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Centre
for Leadership Development |
until 30 June 2008
Funding for leadership training through Centre for Leadership Development
which is a partnership of four universities on Merseyside. Current
funding rates 45% for general leadership training, 40% for specific
leadership training.
More information |
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Merseyside
Innovation Awards 2008 |
Each month from now until May
a winner will be selected to join the shortlist before the
grand final in July where three finalists showcase their products
before an audience of entrepreneurs and other leading figures in the
business community.
More information |
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i-techpartner
eServices |
Liverpool 3 & 4 June 2008
The eServices Forum offers a unique setting with pan-European networking
for top entrepreneurs, R&D leaders,investors and experts from
the eServices sector. This is a unique opportunity to connect with
the whole value chain of technology innovation, from R&D leaders
via entrepreneurs and investors to international corporations with
global market access.
More information |
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13 - 16 May 2008
Across Merseyside |
Mecworking
week
Entrepreneurship is booming in Merseyside. Mecworking week offers
local entrepreneurs the change to learn from UK business leaders and
network with their peers.
More information |
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Liverpool
Chamber of Commerce
24 April |
FREE
WORKSHOP: EXPLORING PURCHASING AND THE PUBLIC SECTOR
This workshop on the 24th April introduces; finding tender opportunities,
pre-qualification questionnaires, getting that much needed first experience
and valuable case studies with examples of tenders won and lost.
More information
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Advanced
Licensing Skills
21-24 April 2008 | Loughborough |
Course
Content
Most Technology Transfer Offices are not short of good technology,
they are short of good licensees. This is not surprising – it’s
much easier to apply for a patent than it is to find a licensee and
this is one of the principal reasons why we typically (as a sector)
license less than 20% of the patents we take out.
More information
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Free One-Day Workshops |
ICDC are running a series of free one-day workshops. If you are
interested in attending or want some more information, please email
us at ICDCEvents@ljmu.ac.uk.
More information |
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Wednesday 26 March 2008 6pm
Fisherman’s cottage, The Radisson Hotel, Liverpool |
Maximising your business benefit from Mediacity
Speaker- John Corner – Founder and Creative Director of River
Media
More information |
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27th
of March
9.00am until 12.30pm, Lunch Included
Partnership For Learning, South Road, Liverpool, L24 9PZ |
The
Business Doctors
TEN STEPS TO GROWING YOUR BUSINESS
More information |
‘RECOVERING BAD DEBT: HOW TO DO IT’
Wednesday 5th March 2008 starting at 12
noon
Liverpool Science Park Seminar
The seminar is designed to give you a beginner’s guide to contract
law; steps you can take to minimise bad debts, and a guide to debt recovery.
This seminar will be facilitated by DWF LLP; a leading full service commercial
law firm with over 500 fee-earners, DWF is ranked as the largest law firm
in the North West by the independent legal directory Legal 500. They provide
a full range of legal services to businesses and private clients across
the UK.
There will also be an opportunity for you to have a one-to-one surgery with
visiting experts and ask questions on particular issues you may be facing.
Lunch will be provided.
Following excellent attendance at the last two events, we expect a high
turn-out for this seminar so please RSVP early to Sarah.Gudgeon@liverpoolsciencepark.co.uk
- and we look forward to seeing you there.
PROGRAMME
Seminar: ‘RECOVERING BAD DEBT: HOW TO DO IT’
Venue: Liverpool Science Park
Innovation Centre
131 Mount Pleasant
Liverpool
L3 5TF
0151 705 3403
Date:
Wednesday 5th March 2008
Time: 12 noon onwards (refreshments
and lunch provided)
Cost: Free to attend
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Patents & Trade Marks: Protecting your business and
financing growth
Wednesday, 12th March 2008
- The Raquet Club, Liverpool
Registration
from 5.30pm
Presentations 6.00 - 7.00pm
Drinks reception from 7.00pm |
All businesses have intellectual property which when protected and
exploited effectively, can be your single most valuable asset, setting
you apart from your competitors and adding real value to your business.
As the UK’s leading firm of intellectual property (IP) advisors,
Marks & Clerk will be holding a free introductory seminar on the
key areas of IP, including patents, trade marks, designs and copyright
and the key differences between them. As well as covering the basics,
our speakers will explain how you can secure and exploit your IP to
generate additional revenue streams, protect against infringement
and help your business reach its full potential. |
Our speakers will be joined by Jonathan Butters, Managing Director
of JAB Design in Liverpool, who will give a first hand account of
how utilising his IP has played a major role in the growth and success
of his business.
