If you own your own business, you will know how important it is to make new face to face connections in order to raise awareness and encourage referrals. Business Netwalking Fleet provides the opportunity to do that, while also enjoying a walk in local countryside. We meet at various locations around Fleet on the last Friday of each month. Our next event is 10am on Friday 24th November, meeting at Coach House Cafe and Coffee Shop, Crookham Village. We will netwalk for around an hour and introduce ourselves, then return to the Coach House for coffee and cake. If you
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Autism Friendly Fleet presents An evening talk by Caroline Hearst The myths vs the reality of autism Strengths autistic people have to offer in the workplace The sort of accommodations that would help autistic people build on their strengths and mitigate their challenges The sort of HR practices that would help autistic people regardless of whether they have an official diagnosis Caroline Hearst qualified as an art-psychotherapist and worked in a variety of roles including librarian, trade union recruiter, and adult educator before discovering that she is autistic. Caroline credits her discovery that she is autistic with enabling her to
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Police and Crime Commissioner for Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, Donna Jones, invites members of the business community across the two counties to her first Business Cybersecurity and Fraud Summit.
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Building Resilience in your Business – Wed, 20 January 2021 Recent events have proven to us that unexpected events can take the world by surprise. So how as a business owner can you build resilience in your business. This could be to prepare for the unexpected: • The unexpected death or illness of shareholders, key people • Product lines or revenue streams that no longer deliver the same return • Individuals leaving/being poached by competitors or you needing to release members of the team but not wanting to lose the culture you’ve created • Managing personal income and cash flow
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Chamber of Solutions – International Tue, 19 January 2021 This FREE Chamber of Solutions event takes a close look at the many needs of businesses as we pass the transition deadline and move into the new trading context, as the United Kingdom leaves the EU’s Single Market and Customs Union. Whether we have an FTA with our EU partners or not there is much for all globally-trading businesses to understand and to inform their future trading prospects. Several temporarily-staged easings of the implementation of changes around border controls, customs declarations and processes have been announced by Government, however clarity, advice
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The Fleet Business Improvement District, FindYourFleet, is working in partnership with Hart District Council and Kate Cottrell from Scoop to encourage businesses in Fleet to make simple changes towards becoming single-use plastic free. Kate Cottrell & Hart District Council are hosting a workshop on Thursday 5th March to introduce the issues surrounding single-use plastic within a working environment and find ways of reducing this damaging waste product. The challenges are similar to a home environment, so wider participants are also welcome, as well as businesses. At the end of the workshop the aim is that you will be able
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Kirk Rice will be joining forces with the business legal team at Lamb Brooks Solicitors, making themselves available for a free accounting, tax and legal clinic, taking place on Thursday 6 February at the Kirk Rice office in Fleet. Businesses can book a free 20 minute appointment with a qualified accountant and /or lawyer. So if you have a burning question, are looking to make changes to your business or just want to run an idea past someone with the knowledge and experience to advise you, then please book your free appointment. Whatever stage your business is at, a chat
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Making a Success of E-Commerce Did you know: • 73% businesses in Fleet said that competition from the Internet was a concern to them. • In November 2018 21.5% if all retail sales were online sales. • Approx 18% of all retail sales are now online compared to 7% in 2010. Our next Business Briefing therefore focuses on Making a Success of E-Commerce so that you can find out how to drive more traffic to your website to increase sales, what is required to sell online and how to deliver e-commerce cost effectively. This event is FREE to businesses in
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