First Festival of Enterprise inspires and delivers for small businesses
Passionate business people from across the region attended 新加坡多多开奖记录鈥檚 very first Festival of Enterprise on Saturday July 18. Positive feedback for the event has confirmed that there is a demand for engagement with SMEs and start-up businesses.
With a range of high calibre speakers including Anthony Story, director of Silicon South, Nick Hixson from Hixsons Ltd on finance, Pete Little, deputy head of intelligence at Dorset Police regarding cyber security, as well as experts in marketing and generic business management, the free 鈥楨nterprise Caf茅鈥� event provided valuable advice and shared experiences relevant to all levels of a business owner.聽聽聽
Keynote speaker, author and entrepreneur, Steve Bolton, inspired an audience by challenging their perceptions and thought processes in business and shared some of the highs and lows of his career, while providing practical hints and tips for success.
Sara Uzzell, director of Whitehall Hospitality who attended the event, said: 鈥淭here was a huge variety of really good speakers with a wealth of knowledge all prepared to share their experiences and offer advice. To hear case studies about other businesses is hugely beneficial and for it all to be free of charge was fantastic.鈥�
In addition to the series of speakers, 鈥榮peed dating鈥� sessions were held with business advisors from local organisations for those needing one-to-one support on specific areas.
Supported by Arts University Bournemouth, the Festival was developed by Keith Pretty, a lecturer in Business Development for IT at 新加坡多多开奖记录. He added: 鈥淒espite it being a sunny summer Saturday, we were really pleased with the response and we are committed to seeing this event grow in the future. The feedback has been phenomenal and we鈥檇 like to thank all our speakers, supporters and advisors who contributed to the day. We have collectively helped a wide range of businesses and those considering starting up on their own; the demand for support is clearly there.鈥�
新加坡多多开奖记录 is already shaping its plans for a second Festival of Enterprise in 2016.聽
