Island Expo 10: Catering and Hospitality Exhibition Isle of Wight

NEED SOME ADVICE?

The Island Expo Seminar Room is offering FREE essential business seminars! In association with Business Link.

Full Seminar Schedule avalible soon...

Also available: Drop-in 1-2-1 Advice sessions - Please visit to book your Free Business ‘Health Check’.

Businesses can find out how to:

Survive and thrive in difficult times
Access business loans and long term finance help
Manage cash-flow, and debt management
Reduce waste and save money
Get time to pay tax bills
Get funding to support training, improve staff skills, recruitment and advice on managing or avoiding redundancy
Deal with staff restructures and other major business changes

For more information and to find out about the support available go to: www.businesslink.gov.uk/southeast or call 0845 600 9 006

FREE BUSINESS SEMINAR SCHEDULE - TUESDAY 23rd FEBRUARY

11:00

How to avoid needing my help

Alan Limb is a Licensed Insolvency Practitioner who lives and works on the Island. Since 1991 he has specialised in advising businesses in financial difficulty and the stakeholders in them. He has a broad range of experience in the Catering and Hospitality sectors. In his presentation, Alan will use this experience to explain how attendees can learn from the mistakes of others and ensure that their business survives the challenges ahead in 2010.

14:00

How does your Business Compare?

Business Link Adviser, Steve Reading, takes you through some of the major tourism facts and figures for the South East and in particular, the Isle of Wight for the last few years. Those businesses running guest accommodation will be able to compare their key performance indicators with those of the market. Simple!

15:00

Social media and your business:

Business Link adviser, Simon Realey, will walk you through the latest understanding on how social media web sites such as Facebook and YouTube can support you in your marketing campaign and link in with your overall marketing strategy.

16:00

Online Booking and Payments for Tourism Businesses:

Do you want to fill late availability, get more repeat bookings, extend your season, reduce admin and be PCI DSS compliant? Dawn Bee from Netguides covers why you need to be considering online booking now and where to start.

BUSINESS SEMINAR SCHEDULE - WEDNESDAY 24th FEBRUARY

11:30

Innovation from the Island to lead the World:

Dan Spacie, CEO, Hypotech Ltd, shows us how going green can make business sense.

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