Events

Mailings are one of the most cost-effective marketing techniques for tourism businesses, but few make full use of them. So come along to this practical session to learn about techniques using mailing lists! This workshop will quickly outline the benefits of building a strong mailing list and how to do it. It looks at how to attract visitors, again and again. This session will take you through the process of building a list, staying out of jail (easier to comply with GDPR laws than you might realise), deciding what to write and how to grab attention.

Join us online on Tuesday 12th December at 11am by clicking 'book a place' below and reserve a spot for FREE!!

 

Event starts at 11.00am on Tuesday 12 December 2023.

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Is your business ready to secure the funding it needs to grow and thrive? 

Join us for an illuminating webinar where industry experts from Forrester Boyd Chartered Accountants will guide you through the essential steps to ensure your business ready for growth or investment. Discover the strategies, insights, and best practices that can help you attract investors and achieve funding success.

Key Takeaways:

• Understanding Investment Readiness
• Crafting a Compelling Business Narrative
• Building a Strong Business Plan
• Financial Projections and Valuation
• Effective Investor Pitching
• Due Diligence and Documentation

Join us online on Wednesday 13th December at 12pm by clicking 'book a place' below and reserve a spot for FREE!

Event starts at 12.00pm on Wednesday 13 December 2023.

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In a world where first impressions matter more than ever, your online presence is your digital handshake to the world. So join us for an exclusive in-person workshop where you'll discover the secrets to creating a strong and unforgettable online brand!

This 4 hour workshop will look at:

• Uncovering what makes up your online brand
• Understanding why consistency is key
• Developing a brand personality
• Hitting the mark with your audience

Join us at Normanby Gateway on Thursday 14th December at 9am by clicking 'book a place' below and reserve a spot for FREE!!

Event starts at 9.00am on Thursday 14 December 2023.

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Demonstrating compliance and accountability are key considerations when reporting environmental performance. The webinar will focus on understanding stakeholder expectations of your organisation: how can you balance their requirements and your operational needs, and ensure that you make credible claims about your environmental performance?

Stakeholder expectations are growing, and businesses are increasingly expected to be transparent and accountable both environmentally and socially. Matching your environmental and social claims and reflecting their real significance is key to maintaining credibility with customers and other stakeholders.

Join us online on Friday 15th December at 2pm by clicking 'book a place' below and reserve a spot for FREE!

Event starts at 2.00pm on Friday 15 December 2023.

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Organisations have options for prioritising internal actions and can benefit from the actions of other parts of their supply chains. The webinar will help plot the course for an organisation to decarbonise through a combination of step change and continuous improvement. Building on the previous webinar, we will also consider further the expectations and responses of stakeholder groups.

Accusations of ‘Greenwash’ are growing and managing this risk is key to commercial success. Consumers repeatedly state a preference for buying from organisations that have high environmental and social standards, so these need to be credibly reflected in business performance and communication.This interactive webinar will cover how organisations can set priorities in their environmental performance and effective communication to regulators and consumers in making claims about their sustainability credentials. 

Join us online on Wednesday 20th December at 2pm by clicking 'book a place' below and reserve a spot for FREE!

Event starts at 2.00pm on Wednesday 20 December 2023.

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From audience targeting to goal setting and content planning, this workshop covers the essential pillars of social media success.

Summary of the topics to be covered:

1. Finding Your Target Audience: Refine your social presence to pinpoint your target audience and selecting the right social platforms for maximum impact.
2. Setting Your Social Goals: Learn about setting social media goals to drive your brand forward in the upcoming period.
3. Crafting the Customer Journey: Discover the art of creating a seamless customer experience through strategic content planning.
4. Analysing Success: Delve into analytical data to measure your progress towards your predefined goals.

Join us at Normanby Gateway on Thursday 21st December at 1pm by clicking 'book a place' below and reserve a spot for FREE!

Event starts at 1.00pm on Thursday 21 December 2023.

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How would you describe your leadership style and the impact it has on your SME business in North Lincolnshire? 

As a busy SME leader or owner, do you have the time to develop your leaderships skills, inspire others, and build the next generation of managers… so you can work ‘on’ not just ‘in’ your business?

What the workshop will contain:

In this 4 hour face to face workshop, part of the Leading for Success programme, we focus on the key traits of successful leaders, and give you the chance to look at the strengths and weaknesses in your current business.

 

Join us at Normanby Gateway on Tuesday 9th January at 9am by clicking 'book a place' below and reserve a spot for FREE! 

Event starts at 9.00am on Tuesday 9 January 2024.

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Unlock the secrets to financial success for your business! Join Forrester Boyd Chartered Accountants for an enlightening webinar where financial experts will share invaluable strategies for effective financial management. Learn how to make informed decisions, optimise your resources, and secure the financial health of your business.

This webinar is your opportunity to tap into the expertise of financial professionals at Forrester Boyd Chartered Accountants, who have a track record of helping businesses thrive. Whether you're looking to harness the potential of cloud accounting, optimize your financial processes, or explore innovative solutions, this event is your guide to achieving financial success.

