Free seminars and workshops
At Barclays, we offer you much more than a business bank account . Our interactive workshops and free seminars can help you learn valuable new skills, network with other business owners and make your business even more successful.
Seminars
Our award-winning 3 Let's Talk programme includes a range of free interactive seminars which are useful for every business, from a start up to an established company. You'll get tools and support to help start a new business or grow an existing one, practical tips and the opportunity to network with people in similar circumstances to your own.
Let's Talk Business Ideas
Find out how to turn your business ideas into reality
Aimed at people who are more than four months from starting a business, this seminar offers expert advice and tips to turn your business idea into a successful enterprise. You'll get expert advice, help and encouragement to help you discover:
- The viability of your idea
- Potential problems
- If running a business is right for you
You'll also get the chance to network with others planning to start a business.
These seminars are run in partnership with the National Federation of Enterprise Agencies and Association of Chartered Certified Accountants to ensure the highest professional standards.
Our Let’s Talk Business Ideas seminars are taking a short break from 22 March. They’ll be running again from 17 May 2010. Why not check out our Springboard seminars during this period? Find out more at Barclays Business Springboard
Let's Talk Starting In Business
Discover what you need to know before starting a business
If you're about to start a new business, you'll find this seminar invaluable. Let's Talk Starting in Business will give you the tools you need to take your idea from the drawing board to the real world. You'll get expert advice, help and encouragement in areas such as:
- Writing a good business plan
- Sourcing finance
- Managing cashflow
- Meeting your legal obligations
- Taxation and VAT
- Marketing
You'll also get the chance to network with others planning to start a business.
These seminars are run in partnership with the National Federation of Enterprise Agencies and Association of Chartered Certified Accountants to ensure the highest professional standards.
Our Let’s Talk Starting in Business seminars are taking a short break from 22 March. They’ll be running again from 17 May 2010. Why not check out our Springboard seminars during this period? Find out more at Barclays Business Springboard
Let's Talk Marketing
Find out how you can increase your sales and profits
If you've been running a business for at least a year, this seminar can help you use marketing to drive your business growth. You’ll come away with clear ideas and tips that can really make a difference to your business and you'll have the opportunity to network with up to 100 other business owners. This interactive seminar will leave you knowing how to:
- Plan your marketing activity to attract more customers and drive more sales
- Keep your best customers and satisfy their needs more profitably
- See yourself as your customers see you
These seminars are run in partnership with the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants to ensure the highest professional standards.
Our new season Let’s Talk Marketing seminars are now available.
Tuesday 25 May in St Albans
Tuesday 15 June in Bath
Wednesday 23 June in Sunderland
Thursday 24 June in Hull
Wednesday 30 June in Uckfield
Thursday 1 July in Chelmsford
Tuesday 6 July in Preston
Thursday 8 July in Oxford
To book a place on a Let’s Talk Marketing seminar, please call 0845 300 2098 4
Let's Talk More Profit
Make more money, more effectively
Increasing profit is always important. But how do you go about it? Is it simply a question of putting up your prices, or will that have precisely the opposite effect? You can’t afford to get it wrong. And that's where Let’s Talk More Profit can help. This seminar is aimed at people who've been running a business for more than a year. You will come away with clear action points and will know how to:
- Develop profit-making strategies to help enhance your bottom line
- Increase profit without incurring high costs
- Improve your cashflow
These seminars are run in partnership with the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants to ensure the highest professional standards.
Our new season Let’s Talk More Profit seminars are now available.
Tuesday 18 May in Woodford Bridge, London
Wednesday 19 May in St John’s Wood, London
Thursday 20 May in Kingston, London
Wednesday 26 May in Knutsford
Thursday 27 May in London Bridge, London
Wednesday 16 June in Bognor Regis
Thursday 17 June in Southend
Tuesday 22 June in Leicester
Tuesday 29 June in Swansea
Wednesday 7 July in Huddersfield
To book a place on a Let’s Talk More Profit seminar, please call 0845 300 2098 4
Barclays Business Springboard Seminars
If you need help getting your business idea off the ground, guidance on giving your existing business a boost or maybe branching into something new, look no further than your local Barclays Business Springboard Seminar. Touring the UK, Barclays Business Springboard Seminars offer free, impartial business advice, covering everything from business planning and finance, through to sales and marketing. It’s a great opportunity to get practical tips from local entrepreneurs, as well as industry experts. And that’s not all – leading business guru René Carayol will be there to share his experiences and top tips on how to launch a new business venture.
Barclays Business Springboard Seminars are designed to help you turn your new business ideas into reality. Offering advice and support completely free of charge, they compliment the Barclays Let’s Talk seminar programme, and follow on from last year’s successful Preparing for Growth events.
Find out more at Barclays Business Springboard
Workshops
Our workshops are run for small groups of business owners who want support on specific topics. There is a booking fee of £40.
Let's Talk Success Online
Find out how to harness the power of the web
The Internet has made it easier than ever for you to reach existing and potential customers. Whether you’re aiming to increase your exposure locally, nationally or globally, we can help you use the web to your advantage.
Held at locations across the UK, this comprehensive workshop will help you understand:
- Why the Internet is so important
- How you can develop an Internet presence
- What you need to consider when developing your website
- The right (and wrong!) way to promote your website
To book your place, call 0845 601 5962 2
A £40 booking fee applies.
Let's Talk Employing Staff
Discover how to recruit and retain great staff
Held at locations across the UK, this workshop is designed to help you find, keep and get the best from your employees at all times. You'll get expert advice and training in areas such as:
- Getting started with the recruitment process
- Selecting potential candidates
- Interviewing candidates
- Offering the right candidate a job
- Managing staff
- Increasing staff satisfaction
- Staying compliant with current legislation
To book your place, call 0845 601 5962 2
A £40 booking fee applies.
Let's Talk Getting Paid
Find out how to protect your business from bad debt
Late payments are one of the key causes of small business failure in the UK. This workshop is designed to help you develop a good credit management policy so that you can avoid this common problem and allow your business to thrive.
Held at locations across the UK, Getting Paid Faster will leave you knowing how to:
- Assess potential new creditors
- Set and agree credit terms
- Send invoices, statements and reminders effectively
- Chase difficult customers for payment
- Take legal action if customers fail to pay you
To book your place, call 0845 601 5962 2
A £40 booking fee applies.