Events in 2011
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Heriot-Watt University holds industry day to tackle environmental risk management
Jan 11 20 Start: 08:00 End: 19:00
Heriot-Watt has a reputation in business for innovation, quality, expertise, knowledge transfer and world-class research and the University’s heritage is one of providing solutions to the challenges of the day.
In recognition of this, the Heriot-Watt’s Industry Day will showcase the University as a leader in science, technology, engineering and mathematics by demonstrating the contributions it makes in providing relevant solutions in the area of risk.
Risk management is an integral part of today's society and encompasses preventative contingencies against the threat of environmental, financial and technological crises. The industry day will bring together Heriot-Watt's leading academics and research experts, government and industrial authorities and professional colleagues in industry to identify the key issues, hear of industry's experience and learn how the University has responded to business needs by providing innovative solutions for the effective reduction and management of risk.
The aim of the day is to stimulate debate across a range of disciplines in the management of risk and to discuss the many ways of how we can work together in future collaborations that provide opportunities to mitigate the challenges of risk.
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Glasgow Techmeetups
Jan 11 26 Start: 09:00 End: 17:00
ICS sponsors the Glasgow Techmeetups which take place on the last Wednesday of every month at the GMAC, Glasgow where developers meet to discuss new developments and advancements in technology.
It is free to attend, find out more at www.techmeetup.co.uk
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Winter Investment Seminars
Jan 11 27 Start: 09:30 End: 13:30
WINTER INVESTMENT SEMINARS
The Alba Innovation Centre is home to 21 growing technology companies and related organisations. The Centre is a focus for investors with £2.2m invested over the past six months and a further three deals in the pipeline. As part of the support to the companies based in the Centre and the wider technology community a series of three investment related seminars are planned, the first of which will be:
27 January 2011. ‘New Year - New Challenges'
Better times ahead? A review of 2010 and what to expect in 2011
Speaker: Stuart McKnight, Managing Director, Ascendant Limited
Stuart studied engineering at the University of Strathclyde before taking an MBA at Manchester Business School. Prior to forming Ascendant in 2003, he worked for Hill Samuel, Nomura, Regent Associates and Cobalt Corporate Finance. He has advised companies on M&A and fund raising in the UK and internationally. Regular readers of Young Company Finance will be familiar with his quarterly reviews of investment in the technology sector.
New Year's resolution: Getting your business proposition into shape
Speaker: Stuart Deed, Managing Director, Launch Point Limited
Formed in 2010, Launch Point is a group of associates focusing on the development of technologies and services in the clean tech sector. The business helps individuals and companies with early stage ideas and concepts to achieve their commercial goals. Formerly, Stuart was Head of Business Partnering for SSE plc and will be known to many for his role in SSE Ventures. He has extensive experience as a non-exec director of early stage growing technology companies.
Deals can still be done
Speaker: Stuart Bain, CEO Design LED Products Ltd
Stuart has over 20 years' international experience in senior management and business leadership. In his current role he has been driving a seven figure growth funding round which will enable the company to fully exploit their LED light-guide technology in the global lighting and LCD TV markets. Critical to the current fund-raising has been relationship building with key strategic partners. Stuart will share his experiences during this funding round and bring the audience right up to date with news of the progress being made. Hopefully this will demonstrate that deals can still be done.
Venue: Alba Innovation Centre, Livingston
Time: Coffee 09.30-10.00 start. Followed by buffet lunch 12.30-13.30
Registration: This event is targeted at the founders, MDs and CEOs of technology companies planning to raise equity finance. Advisers and professional intermediaries will be welcome on the condition that each brings at least one tech company representative with them. Please register by e-mailing name(s), title(s), organisation(s) and contact details to michelle.hutcheson@innovationcentre.org. Attendance is free of charge.
Dates for the diary:
Tuesday 15 February - Topics: Investor selection / Deal brokers / ‘The perfect pitch'
Tuesday 22 March - Topics: Value creation / Valuation / Due diligence
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Glasgow Techmeetups
Feb 11 23 Start: 09:00 End: 17:00
ICS sponsors the Glasgow Techmeetups which take place on the last Wednesday of every month at the GMAC, Glasgow where developers meet to discuss new developments and advancements in technology.
