Business Gateway Workshops in Sutherland

Here's a list of Business Gateway workshops being held in Sutherland over the next few months:

2 Day Business Start-Up	Tues 23rd – Wed 24th October	9.30am – 4pm	Community Learning Centre, Brora
Marketing & Selling	Thursday 13th December	9.30am – 4pm	Community Learning Centre, Brora
Record Keeping	Friday 14th December	9.30am – 4pm	Community Learning Centre, Brora

 
You can download workshop details here (Google Docs PDF Files):
1. Business Start
2. Marketing & Selling/Record Keeping


For more information about Business Gateway courses in other areas, visit our Events Calendar:
To book a place, contact Lesley Allan on 01463 713889 or lesley.allan@highland-opportunity.com

Business Gateway Workshops

We are now taking bookings for the following courses, which will be held at the Brora Community Learning Centre. 

19th – 20th June 2012 : 2 Day Business Start Up 

Join our two day workshop where you will learn how to develop your ideas into a practical and effective plan to launch your business. Key elements include: Getting the marketing right for your business; Developing a realistic, working business plan; Deciding what finance you need and learning how to use financial information. 

12th July 2012: Record Keeping 

This is a 1 Day Workshop. This workshop will explain how to manage your finances and continue to plan your business including what records you are required to keep to comply with the law. How to develop an action plan to introduce and/or improve financial record keeping system and improve your business financial management 

13th July 2012: Marketing & Selling 

This is a 1 Day Workshop aimed to help you create a realistic marketing plan designed to improve your marketing efforts and ultimately lead to more sales. 

To book your place on these FREE Workshops or to find out about Business Gateway Courses in your area, please contact Lesley Allan on 01463 713889 or lesley.allan@highland-opportunity.com

Client Snapshot - Brora Health Food & Gift Store

Andrew Weston in the Store (photo Clive Grewcock)

As the regeneration of Brora's village centre continues, one of the recently-opened shops is the Brora Health Food & Gift Store, owned and run by Andrew Weston.

The Store stocks an incredible range of health foods and supplements, environmentally-friendly and Fair Trade products -  and a great selection of wholefoods and ingredients for the more adventurous chefs in the area.  In fact, Andrew prides himself on selling products that would be hard to find anywhere else in the Highlands.

The business is now expanding  into e-commerce,  as well as supplying catering establishments in the North of Scotland. “The benefit to caterers is that we can supply products as and when they want and without a delivery charge,” he explains.

Business Gateway helped with a small grant and Andrew attended several of our free workshops

For more information, and to browse the new online store, follow this link  - or you can call Andrew on 01408 622692