North East Access to Finance
Supporting the region's businesses

Skills courses to grow your business

To help North East based businesses to reach their full potential, Business Link is offering a series of innovative workshops covering key business topics designed to help you and your staff develop the key skills to help grow your business and increase your profitability.

Click the titles below for the amended details of forthcoming events and how to register:

Project Management

Negotiation Skills

Developing Your Sales Skills

Search Engine Optimisation

Networking Skills

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Learn the key principles and techniques of successful project management

To help North East businesses improve their performance and management skills, Business Link is running a series of fully-funded project management training workshops.

Good projects, which deliver quality results, on-time and within budget are dependent on the capability of people involved from project board down to individual team members, which is why Business Link has developed this latest training course.

This workshop provides an introduction to the PRINCE2™ methodology and will provide delegates with an excellent understanding of good project management, what PRINCE2™ is all about and how to apply the principles to their own working environment.

The day-long training sessions are taking place across the region on the following dates and at the following venues:

August

25th - Wynyard Rooms, Stockton

26th - Marriott Hotel Gosforth

27th - Beamish Hall, Durham

31st - Blackwell Grange, Darlington

 

September

1st - Marriott Hotel Gosforth

2nd - Wynyard Rooms, Stocton

3rd - BIC, Sunderland

 

October

4th - Blackwell Grange, Darlington

5th - Beamish Hall, Durham

6th - BIC, Sunderland

 

Click here to register

 

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Learn how to improve your negotiation skills and win new business

Developing your negotiation skills will help you in almost every area of your business. Whether it's selling, buying, dealing with clients, suppliers or customers, staff, financiers, peers or board members, applying the principles of effective negotiation will help you win every time.

This is why Business Link has organised this one day workshop - providing strategies, tactics, and tips to help you conduct successful negotiations.

The day-long training sessions are taking place across the region on the following dates and at the following venues:

 

August

16th - Marriott Hotel Gosforth

18th - Beamish Hall, Durham

 

September

7th - Copthorne Hotel, Newcastle

8th - BIC, Sunderland

15th - Parkmore Hotel, Eaglescliffe

16th - Copthorne Hotel, Newcastle

 

October

5th - Wynyard Rooms, Stockon

6th - Marriott Hotel Gosforth

12th - Novotel Kingston Park, Newcastle

13th - Beamish Hall, Durham

 

November

2nd - BIC, Sunderland

3rd - Marriott Hotel Gosforth

9th - Blackwell Grange, Darlington

10th - Beamish Hall, Durham

 

Click here to register

 

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Improving Your Business Through Sales

 

This training is designed to help individuals improve their sales skills and performance. 

With a tailored mixture of real sales experience and practical examples you will be guided through the techniques, tips and strategies. At the end of the session you will understand the principals of selling and be able to apply the knowledge into working practices.

The training sessions are taking place across the region on the following dates and at the following venues:

 

August

24th – Beamish Hall, Durham

25th – Marriott Hotel Gosforth

26th – Wynyard Rooms, Stockton

 

September

16th – Copthorne Hotel, Newcastle

17th – Blackwell Grange, Darlington

23rd – Marriott Hotel Gosforth

24th – Beamish Hall, Durham

28th – Wynyard Rooms, Stockton

 

October

6th – Longhirst Hall, Morpeth

7th – Copthorne Hotel, Newcastle

12th – BIC, Sunderland

13th – Marriott Hotel Gosforth

14th – Beamish Hall, Durham

 

Click here to register

 

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Learn how to improve your online presence and win new business

To help North East businesses reach their full potential in online marketing, Business Link is offering a number of fully-funded training workshops on Search Engine Optimisation (SEO).

This training is designed to equip individuals with the skills they need to really make a difference to their online marketing – it’s fast-paced and filled with the latest tips and tricks. We’ll ensure that you leave the sessions with a clear and practical understanding of how to use the skills that you gain.

The day-long training sessions are taking place across the region on the following dates and at the following venues:

 

August

17th – Longhirst Hall, Morpeth

18th – Beamish Hall, Durham

19th – BIC, Sunderland

25th - Blackwell Grange, Darlington

 

September

15th - Copthorne Hotel, Newcastle

16th - Longhirst Hall, Morpeth

17th - Wynyard Rooms, Stockton

21st - Marriott Hotel Gosforth

 

October

6th - Beamish Hall, Durham

7th - Marriott Hotel Gosforth

11th - Wynyard Rooms, Stockton

14th - Beamish Hall, Durham

 

Click here to register

 

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Learn how to improve your networking skills

Networking can be an inexpensive and effective way to grow any business. For many reasons people find it a challenge grow their businesses through networking. This workshop it designed to take an objective view on how to be successful at business networking.

The workshop is interactive and attendee participation is encouraged .At the end of the course attendee’s will have an outline personal networking plan.

The training sessions are taking place across the region on the following dates and at the following venues:

 

August

25th - Beamish Hall Hotel, Durham

31st - Blackwell Grange, Darlington

 

September

2nd - BIC, Sunderland

14th - Copthorne, Newcastle

16th - Best Western, Hexham

22nd - Novotel Kingston Park, Newcastle

23rd - Wynyard Rooms, Stockton

28th - Beamish Hall, Durham

30th - Marriott Hotel Gosforth

 

October

5th - Parkmore Hotel, Eaglescliffe

14th - BIC, Sunderland

19th - Longhirst Hall, Morpeth

 

Click here to register

 

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Alternatively, if you have more than 10 employees who would benefit from attending this training session, we would be willing to deliver a training workshop at your premises.

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