It is free to attend, find out more at www.techmeetup.co.uk
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Winter Investment Seminars - TIPS ON INITIAL INVESTOR ENGAGEMENT
Feb 11 28 Start: 09:30 End: 13:30
Are you the Founder/MD/CEO of an early stage technology company planning to raise equity finance in the foreseeable future? If so, this seminar will provide you with valuable tips and guidance on crucial aspects of initial investor engagement:
• Identification of an investor offering 'smart' money.
• Is a deal broker / corporate finance adviser worth the fee?
• Perfecting the pitch – poor presentation can kill a good proposition.
Speakers will include Jeff Wright, CEO Pyreos Ltd, who has raised over £3m so far to grow a business exploiting unique infra-red sensor technology. Tommy Cook, CEO of Calnex Solutions a global leader in test solutions for next-generation telecom networks who has raised in excess of £1m and Maryanne Johnston, who has coached the leaders of many Scottish companies and organisations in presentation skills.Venue: Alba Innovation Centre, Livingston
Time: Coffee 09.30-10.00 start. Followed by buffet lunch 12.30-13.30
Registration: This event is targeted at the founders, MDs and CEOs of technology companies planning to raise equity finance. Advisers and professional intermediaries will be welcome on the condition that each brings at least one tech company representative with them. Please register by e-mailing name(s), title(s), organisation(s) and contact details to alba.frontdesk@innovationcentre.org - Attendance is free of chargeThe Alba Innovation Centre is home to 21 growing technology companies and related organisations. The Centre is a focus for investors with £2.2m invested over the past six months and a further three deals in the pipeline. As part of the support to the companies based in the Centre and the wider technology community a series of three investment related seminars is being organised. This seminar is the second in the series. Please note the revised date.
Date for the diary:
Tuesday 22 March – Seminar 3: Value creation / Valuation / Due diligence -
Customer Care
Getting those essential customer relations right first time. Provides business owners with an action plan on how to win and retain customers and provide high levels of customer service, which is essential in today's highly competitive marketplace. -
Create Effective Credit Control Systems
Mar 11 8 Start: 09:30 End: 12:30
To provide an awareness and basic understanding of credit control methods and techniques. To enable delegates to be more effective in ensuring their customers meet their commitments to pay regularly and on time.
In addition to credit control the course addresses the current growth and demand for Credit Checks and Credit Scoring in the Business Community.
This has led to credit checking and understanding credit ratings essential to help you understand manage and grow your business.
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Understanding Your Financial Statements
Manage your financial records effectively. Provides a breakdown of key financial terms and documents including sales invoices, purchase orders and the variety of financial documents you will encounter in setting up and running your business. -
Gannochy Trust Innovation Award Prize Lecture
Mar 11 9 Start: 18:00 End: 19:00
The Gannochy Trust Innovation Award of the Royal Society of Edinburgh is Scotland’s highest accolade for individual achievement in innovation. Carrying a prize of £50,000, the award was established to encourage and reward Scotland’s young innovators. The 2010 winner, Matt McGrath, founded Aircraft Medical, which is a medical devices company based in Edinburgh and Barcelona. He has twice won the Royal Society of Arts design award and was recently named "Young Scot of the Year". What does it take to develop an award-winning technology, the McGrath® video laryngoscope Series 5, that is creating jobs and saving lives?
This lecture is open to all and free to attend.
Please register by Monday, 7th March at the latest as there are limited places.
For more information click here.
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Networking Skills
Effectively build and utilise your business networks. Designed to improve your overall networking skills. This workshop runs through the practical elements of planning and executing effective sales and will coach you in converting opportunities into sales, as well as focusing on developing and using business networks effectively. -
VALUE CREATION & VALUATION
Mar 11 22 Start: 09:30 End: 13:30
Tuesday 22nd March 2011, Alba Innovation Centre
Are you the founder / MD / CEO of an early stage technology company planning to raise equity finance in the foreseeable future? If so, this seminar will provide you with insight into:
- The Creation of value in your company
- The valuation of technology companies
- Common problems encountered during due diligence
Speakers will include professionals from Metis Partners and patent attorney Murgitroyd.
