Monday 22nd May 2023
Event: What Environmental Strategies and Energy Management Mean for SME’s - 11/5/23
Organiser: Hull and East Yorkshire Growth Hub
Event Type: Workshop
Description:
About this event
If you wish to begin the journey of understanding some of the impact of your company’s behaviour on climate change, then this workshop is for you!
This workshop will cover two main areas that will help you strengthen your business sustainably – Environmental Strategies and Energy Management, what the link is between these two areas; what impacts understanding them can have on your business sustainability; and implementation of both these areas in your business.
Running your own business can be tough at the best of times, however given the current energy crisis and climate change agenda, strengthening your business sustainably now makes more economic sense than ever before. Understanding and implementing Environmental Strategies and Energy Management is a great first step on your path to business sustainability.
This 4-hour workshop will explore all of the key steps needed to guide your business through what your Environmental Strategy may look like, and how Energy Management links to this and can benefit your business.
This will include a look at the following:
A – Environmental Strategies
Why a company may have an environmental strategy
- Activity: Identify why your company wants / needs one
How to identify what is most significant environmentally for your company
- Activity: Pick two activities your company does and write down all the associated environmental impacts. Activity includes how to identify which of these are most important.
Understanding basic environmental legal requirements for your company, particularly waste, energy and air conditioning management
What your environmental strategy may look like – how to identify actions; how to set timescales; free resources available.
- Activity: Drafting an outline Environmental Policy.
B – Energy Management
Why save energy in your business
- Activity: thought shower activity as a group
Where to look for energy savings in your business
- Activity: Where could you look in your business for energy savings
How to read your energy bills and energy data
- Activity: Interpreting energy bills i.e. looking for certain numbers/data on the bills.
Setting Objectives and Action Plans for better energy management
- Activity: Setting your first Objective and action plan
Who Should attend:
This workshop session is ideal for leaders and managers of small businesses with an interest in sustainability, energy and climate governance. It will be particularly useful for businesses that are worried about the current energy crisis, and who want to take steps to ensure business sustainability.
This Workshop Will be Delivered By:
This workshop will be delivered by PAGE Consulting Ltd and Sean Casey, Environmental Strategies Ltd.
Steve Page is a highly experienced and respected business consultant and coach who has been providing high calibre business training and coaching to business start-up’s, Micro’s and SME’s over the last 20 years. Sean Casey has a background in energy management, having published in leading academic journals on the subject.
This workshop is fully-funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and so your business does need to be registered and confirmed as eligible for our ERDF-funded Business Growth Scheme. Please check Your Event Eligibility process below.
Your Event Eligibility:
Business Growth Scheme workshops and webinars are fully-funded by ERDF and are therefore FREE to attend for SMEs who are fully registered with the #GrowMySME Programme.
An eligible SME is one that, at a minimum, must:
Have a trading address in the Humber area, which is; Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, North Lincolnshire, North East Lincolnshire
Have less than 250 full time (or equivalent) employees
Have a turnover of less than €50m or a balance sheet of less than €43m
For businesses that are yet to register with the #GrowMySME Programme please contact us at bgs@heylep.com.
You will be contacted by a member of the team to fill in an online Registration Form, which collects contact information, and basic information about your business, which will determine your initial eligibility for the Programme.
Once eligibility has been determined, a member of the team will then be able to confirm your event booking. You will also be offered the opportunity to be contacted by your local #GrowMySME business advisor.
For businesses that are already registered with the #GrowMySME Programme, our team will be in touch to confirm your event booking.
NB – Please note:
your business only needs to be eligibility checked and registered once to access all parts of the #GrowMySME Programme up to June 2023
We can only accommodate one delegate per business at any individual workshop or masterclass in order to meet demand from the Humber SME community
There are 1 upcoming dates for this event.
Start: 22nd May 2023 9:00 am
End: 22nd May 2023 1:00 pm
Venue: E-Factor
Cost: £0.00
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Event: Using digital technology to WOW your customers - 22/5/23
Organiser: Hull and East Yorkshire Growth Hub
Event Type: Webinar
Description:
About this event
1 hour
Mobile eTicket
The 1 hr webinar will explore how the best businesses instil a mindset that’s obsessed with delivering value to customers at each stage of the customer journey, be it through enticing customers to purchase through the website or through picking an order in a warehouse, each and every part of the journey needs to combine to deliver excellence.
We will explore how businesses have delivered exemplary performance through the eradication of traditional structures and introduction of contemporary structures where everyone works in unison to deliver an exceptional end to end journey that leaves the customer thinking WOW!
What you will take away:
How digital technology is allowing businesses to deliver enviable levels of service and experience to their customers.
Challenge traditional thinking on how businesses are structured through an exploration into how customer focused processes have changed the boundaries.
Focus on the technologies that are driving WoW experiences and how that could be adopted by your business.
Introduction to some tools and techniques that you can take away and start using in your business to enhance your customer experience.
About the Presenter:
Mark Modena
ICT for Growth webinars are fully-funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and are therefore FREE to attend for SMEs who are fully registered with the #GrowMySME Programme. In order to confirm your eligibility and register your business to The Programme, please email: business.investment@hullcc.gov.uk
*Please note that webinars are recorded and made available for viewing on online platforms to help support businesses. By registering, you consent to the webinar being recorded and shared.
There are 1 upcoming dates for this event.
Start: 22nd May 2023 10:00 am
End: 22nd May 2023 11:00 am
Venue: Webinar
Cost: £0.00
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Event: Lunch and Learn: Increasing sales in your start-up
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Price: £0.00
Date: Monday 22nd May 2023
Time: 12:00 - 12:30
Do you have a great product or service but are struggling to find customers? Are you missing out on sales due to a lack of proactivity in your initial conversations? Or maybe you’re making money but want to make more and not sure how to go about it?
In this free 30-minute Lunch and Learn, Louise Lally, founder of the Louise Lally Training Academy, will share winning strategies to increase your start-up’s sales. She will demystify common sales questions and share how she helps her clients grow their sales through her sales coaching and strategic planning processes.
With over 13 years in the retail industry and having worked for large multinationals to family-run businesses, Louise uses her knowledge to help innovate and develop out-of-the-box ideas that have led many businesses to extraordinary growth.
Key takeaways from this session:
Learn how to identify and find your customers
Discover how to plan for the perfect sale to your potential buyers
Uncover the winning formula that Louise uses to drive monthly sales growth for her business and clients alike
During the workshop, you’ll also have the chance to ask Louise any questions about boosting your sales.