Covid-19 Events
Upcoming Events & Workshops
Workshop Title: The new normal- new future
Date: 28th September 2021
Time: 10.00am – 12.00pm
Venue: Bootle Town Hall, Oriel Road, Bootle
InvestSefton will be holding our first face to face workshop since 2020. The workplace has changed dramatically since then, book a place to learn how to adapt to the challenges of working in the ‘new normal’.
Or contact us: investsefton@sefton.go.uk/call 0151 934 3452.
Webinar Title: Kickstart meet up with Baltic Creative CIC and Transform Lives Co
Date: 16th September 2021
Time: 11.00am – 12.00pm
The Government Kickstart Scheme closes in December 2021! So if you’re a company looking to offer a new role at your organisation, or if you’re looking to support a young person with work, then now is the time to get cracking on the scheme!
Webinar Title: Help to Grow Programme: Information event for SME business leaders
Date: 16th September 2021
Time: 8.30am – 9.15am
Are you an ambitious CEO, Founder or Director looking to enhance your growth strategy? Are you facing challenges that you and your team are unable to address? Is your business ready to tackle the challenges caused by the pandemic and position for the future?
Help to Grow: Management is a 90% government funded 12-week programme that is being delivered by University of Liverpool Management school, with input from and access to business growth experts and experienced company leaders.
Webinar Title: Importing Groupage Loads from the European Union into Great Britain – New Requirements
Date: 16th September 2021
Time: 10.00am – 11.30am
- Overview of changes
- Step by step through the new requirements and actions needed by traders
- Links and guidance on where to find further information
- Q&A session with panel of experts
Webinar Title: An SME’s guide to exporting to China – Expanding from e-commerce to brick-and-mortar
Date: 16th September 2021
Time: 10.00am – 10.45
This September, the Department for International Trade (DIT) continue to deliver a series of webinars about entering to China that you care most about from initial entry to expansion, from e-commerce to general trade, and to other useful knowledge and insights such as intellectual property right protection and online supermarket market.
Webinar Title: Hydrogen production : unlocking a low carbon future with HyNet
Date: 16th September 2021
Time: 10.00am – 12.30pm
HyNet is developing the UK’s first hydrogen production plant. Dial in to hear Johnson Matthey, Kent, Essar & Progressive Energy explain how.
The £750m project will produce low carbon hydrogen at Essar’s Stanlow Manufacturing Complex in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire in North West of the UK.
The hydrogen production hub will deliver low carbon energy to industry across North West England, and North Wales, as well as to fuel buses, trains and heavy goods vehicles, to heat our homes, and to generate electricity when the sun is not shining or the wind blowing – pioneering a hydrogen economy.
Webinar Title: DWP Kickstart Scheme Webinar
Date: 17th September 2021
Time: 10.00am – 11.00am
As an employer, consider the Kickstart Scheme as a way to grow your business and help a new generation start a career in your sector.
This free employer webinar hosted by the Department for Work and Pensions will explain the benefits of the Kickstart Scheme, how you can apply and answer any questions that you may have about the scheme.
Webinar Title: Pink Lady Southport
Date: 17th September 2021
Time: 9.00am – 11.00am
Welcome to Pink Link Southport! Pink Link helps women to grow their business through proactive business networking. Join this friendly supportive network to make new connections, share knowledge and explore opportunities and market your business. The network attracts women from all business sectors; public, private and the third sector.
Webinar Title: Supporting employers to move Kickstart jobs into Apprenticeships
Date: 17th September 2021
Time: 12.00pm – 12.30pm
Growth Platform’s Skills Brokerage Team will be delivering a short half an hour webinar at 12pm on Friday 17 September which will focus on the opportunity to progress Kickstart employees on to an Apprenticeship programme.
Attendees will learn more about how employers can benefit from the apprenticeship programme, how to access funding and how to engage with local training providers as well as the full range of support available through Growth Platform’s Skills Brokerage Service. This webinar is free to attend.
Webinar Title: Sci-Tech Daresbury Business Breakfast Networking Webinar
Date: 17th September 2021
Time: 9.00am – 10.00am
Webinar Title: Keeping Communities Safe During Winter
Date: 20th September 2021
Time: 3.00pm – 4.00pm
Hosted by the Cabinet Office and NHS Test and Trace, this webinar will ensure local business and community leaders have the most up-to-date information on Covid ahead of winter. The webinar will be an opportunity to hear updates on the latest guidance, vaccines, masks and ventilation, and testing.
Webinar Title: GGW: Liverpool – Launch and City of Liverpool’s role as a UK SDG leader
Date: 20th September 2021
Time: 11.00am – 12.00pm
Join 2030hub for the launch of Global Goals Week: Liverpool. Each year we, as a city, celebrate our grassroots and international impact and leaders during Global Goals Week. Liverpool has always looked out across the world with hope and exploration, but always whilst also ensuring those closest to home are supported whenever in need.
Liverpool is also at the forefront of the international SDG movement. With a 5 year track record of engagement, a growing community of expertise and an insatiable appetite to be better, the future looks optimistic. Join this event to hear from distinguished guests and exciting news about the year ahead and how we rebuild our communities in a climate change and Covid recovery dominated landscape.