Venue: Alba Innovation Centre, Livingston
Time: Coffee 09.30-10.00 start. Followed by buffet lunch 12.30-13.30
Registration: This event is targeted at the founders, MDs and CEOs of technology companies planning to raise equity finance. Advisers and professional intermediaries will be welcome on the condition that each brings at least one tech company representative with them. Please register by e-mailing name(s), title(s), organisation(s) and contact details to:
alba.frontdesk@innovationcentre.org. This event is free to attend.
The Alba Innovation Centre is home to 21 growing technology companies and related organisations. The Centre is a focus for investors with £2.2m invested over the past six months and a further three deals in the pipeline. As part of the support to the companies based in the Centre and the wider technology community a series of three investment related seminars have been organised. This seminar is the third in the series.
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Glasgow Techmeetups
Mar 11 30 Start: 09:00 End: 17:00
ICS sponsors the Glasgow Techmeetups which take place on the last Wednesday of every month at the GMAC, Glasgow where developers meet to discuss new developments and advancements in technology.
It is free to attend, find out more at www.techmeetup.co.uk.
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Digital 2011 - connecting Scotland's digital and creative industries
Mar 11 30 Start: 10:30 End: 22:00
By 2014, the UK entertainment and media business will be worth £56 billion*. We're well positioned in Scotland to maximise on this opportunity due to the emerging ecology between the creative and digital sectors. Scotland's best digital companies are beginning to collaborate and innovate with the unique talent, ideas and imaginative vision produced by the Scottish creative industries.
Interactive Scotland in conjunction with the Scottish Centre for Enabling Technology and AmbITion Scotland want to grow this nascent ecology to strengthen Scotland's economic future. We have created Digital 2011 to extend the connections and opportunities in Scotland's digital and creative sectors. Digital 2011 is first of the inaugural national gatherings of the digital and creative sectors. Digital 2011's focus is "Monetising Content" - workshops, keynotes, collaboration brokering, and networking - a conference on 30/31st March at Glasgow's SECC for Scottish SMEs, micro-organisations and individuals from across the digital and creative industries.
For more information click here
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HPIC Biz Masterclasses - the secrets of a successful marketing strategy
Mar 11 31 Start: 10:00 End: 13:00
Hillington Park Innovation Centre in conjunction with the UK's leading business to business marketing services agency, IAS B2B are delighted to introduce a series of business masterclasses. These events have been created to deliver three key benefits:
a) Hear from industry experts passing on the benefit of their experience.
b) Network with a wide range of companies and individuals.
c) Promote you own business to potential partners and customers.
Each event will contain a formal presentation from a key business expert, a question and answer session, a formal networking opportunity, a chance for one company to present to the attendees on their products and services, lunch and an informal opportunity to network.
The cost to attend these events is £30.00. A discounted rate of £20.00 is available for clients/tenants of HPIC, AIC, the Atrium, Interactive Scotland and Wellness and Health Innovation. Please select the 'members only' payment tab on the website. Register and pay at http://hpicbusinessmasterclass-autohome.eventbrite.com/
Marketing - the secrets of a successful marketing strategy
Billions of pounds are spent each year trying to attract and satisfy customers. But why are some companies successful and why do others fail? What are the secrets behind creating a marketing strategy that really works. In our first Master Class Gordon Brown, Managing Director for Circuit Break, gives you insight derived from twenty five years working in sales and marketing for some of the market's most innovative and dynamic companies.
Biog:
'A chartered marketer, Gordon began his career as a graduate trainee with J Sainsbury before moving to Carling O'Keefe in Toronto, Canada as a Marketing Trainee.
Upon returning to the UK he took up the position within the export division of the brewer Bass.
