Book your free BIPC Events for February 2022

Tuesday 22 February 2022, 10am – 12pm

Get your start-up business set for success! Expert panel discussion

Join us for a morning of highly informative and engaging presentations to help you on your journey to start and build a successful business. Hear about the free business support from the BIPC, funding options from NatWest, access to innovation, knowledge and expertise through RISE Innovation advisors and how to use a tax software to your benefit.

Wednesday 23 January 2022, 9.30am – 12.30pm (in-person – BIPC Jubilee Library Brighton)

A Licence to Grow - business growth models explored

Could you grow your business with a structured business model? Join our in-person hands-on workshop with Pam Gordon, Franchising Consultant, who will help you explore which of the various business models can support your expansion and will take you through a practical SWOT

(Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats) analysis of your current business.

Thursday 24 February 2022, 10am – 11am

Getting started with LinkedIn to grow your business

Are you unsure about using LinkedIn for your business? Don't keep putting it off as great opportunities may pass you by. This session with Kerry Watkins, founder of Social For Good, will be interactive, practical and fun, and you'll leave motivated and inspired to start or do more on LinkedIn.

Friday 25 February 2022, 12pm – 12.45pm

Business Start-Up Resources

Join the BIPC Sussex team for an introduction to some of the free resources available to help entrepreneurs and start-ups available through Brighton & Hove and West Sussex Libraries.

The Big Wired Sussex Survey is live

The Big Wired Sussex Survey is live

Wired Sussex want to hear from members and non-members and they'll plant a tree for everyone who fills it in. Click here to get started https://forms.gle/AheGt7xira3M1edt8

3 Reasons To Take The Survey:

1. Wired Sussex want to hear from you

What do you really think about Wired Sussex? Tell them about your business and your experience of working with them. What are they doing well, what could they do even better? What’s missing?

2. Wired Sussex want to support you in the best way we can

This is your chance to tell Wired Sussex what you need from them, how they can help you and what your organisation needs to prosper.

3. Help shape the future of Wired Sussex

Tell us what the future of Wired Sussex should look like - this is your opportunity to have your say.

Carpenter Box Financial Advisers awarded Trading Standards Buy with Confidence membership

Carpenter Box Financial Advisers awarded Trading Standards Buy with Confidence membership

The Brighton-based financial advisory team, Carpenter Box Financial Advisers, has been awarded membership of the Trading Standards exclusive Buy with Confidence scheme.

The Buy with Confidence scheme provides an approved-trader list, increasingly used by consumers seeking to ensure that professionals appointed on their behalf are reputable and trustworthy.

Trading Standards vets and approves all businesses granted membership to ensure that they operate in a legal, honest and fair manner. Candidates must also agree to abide by the scheme’s code of conduct in line with the letter of the spirit and the law.

During the rigorous application process Carpenter Box Financial Advisers were subject to a series of checks, including an expert audit, as well as a review of its customer feedback history and current references.

Gill Lynes, Senior Financial Planning Manager at Carpenter Box Financial Advisers, commented: “We are especially delighted to have been granted approval by Trading Standards having successfully completed a lengthy and thorough vetting process.

“The exceptional feedback that we received from our clients reinforces our strong reputation – something that we’re incredibly proud of.

“It’s extremely important to us that all businesses and individuals have access to ethical and reliable financial services, hence our decision to go the extra mile to prove our credibility.”

Carpenter Box Financial Advisers’ team offer an integrated financial and tax advice service for individuals, business owners and professionals throughout the various stages of life.

For more information, please visit: www.carpenterboxfa.com