Workshops

Lancashire Energy and Environmental Forum

Get ready to dive deep into sustainable energy and innovative environmental solutions at the Lancashire Energy and Environmental Forum!

Lab: Harnessing Google Business Profile to bring more people to your website

Explore the fundamentals of Google Business Profile in this practical session designed for small business owners.

LinkedIn for Business - Turning Connections into Opportunities

LinkedIn for Business - Turning Connections into Opportunities A focus workshops designed to help local business gain an understanding of LinkedIn.

Grants for Businesses

I'll explain about grants for small businesses, including government schemes, sector-specific grants, and application best practices.

LinkedIn for Business - Turning Connections into Opportunities

LinkedIn for Business - Turning Connections into Opportunities A focused workshop designed to help local business gain an understanding of LinkedIn. Building a professional profile, meaningful connections and turning your network into real business clients.

Business Growth HR Essentials – Employment Rights Bill, Managing Sickness Absence and Managing a Probationary Period

Employment Rights Bill – HR Essentials Get ahead of major 2026 changes with our session covering two topics: Managing Sickness Absence – Prepare for day-one Statutory Sick Pay, wider eligibility, and policy/payroll updates to manage costs and absence trends.

Innovate into Defence

Are you a Lancashire-based business interested in exploring new business opportunities working with government? Do you work in an industry whose technology could help transform the UK’s defence sector?

Stop Guessing, Start Growing: Your Strategic Roadmap to SEO Success

Don't waste time and money on haphazard SEO efforts. This isn't a "how-to" guide; it's your strategic advantage!

Marketing & Sales Essentials for Your Startup

In this workshop, we’re getting real about what it takes to launch your business.

Finding a Company With a Culture and Mission That's Right For You

Choose a company whose culture and mission match your values, that’s where you thrive

Boost Your Hiring Success

Join our workshop for employers presented by Suzanne Edmonds from Square Peg Associates Ltd

Making Tax Digital (MTD): What you need to know for April 2026

April 2026 marks the biggest overhaul of the UK tax system in many years, and we want to help you get ahead! In this session, we're walking you through what the MTD requirements mean for you

Lab: Get started with Google Ads

If you’re looking to get started with Google Ads, this Lab is perfect for you!

Marketing Essentials – Go For It Workshop

A free Go For It workshop for anyone in Burnley starting a business, focusing on marketing essentials including getting customers, using social media, and planning effective marketing campaigns.

E-commerce in 2026: From Stores to Systems

Join us for our February Preston Tech Connection Meet-Up where we will discuss how E-commerce is evolving in 2026.

Creating Impact with TikTok & Instagram Reels

Creating Impact with TikTok & Instagram Reels Discover how to make short-form videos work for your business.

De-risk Your Business Strategy Through User Research

In this interactive session, we'll discuss best practices in User Research. We'll explore how it works, how to get set up for success, and tools and techniques for building and applying deep customer understanding to continually improve and optimise products and services.

Creating Impact with TikTok & Instagram Reels

Creating Impact with TikTok & Instagram Reels Discover how to make short-form videos work for your business. This workshop will show you how to use TikTok and Instagram Reels to boost visibility and showcase brand creativity.

Practical Transition – Your Roadmap to a Low Carbon Future

This training course, 'Practical Transition: Your Roadmap to a Low Carbon Future,' is a comprehensive six-session programme designed to help businesses navigate the shift to net zero.

Business Growth Workshop – Agentic AI

This advanced half-day workshop dives into the emerging Agentic Layer of AI — where intelligent agents act autonomously to drive outcomes.

How to Get Your Business Found on Google and AI Search (ChatGPT, Gemini & Beyond)

Search is changing fast. Customers are no longer relying only on Google; they’re also asking AI tools like ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity for recommendations, comparisons, and buying advice.

Cyber Security Training: Meet Your Cyber Persona

From the very beginning, CyberCAKE has been shaped through expert-led, interdisciplinary research, bringing together cyber security specialists, behavioural scientists, and design thinkers to focus on how people actually engage with digital security.

Simplifying your grant application process

Unlock the secrets to streamlining your grant applications in this hands on masterclass.

What 'Not Ready for PR' Actually Means—And What Would Make You Ready

Most early-stage founders delay public visibility because they're waiting to announce something—funding, a major customer, a milestone. But this means news-readiness, not really public relations-ready.

From Basic to Brilliant: Canva Tips Every Solopreneur Needs

Learn how to create professional, eye-catching designs in Canva.