Rising through the ranks within Bass to Director of Brands he was responsible for all the marketing activity for Scotland's largest consumer brand, Tennent's Lager, Scotland's largest alcohol portfolio and the UK wide Tennent's equity range of alcohol brands.
Gordon then joined e-comsport; a London based sports technology company as a board director in April 2000 and helped take the company through to floatation before returning to Glasgow to set up Circuit Break in 2001.
Circuit Break specialises in marketing strategy, advice and planning for a wide range of clients including stv, Glencairn Crystal and Whyte & Mackay. For more information on Circuit Break visit - http://www.circuitbreak.co.uk/.
Gordon also delivers creativity training under the ‘Brain Juice' brand - working with clients such as the BBC, NHS, Forestry Commission and a wide range of marketing service agencies. See http://www.brainjuicetraining.co.uk/.
Gordon has a Post Graduate Diploma in management studies and an MBA and had has two crime thrillers published with the latest, 59 Minutes, coming out last Autumn.
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Dates for your diary:
i) 26th May: PR - how to raise your profile, stand out from the crowd and manage your reputation. (Julie Moulsdale, Perceptive Partners)
ii) 16th June: Social Media - cutting through the Social Network jungle and creating a Social Media presence that is easy to maintain, targets your key customers and delivers against your objectives. (Gary Ennis, NS Design)
iii) August: Sales - at the end of the day it is all about 'selling stuff'. Discover the key steps in identifying customers, creating the perfect sales pitch, closing a sale and developing a long term relationship. (speaker TBC)
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Health & Safety Awareness
Understand the risks to you and your workers. Advice on proactive management of the workplace, range of actions that should be taken if significant hazards are present in your workplace or those of your clients that your workers visit. -
Sensible Risk Assessment
Carry out and record risk assessments in your business. This session will give businesses an awareness of health & safety issues including guidance on legal requirements for risk assessments, and the ability to carry out and record risk assessments for their own business. -
HPIC Biz Masterclasses - How to leapfrog your competition with PR
May 11 26 Start: 10:00 End: 13:00
Are you keen to leapfrog your competition with a higher profile and better reputation, perhaps even punch above your weight relative to market share? Are you struggling to engage those who could influence the reputation of your brand? Do you want to avoid a media disaster that could destroy your brand? If so, then this workshop is for you.
In this PR Master Class Julie Moulsdale, Managing Director at Perceptive Partners Communications, will share insights and examples based on 18 years of PR experience with some of the world's most successful brands, including many in the technology sector.
The benefits you will receive from attending this masterclass include:
- An understanding ofthe benefits of using PR
- Learning some top tips on how to raise your profile using PR and how this can reinforce other marketing and social media activity
- Learning key ways to protect your brand's reputation
- An opportunity to ask the industry expertyourkey questions
- Benefit from a formal networking opportunity
- Meet with like minded businesses
Reserve Your Place at this event here
Hillington Park Innovation Centre, one of the UK's leading Innovation Centres, is delighted to introduce its' series of business masterclasses. These events have been created to deliver three key benefits:- Hear from industry experts passing on the benefit of their experience.
- Network with a wide range of companies and individuals.
- Promote you own business to potential partners and customers.
Each event will contain a formal presentation from a key business expert, a question and answer session, a formal networking opportunity, a chance for one company to present to the attendees on their products and services, lunch and an informal opportunity to network.
The cost to attend these events is £30.00. A discounted rate of £20.00 is available for clients/tenants of HPIC, AIC, the Atrium, Interactive Scotland, Wellness and Health Innovation and members of Renfrewshire and East Renfrewshire Chamber of Commerce. Please select the 'members only' ticket to access this discount.
