Wednesday 24th May 2023

Event: Leadership for Growth Part 4: Managing Conflict for Workplace Harmony - 24/5/23

Organiser: Hull and East Yorkshire Growth Hub

Event Type: Workshop
BY HEY GROWTH HUB GROW MY SME
Whether it’s customer issues, problems with individuals and teams, supplier problems, mis-communication, conflict and disputes affect us all. Learning how to identify and resolve issues quickly can have a huge impact upon morale, productivity and staff retention, whist reducing stress and the potential for legal disputes.

In this 4-hour Workshop, the fourth* of a six-part “Leadership for Growth” series, written specifically for owners or managers of SME businesses, we explore how leaders need to identify, manage and resolve conflicts in the workplace.

During this workshop we cover:
- The most common causes for dispute in the workplace
- Taking early steps to resolve disputes
- Creating effective systems and processes at work to support you
- Knowing where to go for external support
- Training your managers to resolve conflicts
- How to spot the early signs of conflict
*This ‘stand-alone’ workshop is also the fourth of a series of six half-day workshops that will help you to transform the leadership performance of your business.

Who Should Attend:

This 4-hour workshop is ideal for leaders and managers of small businesses. Whether you employ a small growing team, or an established bigger business, this workshop will give you an opportunity to further strengthen your leadership skills and capacity.

Delivery:

This workshop will be delivered by Edward Ryder from Biskit Ltd. Edward has over 30 years of business experience, and regularly works with companies across the UK, helping them scale and grow.

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 2 upcoming dates for this event.

Start: 24th May 2023 9:00 am
End: 24th May 2023 1:00 pm
Venue: Village Hotel Henry Boot Way (Hull)
Cost: £0.00
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Event: HR Foundations for Growth Part 1: Effective Workforce Management - 24/5/23

Organiser: Hull and East Yorkshire Growth Hub

Event Type: Workshop

Description:
BY HEY GROWTH HUB GROW MY SME
About this event
- 4 hours
- Mobile eTicket
It’s never been more challenging to bring the right people into your business, in addition to holding onto your best members of staff. But with effective workforce management and development, your business can still get the people and skills it needs to flourish.

With employees and candidates now faced with more choice than ever, you are in direct competition with your competitors for the best talent; so, making sure you can attract and more vitally retain talent is now more important than ever.

With the start of a new year, why not take a new look at your workforce management and development approaches with our Foundations for Growth – Effective Workforce Management & Development Series?

In this high impact 4-hour workshop, we take you through the key elements of effective workforce management, helping you to apply tips and ideas to your business:

How workforce development planning can aid business growth and how to make a start on a workforce plan, including:
- Skills/training needs analysis
- Vacancy management
- Talent management and retention
- Managing staff progression
This 4-hour workshop is ideal for leaders and managers of small-to-medium businesses. Whether you employ a small growing team, or an established bigger business, this workshop will give you the practical tools to build an effective workforce development plan.

During the session, delegates have the opportunity to discuss their own business challenges, and identify areas of success and future development.

Further opportunities exist for delegates to undertake a more detailed 4 hour 1:1 session.

Delivery:

The sessions will be delivered by Edward Ryder from Biskit Ltd.

Edward has over 25 years of business experience, and currently provides consultancy support to multiple high growth engineering, e-commerce and manufacturing companies across the UK.

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.

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 2 upcoming dates for this event.

Start: 24th May 2023 1:30 pm
End: 24th May 2023 5:30 pm
Venue: Village Hotel Henry Boot Way (Hull)
Cost: £0.00
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Event: ChatGPT & Generative AI for SMEs - 24/5/23

Organiser: Hull and East Yorkshire Growth Hub

Event Type: Webinar

Description:
About this event
This 1-hour webinar is an excellent opportunity for SME employees, managers, and owners to gain valuable insights into Generative AI and its applications in today’s business world.

By attending the webinar, you will gain a clear understanding of Generative AI and ChatGPT, along with case studies that showcase how these technologies have helped businesses increase their efficiency in marketing communications and the development of personalized and interactive content.

The webinar will conducted by expert speakers, including Geoffrey Bye, who will share his experience and insights into how Generative AI has helped the Growth Hub optimize its marketing operations. Helen Gill of Hello U will also provide a creative perspective on how Generative AI can be used to create AI presenters and interactive corporate art.

