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Island Business August 2019
Events
august
22aug7:30 am9:30 amThursday Tea and Toast Networking - Caffe Isola
Event Details
Thursday 22nd August 2019 Caffe Isola, Newport 7.30am - 9.30am FREE Meet members for informal networking in a great location. It’s free to attend, with hot drinks and toast for everyone.
Event Details
Thursday 22nd August 2019
Caffe Isola, Newport
7.30am – 9.30am
FREE
Meet members for informal networking in a great location. It’s free to attend, with hot drinks and toast for everyone.
Time
(Thursday) 7:30 am - 9:30 am
Location
Cafe Isola
85A St James' St, Newport, PO30 1LG
22aug9:30 am4:00 pm50 Plus Start Me Up - Free One-Day Business Start Up Course
Event Details
We offer new businesses the opportunity to take their ideas from paper into practice. As part of the 50 plus Start Me Up Programme we offer a free one day
Event Details
We offer new businesses the opportunity to take their ideas from paper into practice. As part of the 50 plus Start Me Up Programme we offer a free one day business seminar aimed at people over 50 who are starting a business. Get the tools you need to take your idea from the drawing board to the real world.
This course is available for non-members and will be held at Mill Court Business Centre, Newport on Thursday 22 August 2019.
To book a place on the course please click here.
Time
(Thursday) 9:30 am - 4:00 pm
Location
IW Chamber of Commerce
Mill Court Business Centre Furrlongs Newport Isle of Wight PO30 2AA
22aug9:30 am4:00 pmFree One-Day Business Start Up Course
Event Details
We offer new businesses the opportunity to take their ideas from paper into practice. We offer a free one day business seminar aimed at people who are starting a business.
Event Details
We offer new businesses the opportunity to take their ideas from paper into practice. We offer a free one day business seminar aimed at people who are starting a business. Get the tools you need to take your idea from the drawing board to the real world. This course is designed for those with a business idea through to those who have been in business for six months.
This course is available for non-members and will be held at Mill Court Business Centre, Newport on Thursday 22 August 2019.
Time
(Thursday) 9:30 am - 4:00 pm
Location
IW Chamber of Commerce
Mill Court Business Centre Furrlongs Newport Isle of Wight PO30 2AA
28aug9:00 am10:00 amThe Benefits of Joining the Isle Of Wight Chamber
Event Details
Wednesday 28th August2019 IW Chamber Offices, Newport 9.00am – 10.00am FREE We are opening our doors to Non Chamber members on Wednesday 28th August 9.00am - 10.00am Have you ever thought about joining
Event Details
Wednesday 28th August2019
IW Chamber Offices, Newport
9.00am – 10.00am
FREE
We are opening our doors to Non Chamber members on Wednesday 28th August 9.00am – 10.00am
Have you ever thought about joining the IW Chamber? Want to find out what the IW Chamber is all about? Please join us for Networking and a short presentation on the Isle Of Wight Chamber Of Commerce Membership.
Please note this event is for non-members only and is FREE to attend!
Time
(Wednesday) 9:00 am - 10:00 am
Location
IW Chamber of Commerce
Mill Court Business Centre Furrlongs Newport Isle of Wight PO30 2AA
29aug9:30 am11:00 amHow Can I Sell More With A Non-Existent Marketing Budget? - Dave Simon
Event Details
Thursday 29th August 2019 Isle of Wight Chamber of Commerce Offices 9.30am - 11.00am FREE The old puzzle: “I need more sales, I can't afford to advertise but I can't watch my business die!” Major stress!
Event Details
Thursday 29th August 2019
Isle of Wight Chamber of Commerce Offices
9.30am – 11.00am
FREE
The old puzzle: “I need more sales, I can’t afford to advertise but I can’t watch my business die!”
Major stress! One symptom is difficulty in creating ways to improve things. So let’s simplify that task – we’ll get systematic and identify lots of small, cheap and quick things you can do.
We will start from the customer’s experience of buying products or services like yours, and feed that information back into your Customer-Attracting Pathway to improve it.
Every Step On Your Customer-Attracting Pathway Must Work Hard
Most businesses already have 12 steps in their Pathway – from Advertising to Client Retention. Let’s work through these steps so everyone attending finds missing steps, steps they need to improve and ways to redesign each step to lead customers on to the next step more effectively.
With next-to-no-money to spend, we’ll put the steps into priority order for fixing, work out what you can do for free and plan which steps you could spend on when you’ve got some spare funds.
Training course delivered by Dave Simon.
Time
(Thursday) 9:30 am - 11:00 am
Location
IW Chamber of Commerce
Mill Court Business Centre Furrlongs Newport Isle of Wight PO30 2AA
september
Event Details
Thursday 5th September 2019 IW Chamber Offices, Newport 10.00am – 12.00pm FREE Regardless of whether it is professional or amateur, video is the best tool you can use to grow an audience online.