Dates for your diary
16th June: Social Media - Cutting through the Social Network jungle and creating a Social Media presence that is easy to maintain, targets your key customers and delivers against your objectives. (Gary Ennis, NS Design)
August: Sales - At the end of the day it is all about 'selling stuff'. Discover the key steps in identifying customers, creating the perfect sales pitch, closing a sale and developing a long term relationship. (speaker TBC)
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How to use social networking to drive your business forward
Jun 11 16 Start: 10:00 End: 13:00
Some tips and advice on which tools to use, the legal implications and how to do it right! Social Networking may seem like a fairly recent phenomenon, with Twitter and Facebook rarely out of the mainstream news, but in actual fact social networking is nothing new. Good businesses have always been doing it with their customers and stakeholders: that is communicating. Gary Ennis, Managing Director of NSDesign Ltd, will provide a practical introduction to the world of social media. He will explore modern social networking sites such as Twitter, Facebook and YouTube as a means of positively benefiting your organisation by truly engaging your audience and protecting your online brand.
Hillington Park Innovation Centre, Scotland's leading Innovation Centre, is delighted to introduce its series of business masterclasses. These events have been created to deliver three key benefits:
a) Hear from industry experts passing on the benefit of their experience.
b) Network with a wide range of companies and individuals.
c) Promote your own business to potential partners and customers.Each event will contain a formal presentation from a key business expert, a question and answer session, a formal networking opportunity, a chance for one company to present to the attendees on their products and services, lunch and an informal opportunity to network.
The cost to attend these events is £30.00. A discounted rate of £20.00 is available for clients/tenants of HPIC, AIC, the Atrium, Interactive Scotland, Wellness and Health Innovation and members of Renfrewshire Chamber of Commerce. Please select the 'members only' ticket to access this discount.
Please click here to register
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Patenting Software and Electronics products for the US market
Jul 11 1 Start: 09:30 End: 11:00
Friday 1st July, Alba Innovation Centre, Livingston.
Registration 9.30, Event Timings 10:00 - 11:00Alba Innovation Centre is delighted to welcome Mark Simpson of Saul Ewing, a well respected veteran IP attorney from the United States. Mark has a wealth of knowledge around patent protection in the States and has agreed to share his knowledge and insight with Scottish companies thinking about applying for a patent for the US market.
Mark has advised clients in protecting and managing their IP assets via patent preparation and prosecution and IP due diligence. Technologically, Mark's focus is in electronics, computer software and hardware and business methods with an emphasis on computer systems, communications, telephony systems and internet technologies.
The process involved in Software and Electronics patenting is very different in the States and this workshop will provide you with an overview of the main process involved in making a software/electronics patent application through to being granted a patent in the US. Mark will also discuss the protection of software via copyright. So if you are considering applying for a US patent or selling a patented product in the States, this workshop will give you all the vital information you need to know!
Attendance at this workshop is free. To register for this event, please email albaevents@innovationcentre.org or contact Michelle Hutcheson on 1506 592103
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Hillington Business Masterclass - Successful sales planning and securing that all important client
Aug 11 24 Start: 10:00 End: 13:00
The key to any successful commercial organisation is summed up in one simple word - SALES.
There is a sales revolution taking place which makes selling easier and at lower cost making it realistic for SME's to compete more effectively with larger organisations. Scottish SME's are now embracing a new path and as a result are increasing sales more effectively.
Alastair Macnaughton has been employed in sales over the past 20 years both in corporate and SME sector. More recently he has been engaged with Scottish SME's who are pioneering their sales effort in the new world by adopting a "Total Business Selling" philosophy.
Alastair will focus on the following key questions. How do you maximise sales opportunities? How do you identify new customers? How do you move the customer relationship to a longer term, profitable basis and, most importantly of all, how can you identify and articulate that compelling reason or reasons why someone should buy from your company?
Not to be missed! This session is designed to help you achieve one, powerful outcome - 'Sell More Stuff - Profitably.'
To register for this event please go to http://hillingtonbiz1masterclass.eventbrite.com/
Hillington Park Innovation Centre, Scotland's leading Innovation Centre, is delighted to bring you the next series of business masterclasses. These events have been created to deliver three key benefits:
a) Hear from industry experts passing on the benefit of their experience.
b) Network with a wide range of companies and individuals.
c) Promote your own business to potential partners and customers.
