15th Feb Leeds Inventors Group- guest speaker Ellis Pitt on Design

Leeds Inventors Group 15/02/2012

Leeds Inventors Group Meeting

A great opportunity to mix with other inventors and get advice from people involved in the business of protecting and exploiting new ideas and products. An invited speaker attends each monthly meeting. Open to all. Free admission.

Next meeting: 15th February 2012 6pm-7.45pm

Where: 3rd floor Meeting Room, Leeds Central library

Speaker: Guest Speaker Ellis Pitt
Design : What could it do for you ?
Ellis Pitt is an experienced, independent Design Manager who has
used design to grow and sell his own businesses alongside
mentoring senior management teams to use design effectively in
theirs. This evening's talk distils several ways in which design
can be used effectively to bring new products and services to
market.

Central Library

Calverley Street
Leeds
LS1 3AB
Ring (0113) 2478266 to book your place
For further information tel 0113 2478266 or email piu@leeds.gov.uk

The Enterprise Club 20th Feb 2012, Leeds Central library 6pm

The Enterprise club provides an opportunity to network and access information, support and advice on starting and running a business from set-up onwards.
Workshops will start on Monday 23rd January and
run fortnightly from 6pm – 7.45pm.
The following topics are covered:

23rd Jan Is starting a business right for you?
6th Feb HMRC-Tax and NI
20th Feb Financing your business
5th March Marketing your business
19th March Researching your business

The workshops are open to anyone

 thinking about setting up their own business or becoming self employed.

 To find out more and book into the workshops contact:

 Business and Patent Information Services

 Tel: 0113 247 8266

 Email: piu@leeds.gov.uk

 Web: www.businessandpatents.org

 The Enterprise Club runs at:

                      

 Leeds Central Library

 3^rd Floor Meeting Room

 Calverley Street

 LS1 3AB

Financing Your business 20th Feb enterprise club

Leap into Action business support event 29/2/12

Sheffield Inventors Group 6/2/2012

Sheffield Inventors Group
 
Monday 6th February 2012  6 - 7.45pm
 
Talk by Kalim Yasseen of UK IPO on Filing a GB patent application - process and procedures
 
Free admission
 
Contact details;
Reference and Information Library
Central Library
Surrey Street
Sheffield
S1 1XZ
Tel: 0114 2734736
Email: information.library@sheffield.gov.uk

Leap into Action 29th Feb 2012 Enterprise event

To read the full seminar programme and to book your free place please visit http://leapintoaction2012.eventbrite.co.uk

Council urges business to leap into action in 2012

Leeds City Council is asking owners/managers of new start up and micro businesses to ‘save the date’ for an important enterprise event to be held on a date which only comes around once every four years – 29th February.

The ‘Leap into Action’ event is free and will provide an opportunity for businesses to see first hand what business support is available from Leeds City Council and a number of other organisations in the city. It is hoped the event will inspire and inform businesses and new start ups to help them develop and grow their businesses in 2012.

In addition the event is being held as a reminder of the huge variety and scope of information and help available from the Business and Patent Information Service of the council based in Leeds Central Library.

The day will include an exhibition area as well as a number of seminars aimed at anyone thinking about starting up or who has already taken the plunge and wants guidance on areas such as sourcing finance, business support, finding office space, tax and national insurance, how to network, protecting new products and developing brands as well as the hot topic of social media and making the best of it for business.

Simon Brereton, enterprise support team manager for Leeds City Council said:
“At a time when there is a great deal of uncertainty about what business support is available we felt it was important to highlight the large amount of useful information, a lot of which is free, currently available from the council and local organisations.

“For example it’s little known that Leeds has one of the few full-time patent libraries in the UK. An effective patent or trademark search can be a vital first step when developing a new product and can ultimately save you time and money. The event in February will also give business owners a chance to expand their knowledge of business issues and talk to some of the providers.”

The event takes place on Wednesday 29th February 2012 at the Leeds Central Library from 11am to 6.00pm.

The council have also produced an electronic guide which outlines what support is available and how to get in touch with the relevant department or organisation. The guide is available by emailing katie.dunlevey@enterpriseleeds.co.uk or calling 0113 220 6350. It can also be downloaded from www.enterpriseleeds.co.uk
The event is supported by Europe Direct.