Event Details
Thursday 5th September 2019
IW Chamber Offices, Newport
10.00am – 12.00pm
FREE
Regardless of whether it is professional or amateur, video is the best tool you can use to grow an audience online.
Video is often used to boost sales, create a personal experience, deliver information quickly and efficiently, instructing people, building brands, creating content, showing off your event and many many more. However the issues people face is how to do it.
This course is designed to showcase a few technical elements, but also to help you use it in business day to day.
Video is not just for experts, it is for everyone.
By the end of the course you should be able to walk away with an idea of how you will use video to grow your business.
Time
(Thursday) 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Location
IW Chamber of Commerce
Mill Court Business Centre Furrlongs Newport Isle of Wight PO30 2AA
06sep7:30 am9:30 pmSeptember Business Breakfast at Briddlesford Farm
Event Details
Friday 6th September 2019 Briddlesford Farm, Wootton 7.30am - 9.30am £15.00 per person Come along and join us for our September Business Breakfast. Our guest speaker this month will be Reuben Loake from
Event Details
Friday 6th September 2019
Briddlesford Farm, Wootton
7.30am – 9.30am
£15.00 per person
Come along and join us for our September Business Breakfast. Our guest speaker this month will be Reuben Loake from Isle of Wight Jobs.
How to write an effective job ad to attract the best candidates. Reuben Loake from Isle of Wight Jobs explains the do’s and don’ts when advertising a vacancy to ensure you attract the very best people for your business.
Time
(Friday) 7:30 am - 9:30 pm
Location
Bluebells at Briddlesford
Briddlesford Lodge Farm, Briddlesford Road, Wootton, PO33 4RY
10sep9:30 am12:30 pmHow to Use Instagram for Business with Nosy Design
Event Details
Tuesday 10th September 2019 IW Chamber Offices, Newport 9.30am – 12.30pm FREE Instagram is one of the biggest social media networks, with over 1 billion users. Over 70% of businesses use Instagram; but do
Event Details
Tuesday 10th September 2019
IW Chamber Offices, Newport
9.30am – 12.30pm
FREE
Instagram is one of the biggest social media networks, with over 1 billion users. Over 70% of businesses use Instagram; but do they do it correctly? In this FREE workshop, Matt from Nosy Design will discuss how to use Instagram to increase your brand’s awareness and gain new customers. You will walk away with a plan on what content to post, when to post it and who to engage with.
Time
(Tuesday) 9:30 am - 12:30 pm
Location
IW Chamber of Commerce
Mill Court Business Centre Furrlongs Newport Isle of Wight PO30 2AA
12sep7:30 am9:30 amThursday Tea and Toast Networking - Slug & Lettuce
Event Details
Thursday 12th September 2019 Slug & Lettuce, Newport 7.30am - 9.30am FREE Meet members for informal networking in a great location. It’s free to attend, with hot drinks and toast for everyone.
Event Details
Thursday 12th September 2019
Slug & Lettuce, Newport
7.30am – 9.30am
FREE
Meet members for informal networking in a great location. It’s free to attend, with hot drinks and toast for everyone.
Time
(Thursday) 7:30 am - 9:30 am
Location
Slug and Lettuce
Slug and Lettuce Isle of Wight, 23-26 High street, Newport, PO30 1SS
18sep9:30 am1:00 pmFire Marshal Course - Good Skills Training LTD
Event Details
Wednesday 18th September 2019 IW Chamber Offices, Newport 9.30am – 1.00pm £60 per person The Fire Marshal Course delivered by Good Skills Training is a half day course designed specifically for those who have
Event Details
Wednesday 18th September 2019
IW Chamber Offices, Newport
9.30am – 1.00pm
£60 per person
The Fire Marshal Course delivered by Good Skills Training is a half day course designed specifically for those who have been designated with the responsibilities of the Fire Marshal or Fire Warden. This course will look at the legal responsibilities of both the company and individual. By the end of this course delegates will be able to confidently and competent carry out theirs at-to-day duties as a fire marshal, as well as take charge in the event of a fire. This course also includes practical fire extinguisher training.
What is in the Fire Marshal Course syllabus?