Each event will contain a formal presentation from a key business expert, a question and answer session, a formal networking opportunity, a chance for one company to present to the attendees on their products and services, lunch and an informal opportunity to network.
The cost to attend these events is £30.00. A discounted rate of £20.00 is available for clients/tenants of HPIC, AIC, the Atrium, Interactive Scotland, Wellness and Health Innovation and members of Renfrewshire Chamber of Commerce. Please select the 'members only' ticket to access this discount. NB If you book all 5 masterclasses at once you will receive a 10% discount at time of booking.
Our series of HPIC Business Masterclasses include:
Wed 21 September - The ins and outs of B2B Marketing
Wed 26 October - Implementing an effective HR policy for your businessWed 16 November - Web -v- Mobile Web, what's right for your business
Wed 7 December - Raising Finance, what is the right investment route for your biz? -
Turing Festival
Aug 11 26 Start: 09:30 End: 16:00
At the end of Dec 2010, 2 billion people globally were using the web. The web is the most powerful tool known to man! The Turing Festival brings together a wealth of knowledge, talent and ideas to capitalise on the opportunities posed by the internet and look at what the future holds for the creative, digital and cultural sectors. This festival is for entrepreneurs, developers, managers, creative thinkers, cool people, technologists and evangelists to discuss, debate, learn and predict the future of the web and the impact that might have. Running alongside the world reknowned Edinburgh International Festival and Guardian Media Festival, the Turing Festival offers a weekend of interactive gatherings and conferences with industry leading professionals who will challenge your business idea and leave you wanting more!
The Turing Festival, organised by Interactive Scotland, Edinburgh City Council and Edinburgh Science Triangle as part of the EU funded Open Innovation Project partnership, will bring together the cream of Europe’s technical and digital talent to capitalise on the opportunities and thrash out the issues at the heart of our social, cultural and economic future. The concept of 'open innovation' as a means to boost competitiveness and growth will be central to the programme, which complements Scotland's innovative culture.
The opening event at the Turing Festival, the @Digital conference brought to you by Interactive Scotland, brings together an exclusive wealth of local and international talent and speakers from across the digital, creative and cultural sectors to discuss and lead the debate around digital multi-platforms and how their evolution impacts the business, cultural and social aspects of communication and interactivity … are we moving towards a multi-future?
Book your ticket for this AMAZING festival HERE
Please note, tickets can be purchased on a daily basis £75 per day) or as a full weekend pass (£135). Concessions are available.
More details available online at www.turingfestival.com
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Pitching for Management
Sep 11 14 Start: 16:00 End: 21:30
September - December
Pitching for Management enables diverse fast-growing companies to pitch for top-level executives to join their teams for salary, sweat equity, commission and/or bonus schemes.
So if you have companies looking to build or expand their management team, why not have them pitch to a room full of potential candidates at a city near you and network with senior business people.
Our friends at AngelNews are offering an exclusive 25% discount for our members’ incubator companies.
Book a pitching slot now for merely £74.25 + VAT including a free job advertisement in www.makinglifericher.co.uk
Simply enter the discount code UKBI on the booking page (link below) or call the AngelNews team on 01761 452248 and quote UKBI.
(Note there is a small admin fee when booking online, to avoid this, book over the phone.) Reserve your pitching slot today! http://angelnewsevents.eventbrite.com/?s=3240613
Cities include: Nottingham, Birmingham, Exeter, Cardiff, Bristol, Liverpool, Manchester, Sheffield, Cambridge, London, Newcastle, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Guildford and Oxford.
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Hillington Business Masterclass - The ins and outs of Business to Business Marketing
Sep 11 21 Start: 10:00 End: 13:00
Successful business to business communication requires a more considered approach than shouting above the competition. It’s about dialogue - understanding the complex wants and needs of your individual targets, then responding with relevant and original communication on their terms.
This masterclass looks at how to move you to a world class approach to your marketing by understanding that the business to business world is a unique challenging environment that needs a truly bespoke approach for every customer.
