Sales & Marketing
Events
04th October 20227:00 pm - 9:00 pmFREE
Strive Live Start-up Incubator - York & Harrogate Business Support Programme
If you are a start-up based in York or Harrogate, join this award-winning incubator designed to help grassroots entrepreneurs launch their business. StriveLive blends weekly live online training with regular one-to-one advice and on-demand online learning to make it simple and exciting to start a business.
05th October 20229:30 am - 4:00 pmFREE
Social Media Success for SMEs
This workshop on social media will help your understanding of what is right for your business & find a balance to hope you create what success looks like for you & your business online.
06th October 20221:00 pm - 4:30 pmFREE
6 Oct - Review your brand and make it work for you - York & Harrogate Business Support Programme
This workshop with Corina Inverno Comms will help your business develop brand statements and brand guidelines that will inform marketing, PR and design decisions.
27th October 202210:00 am - 12:00 pmFREE
Create a World Class Customer Experience
This interactive session with Sarah Percy of Insight6 is aimed at retail and visitor economy businesses. The workshop will provide motivational and practical help to businesses looking to retain existing customers, gain new customers, and sell more.
02nd November 202210:00 am - 12:00 pmFREE
2 Nov - What is news? How to use the power of media to tell your story
This interactive session, led by professionally qualified journalist Andrew Vaux, will teach you how to use the power of the media to tell your stories to the world
08th November 20228:00 am - 10:00 pmFREE
The Past and Future of York City Centre
A full day and evening of activities at the Guildhall in York, covering finance, social media, selling online, hospitality and more, with and networking opportunities and expert speakers discussing the past and future of York City Centre.
08th November 20221:00 pm - 3:00 pmFREE
Hospitality - 4 things you need to be doing right now
As part of a day of activities at the Guildhall, this event, with hospitality expert Philip Bolson, discusses the four key things that make up a successful hospitality business.
08th November 202210:00 am - 12:00 pmFREE
Managing your social media, top time saving tips for your business
As part of a day of activities at the Guildhall, social media expert Sue Thompson of Catch Design will go over some top time saving tips for making the most of your business's social media.
08th November 20221:00 pm - 5:00 pmFREE
Facebook Business and Instagram for business – all you need to know to make the most out of these platforms
As part of a day of activities at the Guildhall, social media expert Sue Thompson of Catch Design will lead an in-depth session covering everything you need to know to make the most of your business's Facebook and Instagram accounts.
08th November 20222:00 pm - 5:00 pmFREE
Creating a Consistent Content Strategy from Scratch : York Business Festival
As part of a day of activities at the Guildhall, in this hands-on session with Katie Lingo you’ll discover the benefits of content marketing. Learn how to raise awareness for new customers or warm up potential leads. Discover how to build a strategy from scratch, arming you with content ideas for months to come.
30th November 2022FREE
York Business Festival : November 2022
The Growth Hub is proud to be amongst the organisers of this year's expanded York Business Festival, with a week of events as part of a wider programme of activity throughout November. Read on to learn what will be available through the Growth Hub and other organisations.
08th December 202210:00 am - 12:00 pmFREE
An Introduction to Selling Online
Do you want to sell online but don't know where to start? Whether you're a freelancer with services you could sell online, a retail business looking to launch an ecommerce shop, or you're just interested in how selling online works... Then this workshop is for you
Upcoming Business Support Programmes in Harrogate
The York and North Yorkshire Growth Hub is working in collaboration with Harrogate Borough Council to deliver an extensive range of business support programmes. Starting from September 2022, these events will be held at venues in Harrogate and aim to support business owners, managers, and employees on a wide variety of subjects. These fully funded
Upcoming Business Support Programmes in York
The York and North Yorkshire Growth Hub is working in collaboration with City of York Council to deliver an extensive range of business support programmes. Starting from September 2022, these events will be held at venues in York and aim to support business owners, managers, and employees on a wide variety of subjects. These fully
Upcoming Business Support Programmes in York and Harrogate
The York and North Yorkshire Growth Hub is working in collaboration with City of York Council and Harrogate Borough Council to deliver an extensive range of business support programmes. Starting from September 2022, these events will be held at venues in York and Harrogate, as well as online, and aim to support business owners, managers,
Cookies and privacy notices: do I need them on my website?
This webinar will cover what cookies are and what cookie law is, what a privacy notice is, the laws surrounding both, and how to ensure you are being transparent to your customers when creating a cookie policy and privacy notice.
An introduction to sales
This webinar will help you get sales confident by providing tips and guidance on mastering important communication skills.
Free Webinar : Using Google Analytics effectively
This webinar will help you understand the full capabilities of Google Analytics and how to make the best use of the data it provides to help your business prosper.
Harrogate Support Programmes 2022
We are providing a number of fully funded Harrogate business support programmes for start-ups and growing businesses in the district.
Harrogate business support: Online manager programme
A fully funded opportunity for up to 12 businesses based in Harrogate to engage in a series of online workshops, facilitated by Pro-Development .
Harrogate business support: Plan your marketing for a successful 2022 with bespoke 1-2-1 coaching
A fully funded opportunity for businesses based in the Harrogate district to receive bespoke 1-2-1 marketing coaching, with InTandem Communications.
Harrogate business support: Change management support programme
Take a deep dive into your challenges and create a bespoke growth/ change management action plan with this fully funded opportunity for Harrogate businesses. Upon completion, you will also be referred for up to eight hours of further support.
Harrogate business support: Tourism business booster
Benefit from dedicated group and one-to-one coaching and mentoring with this fully funded tourism business booster for hospitality businesses in Harrogate.
Strive Live Startup Incubator for Harrogate Businesses
If you are a start-up based in Harrogate, join this award-winning incubator designed to help grassroots entrepreneurs launch their business.
Articles
Marketing for start-ups: A beginner’s guide
Searching for marketing help as a start-up business can leave your head spinning – with every blogger and their dog listing endless digital marketing “must-haves” that seem to cost a fortune (in time and money)! It’s like they always say: don’t run before you walk. So, here’s a quick and easy guide to getting started
Learning at Work Week
Today (Monday 17 May) marks the launch of Learning at Work Week. This annual event from the Campaign for Learning aims to build learning cultures at work, and put a spotlight on the importance and benefits of continual learning and development.
Malton, York, Richmond and Stokesley join ShopAppy
We are delighted to announce that this Saturday 17 October ShopAppy.com is launching in four towns in North Yorkshire – Malton, York, Richmond and Stokesley.
How to create free publicity as a small business
Advertising for small business can be a complex and is often one of the biggest costs you have to cover.
How to keep your business pitch simple
Like most other communication, keep your business pitch simple, informative and fun.
Social media webinars for businesses
Businesses are being offered free social media webinars.
Free online trading offer for farmers
Free subscriptions are being offered to help York and North Yorkshire farmers sell their produce direct to shoppers online and to also connect them to retailers.
Free online trading offer extended for businesses
An offer to help businesses trade online for free has been extended to cover all of York and North Yorkshire.
Customer relationship management tools
There are lots of great customer relationship management (CRM) tools out there that you could use in your business.
