To provide help for participants to grow their business

Welcome to Mind of an Entrepreneur (MOAE) - UK’s leading and most diverse event for entrepreneurs, start-ups and small to medium size businesses.

Alexander Amosu made his first million at 25 and has continued the success until this date! Join this very rare business workshop with serial entrepreneur, Alexander Amosu to find out more about his decisions, ideas, and challenges and to find out exactly how he does it!

During this four week intensive course, you will learn to;

Develop winning ideas for your business Start-up a successful business from scratch

Personal and Business Planning - Start Up Workshop

It is essential to have a realistic, working business plan when you're starting up a business. This workshop shows you how to create a robust business plan Date: 20 Nov 2009 Location: Business Gateway, 1 Aurora Avenue, CLYDEBANK G81 1XQ Organiser: Marie McKean Event Type: Seminars Cost: Free Business Sector: All industries

Basic Bookkeeping

An introduction to bookkeeping for small businesses including what records you need to keep, how to store information and simple practical exercises.

Date: 21 Nov 2009 Location: Enterprise Business Centre, Admiral Court, Poynernook Road, ABERDEEN AB11 5QX Organiser: Brian Welsh Event Type: Workshops Cost: Free Business Sector: All industries

Marketing and Market Research - Start Up Workshop

Getting the marketing right for your business is crucial to its success. This workshop will help you to understand your competitors, identify your customers and understand the things you need to consider for effective marketing

Date: 20 Nov 2009 Location: Business Gateway, 2 Speirsbridge Way, Spiersbridge Bus. Pk, THORNLIEBANK G46 8NG Organiser: Marie McKean Event Type: Workshops Cost: Free Business Sector: All industries

Marketing and Market Research - Start Up Workshop

Getting the marketing right for your business is crucial to its success. This workshop will help you to understand your competitors, identify your customers and understand the things you need to consider for effective marketing

Date: 20 Nov 2009

Location: Business Gateway, 1 Aurora Avenue, CLYDEBANK G81 1XQ Organiser: Marie McKean Event Type: Seminars Cost: Free Business Sector: All industries

Negotiating Skills

This course gives you the knowledge and skills to negotiate business deals. Learn how a structured approach can make your negotiations more successful and lead to greater cost effectiveness, increased and new business.

Date: 20 Nov 2009

Location: George House, 36 North Hanover Street, GLASGOW G1 2AD Organiser: Gordon Morgan Event Type: Workshops Cost: Free Business Sector: All industries

Despite the current economic climate, the global economy is still expected to nearly double by 2030. To take advantage of this the UK must continue to encourage its current and prospective entrepreneurs to make the most of their ideas, not least through international connections and the emerging global markets.

This event will be the official launch of Global Entrepreneurship Week with talks from high profile people including:

* Senior Cabinet Minister * Matt Brittin, UK Managing Director, Google * Peter Jones CBE, Entrepreneur and star of BBC’s Dragons’ Den

The DediPower Digital Awards aims to promote young British entrepreneurs and digital excellence – with the internet at its core. It is providing young people with a platform to achieve their goals and ambitions and help change the online business landscape and promote British leadership.

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Launch of 'Dare to be Different': a transformational new programme resourcing social entrepreneurs within every higher education institution in England. A new programme of resources and support for students and staff to start up and grow new social ventures.

Joseph Wright College, Derby, DE1 3PA, 5:00-7:30pm

Come and see the evolutionary stages of the entrepreneur and see how Growth Investment can be the 'missing link'

Featuring East Midlands Entrepreneurs:

Adam Roberts runs on-line restaurant booking service Go-Dine. He started the business 18 months ago and has established it in Nottingham on a limited budget. Adam is now at crucial point. His challenge is in taking advantage of the opportunities in front of him. Should he try to raise finance?

The 1eat Marketing Challenge

Design a real marketing strategy for a UK Company

25th November 13:00-17:00 D302

1eat.co.uk, a discount card company, needs to expand their sales volume five-fold. A unique opportunity to create the 2010 marketing strategy for a 1eat.co.uk with P&G employees!

Check out the website at http://www.1eat.co.uk!

Work on your CV, win P&G prizes and get your strategy chosen by a real LSE start-up company!

Apply

1 Get into groups of 3 or 4 2 Write 250 words on "why people should buy the 1eat card" 3 E-mail your names and response to...

Structured Products Europe brings you two days and four streams of insight, discussion, debate and education on the issues, product types and investment opportunities that are defying the market downturn.

Who Should Attend? Structured Products events are designed to meet the educational needs of buy-side firms, distributors and advisor professionals.

Investment professionals from the following institution types would benefit from attending:

Private Banks Retail Banks Portfolio Managers Wealth Managers Investment Brokers Hedge Funds Independent Financial Advisors

http://web.incisive-events.com/inv/2009/11/professional-pensions-show

Important notice: the online registration process is now closed. Pension trustees and scheme managers can still register on the day The Professional Pensions Show is the UK's largest two-day conference and exhibition in the institutional pensions industry. Last year's Show welcomed over 1,000 delegates, a record which is set to be broken this year, given the need for professionals to keep up to date with the state of the industry in these challenging conditions.

Europe’s premier annual congress for foreign exchange professionals Join us on 17th November for the 8th annual FX Week Europe conference and another unmissable gathering of FX industry professionals, including leading FX traders and strategists to discuss the most pressing issues facing the market. This one-day two-stream congress will provide you with essential coverage of how new advances in FX are changing the role of industry participants, as well as global market outlook.

The Media Festival brings together the digital content industries in a way that has never been done before, with delegates descending from TV, film, advertising, online, music, interactive, mobile, brands, games and beyond.

Wednesday 18 November 2009 6pm

Rootstein Hopkins Space, John Princes Street - Arrive promptly to secure your seat

A discussion which explores issues surrounding the opportunities available to women to succeed in the fashion industry.

This panel discussion is being held by London College of Fashion in celebration of National Women’s Enterprise Day - an initiative which aims to inspire, motivate and support women across the country in running their own business.

Business Masterclass for students from Houghall Campus, East Durham College to develop business skills, team building and marketing a product.

Wednesday 18 November 2009 08:00 - 10:00 The Wishing Well Inn Main Street

4Sight Speaker -

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Natasha Morgan

Better memory skills, better business!

10 top tips you can use effortlessly. Natasha Morgan from Morgan Language Solutions and Area Leader for Bourne & Spalding 4N, shares her expertise in the learning process to show you how boosting your memory can fast-track your relationships and get better results in business.

A series of interviews with entrepreneurs and business experts via podcast. http://www.thebig-leap.com/the_big_leap_entrepreneurs_club.phtml

Following on from the huge success of last years’ event, Exeter will once again be hosting the 2009 Young Enterprise Christmas Trade Fair. Exeter Council has kindly offered to provide students from schools throughout the area with a prime location in the city on Saturday 21st November 2009, from 10am to 3pm. The market will be located in Fore St/South Street.