Webinar Title: GGW: Liverpool – Launch of Liverpool’s SDG Data Platform + Local Impact
Date: 20th September 2021
Time: 1.00pm – 2.00pm
Join 2030hub and ONS to launch the new SDG Data Platform and explore how Liverpool accelerates its local and global impacts
Webinar Title: Introduction to Hate Crime Awareness
Date: 21st September 2021
Time: 10.00am – 11.00am
An invitation for business and community leaders, educators and policy makers.
Join for a Hate Crime Awareness session and find out how Anthony Walker Foundation can support your business to utilise their new independent hate crime reporting tool, and training opportunities across Liverpool City Region.
Webinar Title: Exporting: what you need to do to keep your goods moving
Date: 22nd September 2021
Time: 9.45am – 10.45am
The webinar explains what actions you need to take to export goods from Great Britain to the EU and move goods between Great Britain and Northern Ireland. HMRC will provide a run-through of the key export processes – staged border controls, zero-rated VAT, customs declaration, using an intermediary as well as licences, certificates and authorisations that you’ll need.
Webinar Title: Love Mondays Again: Create The Job You Love
Date: 22nd September 2021
Time: 6.00pm – 7.30pm
Has the pandemic made you reconsider your career path?
Are you considering becoming self-employed?
If so, this event is the perfect starting place! We’ll be looking at the nitty gritty of self-employment, covering topics such as:
- Market research
- Business planning
- Finance
- Marketing
- Registering your business – am I a limited company or a sole trader?
Webinar Title: An SME’s guide to exporting to China – Top Tips for SMEs: Protect and Enforce IP in China’s Online and Offline Markets
Date: 22nd September 2021
Time: 10.00am – 11.00am
This September, the Department for International Trade (DIT) continue to deliver a series of webinars about entering to China that you care most about from initial entry to expansion, from e-commerce to general trade, and to other useful knowledge and insights such as intellectual property right protection and online supermarket market.
Webinar Title: LCR Finance Hub Meet The Advisor
Date: 22nd September 2021
Time: 10.00am – 12.00pm
Looking to access finance for your business but unsure where to start or who to approach? Do you want to know more about what is involved to become investment ready to approach lenders? Here at the LCR Finance Hub, we are a single access point for finance to support you with your funding requirements.
Every week from 10am – Midday, our advisors will be on hand to discuss your finance needs and business support.
Webinar Title: Introduction to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Webinar
Date: 22nd September 2021
Time: 10.00am – 11.00am
Anthony Walker Foundation presents… Introduction to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion.
Webinar Title: Importing – steps you need to take before making your supplementary declaration
Date: 23rd September 2021
Time: 11.45am – 12.45pm
To support those who have delayed their customs import declarations, HMRC explain the steps you need to take before you can make a supplementary declaration and how intermediaries can help you do this.
Webinar Title: Life Sciences: our vision for the future
Date: 23rd September 2021
Time: 3.00pm – 4.00pm
Join the Secretary of State for the Department for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy, Rt Hon Kwasi Kwarteng MP, for the next in a series of live panel discussions.
The panel will discuss how the UK’s life sciences sector can continue to bring life-changing innovations to patients and support the UK’s future growth.
Webinar Title: Enterprise Hub & Business Builder: Reaching New Markets
Date: 23rd September 2021
Time: 11.00am – 12.30pm
Webinar Title: LHP Grand Round Webinar Autumn 2021
Date: 24th September 2021
Time: 12.00pm – 1.00pm
Liverpool Health Partners commitment to providing networking opportunities across the region’s academic health science system, in addition to promoting improvements in clinical outcomes, research and innovation, continues with their quarterly Grand Round Webinar (GRW) series.
Webinar Title: ICAEW North West Q3 Business Confidence Briefing
Date: 24th September 2021
Time: 8.00am – 9.00am
Business confidence moved sharply into positive territory in Q2 lifted by the news of the vaccine roll-out and the easing of lockdown restrictions, but was this confidence misplaced? After several months of near normal business trading what is the outlook for the North West now and is the promised “levelling up” actually happening ?
Webinar Title: GGW:Liverpool – The Local Race to Net-Zero (+SDGs)
Date: 24th September 2021
Time: 11.00am – 12.00pm
Webinar Title: An SME’s guide to exporting to China – What you need to know about online supermarkets in China
Date: 28th September 2021
Time: 10.00am – 11.00am
This September, the Department for International Trade (DIT) continue to deliver a series of webinars about entering to China that you care most about from initial entry to expansion, from e-commerce to general trade, and to other useful knowledge and insights such as intellectual property right protection and online supermarket market.
Webinar Title: Introduction to Hate Crime Awareness
Date: 28th September 2021
Time: 10.00am – 11.00am
An invitation for business and community leaders, educators and policy makers.
Join for a Hate Crime Awareness session and find out how Anthony Walker Foundation can support your business to utilise their new independent hate crime reporting tool, and training opportunities across Liverpool City Region.
Webinar Title: LCR Finance Hub Meet The Advisor
Date: 29th September 2021
Time: 10.00am – 12.00pm
Looking to access finance for your business but unsure where to start or who to approach? Do you want to know more about what is involved to become investment ready to approach lenders?
Webinar Title: Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
Date: 30th September 2021
Time: 9.45am – 10.45am
This webinar provides an overview of the extension of the scheme, how employers will be affected, flexible furloughing, key dates and support available.