Take a step towards turning your business idea into a reality or practice your pitch for your new business. The University of Worcester and Enterprising Worcestershire and are jointly hosting Start-Up QuickPitch 2020, taking place on the 26th of February at The Hive. Pre-starts, businesses trading up to 12 months and budding student entrepreneurs […]
Our free Start-up fair is the biggest event in our annual calendar. It brings together students and local micro enterprises at all stages in their development from pre-start up, through to those already trading. Offering participants an opportunity showcase their ideas, products and services, gain awareness and promotion to a wider audience, and most importantly, network. […]
Businesses often start with a simple idea. An idea can range from products and services repackaged differently and introduced into existing markets right through to a new and disruptive idea which creates exciting new markets. Our competition gives budding Entrepreneurs and companies already trading but in their infancy a platform to show case their ideas. Entrants will need to do an elevator pitch, if shortlisted, and convince our panel of business […]
Is your business for Making Tax Digital? If not then you need to act now! With Tim Pearce, Managing Partner, Haines Watts Worcester/Evesham. Making Tax Digital comes into force for VAT registered companies from 1 April 2019. Are you ready? This session will explain it all and help you to gain a clear understanding of […]
Starting out in business is tough. One of the greatest headaches is identifying how much money you need and raising it. Dom has been fortunate to have raised finance from many sources including grants, crowdfunding, bank loans, angel investors and VC’s. In this FREE workshop he will cover 4 topics; 1) Identifying how much finance you […]
Your IP is too important not to be done properly What are the 5 most common Mistakes made in IP? 1. Having no IP Budget Did you know? IP spend can be a top 5 spend for small companies Hiding IP spend in Legal or R&D budgets leads to conflicts IP spend can and should […]
Worcester Enterprise is proud to announce the Got a great business ideas competition for the second year running. The competition last year was a great success and some excellent pitches were made to our “Dragon’s Den” panel of local entrepreneurs. We’re hoping for even bigger and better things this year! The competition is open to […]
When are the free clinic sessions taking place? 12-2pm every Tuesday throughout September and October (with a view to continuing the service based on sufficient demand). The University of Worcester is introducing a new pilot free weekly business ideas clinic run by local Entrepreneurs and staff out of the Pierson Centre here at the University […]
Networking is one of the vital ways to enable individuals to socialise whilst meeting new people who have the similar passions and ideas. We will have a number of our Entrepreneurs and members the wider business community in attendance who can discuss your ideas, share thoughts and advice and even direct you to the right people who can […]
Ever wondered about trying to start a business, but don’t know where to start?……….Got a great idea, but are worried about how you are going to fund it?………Want to try and campaign to raise money for your organization, but don’t know how to go about it? Our guest speakers will talk with you about the many ways you […]