Don’t miss out on this opportunity to learn about the latest AI technologies and gain a competitive edge in your industry.

About the presenters:

Geoffrey Bye has participated in MIT’s ground-breaking, “Artificial Intelligence for Business Strategy” and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing. He possesses interdisciplinary skills in technology, branding, employee, and stakeholder engagement required to effect change in culture and behaviour. Geoffrey has led strategic repositioning, multi-award-winning communications campaigns, customer insights, brand identities, and technology-enabled product and process innovations in various industries worldwide.

Helen Gill is a highly experienced Chartered Marketer with over 20 years of commercial marketing expertise. She is passionate about exploring the latest AI tools and marketing technology to enhance her clients’ outcomes, with a particular focus on strategic planning. Through her company HelloU Marketing, she provides hands-on creative, technical, and digital marketing solutions to a range of clients. She is also a Business Advisor for Young Enterprise UK and a tutor for Oxford College of Marketing. Helen is a CIM Member and holds a CIM Certificate & Diploma in Professional Marketing (Digital).

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: 24th May 2023 10:00 am
End: 24th May 2023 11:00 am
Venue: Webinar
Cost: £0.00
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Event: Taking Audiences to Remote Locations: Why Immersive Media Production? - 24/5/23

Organiser: Hull and East Yorkshire Growth Hub

Event Type: Webinar

Description:
About this event

During this highly informative webinar, AVimmerse’s Keith Myers takes us through some of the methodology and immersive qualities of new technology, and how they can transport audiences (particularly those who are vulnerable or hard to reach) to new spaces. The presentation will look at why this technology works so well, with an emphasis on embodiment and telepresence.

The session will cover:
- What is embodiment in immersive technology?
- How can we make immersive experiences come to life, using audio and visual tools?
- A snapshot of immersive production workflows and the tools available to creatives.
- How the industry is shaping the way we consume media.

Who should attend?

If you want to find out how immersive technology can empower your business, or what it is, then what are you waiting for!

Start: 24th May 2023 1:00 pm
End: 24th May 2023 2:00 pm
Venue: Webinar
Cost: £0.00
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Event: What Carbon Emissions and Carbon Footprints Mean for SME’s - 24/5/23

Organiser: Hull and East Yorkshire Growth Hub

Event Type: Workshop

Description:
BY HEY GROWTH HUB GROW MY SME
If you wish to begin the journey of understanding some of the impact of your company behaviour on climate change, and how to measure this, this webinar is for you!

The world of carbon comes in many guises! In this webinar we will cover two main areas that will help you strengthen your business sustainably – Carbon Emissions and Carbon Footprints, how you can measure them for your business, and what impact understanding them can have on your business sustainability.

Running your own business can be tough at the best of times, however given the current climate change agenda and the UK Government’s Net Zero Carbon target, strengthening your business sustainably now makes more economic sense than ever before.

Understanding the language around Carbon Emissions and Carbon Footprints is increasingly important for winning new clients, tender submissions and demonstrating your environmental credentials.

This 4-hour workshop will explore all of the key steps needed to guide your business through understanding their Carbon Emissions and Carbon Footprint. This will include a look at the following:
- What are carbon footprints and carbon emissions?
- The three Scopes of carbon emissions and what activities fall into each.
- How to estimate Scope 1 and 2 carbon footprints.
- Becoming carbon neutral or net zero carbon.
- What’s a product carbon footprint and how is this different to a company carbon footprint
- The dangers of “greenwashing”
- What to do next with your Scope 1 and Scope 2 carbon footprint
Who Should attend:

This workshop is ideal for leaders and managers of small businesses with an interest in sustainability. It will be particularly useful for businesses that are being asked about their carbon emissions from customers and need to know where to start, estimate their Scope 1 and 2 carbon footprint, or companies who are keen to demonstrate their carbon footprint as part of a sustainability journey.

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.

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.

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
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There are 1 upcoming dates for this event.

Start: 24th May 2023 9:00 pm
End: 22nd May 2023 1:00 pm
Venue: E-Factor
Cost: £0.00
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Event: Help to Grow: Management Course – Join the Mentoring Journey

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Price: £0.00
Date: Wednesday 24th May 2023
Time: 09:00 - 10:00
Explore the benefits of being a mentor and receive the opportunity to support a small business with their growth plans!
Join this event to be introduced to the Help to Grow: Management Course, and dive into the world of mentors and mentoring. You will get an overview of the training that is provided to become a mentor, as well as the multiple benefits of volunteering as a mentor for the course and supporting the growth and development of a small business.

What is the Help to Grow: Management Course?

The Help to Grow: Management Course was launched by the Government in August 2021, with the aim to get small business leaders to take part in a practical leadership and management training programme. The programme also gives participants access to 1:1 mentoring from an experienced volunteer business mentor.

A volunteer business mentor can be anyone with a minimum of five years’ experience working in a small business at a senior level or equivalent experience working closely with a small business. As a voluntary mentor, you commit 10 hours over 12 weeks to support businesses with their growth action plan.

You can join the Help to Grow: Management Course as a volunteer mentor by signing up here.

Why should you attend the event?

Understand what the journey is to becoming a volunteer mentor
Discover what training is provided as part of the course
Hear from existing mentors on their experience of mentoring and why they got involved
Learn what are the benefits of volunteering
Live Q&A
What’s next?
To secure your place for the event on Wednesday 24 May, register here.

This event is free to attend and places are assigned on a first come, first serve basis - it’s an opportunity not to be missed!

Event: Free masterclass: Digital marketing strategy - 24/5/23

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Price: £0.00
Date: Wednesday 24th May 2023
Time: 10:30 - 11:30
In this interactive session, we’ll discuss the key principles of Digital marketing strategy. We’ll explore how to identify your priorities and objectives, and select the right mix of digital channels to achieve them. Participants will have a chance to ask questions tailored to their unique needs.

Event: Lunch and Learn: The three key factors in any winning marketing channel mix

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Price: £0.00
Date: Wednesday 24th May 2023
Time: 12:00 - 12:30
Are you tired of feeling lost in the dark when it comes to your marketing channels? As a small business owner, you know how valuable your time, resources, and money are. That’s why it’s crucial to have a solid marketing strategy in place.

In this Lunch and Learn, senior marketing strategist Shaz Muradova will cover the key factors that should influence and guide your marketing mix and choosing what channels to pursue to reach your target audience. Don’t miss this chance to nail your marketing strategy and make your business shine!

Shaz is a senior marketing strategist with over a decade of experience across a diverse set of industries, brands and products. Having launched her own start-up during the pandemic, she is familiar with the daily joys and challenges of running the business, and the importance of having a sustainable marketing strategy in place that is aligned with the company’s objectives and growth ambitions.

Key takeaways from this session:
- Find out how your skills and habits, your business’s essence and your customer knowledge influences your marketing mix
- Learn how to have a winning marketing strategy
- Discover how to grow your business and reach more customers with the right marketing channels
If you have any questions you’d like Shaz to answer during the webinar, please send them to events@enterprisenation.com.

How to join the online webinar
When you register for the webinar, you’ll receive an automatic email, including the Zoom link to access the event. The event will begin at the time and date stated in the registration information. If you don’t receive the link within two hours of signing up via Eventbrite, please let us know by emailing events@enterprisenation.com. (Note: It may be in your junk folder.)

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Event: How to build an engaging and memorable personal brand

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Price: FREE
Date: Wednesday 24th May 2023
Time: 18:30 - 19:30
Join this in-person session to hear marketing strategist, podcast host and speaker Alice Benham tell you how to build an engaging and memorable brand.

We hear the phrase “personal brand” thrown around a lot, but what does it actually mean? And how can we build one? In this workshop, Alice will explain why your personal brand is digital currency, what it takes to create a memorable online presence, and how to build meaningful connections.

Alice has helped more than 500 clients one on one to improve their online presence. She ran has ran her own personal brand for over seven years and is passionate about bringing more honest conversation and actionable advice to the business world.

Small Business Goes Big with Adobe Express is a programme that supports entrepreneurs and small businesses in building their brand and gaining access to valuable opportunities.

Space is limited and tickets are on a first come, first served basis. If you’ve booked but can no longer attend, please notify a member of our team at events@enterprisenation.com.