18/11/2008 by admin.

Businesses in Wrexham are invited to the next meeting of the Town Centre Forum in Wrexham Council’s Lambpit Street offices at 4.30pm on Tuesday December 2.

Find out more about what is going on in the town centre and/or suggest ways to improve performance. For a copy of the minutes call 01978 292540.

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04/11/2008 by admin.

Do you sell craft or unusual items that would make ideal Christmas presents?

Anyone interesting in running a gift / craft stall at this year’s Christmas Craft and Gift Fair at St Giles School in Wrexham should contact Jane on 0785 4437185 or email info@stgilesschool.co.uk.

The fair takes place on Saturday November 22 between 11am and 3pm.

Stalls are £10 per person plus a raffle prize. All proceeds go to the school.

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02/11/2008 by admin.

Join us at Venue Cymru , Llandudno, on Friday 7th November 2008, for Spotlight North Wales - Sustainable Future, a showcase event dedicated to exploring ways in which the region’s businesses and organisations can plan for a bright future. More information here.

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18/10/2008 by admin.

A reunion of past and present employees of Air Products will take place at the Royston Club , in Acrefair, next Wednesday, October 22. The event begins at 6pm and all are welcome to attend to reminisce, bring along old photographs, and have a chat with fellow workers. For more information contact Brian Linden on 01978 822182 or Roy Wilson on 01978 840773.

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02/10/2008 by admin.

Children’s Book Week runs from the 6th-12th October and businesses are being urged to support local schools by donating a book in the Community Book Pledge.

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01/10/2008 by admin.

Wrexham Business Week runs from 20 October 2008 to 24 October 2008 at various locations across Wrexham. It is organised by Wrexham County Borough Council.

MONDAY 20TH OCTOBER

• Business Starts Here - launch event
• The Great Debate - Where is the Economy Headed
• Customer Care vs Sale vs The Mystery Shopper
• A Fresh Take on Customer Service
• Technology Today & Tomorrow
• India - a Market of Opportunity
• Social Enterprise - Making it Happen
• Reputation Management - How PR Creates Favourable Light
• Networking Your Way to Success
• Making Your Website Work for Your Business

TUESDAY 21ST OCTOBER

• Flash Upon That Inward Eye
• Who Owns Your Website?
• Your Story - Your Community
• Dealing With Problem Employees
• A Rough Guide to Tendering
• Making Sense of Health & Safety (including Corporate Manslaughter) and Related People Issues
• Speak Your Customers’ Language - Taster Sessions in Foreign Languages
• Strategic Marketing Workshop
• Material World
• Food for Thought
• Using Creative Techniques to Improve the Commercial Potential of Your Company
• How to Get to the Top on Google - Web Marketing
• Marketing in the Service Sector
• Web 2.0 - is 2nd Life a Life worth Living
• Improve your Service Through Customer Involvement
• Recruiting Costs
• Welsh Assembly Government Flexible Support for Business
• Your Success is More about What you Think than What you Know
• Keeping Up With Charity & Company Law
• Mobiles and PCs - where next?
• As a Business - How to get the Best Value from Your Solicitor
• First Steps to Entrepreneurship
• An Investors Guide to Surviving the Credit Crunch
• How to Manage Sales Teams and Get Results
• Corporate Dinner

WEDNESDAY 22ND OCTOBER

• Managing Poor Performance
• Investing in the Growth of Wales’ SMEs
• Interview Skills Workshop
• Importance of Intellectual Property Rights in Your Business
• Digital Publications - A New & Exciting, Cost-Effective Media
• Creativity Works
• Time Management
• The Job Show
• How to Automate & Drive Process
• Commercial Leases - Review 2008
• