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Event: Is Starting A Business Right For Me? - 25/4/24


Thinking about starting a business?

Everything you wanted to know about starting a business but were afraid to ask!

Are you interested in starting your own business? If you are but don’t know where to start, then come along to one of our free business advice workshops, aimed at dispelling some of the myths around how to start a business and giving you lots of useful help and tips on how to progress your ideas. Whether you are looking to turn a hobby into a career, looking to leave your job and start up your own business or have a great idea but don’t know what to do next, our free workshops will help you understand what steps to take.

Topics cover:

Researching my idea/s
Writing my business plan
Can I earn enough to make it work? Is it viable?
Is anyone else already doing this better, faster, cheaper? My competitors
Am I legally set up to run my business? (e.g., Can I run my business from home?)
Our team of experienced business advisers will talk you through what you need to think about and how to turn that idea into a business.

Sessions will last approximately 3 hours and will be running various dates, at a range of venues around the East Riding of Yorkshire and places are limited so make sure you book your place now! Appropriate refreshments will be provided.

Date
25 April 2024, 5.00pm-8.00pm

Location
Driffield Business Centre, Scotchburn Garth, Driffield, YO25 6EF

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Event: Canva for Business (Intermediate)


This is our intermediate Canva workshop. It is designed for businesses that have their own paid Canva account and have some experience with the platform.

During this session, we will introduce delegates to the brand toolkit – how to set up logos, colours, fonts and other key assets. Then it’s about creating more content, but with a strong focus on design principles (colour, contrast, position etc) so that we’re not thinking just about creating content but creating really good content.

We will walk through setting up Canva, including how to create your own brand toolkit – logos, colours, icons, folders etc. We will go on to create more content, with a focus on ‘good’ content which follows some key design principles.

Note: you’ll need to have your own paid Canva account and any logos you may have.

Who is this course for?

This is an intermediate workshop for businesses/employees with a paid Canva account
A particular focus on effective use, by setting up an organisation’s own brand within Canva using the brand toolkit – this includes logos, icons, standard imagery, fonts, pre-set colours and folder structure.
Register now to secure your place!

Date
25 April, 09.30am -12.30pm

Location
Online

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