What the webinar will contain:

This 2 hour webinar will provide you with Invaluable strategies for effective financial management. Financial experts from Forrester Boyd Chartered Accountants will reveal invaluable strategies for effective financial management. Learn how to make informed decisions, optimise your resources, and secure the financial health of your business.

Join us online on Friday 12th January at 12pm by clicking 'book a place' below and reserve a spot for FREE!

Event starts at 12.00pm on Friday 12 January 2024.

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Whether you’re in software, legal, food production, hospitality, manufacturing or something else, building strong teams is at the heart of business success.

But, it’s not always easy, especially when you’re an SME business leader working.

 

During the webinar, we cover a number of topics so you can:

• Develop the key leadership traits needed to build effective teams
• Identify the skills your business needs today, and in the future
• Identifying leadership potential in others
• Build a skills development plan, and identify the resources you need
• Measure success and stay on track

Join us online on Tuesday 16th January at 10am by clicking 'book a place' below and reserve a spot for FREE!

Event starts at 10.00am on Tuesday 16 January 2024.

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Seize the opportunity to plan for your tourism business's success in 2024. Strategize now to attract visitors, increase revenue, and make it your best year yet.

What the webinar will contain:

This session will walk you through a tried-and-tested, uplifting process and give you some new ideas you can put into place immediately. We’ll consider some key trends and how you can benefit.

The session will help you identify priorities, spot some new opportunities and how to maximise revenue for 2024. 

 

Join us at Normanby Gateway on Wednesday 17th January at 10am by clicking 'book a place' below and reserve a spot for FREE! 

Event starts at 10.00am on Wednesday 17 January 2024.

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Whether you're a seasoned investor, a business owner, or simply someone keen on understanding the nuances of the investment world, this event is tailored to provide you with valuable insights and knowledge.

We will be delving into the world of investments, finding out how to align business strategy with investment goals. We will also look at how to prepare a business for valuation or succession and the importance of internal and external communications.

Join us at Normanby Gateway on Tuesday 23rd January at 9am by clicking 'book a place' below and reserve a spot for FREE! 

Event starts at 9.00am on Tuesday 23 January 2024.

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How to maintain or increase revenue from your tourism or hospitality business, even in a cost of living crisis.

You’re in business to make money, but are you happy with what you’re making? These are challenging times. How can you increase revenue?

The right revenue and pricing are a major part of any tourism business’ success.

What the webinar will contain:

The cost of living crisis has impacted many visitors and businesses. How can you make more money and avoid constant discounting? This marketing workshop will help you consider when to use discounts and when to avoid them – and how. We’ll look at different ways of generating more income and what you can do now to make your business more profitable and easier to run.

Join us online on Wednesday 24th January at 10am by clicking 'book a place' below and reserve a spot for FREE!

Event starts at 10.00am on Wednesday 24 January 2024.

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What do you think is possible… for your future career, or that of your SME business?

Could either be achieving more than you currently think?

If so, this 4 hour face to face workshop, part of the Leading for Success programme, will help you unpick the principles of leadership mindset, exploring your true potential, and how this could change your business.

During this workshop, you will discover:

• How our ideas are formed and influence decision making and interactions with others
• How remapping our thought processes can improve decision making
• How you can support your employees: stimulating productivity, ambition and confidence
• What your current mindset looks like, and how to strengthen it

Join us at Normanby Gateway on Monday 29th January at 9am by clicking 'book a place' below and reserve a spot for FREE! 

Event starts at 9.00am on Monday 29 January 2024.

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This free 1 hour webinar will help you create a Leadership action plan, so you can make the changes your business needs to grow. Using content from the previous webinars and workshops, you will have the chance to identify the gaps in your business, and create a timeline to address them:

• Identify the gaps in your current Leadership and team skills plan
• Ensure your plan addresses the growth needs of your business
• Create a timeline and action plan to address them
• Know where to go for further support, including grants

Join us online on Tuesday 30th January at 10am by clicking 'book a place' below and reserve a spot for FREE!

Event starts at 10.00am on Tuesday 30 January 2024.

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It can be difficult to constantly come up with social media posts and blogs that are impactful, engaging and attract visitors. This workshop will provide you with plenty of new ideas!

This is an easy way to generate some fresh ideas, to save time later and plan your social media content. 

What the webinar will contain:

Imagine having a list of at least 30 ideas for brilliant social media posts, all lined up and ready to use? If you ever struggle to decide what to post on social media, this is the event for you. We’ll look at a range of different types of post, what makes them successful and how to adapt ideas for your business. You’ll then be led through a framework process to come up more angles you can use again and again.

Join us at Normanby Gateway on Thursday 8th February at 10am by clicking 'book a place' below and reserve a spot for FREE!!

Event starts at 10.00am on Thursday 8 February 2024.

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Are you ready to take control of your tax planning and ensure both efficiency and compliance? Join Forrester Boyd Chartered Accountants for an insightful webinar where our expert speakers will guide you through the intricacies of tax planning strategies. Learn how to optimise your tax to minimise liabilities and maximise savings, all while staying compliant with the latest regulations.

