tips on writing successful grant applications. This session has been designed for people who are at the start of their grant fundraising journey, however it is open to those with more experience and are looking for more insights. This session will suit creative, culture and social businesses, entrepreneurs or organisations.
Intro to Intellectual Property: Copyright, Trademark, Patent, Design
Tuesday, 18 February 2025, 10am – 11am/ Online
Whether it's an invention, design, brand name, literary work or a song - this session with the BIPC team will give you the knowledge to identify the Intellectual Property (IP) assets contained within your business and how best to protect them.
Business Model Canvas: Who Said Business Planning had to be Hard?
Wednesday, 19 February 2025, 10:15am – 11:45am / In-person at Jubilee Library, Brighton
If the thought of writing your first business plan feels daunting and time consuming, there's a tool to help you - the Business Model Canvas. Foregoing the traditional method of business plan writing, in this practical workshop at the BIPC, you will learn to divide and address each section of the business plan and how each works together to build your business.
Transform Your Business: Learn to Adapt and Align with What People Actually Need
Monday, 24 February 2025, 10:30am – 11:30am / In-person at Jubilee Library, Brighton
This is the second in series of 5 workshops taking place this year, led by BIPC expert Consumer Psychology & Marketing Expert, Alessandro Calzolari. This series of engaging workshops is designed to equip business professionals with the tools and insights needed to thrive in today's competitive landscape. Workshop 2 will help you learn how to tweak your business ideas to meet what customers really want and need.
NETWORKING EVENTS
If you're looking for help with your start-up or small business, or for ways to connect with other business people, freelancers and those thinking of starting up in Sussex, this is the place! The BIPC Coffee Mornings and Afternoon Teas are relaxed in-person networking & information sessions for finding out about their free business support as well as informal conversation, meeting of like-minded people and possible new business connections.
Coffee Morning BIPC Brighton with Jonny Wade, Able Futures
Tuesday, 4 February 2025, 10am - 12pm/ In-person at Jubilee Library, Brighton
Afternoon Tea Networking; Relaxed Show & Tell - Jubilee Library, Brighton
Tuesday, 25 February 2025, 2pm - 4pm/ In-person at Jubilee Library, Brighton
Visit the Eventbrite page for full details of the events and to register your place. You can also book 121 Information Clinics and Intellectual Property Clinics, or 121 sessions with any of the Experts in Residence on the Eventbrite page.