Events

This event is your chance to hear from our guest speaker Jo Haigh, a partner and Head of Corporate Finance for MGR and a partner in the fds Group, a specialist training and development business.

Jo will be discussing her thoughts behind her latest book, ‘Tales from a Glass Ceiling’, which were mainly aimed at showing women how to gain their confidence and strive for equal opportunities in a male dominated profession.

This is a Forward Ladies event.

Over 75% of first presentations to banks against documentary letters of credit are rejected, resulting in delayed payments to exporters, additional costs and breached delivery deadlines.

The next Business Network event in West Yorkshire is on Wednesday 12 August 2009 at Weetwood Hall.

The last two August events have been extremely well attended and this year I am expecting between 80 and 100 businesses at this event.

The sessions - Each session will last about 1 hour.

Session 1 - Dealing with suppliers, looking at costings
This session will look at suppliers’ costs up to EXW. We will then examine how it may be possible to reduce these and ensure there are no hidden costs. Different terms of payment will be examined to compare the true price of each and effect on cashflow. Conducted by: Mike Strawson

Is your company interested in securing contracts within the Public Sector? However, do you feel that this is a market in which you cannot compete? If you don’t know how to start, this two hour seminar will show you exactly how.

We will dispel the myths associated with Public Sector e-procurement and guide you through the technicalities of the process. Armed with the knowledge of how to promote your business directly to key decision makers you will leave the seminar feeling confident that you have opened a door to real revenue growth for your company.

Following the success of the OpenCoffee networking events we have held in Bradford, Sheffield and Barnsley bmedi@ are running another event on Thursday 20th August 2009 in Bradford.

The emphasis of OpenCoffee is very much on the internet and new media industries etc. These free events are informal and see a range of technology entrepreneurs, designers, bloggers, developers, geeks, investors and anyone else who's interested in digital media and technology exchanging ideas and striking up relationships that would otherwise never have flourished.

Are you looking for a fresh approach to networking? This event offers you the opportunity to take a real hands on approach to networking, whilsthaving fun at the same time.

By making and sampling a range of cocktails you will have the chance to really intermingle with your potential customers at the event, and hear from two of Leeds' first class mixologists.

Plus, from 7pm til 9pm 'Learn to Play' Blackjack and Roulette is available so you can continue to build upon
any initial conversations that you may have started at the event.

This is a Forward Ladies event.

Social media marketing is one of the newest and most effective marketing channels currently available, but astonishingly, less than 5% of businesses are using it!

So you're on Linkedin but how hard is your profile working to generate new business?

In just 60 minutes at your own desk you'll learn: