Halton & Warrington BusinessFAIR
Wednesday 2nd November Stobart Stadium Halton
www.businessfairsuk.com
Welcome to the 2011 Halton and Warrington Business Fair. We have tried to make sure that today’s event offers something for every type of business - big or small, new or old. With many activities taking place, visitors will find that their trip has been both interesting and worthwhile.
Business to Business Exhibi+on - a wide variety of companies are showcasing their products and services to the hundreds of visitors a,ending the event. Ask the Expert
- A range of Experts are on hand to provide advice and guidance on a range of issues
Improving Your Sales - Apex Consultants Doing Business in Europe - Enterprise Europe Network North West Improving your Resource EďŹƒciency – Groundwork Merseyside Business Support / Doing Business in Halton - Halton Chamber of Commerce & Enterprise, Halton Borough Council Business Development and Halton Borough Council - Enterprising Halton. Business Taxes, VAT, Employing People & Interna(onal Trade - HMRC Business Educa2on & Support Team Improving Your Website Rankings on Google - Selling Online Ltd Talk to MARC or JOHN, at the SELLING ONLINE LTD stand, to asses your current website rankings on GOOGLE and how to IMPROVE them to generate many more ENQUIRIES AND SALES. They can also pinpoint your compe2tor's weaknesses and the likely TIME & COST in obtaining a TOP 3 GOOGLE search engine ranking. Marke(ng Your Business - The Chartered Ins2tute of Marke2ng Management & Performance Improvement - The Chartered Management Ins2tute Se)ng Up & Developing an Online Shop - TICWEBSHOPS
Complimentary Marke+ng and Business Clinics
from the Chartered Ins+tute of Marke+ng and Chartered Management Ins+tute - Take advantage of a 20 minute advice clinic with a member of the CIM / CMI Team.
Business Showcase - A mixture of speed networking session and up to 10 businesses delivering a 60 second pitch about what they do. Many other Special Features and A,rac+ons -
including View and play Adrenaline Brush’s latest range of original, hand cra ed board games Take advantage of a free head and back massage from Cloudnine Bodyworks - plus networking opportuni+es, business informa+on & advice and a complimentary Event Programme and Business Guide for every visitor.
For further information on future events, please visit our website www.businessfairsuk.com. Finally, thank you for attending and we hope that you have a productive and enjoyable time.
welcome
exhibition area
Stadium Fitness
refreshments
Stadium Fitness
A wide variety of exhibitors are displaying their products and services in the Conference and Exhibi+on Area of the Stadium Fitness Suite.
Refreshments and Snacks (and Sea+ng Areas) available on the ground floor in the Stadium Fitness Suite.
workshops
10.30 Liverpool BA Business Showcase
Main Stadium Karalius Suite
These are networking sessions with a dierence. At each Showcase we will invite up to ten businesses to do a 60 second pitch about what they do (free of charge) to the rest of the audience. This is followed up by a further ten minutes of general speed networking.If you would like to deliver one of these pitches, submit your details to us using the Contact Us form on the www.businessfairsuk.com website - make sure that you provide your Contact Name, telephone number and a short descrip2on of what your pitch will cover (in the message ďŹ eld).
11.15 Capitalising on commercial opportunities within your business
SME businesses are o en guilty of not capitalising on the commercial opportuni+es that exist within their business, o en overlooking the importance of proac+ve CRM (customer rela+onship management), partnership marke+ng and other ini+a+ves that can either provide new revenue streams or reduce overhead to maximise a business’s proďŹ tability. Apex Consultants workshop will focus on two key areas:
1. Maximising exis+ng rela+onships (customers, suppliers and contacts) to improve your business proďŹ tability 2. Improving proďŹ tability through improved processes and management.
Workshop delivered by Nick Richardson, Director, Apex Consultants.
12.00 The New Mersey Gateway - Procurement Process and Commercial Opportunities
David Parr Chief Execu+ve of Halton Borough Council will outline some of the opportuni+es that will be available as a result of the ďŹ nal approval of this mul+ million pound project - and how companies can ďŹ nd out more and prepare to get involved..
David Parr Chief Execu2ve Halton Borough Council.
1.00 Understanding Your Competition and How to Beat Them
A One Hour mini Marke+ng Master Class covering SWOT analysis - Compe++ve Review - Magpie principle - Eec+ve Intelligence Informed business decisions - Winning your ba,les - Defensive Strategies - Oensive Strategies - Ea+ng the Big Fish - Capitalising on Being Small - Fair share and some.
Davide de Maestri, Chartered Ins2tute of Marke2ng
2.00 How to create ongoing profit by becoming a value added ecommerce reseller.
This workshop from TIC Webshops will provide a brief overview on the do's and dont's of selling online and also how to generate revenue through client referral networks both online and oine.
2.30 How to Submit Winning Tenders
TIC Webshops.
The presenta+on will give key advice to anyone bidding for public sector contracts or applying to main contractor's approved supplier lists. A,endees will gain an understanding of how to produce high scoring tender documents
Mike Raynor, Quality Tender Services
3.00 Introduction to International Trade
A basic presenta+on about impor+ng and expor+ng goods. Aimed at businesses that trade or are about to trade with countries outside the European Community. HMRC will explain import/export procedures and highlight the various regimes which may save you +me and money
HMRC Business Educa2on and Support Team