Another great night.

 This is why I love being involved with Young Enterprise!

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What’s on with Always Consult in May 2012

The Free business clinics are supported by fully experienced and SFEDI accredited business advisors and provided FREE of charge by Shropshire Council and Malvern Hills Council

May 16th- Malvern Hills Council FREE business clinic, in Tenbury Wells

May16th-Church Stretton FREE business clinic, Shropshire Council

May22nd-Cleobury Mortimer FREE business clinic, Shropshire Council

May24th Oswestry FREE business clinic, Shropshire Council

May 28th-Business Breakfast meeting for Pontesbury and Minsterley business owners at The Horseshoes 8am to 10am. £10.00 plus VAT

May29th- Malvern Hills FREE business clinic Tenbury Wells

May 31st- Boost the Business at the Roy Fletcher Centre, Shrewsbury, 9.30am to 1pm  £15.00

 To book the FREE Shropshire Council business clinics visit the website http://www.shropshire.gov.uk/business

To book the Tenbury Wells FREE business clinics call Carole Clayton on 0797154379

All other events -call Always Consult on 03334 442467

 Time 9.30am – 1pm

This month we are honoured to have Harriet Morris from The Web Tree giving some great ideas on how to “Get The Message” and be effective with  presentations and the all important 45 seconds pitch.

 Harriet has a great reputation and  holds workshops in and around the Shrewsbury area- this is an opportunity not to be missed!  Click on the link to find out more.

http://www.thewebtree.net/message-marketing/

Our usual price of £15.00 still holds, and this type of expert knowledge which includes handouts, should warrant a larger investment.

 The  price included refreshments and handouts.  Many think this is a subsidised  event, it isn’t. Our guest speakers give their time to help and support people who want to “Boost The Business”- so we really do thank them whole heartedly.

 Due to demand we are now having to limit the places and we already have some sound bookings for the event- don’t miss out!

  Email me at carol@alwaysconsult.com or call on 03334 442467 to confirm your place.

 See you there!

Contact carol@alwaysconsult.com for details and to reserve your place.

Does your business need a boost?

  1-2-1 sessions with an accredited business advisor who will provide help and support to either  start your business idea or help move your business forward.

Sessions can be booked  for an hour or hour and a half. For more detail about the venues and to book direct go on :

www.shropshire.gov.uk/business

or  call: 01743 252259

 Dates and areas currently available are: 

9/2/2012  Shrewsbury

14/2/2012 Craven Arms

16/2/2012 Oswestry

21/2/2012 Bishops Castle

23/2/2012 Shifnal

8/3/2012 Shrewsbury

15/3/2012 Oswestry

20/3/2012 Cleobury Mortimer

29/3/2012 Market drayton

  Click on the picture for the full details

Boost The Business details

• If you want to start a business and not sure what to do
• If you have a business already and want help and support from accredited business advisors
• If you want to know what grants are available to grow your business:-

Then the FREE business clinic held  at Pontesbury Village Hall on Friday 13th January is a just the place to be.

 Places are very limited as this event is for the morning only and is on a 1-2-1 basis with accredited business advisors. Two will be available for FREE help and support.

 Call us in the first instance on 03334 42467 to book your hour time slot.

The last Blog of 2011 and a reflection of  the year overall. 

It’s been a fantastic year, both personally and in business.

 Always Consult  is now in it’s third year and has gone from strength to strength.

  We now have a full range of great talented associates working alongside us including,  accredited business advisers, leadership and management consultants, health and safety specialists, web designers and accountants. All are wanting to support new and existing businesses to ensure sustainability and growth.

 At the end of March, we achieved one of our many business goals which was to become an accredited  leadership and management centre with the Institute of Leadership and Management. Under the ILM banner we can offer level 3 award and certificate in Effective Management and also level 3 in Business Enterprise.

We also have a full range of development programmes on offer ranging from stress management courses, train the trainer courses to leadership and management courses. 

In January(10th and 11th) we are again offering the Train The Trainer course for anyone who is or is thinking of starting up in business and will be presenting, training or facilitating. It’s  a two day accredited workshop which will greatly enhance presentation skills as well as ensuring any legal requirements are in place when presenting or  training. It’s fun and informative and the ILM accreditation gives the programme credibility.

 Since November we can now also offer City and Guilds programmes such as Career Guidance diploma at level 6, Advice and Guidance at level 3 and 4,certificate and diploma for the Children and Young People Workforce and the Training, Assessment and Internal Quality Assurance (TAQA)

To ensure we give a rounded service to all our clients and their business needs, we offer the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health programmes which include Health and safety in the Workplace.

 This year we have  helped over 150 people start up their own business and wish to continue the good work even though some of the funding has fallen away.  We are currently helping and supporting many people who are at risk of redundancy in a  large local company, by conducting face to face  meetings in the factory to support their business ideas.  The full Business Start up Courses for them should follow in the New Year. The area we are working in needs business entrepreneurs to get their new business up and running and becoming self employed if it is to survive the  downturn in the economy.

We are passionate about  supporting areas and people where  there are potentially a large number of redundancies looming, many of the people have fantastic skills which they can turn into a business idea- but many do not know how to start! That’s what we do well-help, support, guide and signpost to ensure confidence, skills and knowledge are high.

Our Boost the Business bite size workshops started in August and these were born out of a plea by many new start ups who felt there was little or no support once the business has started.   Those who attended loved the opportunity to buddy up with others to keep the focus on the agreed monthly actions. We will be re-vamping for 2012, so watch this space!

I’ve personally continued to learn and self development in 2011-proving yet again, learning has no barriers or age limit!  I have met new friends and valuable business contacts who will be with me in 2012.

 I will continue to reflect on what I  need to do to ensure I personally continue to grow and self develop  which in turn will enable my business to move to the next stage.

 The plans are already taking shape. What about yours?