The seminar is free of charge and will be followed by a drinks reception. |
Speakers
Mike Shaw –
UK & European Trade Mark Attorney, Marks & Clerk
Nicky
Teasdale – UK & European Patent Attorney, Marks
& Clerk
Jonathan Butters – Managing
& Design Director, JAB Design |
To register for a place on the seminar please contact Neil Redfern
E: nredfern@marks-clerk.com
T: 0161 233 5800
Boost your company’s
profile
At the 1st major business event
Of Capital of Culture Year! |
City of Liverpool Business Fair 2008
Thursday 13 March
Liverpool Town Hall |
Capital Business Event!
Back at Liverpool Town Hall for
a seventh year the City of Liverpool Business Fair promises to be
one of the highlights of Liverpool's year as Capital of Culture, with
features including:
- 70+ Exhibitors from a Wide Variety of Sectors
- Up to 1000 Visitors
- Free Programme of Business Seminars
- Business Information and Advice
So why delay? Book your space now and be certain of your place at
the first major business to business exhibition of 2008! |
| To book an exhibition space at the event please click
here to download a booking form or - Liverpool
Business Fair |
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LSF
Network Event
Making the most of
your Intellectual
Property Rights |
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with Brabners Chaffe Street LLP, Solicitors
20th February from 5.30 pm
Cunard Suite, 6th Floor, Cunard Building, Pier Head, Liverpool |
Have you got a bright idea or innovation? Have
you developed a new product or process? Do you have a distinctive
image, identity or brand?
Do you have a clear idea of what Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs)
you currently own and what other IPRs you may be able to secure?
This is a chance to find out everything you wanted you know about
IPR strategies, but were afraid to ask.
A panel of four from the Commercial/IPR team at Brabners Chaffe Street
LLP will be here to answer your questions on all things IPRs - from
creation and ownership to cost effective strategies for protection,
exploitation and enforcement to maximise the benefit to your business
and secure your competitive edge, through expansion, barriers to entry,
licensing, franchising, sale or otherwise.
The session is intended to be interactive and as relevant to your
business as possible and it will be tailored to the questions you
want answered by the panel. The enclosed faxback has a space for your
questions.
Complimentary drinks and a buffet will be served and the event will
finish at around 8pm. The evening will also provide you with excellent
networking opportunities and a chance to meet with members of the
Liverpool Seed Fund and Liverpool Ventures teams.
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Registration: email: events@msif.co.uk
stating’Making the most of your IPR’s in the subject line
and giving details of any access and dietary requirements.
Don’t forget to include the question(s) you want answering. |
| Liverpool
Inventors Club |
Monday 25 February 5pm- 7pm
The Hornby Room, William Brown Library
William Brown Street, Liverpool |
MSIF finance for Business
Application for funding from the £27m Liverpool Seed Fund
How Liverpool Ventures can help
The Speaker will be: Malcolm Stewart Managing Director of Liverpool
Ventures. |
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| Registration:ascragg@kirwanssolicitors.co.uk
or telephone Alison Scragg 0151 229 5610 |
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i-start Network Event
Thursday 31st January 2008 6pm
Radison Hotel Liverpool |
i-start is a network event for digital media businesses,
budding entrepreneurs and graduates. It is a bi-monthly informal event
that pulls a cross-section of the local industry together around a
keynote talk.
Philip has a mix of entrepreneurial and corporate experience in the
telecommunications; software; engineering and steel industries. He
is co-founder and Marketing Director of Yuuguu a VC funded software
startup. He was previously European Marketing Director at Sycamore
Networks and VP of Marketing at ilotron and has held senior management
positions at Nortel Networks and Marconi
For the last 2 years Phil has been working day and night to establish
Yuuguu as a business.
He will be speaking about his experiences during that time, what he
has learnt, and where the business is going now. Yuuguu is a new media
start-up that has just established its base at ICDC's Digitalinc in
Liverpool Digital. |
| For further information about this free event and registration details,
please visit: http://www.icdc.org.uk/ |
| Date |
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Audience |
Details |
Wednesday 16th January 2008 5.30pm
Merseyside Maritime Museum.
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Royal Society of Chemistry’s Industry Connect networking
event |
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The event brings together the local chemical science industry to
network and hear presentations from local organisations focussing
on spin-outs and small companies. Speakers include Prof. Steve Rannard
co-founder of IOTA NanoSolutions and Mersey Skills Network-who provide
funds for training SME employees.
