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The free day will involve a seminar  to experience the application of lean principles via an interactive workshop utilising unique lean manufacturing and training installations and how these align with the very latest Industry 4.0 thinking  – put in simple terms there will be demonstrator kit that visitors can play with and see how it works in practice and judge its suitability to their operations.

For a SME sized business this event is aimed at MD, Ops Director, Engineering Directors,  for larger companies the Ops Managers and Supervisors, Warehouse managers, team leaders and engineering and maintenance managers would all find it useful.

This three day, interactive course will provide all delegates with a good understanding of international trade with delegates learning the key information, processes and essential knowledge required to import and export goods successfully into and from the UK. The course is funded by the European Social Fund & Liverpool City Region Strategic Investment Fund.

The Pink Link Southport meeting is held once a month on a Friday morning. Join us at the next business networking event to make new connections and promote your business in Southport and the surrounding area.

A straightforward guide for entrepreneurs setting up a new business in the UK or reviewing their current business legal structure.

If you are living in the Liverpool City Region and thinking of setting up a business in the UK or are already trading and not sure if your chosen structure is the right one for you going forward, then come along to this free* workshop for a straightforward guide to the options available and how to make sense of it all. (*see eligibility criteria)

The workshop will be delivered by Tom Strodtbeck: Tom, as part of LJMU’s Student Futures, works with the Startup Hub team to support the creation, development and growth of student and graduate enterprises. Prior to joining LJMU, Tom was a partner in the international consultancy Global Growth Hub, a Startup and enterprise consultancy based in Liverpool, London and Dubai.

Please note :

* Free for eligible participants see criteria below.

Enterprise Hub Skills at Liverpool John Moores University is funded by the European Social Fund. This programme is open to people living in the Liverpool City Region (Liverpool, Sefton, Knowsley, Wirral, St Helens, or Halton) but please contact our team to check full eligibility criteria.

You will need to provide evidence of your right to work in the UK and fill in a registration form. Examples of evidence you could provide include:

• Passport
• National Insurance number card or letter from HMRC
• Birth or adoption certificate

We will also need some evidence of your current employment status, but our team will discuss this with you based on your individual circumstances. Please email our team for further information ehs@ljmu.ac.uk

The free day will involve a seminar  to experience the application of lean principles via an interactive workshop utilising unique lean manufacturing and training installations and how these align with the very latest Industry 4.0 thinking  – put in simple terms there will be demonstrator kit that visitors can play with and see how it works in practice and judge its suitability to their operations.

For a SME sized business this event is aimed at MD, Ops Director, Engineering Directors,  for larger companies the Ops Managers and Supervisors, Warehouse managers, team leaders and engineering and maintenance managers would all find it useful.

This workshop is ideal for small businesses (including sole traders) who recognise the importance of effective project management.

This free*, face to face, workshop will introduce you to the key tools and techniques that will help you to plan, and successfully deliver projects within your business. The workshop is ideal for small businesses (including sole traders) who recognise the importance of effective project management to maximise investment in new initiatives but are unsure where to start. You will work through approaches to planning, risk assessment and stakeholder analysis, which will provide you with a clear framework for your future projects.

PLEASE NOTE :

* Free for eligible participants see criteria below.

Enterprise Hub Skills at Liverpool John Moores University is funded by the European Social Fund. This programme is open to people living in the Liverpool City Region (Liverpool, Sefton, Knowsley, Wirral, St Helens, or Halton) but please contact our team to check full eligibility criteria.

You will need to provide evidence of your right to work in the UK and fill in a registration form. Examples of evidence you could provide include:

• Passport
• National Insurance number card or letter from HMRC
• Birth or adoption certificate

We will also need some evidence of your current employment status, but our team will discuss this with you based on your individual circumstances. Please email our team for further information ehs@ljmu.ac.uk

Innovate UK, the Knowledge Transfer Network and the Enterprise Europe Network are hosting a briefing event for the first of two Open innovation loans competitions in the extension of the pilot programme, which is currently open for application.

Innovate UK is extending its pilot programme of loan competitions. A total of £50 million has been committed to 70 borrowers in the initial pilot and a further £25 million is available for business innovation projects, with two further competitions in the pilot to run in July and September 2019. Innovate UK is working to broaden the range of innovation finance support available to businesses, so they can access funding at all stages of innovation. Innovation loans are for UK small or medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that want to scale up and grow through innovation, developing new or improved products, processes or services. They can be used for late-stage research and development (R&D) projects, which have not yet reached the point of commercialisation.

Innovate UK is to offer up to £10 million in loans to SMEs for innovative late stage projects. The aim of this competition is to provide loans to help SMEs to undertake game-changing innovations with strong commercial potential across any sector or industry. Innovation loans will offer affordable, patient, flexible, repayable funding for later-stage research & development projects with a clear route to commercial success.

The deadline for registration for this competition is 11th September 2019 and the application deadline is noon on 18th September 2018.

The purpose of the briefing event is to provide vital information to enable businesses to decide if an innovation loan is appropriate for them and, if so, to develop a clear and compelling application that shows that they have an innovative project and are suitable for a loan.

Agenda

09:30 – Coffee & Registration

10:00 – Innovation loans overview: presentation from Innovate UK

10:45 – Financing growth through innovation: panel discussion including successful borrowers, the Enterprise Europe Network and local members of the innovation ecosystem

11:45 – How to write a compelling project application: presentation from the Knowledge Transfer Network

12:15 – Our approach to credit: presentation from Innovate UK Loans Ltd

13:00 – Networking lunch

14:00 – Close