Conference or seminar

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

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

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

350 able students from 12 to 17 participating in range of enterprise activities linked to community development, sustainability and capacity building.

Guru lecture to Year 12/13 Business students from our Career Academy chair Carl Fitzpatrick explaining how the credit crunch has affected a major company.

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?

South Thames College Wandsworth High St London SW18 2PP

On arrival at the entrance on Wandsworth High St please report to Reception at the front of the building where you will be met by me or a member of my team. There is no parking on-site although we can arrange for items to be dropped off at the front.

The event will have two parts

Information stands along the main corridor 11am-3pm.

Chairs and tables will be provided.

Please arrive with enough time to set-up.

Workshops in various rooms from 11am-3pm.

Investment Week Investment Trust Forum 19th November 2009

This unique conference supports investment trust directors in developing communications with their shareholders, facilitating discussion and networking with peers and experts alike.

Location: London, UK Event Type: Conference

The Grosvenor House Hotel Park Lane London W1K 7TN

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.

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

Assembly by Sabirul Islam, ex student and entrepreneur - to motivate pupils and guiding them to become entrepreneuers

Our guest speakers and businesses will be sharing their experiences in and of Wandsworth's signficant creative industries.

You will have plenty of opportunities to network with our borough's wider business community and to hear about:

Wandsworth Council's Cultural Strategy Wandsworth Town Centre Partnership Wandsworth's Green Business Awards 2009-2010 The London Innovation Network

For students only. South Thames and other Wandsworth Colleges. Come to South Thames College, Wandsworth High Street from 11 am - 3:30 pm. Contact Andrew Beardall 020 8918 7078 or your local college.

Wales Millennium Centre - AM

Inspiring the next generation of young entrepreneurs in Wales

The Welsh Assembly Government has invited a range of young people to join the debate on youth entrepreneurship in Wales. The Youth Entrepreneurship Strategy (YES) Action Plan for Wales will shortly be considered by Welsh Ministers and the debate will actively seek the views of young people in Wales to share ideas, fears and aspirations for their future.