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FREE Advice on How Social Media Can Help Your Business

Hi everyone,

I came across this really useful link to a series of downloadable small business guides on how Social Media can help grow your business.  Take a look!

http://www.facebook.com/dellsocialmedia


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The Morgan Foundation Entrepreneur Awards 2009

The Morgan Foundation Entrepreneur Awards are the largest awards of their type in the North West, North Wales, Shropshire and Wolverhampton area - to encourage entrepreneurial thinking whether in new businesses, young entrepreneurs, social enterprises or charities. Over and above the £100,000 of cash prizes, the winners and runners up also receive valuable professional services from the sponsors and supporters of the Awards.

Link to website: http://www.mf-awards.co.uk/

The Morgan Foundation Entrepreneur Awards recognise: 

 - trailblazing businesses

 - entrepreneurs with vision and drive who are based in North Wales, Merseyside, West Cheshire, Shropshire and the Wolverhampton area

 - young entrepreneurs

 - entrepreneurial individuals working in social enterprise and charities

 - entrepreneurial social enterprises and charities

 - businesses and individulas who have achieved ‘against all odds’

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Business Networking for Deaf and Disabled People in London

Meeting and building relationships with business contacts can be a real challenge, especially if you’re starting from scratch. This networking event will make it easy and enjoyable for you to meet like-minded people in an informal setting.

The event will include:

  • Networking activities
  • Hints and tips on how to best use your time to make quality contacts and what to do with them after the evening is over
  • One-to-one business advice sessions with John Mitchell
  • One-to-one benefits advice sessions with Shirley Spong
  • Workshop with Penny Power on how to network effectively both at the event and online, and how to turn those new contacts into business
  • Inspirational story from the guest speaker

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Transform your thinking in one day and revolutionise your business results

Woman scrunched up in a box
Get out of your box

Every Woman - Business Transformation Programme

Date: Tuesday 18th August 2009, 10am - 4pm
 

Venue: The British Library, St Pancras, 96 Euston Road, London

Trainer: Pauline Stewart, the UK Ambassador of the Edward de Bono Foundation (UK), which helps organisations increase constructive and creative thinking to improve performance and productivity.

For more information, click here:
business-transformation-flyer-british-library-18-august-2009


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Inspire to Aspire

A conference hosted by RTS client Jayne Dore for people with Asperger Syndrome

Monday 5th October 09

At the Showroom Workstation,  Paternoster Row, Sheffield, S1 2BX

9.30 - 4pm

For more details click here: asperger_conference

To book a place click here: asperger-conference-booking-form


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SOS - Could you be a village champion?

Village SOS is a major new initiative from the Big Lottery Fund (BIG) and the BBC, who are searching for six UK villages with a great business idea and six enterprising individuals to act as ‘Village Champions’ and help them achieve their ambitions.

Together they will create a brand new venture that will bring new life and energy to the village with funding of between £100,000 and £400,000 from BIG.

The journey of the six successful villages and their Village Champions will be filmed for a major prime time BBC One series in winter 2010/11 and backed by a BBC Learning campaign.

The feel good series will be presented by Sarah Willingham who grew famed Indian catering chain The Bombay Bicycle Club into a hugely lucrative catering business. You may also recognise her from the BBC series The Restaurant.

What sort of Village Champions are we looking for?

The villages who put out an SOS will be looking for a committed dynamic Village Champion who can help them achieve lasting change in their community. We are trawling the country for individuals who have a successful track record in business. The six successful applicants will have the drive, flair and expertise to launch a brilliant new village business and want to live and work for a year in a small rural village.

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RTS Entrepreneur Awards

The RTS Entrepreneur Awards celebrate the outstanding achievements of the disabled entrepreneurs that have participated in this project. 

To enter, please download an application form clicking here: rts-entrepreneurs-awards-final

Closing date is 24th August 2009.


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link to andrew hoare’s market research survey

Click here to take our Online Survey


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Help withMarket Research Survey

Hi

I am  posting my market research survey here on the ready to start blog, because i still need to determine whether there is a potentional market for my business.

my business idea is to provide a platform on the internet via an e commerce website that links togother people who to buy and sell disability aids  at discounted prices.

I would extreamely grateful if other ready to start Entrepreneurs could complete the enclosed short market research survey.

Thanks Andrew Hoare


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Woman Aloud stars at the roundhouse theatre

Tracy is Woman Aloud

You may recall Tracy De Gietelink’s posting back in March?

http://readytostart.rowan.tincan.co.uk/?p=415

Well she’s on the road again, this time in staring in the Roundhouse Theatre, Dover Discovery Centre, Dover on Friday 24th July, at 10am, continuing her one-woman show of information, advice and humour.

woman aloud seminar flyer

In her own words:

This Health & Safety issue is relevant to you, your family, your colleagues and your friends.

With respect, for your information and wellbeing,

1 in 12 people worldwide has hepatitis B or C… I am number 12. Luckily for all those people in my work, social and family circle, , because I know that I carry the Hepatitis C virus … they are safe.  (more…)


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