Business News from BCP Council 🗞️ 3 June 2024
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💸 FinTech West South Coast Summer Showcase
📅 25 June 2024 ⌚ 9am - 12pm 📍 Bournemouth & Poole College

FinTech West - South Coast is a growing, vibrant community with loads of enthusiasm. If you are based in, near or simply want to be part of this dynamic region, come along and get involved. We'll get you up to date on all things FinTech from the South Coast and elsewhere plus you'll meet a great bunch of people. The agenda includes:
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  • South Coast update
  • Key FinTech activity across the UK
  • Accelerating your businesses growth
  • Future captains of industry
  • Don't be complacent, be compliant
  • Funding and Finance Opportunities
  • Putting the South Coast on the global FinTech map
Find out more and register 🔍
📈 New Dorset LEP Funding Accelerator programme
Dorset Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) and Focused For Business have joined forces on an exciting initiative to help Dorset-based businesses secure vital funding to grow their businesses.

Dorset LEP has agreed to generously fund two-thirds of the cost for eligible local businesses to join Focused For Business' renowned Funding Accelerator programme. This means more Dorset companies can access excellent advice and support in their journey to securing investment for their business.
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Find out more 🔍
🤝 FSB Networking at Foundry, Poole
📅 5 June 2024 ⌚ 4pm - 6pm 📍 Foundry, Poole

Join Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) for networking at the Foundry, Poole, free of charge. Everyone is welcome whether an FSB member or non-member.

FSB is delighted to be hosting this event as part of a series of free in-person FSB events. The session will include both opportunities to network and presentations focusing on local information and topics of interest.
Find out more and register 🔍
🤝 Summer Speak Easy for digital, design and tech
📅 20 June 2024 ⌚ From 4.30pm 📍 Syd's Slaps, Southbourne

Calling Dorset's digital, design, and tech people! Let's swap the project plans, code and creation for a post work wind-down at Syd's Slaps, Southbourne. If the idea of being plied with cooling bevvies, delicious food and a handsome helping of chat with new (and old) industry pals appeals then grab a ticket before they're all snapped up. 

What Speak Easy's all about 
  • Hang out with your peers: Make genuine connections with fellow BCP creatives, freelancers, and industry veterans in a chilled, pressure-free setting.
  • Stir up food for thought: You never know who you're going to meet.
  • Treat yo'self: Enjoy awesome food (kitchen's open!), expertly crafted cocktails, and a fab atmosphere as the sun sets.
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Find out more and register 🔍
🏆 Forged @ FOUNDRY Business Plan Challenge Awards
📅 11 June 2024 ⌚ 7pm - 8.30pm 📍 Foundry, Poole

Come and celebrate the next generation of entrepreneurs at the Inaugural Forged @ FOUNDRY Business Plan Challenge Awards.

Earlier this year, in participation with Legal & General and FOUNDRY, Bournemouth University launched a business plan challenge to support students and recent graduates and discover the business leaders of the future. Across two categories, pre-start and start-up, the participants are vying to take home a share of the £9000 cash prize. 

