Events

We aim to run business workshops, training and seminars at St John's on a regular basis. These are held using our on-site purpose built workshop, conference and catering facilities. We also manage and deliver a range of workshops in Cambridgeshire and the Eastern region of the UK on behalf of East of England Development Authority (EEDA)  and Greater Cambridge Partnership (GCP).

Events publicised on this page are those organised by St Johns Innovation Centre or by our tenant companies only.

To book onto the workshops or for more information, please contact Miranda Edwards on 01223 421988 or medwards@stjohns.co.uk

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• Sept. 8, 2010 Meerkats and Avatars- Prepare for a changing world

  Venue:  Hauser Forum, Cambridge
  Time:   10.00 - 14.30

  INNOVATION MEDIA EVENT AND PITCHING SESSION  

  Entrepreneurs with innovative technologies or near-market products are invited to participate in Meerkats and Avatars an event, organised by St John’s Innovation Centre, which aims to help early-stage companies to promote themselves to potential investors and the media.

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• Sept. 16, 2010 Cambridge B2B - Understanding Finance for Business

  The Cambridge B2B Exhibition

  16th September 2010

   IQ Cambridge, Waterbeach

   FREE WORKSHOPS

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• Sept. 24, 2010 Mergers and Acquisitions

  Venue: St John’s Innovation Centre
  Time:  11.00 – 14.00

  Failing to maximise the exit value of your business could cost you millions of pounds.    This workshop will provide practical insights to help you evolve your strategy and understand how your business will be valued.  You need a plan from the outset to groom the business to build value and if that includes acquisitions – how do you find them, negotiate them and make them work?   Finally how do you go about selling your company for maximum value?  

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• Sept. 29, 2010 Presenting with Confidence

  Venue: Buckden Towers, St Neots, Cambridgeshire
  Time: 11.00 - 14.00
  
  Do you wish you had more confidence when it comes to making a positive impression?  Maybe you attend networking events but find it difficult to promote yourself effectively. 

  What if you were asked to deliver a presentation to a group, how would that make you feel?  Don’t worry, help is at hand!

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• Oct. 8, 2010 Customer Service - Make sure they come back!

  Venue: St John's Innovation Centre, Cambridge
  Time:  11.00 - 14.00

  To coincide with National Customer Service Week learn what good customer service looks like and evaluate your experiences from the good, to the bad to the ugly. 

  This workshop will introduce how research has established what is important to customers using examples of your own business organisation to contextualise and think about your own performance.  

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• Oct. 19, 2010 Marketing Strategy: How to achieve lasting growth and higher margins

  Venue:  E-space North, Littleport, Ely
  Time: 17.30 – 20.00

  Bumping along the bottom, trying to win the next 0.5% of share, is not always the best way to approach a big market.  If you can focus on getting a larger share of a succession of digestible-sized chunks of the market, you will have a better chance of lasting growth, and you should be able to make higher margins as you go along. 

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• Oct. 29, 2010 Market Research in 4 Hours!

  Venue: St John's Innovation Centre, Cambridge
  Time: 11.00 - 14.00
  
  You don’t have time to spend weeks or months on market research?

  Market research is fundamental to understand why your customers buy. One big challenge is finding out what they REALLY think. This workshop shows you how to gather market intelligence in the minimum amount of time whilst maximizing your chance of success using several well-tested methods and processes.

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• Nov. 12, 2010 Employment Law - Legal aspects of recruitment

  Venue:  The Priory Centre, St Neots
  Time:  9.00 - 13.00
  
  Do you want to know more about the legal issues to address when growing your team?

  This workshop will give an update on the legal aspects of recruitment, with a focus on the key issues to be addressed when recruiting staff. It will also cover contractual issues to be addressed when considering flexible or fixed term working, or recruiting under flexible contracts.

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• Nov. 16, 2010 Preparing for Year End

  Venue: South Fens Business Centre, Chatteris
  Time:  17.30 - 20.00

  This workshop will look at what you need to do as you approach the end of your trading/business year, including the preparation of your accounts and minimising any tax due.  The session will also look at what the accounts mean and how to use them to help grow your business and improve profitability, vital for growing business.

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• Nov. 26, 2010 Recruiting the Right Staff

  Venue:  St John's Innovation Centre, Cambridge
  Time:  9.00 - 13.00
  
  This small group coaching session will teach you to: Define the job role and expertise required, identify existing strengths, identify the skills gaps, identify good sources of candidates, and design a robust and cost effective selection process.

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