Don't miss this opportunity to gain a competitive edge in managing your taxes. Our expert tax advisors will provide you with actionable insights that can lead to significant savings and ensure your financial success.

Join us online on Wednesday 14th February at 12 noon by clicking 'book a place' below and reserve a spot for FREE!

Event starts at 12.00pm on Wednesday 14 February 2024.

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This workshop will provide the fundamentals of carbon in a business environment, placing it alongside other management issues faced by organisations. These will include assessing materiality to put carbon in context, appropriate standards of evidence and factors to consider in building a business case for net zero.

Stakeholders expect action on carbon and other impacts, alignment with net zero and support for their own ambitions. Establishing sustainability within a business context is key to delivering on these expectations alongside more established financial measures of success.

The workshop will include a detailed review of materiality assessments as a means of establishing the priority of carbon and other environmental factors, followed by an examination of organisational claims on environmental performance and closing with a group materiality exercise.

Join us at Normanby Gateway on Thursday 15th February at 1.30pm by clicking 'book a place' below and reserve a spot for FREE! 

Event starts at 1.30pm on Thursday 15 February 2024.

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This workshop will take delegates through the steps involved in conducting a representative product carbon foot-printing exercise. Building on concepts introduced in the webinars it will consider data sources and reliability, how to build a carbon model and how to use the outputs from the model.

Quantification of operational carbon is becoming increasingly important as a means of demonstrating engagement with the net-zero agenda. An understanding of how to calculate the carbon footprint of their products and services enables organisations to satisfy the demands of key stakeholders, as well as identifying opportunities for carbon reduction in their own operations.

The workshop will include a hands-on assessment of data sources, reliability and interpretation, followed by a group exercise to calculate estimated comparative carbon footprint of a set of products and delivery processes, and closing with a review of the applications and limitations of the approach.

Join us at Normanby Gateway on Monday 19th February at 1.30pm by clicking 'book a place' below and reserve a spot for FREE! 

Event starts at 1.30pm on Monday 19 February 2024.

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Behind every leader is a great team. The people who make the products, deliver the service, monitor quality, solve the problems and become the leaders and managers of tomorrow.

But, with so many distractions facing SME business leaders, building a great team (just like leadership) isn’t always easy.

In this final 4 hour face to face workshop, part of the Leading for Success programme, we will focus on the key tools you need to recruit, develop and build strong teams, so your SME business can reach its potential.

During this workshop, you will discover:

• Using real SME case studies, what high performing teams look like.
• How to assess your current team skills, and build a skills matrix to develop your team
• How to recruit and appraise team members so you can continue to grow
• How to find and develop the managers of tomorrow
• What you need to focus on as a leader, and what you need to leave behind
• Where to source further support, including grant resources

Join us at Normanby Gateway on Tuesday 20th February at 9am by clicking 'book a place' below and reserve a spot for FREE! 

Event starts at 9.00am on Tuesday 20 February 2024.

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Are you ready to embark on a journey into the world of financial management and empower yourself with the knowledge to make informed business decisions? Join Forrester Boyd Chartered Accountants for an enlightening workshop that explores the importance of financial management, financial statements and analysis, and the art of budgeting and forecasting. Unlock the Power of your Financial Management.

Whether you are a seasoned professional or new to the world of finance, this workshop will offer valuable insights that can help you enhance your financial management skills. Financial experts will share their knowledge and expertise to guide you toward financial literacy.

Join us at Normanby Gateway on Wednesday 28th February at 9am by clicking 'book a place' below and reserve a spot for FREE!

Event starts at 9.00am on Wednesday 28 February 2024.

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This workshop is a practical session helping attendees to develop the skills needed to create their own decarbonisation plan. Pulling together concepts covered in the companion webinar series, it will centre on hotspots and mitigation, with a focus on supply chain impacts, creating a carbon plan and monitoring and maintaining the plan.

Delivering net-zero in line with the UK’s national goal for 2050 requires organisations to effectively manage their own emissions. Key stakeholders are increasingly expecting to see evidence that carbon reductions are being effectively managed and are holding businesses to account in their conduct.

What the workshop will contain:

The workshop will include an assessment of how to use data to reduce site emissions and a category-by-category review of supply chain emissions and how to set about understanding, reducing and communicating them.

Join us at Normanby Gateway on Thursday 29th February at 1.30pm by clicking 'book a place' below and reserve a spot for FREE! 

Event starts at 1.30pm on Thursday 29 February 2024.

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Are you ready to take control of your financial future and ensure the prosperity of your business? Join Forrester Boyd Chartered Accountants for this Financial Strategy and Planning Workshop where you'll gain critical insights into financial risk management, tax planning, and profit extraction strategies.

Don't miss this unique opportunity to refine your financial strategy and planning. Join us for half a day of knowledge-sharing, networking, and taking control of your financial future. We look forward to welcoming you to this impactful workshop as we navigate the world of financial strategy and planning.

Join us at Normanby Gateway on Tuesday 19th March at 9am by clicking 'book a place' below and reserve a spot for FREE! 

Event starts at 9.00am on Tuesday 19 March 2024.

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