Each of the entries has been evaluated by an esteemed team of impartial business people:
  • Mark Northey, Founder of Northco GRP and Boiler Rooms Records;
  • Peter Eales, Managing Director of Dorset Business Angels;
  • Claire Main, Economic Development Officer, BCP Council;
  • Adam Walker, Founder, FOUNDRY;
  • Ekow Elliott, Co-Founder, Volta Sports.
Find out more and register 🔍
📅 Dates for your diary - upcoming events
5 June: Business Futures Coffee and Networking
6 June: Networking and Branding Brunch by The Content Collective
6 June: Dorset Chamber Business Expo
12 June: Sustainable Business Transformations: What it means for your business
20 June: Summer Speak Easy | Silicon South
20 June: FinTech Masterclass - Staying on the right side of the law
21-24 June: Festival of Design & Engineering | Bournemouth University
25 June: FinTech West - South Coast Summer Showcase
26-27 June: Ocean Tech Expo 24 - Maritime UK South West (maritimeuksw.org)
27 June: Dorset Chamber's 75th Anniversary Gala Dinner
10 July: One Health 2024: We Mean Business Conference | Dorset LEP
7 August: Bournemouth Jobs Fair
29 - 31 August: Bournemouth Air Festival
30 August: DEMC business breakfast on the beach (Dorset based E&M business enquire here for tickets now on sale)
11 September: Business Futures Coffee and Networking
13 September: Great South West: Delivering for the UK
26 September:
 National Manufacturing Day 2024 - Get involved
15 October: Business Futures - Dream Planning
15 May 2025: You Are The Media Creator Day 2025
Additional support and resources
April 2024 - Q.2 Dorset LEP e-Newsletter
Free diagnostic and match-funded grants from BCP Council
Guide: Making business finance work for you
Export advice for SMEs doing business in the UK and overseas
New Fire Safety Regulations
Single use plastics ban 2023
Evolve Business Accelerator (Royal Arcade Boscombe)
Employer offer from Jobcentre Plus in Dorset
Links to financial support
The Heat Training Grant
Dorset Business Angels
Global Explorers - Innovate UK
The South West Investment Fund
Horizon Scanning and Bid Writing support from Dorset LEP
Grants to support young people with business start-up costs
Directory of current funding and support on gov.uk
Funding opportunities from Innovate UK
Guidance for start up funding
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👩‍💻 ED Team visit FOUNDRY in Poole
The Economic Development (ED) team at BCP Council visited FOUNDRY in Poole for an exclusive preview and tour of the brand new co-working space that will soon be welcoming startup and established businesses, freelancers and networkers.
Adam Walker, founder, said: "FOUNDRY will be offering the Poole business community a platform to meet clients, contacts and build connections. Great to show the BCP ED team around and give them a sneak peak of our private offices, dedicated desks, meeting rooms and boutique members work lounge".
Businesses interested in learning more can get in touch and book a tour.
Adam Walker, FOUNDRY (front, 3rd from left), and the BCP Council ED Team.
The ED team work on behalf of businesses across Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, from small independents to large employers, helping them get the support they need to grow, create jobs and be successful.
Find out more about FOUNDRY 🔍
♻️ Limited places remaining for Climate Essentials
Climate Essentials is an online carbon management system that makes climate action easy, engaging, and affordable for businesses. We streamline the journey to net zero by measuring, managing, and reducing emissions.
Climate Essentials is available at no cost for one year to SMEs with up to 250 employees based within the BCP Council conurbation.
Find out more and register your interest 🔍
📢 Poole Harbour Commissioners (PHC) new CEO
Poole Harbour Commissioners (PHC) are pleased to announce that Captain Brian Murphy will be taking over as CEO of PHC from Jim Stewart on 1^st July 2023. Brian has been with the organisation since 2004. He was appointed as Harbour Master in 2008 and was given the extra responsibility of Marine & Port Director in 2018.
Read the full Press Release 🔍
🏆 You Are The Media Creator Day - this Thursday
* 📅 Thursday 27 April 2023
* 📍 Lighthouse, Poole
A day for direction for businesses to become self sufficient with their content and message. Find momentum to be a leading voice in your industry and build your audience, so people stay with you.
To help make this event affordable, BCP businesses, Foundry,
Magic Digits
and SAFI Valves
, is now £45.
View the agenda, schedule, speakers and book ✅
📅 More upcoming events and workshops
* Free events from Small Business Britain
+ 27 April: Elevate: Writing copy that stands out
+ 28 April: Create a winning business strategy
* 27 April: You Are The Media Creator Day
* 3 May: Discover how T-Levels can work in your workplace
* 11 May: Speak Easy by Silicon South
* 12 May: Computing in Business (CiB)
* 31 Aug to 3 Sept: Bournemouth Air Festival STEM Marquee (enquire here
Additional support and resources
FREE support programme
for Dorset businesses
Training and employment schemes
for your business
HMRC business advice page
Employer offer
from Jobcentre Plus in Dorset
Workplace and mental health advice from the BCP Together
platform
Visit Dorset LEP website
for information on business support
Business Crime Reporting Guide
from Dorset Police
♻️ Help to get your organisation to Net Zero
Free carbon reduction platform
for BCP based businesses
Links to financial support
UK Global Screen Fund: International Co-production Strand
Grants to support young people with business start-up costs
Directory of current funding and support
on gov.uk
Funding opportunities from Innovate UK
Guidance for start up funding
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