Book your place now at http://www.eventbrite.com/org/1129760349
Hillington Park Innovation Centre, Scotland's leading Innovation Centre, is delighted to bring you the next series of business masterclasses. These events have been created to deliver three key benefits:
a) Hear from industry experts passing on the benefit of their experience.
b) Network with a wide range of companies and individuals.
c) Promote your own business to potential partners and customers.
Each event will contain a formal presentation from a key business expert, a question and answer session, a formal networking opportunity, a chance for one company to present to the attendees on their products and services, lunch and an informal opportunity to network.
The cost to attend these events is £30.00. A discounted rate of £20.00 is available for clients/tenants of HPIC, AIC, the Atrium, Interactive Scotland, Wellness and Health Innovation and members of Renfrewshire Chamber of Commerce. Please select the 'members only' ticket to access this discount. NB If you book all 5 masterclasses at once you will receive a 10% discount at time of booking.
Our series of HPIC Business Masterclasses include:
Wed 26 October - Implementing an effective HR policy for your business
Wed 16 November - Web –v- Mobile Web, what’s right for your business
Wed 7 December - Raising Finance, what is the right investment route for your biz?
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Socially adept or socially inept? How to do, learn and use social media for business
Sep 11 21 Start: 17:30 End: 21:00
Most businesses get the hint, they need to embrace social media for their business, but their question often is, “How do I do it, what content should I use to engage my audience and how and when do I start making money out of it?” Even if they don’t want to start tweeting or blogging, businesses at the very least need to be watching their own ‘brand’ using social media tools to find out what their customers, competitors and suppliers are saying about them.
This event which is being organized by Interactive Scotland in association with Creative Clyde as part of Social Media Week will look at how you should ‘do’ social media, use social media tools to ‘learn’ what people are saying about you and focus in on some real digital media company examples on how they ‘use’ social media and what impact it is having on their business.
Location: Film City, Glasgow
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Investing in Digital Media
Sep 11 28 Start: 09:00 End: 17:00
The investment landscape for Digital Media companies is a minefield and identifying the best route for raising investment for your business is difficult. Investing in Digital Media which is organised by Interactive Scotland in conjunction with Creative Scotland brings together the investment community and people providing funding packages available for the digital media sector to help companies select the best package for their business.
Location: Hillington Park Innovation Centre, Glasgow
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Pitching for Investment Masterclass
Dec 11 7 Start: 10:00 End: 13:00
Raising investment for your business is not an easy task. You need to decide what type of investment is right for you, who to approach, and decide how much you will require. On top of all that, your presentation needs to be 'perfect'.
If you are looking for investment and are looking for help to ensure your pitch is perfect, then come along to our Pitching for Investment Masterclass at Hillington Park Innovation Centre. Our main speaker is Brendan Waters, Director of Corporate Finance from Johnston Carmichael who will be telling you how to produce an investment pitch that stands out amongst the hundreds of pitches received by investors each year. Having been involved in scores of equity investment deals as an advisor to companies and investors, Brendan will also provide tips and practical advice to help you shape your investment pitch to give it the best chance of success.
Alongside Brendan, we will also be joined by a large investment company who will discuss what types of investment they are looking for, how they assess an investment proposal and what makes a deal really stand out from the rest.
Hillington Park Innovation Centre, Scotland's leading Innovation Centre, is delighted to bring you the next series of business masterclasses. These events have been created to deliver three key benefits:
a) Hear from industry experts passing on the benefit of their experience.
b) Network with a wide range of companies and individuals.
c) Promote your own business to potential partners and customers.
Each event will contain a formal presentation from a key business expert, a question and answer session, a formal networking opportunity, a chance for one company to present to the attendees on their products and services, lunch and an informal opportunity to network.
The cost to attend these events is £30.00. A discounted rate of £20.00 is available for clients/tenants of HPIC, AIC, the Atrium, Interactive Scotland, Wellness and Health Innovation and members of Renfrewshire and East Renfrewshire Chambers of Commerce. Please select the 'members only' ticket to access this discount. NB If you book all 5 masterclasses at once you will receive a 10% discount at time of booking.