Industry Connect is free to attend with registration available online
here. Industry Connect
has proved successful across the UK, attracting over 100 delegates
and we look forward to bringing this event to Merseyside. |
| 21st 22nd November Manchester Central |
Business North West Exhibition |
Businesses and advisors |
Entrepreneur talks, seminars on fund raising, business pitches,
exhibitors: www.businessnorth
west.co.uk |
| 15th November 9.30am -1.30pm The Liverpool Medical
Institution, 114 Mount Pleasant, Liverpool L3 5SR |
How to Protect your intellectual assets
Make Sense of Legal Protection |
Businesses |
Organised by The Patent
Office
How to Protect your intellectual assets
Make Sense of Legal Protection
Booking: events@ipo.gov.uk
01633 814708 |
Wednesday 14th November
Liverpool Science Park
12 noon |
Future funding your company - how to get it |
Entrepreneurs |
Liverpool Science Park Seminar
Crucial Funding Issues relevant to small and growing companies.
Speakers:
Brian McCan - Vanguard
Overview and ways forward for successful funding.
Peter
Lunt - Royal Bank of Scotland
Small Firm Loan Guarantees
Clive Grunsell & Gary
Pennington
Grant for Research and Development and Northwest business Angels.
Opportunity for one on one surgery with the visiting experts to disuss
your own funding questions and issues over lunch: Booking email. |
| Tuesday 13th November 2pm Crowne Plaza Hotel,
Liverpool 2.30 |
Liverpool Software City |
Entrepreneurs and investors |
A Merseyside ict event. Entrepreurs looking for
investment and how to take their business to the next stage will pitch
their business to panel of experts. Evening reception with Doug Richard.
Event by invitation only. Contact: gillian@liverpool
ventures.com |
| Friday 19th October 9am - 5pm Liverpool Digital |
Success in Education |
ICT businesses in education |
Open Schools Alliance - A showcase for the successful deployment
of free and open source software in education in UK, Europe and around
the world. www.openschools
alliance.org |
| Thursday 11th October Knowsley Hall |
Serependipity networking lunch |
Leading entrepreneurs |
Lunch with some of the regions leading entrepreneurs,
hear the story behind the deals. Hosted by Phil Redmond. Merseysidei
Entrepreneurship Commission. Tickets £35 Te book tel. 01744
742044 or www.mecworking.co.uk |
| Thursday 11th October St Georges Hall 10.30 am -3.30pm |
City of Liverpool Business Fair |
Businesses |
Support and advice for business. Free seminars on sales, internet
marketing and more. More information: www.liverpoolba.com
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| Monday 8th October 12.30 - 4.00pm ICDC Edge Lane
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Future Boom Markets Conference |
Entrepreneurs |
Merseyside Entrepreneurship Commission . Leading
technology industry speakers including BBC, BT, Sony. To Book Tel.
01744 742044 or www.mecworking.co.uk
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| Wednesday 26th September. Geisha Bar and Pan Asia Restaurant, Myrle
St L7 7DN 6pm |
I Start |
ICT Entrepreneurs |
Speaker Dave Crook on 'Producing for Sony' The relationship of
freelancers and independent games developers to large companies such
as Sony. Hosted by ICDC. |
| Wednesday 12th September |
IP Law and patents |
Businesses seeking advice on development and exploitation
of IP |
Hosted by Liverpool Science Park.
Marks and Clerk UK’s leading firm of patent attourneys will
bring several Attorneys with a range of expertise and knowledge, covering
a number of different areas within the Science and Knowledge sector.
Please notify in advance particular areas you would like covered.
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| Wednesday 4th July |
DreamCatchers |
Angel investors |
Showcase for entrepreneurs with new products and new business models
to seek investment. Dreamcatchers
Liverpool |
Wednesday 27th June
6-8pm Newz Bar |
Improve the performance of your company |
Digital and creative businesses |
Showcase of a new Business Link Northwest service
to provide companies on Merseyside with better access to information
and expertise that can help their business attract and retain clients.
Organised by International Centre for Digital Content (ICDC) John
Moores University Digital media incubator.
To register:
http://www.icdc.org.uk |
Thursday 21st June
5.45pm |
Knowing me, knowing you. |
Entrepreneurs, product and service developers, business advisors |
How market research can help you take an innovative idea through
to being a real commercial success.
