Business Events
Huntingdonshire District Council works with partners to ensure that businesses in Huntingdonshire have access to high quality business advice, support and training.
The list below provides a selection of up and coming business events in the Huntingdonshire area. The list includes networking events, training opportunities and business workshops.
If you are holding a business event in Huntingdonshire and wish to promote it on this webpage please click on the link to the right to email the details to the Sustainable Economic Development Team.
Ever thought about starting your own business?
Huntingdonshire District Council has teamed up with Business Link and NWES to provide free business start up workshops and free enterprise coaching to anyone who has just started or is considering starting their own business. The scheme will be running in both Ramsey and Yaxley from the 27th of April onwards and will be available on a first come first serve basis.
Enterprise Coaching:
On a 1 to 1 basis with a business start up specialist, the enterprise coaching will help you to asses whether your business idea is achievable and highlight possible opportunities you can take to move your ideas forward.
Business Workshop:
The workshop will take you through the basics, providing you with a guide to everything you need to know to create your own business. Including:
• The ‘three ingredients’ to success
• Business structure - the choices
• Tax, National Insurance and VAT
• Insurance Premises and licenses
• Information sources
• Sources available
Enterprise Coaching (by appointment only):
Yaxley Information Shop: 27th April, 25th May, 8th June, 6th July and 20th July.
Ramsey Community Centre: 4th May, 1st June, 15th June and 13th July.
Business Workshops:
Wednesday 28th April, 9:30am – 12:30pm: Ramsey Community Centre, Ramsey.
Tuesday 11th May, 1:30 – 1:30pm: Royal British Legion, Yaxley.
Monday 7th June, 5:30 – 8:30pm: Farcet Village Hall, Farcet .
Tuesday 8th June, 9:30am – 12:30pm: Old School Hall, Sawtry.
Thursday 17th June, 9:30am – 12:30pm: Ramsey Community Centre, Ramsey.
To book or for more information please call:
Yaxley: 01733 247133
Ramsey: 01487 815213
Workshops and seminars for manufacturers in the East of England (various dates)
A series of workshops and seminars is being held in the East of England, for small and medium sized manufacturers. The seminars and workshops will take place from November to May and detailed information on dates and venues is available on the Institute for Manufacturing website on the right hand side. The workshops will cover:
• supply chain management
• demand management
• delivery performance
• new product introduction
The main drivers and pitfalls will be covered and delegates will work as individuals and in groups through real-life scenarios to explore different challenges and outcomes. There will be lots of opportunity for questions, answers and discussions.
Organised by Cambridge University's Institute for Manufacturing, as part of the Manufacturing Transformation Programme (MTP), further information on the event series is available on the Institute for Manufacturing website on the right hand side.
Make it your Market programme gets £12,000 funding boost
The ‘Make it Your Market’ programme begins this, its second year, with a funding boost of £12,000.
The programme, run by Huntingdonshire District Council, Business Link and the Huntingdon Town Partnership, promotes the use of markets across the district. The funding has been awarded by Improvement East, the Regional and Efficiency Partnership for the East of England who support local authorities and fire and rescue services in their drive to improve services and increase efficiency.
The money will be used to develop the programme during 2010 and will mean that, in addition to the workshops aimed at helping people to set up their own market trader business, market stall rigs will be available to programme participants to rent at very low cost to help them keep their start up costs low. Participants also benefit from discounts on market stall pitches in Huntingdon, Ramsey and St Ives.
Free workshops are available and cover how to plan, structure, research and set up a market stall business including how to deal with tax, national insurance and VAT.
If you are interested in starting your own market trader business, call 0845 601 1000 to book a place on one of the following workshops.
Wednesday March 31, 1.30pm - 4.30pm
Friday April 16, 9.30am – 12.30pm
Friday June 11, 9.30am – 12.30pm
Thursday June 24, 6.00pm – 9.00pm
Friday October 1, 9.30am – 12.30pm
Alternatively, for more information contact Sue Bedlow sue.bedlow@huntsdc.gov.uk, tel 01480 387096
Business Briefings and Workshops
Visit Business Link East's bookings site for more information about their series of free business briefings and workshops. Please use the link on the right hand side.