Business Clinic in Chorley

📍 Free expert business advice in Chorley! Whether you're starting out or growing your business, this drop-in clinic offers 💼 one-to-one support, 💡 funded guidance, and 🧰 tailored resources to help you succeed.

The Big Presence Sales Blueprint: Designing Your £1m Sales Process Part One

Learn how to build a scalable, repeatable sales process that drives your business to £1m turnover.
This two-part, interactive training gives business leaders the frameworks, tools, and practical actions needed to create a high-performing sales engine. Ideal for those ready to move from ad-hoc selling to a structured approach that delivers consistent growth.

Available exclusively to businesses based in: Blackburn with Darwen, Burnley, Chorley, Pendle, South Ribble and West Lancashire.

Innovate Your Edge: Deliver Value

Beyond Tech Specs: Crafting a Value Proposition That Connects with Dr Jo Cresswell, Innovation Consultant & Director at ISR Enterprise Zone Great tech isn’t enough — your value proposition has to hit home.

Lab: Building Your Brand's Visual Identity

Having a strong visual identity helps your small business stand out and convey personality.

Co-work & Connect @ Blackburn

Connect & Co-Work in BwD Looking for a change of scene, some fresh energy, or just a chance to get things done alongside others?

Beyond the Interview: Building Teams That Stay

A practical workshop on effective interviewing, onboarding and retention, led by Fresh Perspective, helping businesses build strong teams that stay.

Resilient Leaders: Build Focus, Energy and a Growth Mindset

In this session, you’ll learn how small, consistent daily actions transform your physiology and sharpen your leadership edge. Discover how to reset your focus in seconds, recharge your energy naturally, and access a growth mindset even in high‑stress moments.

Finance Essentials – Go For It Workshop

A free Go For It workshop for anyone in Burnley starting a business, covering tax basics, record-keeping, costing, profitability, and cash flow.

The Big Presence Sales Blueprint: Designing Your £1m Sales Process Part Two

Build a scalable, repeatable sales process that drives your business toward £1m turnover.
This two-part interactive programme gives business leaders practical sales frameworks, quick-win tactics, and a clear plan to achieve sustained revenue growth.

Available only to businesses based in: Blackburn with Darwen, Burnley, Chorley, Pendle, South Ribble and West Lancashire.

Introduction to Selling on Amazon

This is a beginner-friendly masterclass designed to show you how to start and sell on Amazon.

The Business Briefing: Intellectual Property

Join us for The Business Briefing — an event series from Brabners, a leading UK law firm, and Lancaster University Management School’s Entrepreneurs in Residence.

Avoiding Harm in The HR Disciplinary Process

Join us in person for a practical session on how to navigate the HR disciplinary process without causing unnecessary harm.

Beyond AI & Algorithms: What will really get you visibility and sales in 2026

All I’m hearing right now is… Build a personal brand or your business won’t survive 2026.

Trade Mission to the Game Developers Conference (GDC) 2026

The Department for Business and Trade (DBT) in partnership with UK Interactive Entertainment (Ukie) is delighted to announce calls for expressions of interest to join a trade mission to the Game Developers Conference (GDC) in San Francisco.

Watch Your Words: How Prompts Influence AI Energy Consumption

This research examines how optimised prompts can lower the energy demands of large language models.

Co-work & Connect @ Blackburn

Connect & Co-Work in BwD Looking for a change of scene, some fresh energy, or just a chance to get things done alongside others?

Business Clinic in Chorley

📍 Free expert business advice in Chorley! Whether you're starting out or growing your business, this drop-in clinic offers 💼 one-to-one support, 💡 funded guidance, and 🧰 tailored resources to help you succeed.

Dare You Enter The Dragons' Den?

Think your business idea has what it takes? Dragons' Den Chorley gives local entrepreneurs the chance to pitch their start-up, product, or project to a panel of real investors and business experts - live, in front of an audience.

Your Social Value is Your Business Superpower

Your Social Value is Your Business Superpower is a practical masterclass designed to help SMEs and CICs recognise, articulate, and leverage the social value they already create, turning purpose, impact, and community connection into a clear competitive advantage for growth, funding, and contracts.

Starting a Business in Hyndburn - Unlocking Your Vision & Offer

Starting a business is like designing your dream life - it takes creativity, ambition and a solid plan.

North West Business Expo 2026

The North West Business Expo is back and promises to be bigger and better than ever before! The exhibition returns to The Premier Suite, within Bolton Wanderers Football Club on Friday the 23rd of October 2026 with 2 floors packed with exhibitors.