Sponsored by:
Fresh Consultants , Merseyside ICT
and
Liverpool Ventures.
Click here for more information. |
Tuesday 12th June
Wednesday 4th July |
Credit Management |
Early stage sme’s |
Research shows that many companies fail within
the first 2 years of trading and poor cash flow is the main culprit.
What if you could receive training that would overcome these barriers?
What if you could access 100% funding for the course so there was
no cost to you?
Well, now you can!
For more information or to book
your FREE place, email us at info@esauccs.co.uk
or
call:0845 054 0504. or visit here. |
| Wednesday 30th May 2007 |
Advanced Search Engine Marketing - A Fast Track
Approach to the Google Top Spot
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This session is for those who already have knowledge
of search engine optimization techniques and principles and wish to
apply them in the most effective way. |
With hundreds of millions of searches in the
UK alone every month, getting into the coveted top 5 listings is
a guaranteed way of generating new business.
Click here
for more information.
Organised by: Merseyside ICT/Merit |
Wednesday 30th May
Newz Bar
6pm – 8pm |
Hear from one of the success stories of Digitalinc. |
Merseyside Entrepreneurs and innovators that offer
a keen focus on the ICT and digital media industries.
Build up your business contacts and meet other support organisations |
Taecanet is an e- learning company that has gone
from strength to strength since it entered the incubator. MD David
Hesketh share some of the hi’s and lows of start up.
Digitalinc
ICDC’s digital media incubator at Liverpool John Moores University.
Sponsored by Gregory Abrams Davidson LLP. |
| 16th May 2007 |
Making intellectual Property work for
you |
Businesses interested in building value using
intellectual property |
How you can protect your companies intellectual
property. How it can add value to the business.
Sponsored by: University of Liverpool Business Gateway, Patent
Attourneys
W.P. Thompson, Liverpool Ventures.
Includes case studies from Byotrol and Jab Design.
For more information http://www.uolevents.org |
| 2nd May 2007 |
Financing strategies for Nanotechnology
companies |
Start up and spin out companies in the nano and
micro technogy sector, business advisors and technology end users. |
Showcase of start-up and spin-out companies in
the nano and micro technology sector.
Organisations inverested in finding out about the latest nanotech
activity within SME’s and the research base.
More info from:
www.euronanotrade.com
Sponsored by: Liverpool Ventures, Marks & Clerk,
Liverpool Science Park |
| 24th April 2007 |
How to add value to your business |
Liverpool Seed Fund Investees and businesses seeking seed capital |
Seminar on ‘selection of the most effective tasks to create
profit ’ and financial reporting for success.
Speakers: Jerry Hopkins – track record of increasing business
throughput and profits. David Lever: Business specialist in Financial
management, turnaround, strategy and obtaining funding.
More information
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| 17th April 2007 |
Welcome to
Cunard Building |
Liverpool Ventures introducers and referrers |
Information on future developments at Liverpool
Ventures
Click here for more info
and photographs from the event |
New Managing Director at Liverpool Ventures to headline at Newz!
Digitalinc invites you and your colleagues to attend i-start…
“Funding and investment routes for start-ups”
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Merseyside Business Fair
Tuesday 31st October
10.30 am - 3.30 pm Britannia Adelphi Hotel
Free seminars to help your business grow
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Product Development Workshop, for engineers, designers, directors involved
in innovation or new product development.
Tuesday 19th September 2006
The workshop is hosted by Merseyside ACME and the Manufacturing Institute.
It will be a morning of sharing best practice and ideas followed by one
to one surgeries where you can discuss the challenges of your business.
Janet Butler from Liverpool Ventures will be there to advise on equity investment
from Liverpool Seed Fund.
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27/09/2006
PowerPoint to Kill the Competition,
not the Audience.
A presentation by the professor of presentology.
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19/09/2006
Product Development Workshop
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08/03/06
Intellectual Property – Are you getting it right? Half-day seminar
on 8th March - 9.15-1pm at The Foresight Centre, University of Liverpool.
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29/03/06
Founding a business
An Audience with Carole Nash
6pm, Tate Liverpool, Albert Dock.
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05/04/06
Raising Finance For Your Business
7.45 am - 9.15 am The Banquet Suite, 6th Floor, Cunard Building, Pier Head,
Liverpool.
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For more information about Liverpool Ventures contact:
Gillian Hunt
Liverpool Ventures
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