- Legislation
- Causes of fire and how fire spreads
- Classes of fire and methods of extinction
- Fire risk assessment
- Fire prevention methods
- Action to be taken in the event of a fire
- Role and responsibilities of the fire marshal
- Fire drills
- Firefighting equipment
- Practical fire extinguisher session
Time
(Wednesday) 9:30 am - 1:00 pm
Location
IW Chamber of Commerce
Mill Court Business Centre Furrlongs Newport Isle of Wight PO30 2AA
19sep10:00 am12:00 pmIW Chamber Networking Brunch - The Breeze
Event Details
Thursday 19th September 2019 The Breeze, Newport 10.00am - 12.00pm £15.00 per person Come along and join us for our Networking Brunch hosted by The Breeze who will be providing Hot Drinks +
Event Details
Thursday 19th September 2019
The Breeze, Newport
10.00am – 12.00pm
£15.00 per person
Come along and join us for our Networking Brunch hosted by The Breeze who will be providing Hot Drinks + Full English Breakfast plus a fantastic venue for networking with fellow IW Chamber Members.
Your guest speaker on the day will be Zoe Findon of Purple Patch PMO talking about setting your project up for success and turning your vision into a plan.
Why do projects often fail? Lack of clarity of vision. Kicking off your project is important and time spent upfront is a fundamental step to success.
So, how do you get that clarity? I will share some of the things you need to consider when turning your Vision into a Plan.
Time
(Thursday) 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Location
The Breeze Restaurant, Island Harbour
The Breeze, Island Harbour Marina, Mill Ln, Newport PO30 2LA
23sep10:00 am5:00 pmTeams to Inspire – 1 Day Training Course by In2action
Event Details
Monday 23rd September 2019 Location TBC 10.00am – 5.00pm £95+vat per person Aimed at Team Members - Come to work every day with a positive mind-set and the ability to inspire yourself and others.
Event Details
Monday 23rd September 2019
Location TBC
10.00am – 5.00pm
£95+vat per person
Aimed at Team Members – Come to work every day with a positive mind-set and the ability to inspire yourself and others. This workshop will help you excel in your career and make you more aware of your positive attributes, as well as ensuring that you are perceived positively in every aspect of current and future employment. Along the way you will receive your very own Mini Me to design and take home which will serve as a constant reminder of the ‘new you’. Let’s make your career take off! **This course will not take place with less than 10 people registered to attend.**
Time
(Monday) 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Location
IW Chamber of Commerce
Mill Court Business Centre Furrlongs Newport Isle of Wight PO30 2AA
24sep9:30 am12:30 pmTime is money, money is time - Alex Tana Coaching
Event Details
Tuesday 24th September 2019 IW Chamber Offices, Newport 9.30am – 12.30pm FREE Time is a fluid commodity but how we used it, how much we value it and how we spend it can make
Event Details
Tuesday 24th September 2019
IW Chamber Offices, Newport
9.30am – 12.30pm
FREE
Time is a fluid commodity but how we used it, how much we value it and how we spend it can make a break not just our own life but our business too! So this course will look at three important areas: how effectively or not we mage time and what can we can correct or improve what we are doing understanding the four key aspects of time in business. We will also look at how you spend your time suggesting practical ways to improve our productivity and efficiency in our business activities. Finally we will look at how you value your time when it comes for instance to give it a price and how your time is reflected in the costings, both internal and external, of your business. This course is provided by Alex Tana Coaching.
To book your place on please click here
Time
(Tuesday) 9:30 am - 12:30 pm
Location
IW Chamber of Commerce
Mill Court Business Centre Furrlongs Newport Isle of Wight PO30 2AA
26sep9:30 am4:00 pm50 Plus Start Me Up - Free One-Day Business Start Up Course
Event Details
We offer new businesses the opportunity to take their ideas from paper into practice. As part of the 50 plus Start Me Up Programme we offer a free one day
Event Details
We offer new businesses the opportunity to take their ideas from paper into practice. As part of the 50 plus Start Me Up Programme we offer a free one day business seminar aimed at people over 50 who are starting a business. Get the tools you need to take your idea from the drawing board to the real world.
This course is available for non-members and will be held at Mill Court Business Centre, Newport on Thursday 26 September 2019.
To book a place on the course please click here.
Time
(Thursday) 9:30 am - 4:00 pm
Location
IW Chamber of Commerce
Mill Court Business Centre Furrlongs Newport Isle of Wight PO30 2AA
26sep9:30 am4:00 pmOne-Day Business Start Up Course
Event Details
We offer new businesses the opportunity to take their ideas from paper into practice. We offer a free one day business seminar aimed at people who are starting a business.
Event Details
We offer new businesses the opportunity to take their ideas from paper into practice. We offer a free one day business seminar aimed at people who are starting a business. Get the tools you need to take your idea from the drawing board to the real world. This course is designed for those with a business idea through to those who have been in business for six months.
This course is available for non-members and will be held at Mill Court Business Centre, Newport on Thursday 26 September 2019.
Please note there is a £5 admin fee for this course.
Time
(Thursday) 9:30 am - 4:00 pm
Location
IW Chamber of Commerce
Mill Court Business Centre Furrlongs Newport Isle of Wight PO30 2AA
