first meeting of Oldham's Enterprise club

The first meeting went really well, I gave an overview on types of business support along with a few promotions:

Free public procurement training from the council- how to tender for public sector contracts;

Market stall incentives, including support with fit outs and test trading;

Oldham Coliseum kind offer for drama workshops, good for good body language and confidence;

if your interested in any of these let me know.

Ghazala Koosar promoted some good online resources:

www.oldhambusinessnetwork.com :)

www.lawdonut.co.uk

www.businessgrowthhub.com

Alison Hornsby from the Enterprise Centre then talked about the importance of project planning when starting your business with a mass of energy and enthusiasm. She also explored enterprise and what it takes to get going, hard work, determination, taking risk, not being afraid to fail, etc. Lets hope those that attended define there project for the next meeting :)

Will Preston from Support Learning Solutions was also on hand to promote his free basic IT training courses. He will be attending the next few meetings as well, and Dean from Blue Orchid was there offering support.

If you want to support Oldham's enterprise club contact me or if you know somebody who would benefit from the club let me know.

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Comment by Kieron Hill on January 24, 2012 at 20:22: Hi Jonathan looks interesting I'll look out for future events

Comment by Julie Crowley on January 21, 2012 at 13:48: Great to hear how this group is going and who is saying what. Look forward to future blogs and posts!

Comment by Thomas Yates (OBN Co-Founder) on January 19, 2012 at 12:34: I will look at the dates/times as well as what is on certain dates and if I get the chance then yes I would definately come along to one.

Comment by Jonathan Phillips on January 19, 2012 at 10:41: check out events- I have added a draft agenda plus speakers, its mainly access to finance with more time to network and ask questions, plus 1 to 1's. Do you fancy coming along?