Wednesday 26th March 2025
Event: Lunch and Learn: Balancing an unpaid caring role and managing your business
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Price: FREE
Date: Wed 26th Mar 2025
Time: 12:00 - 12:30
Being an unpaid carer who also runs their own business is something of a taboo – there are over 500,000 doing it (and growing daily), but most don’t know how or where to talk about it.
In this Lunch and Learn, Adrian Ashton will share what research tells us about why it’s increasingly important to better recognise this group of business owners/carers. He will also share strategies and approaches that others have adopted to better balance these competing roles in their respective enterprises and highlight hidden sources of support that people might not be aware of.
Key takeaways from this session:
- That there are more small business owners with unpaid caring responsibilities than we might think (over 500,000 and increasing daily), why this is, the impact this creates on our businesses and why we struggle to balance these roles
- Proven tactics and strategies from other business owners/carers to approach balancing the competing tensions in holding these dual roles, and sources of support
- Ways in which business owners/carers can positively disclose their circumstances to clients to mitigate risks of losing work with them
Adrian is an award-winning enterprise adviser, working with organisations of all types, across multiple sectors. After unexpectedly becoming an unpaid carer several years ago, he’s subsequently worked to raise the profile of other business owners in the same circumstances.
This has led to him being invited to work with national and global networks to help them better understand our realities, and sector bodies to create public positions that can help better advocate for us with policy makers.
If you have any questions you’d like Adrian 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: Brand Basics for Your Business - 26/3/25
26/03/2025 | 9:30am - 11:00am
Event Location: Online
Contact Telephone: 01482 391640
Contact Email Address: business.support@eastriding.gov.uk
Event Description
Brand Basics for Your Business
Wednesday 26 March, 09.30am - 11.00am (01.5 hours) - Online
“Brand Basics For Your Business” is an introductory course designed to clarify the often-misunderstood concept of a brand. It’s more than just a logo—it’s about creating a compelling story and visual identity that connects your business with your existing and potential customers, to build loyalty and create new sales.
What You Will Learn:
- Understanding Branding: What does ‘brand’ really mean? Explore the key components that form a brand including narrative and visual elements.
- Visual Elements: Dive into the basics of logos, icons, colours, and fonts. Learn about the importance of accessibility in design and what colours convey.
- Creating a Brand: Get insights on how to develop your own brand. What to look for and what questions to ask when collaborating with professionals (such as designers, marketing agencies or website designers) to bring your vision to life.
- Electrify Brand Clinic: Participate in our exclusive clinic session. Share your current branding efforts and receive tailored advice from our expert panel, including a creative director and branding specialists.
Who Should Attend:
This course is ideal for business owners, marketing professionals, and anyone interested in learning about the foundational aspects of branding. Whether you’re looking to refine your existing brand or starting from scratch, this event will provide valuable insights to help guide your branding journey.
Additional Notes:
This session focuses on the strategic aspects of branding and is not a design workshop. For design-specific needs, we recommend consulting with a professional designer.
Don’t miss this opportunity to learn from branding experts and network with fellow professionals.
Join us to elevate your brand to new heights!
Photo Consent
Please note, to promote the work of the Council we wish to use photographs or images of people using or benefiting from our services or taking part in activities arranged by the Council. Photographs will be taken during this session to promote this workshop and the support offered by the Invest East Yorkshire Service of East Riding of Yorkshire Council.
These images will be used in social media, in printed and electronic promotion of our service and events. They images will be stored electronically on Council networks and will be reviewed annually.
Under the Data Protection Act 2018 / UK GDPR 2018, we require your consent to use your personal image for this purpose. If you do not wish to consent, please advise your Business Support Representative before the session starts.
These images will NOT be used for anything which may be viewed as negative in tone or that may cause offence, embarrassment or distress.
Images may also be used to validate that the session / support took place under our UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) requirements. These images will not be available to the general public but will be retained until at least 2035.
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Event: Is Starting A Business Right For Me? - 26/3/25
26/03/2025 | 5:00pm - 8:00pm
Event Location: ergo Business Centre
Event Address: Bridgehead Business Park, Meadow Road, HESSLE, East Riding Of Yorkshire, HU13 0GD
Contact Telephone: 01482 391622
Contact Email Address: business.support@eastriding.gov.uk
Event Description
Is Starting A Business Right For Me?
Wednesday 26 March, 17.00pm - 20.00pm (03 hours), ergo Business Centre
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 on 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.
Please note, after requesting a place you will receive a registration form for Invest East Yorkshire Business Support. Ideally you will complete this form before you attend the workshop.
Photo Consent
Please note, to promote the work of the Council we wish to use photographs or images of people using or benefiting from our services or taking part in activities arranged by the Council. Photographs will be taken during this session to promote this workshop and the support offered by the Invest East Yorkshire Service of East Riding of Yorkshire Council.
These images will be used in social media, in printed and electronic promotion of our service and events. The images will be stored electronically on Council networks and will be reviewed annually.
Under the Data Protection Act 2018 / UK GDPR 2018, we require your consent to use your personal image for this purpose. If you do not wish to consent, please advise your Business Support Representative before the session starts.
These images will NOT be used for anything which may be viewed as negative in tone or that may cause offence, embarrassment or distress.
Images may also be used to validate that the session / support took place under our UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) requirements. These images will not be available to the general public but will be retained until at least 2035.
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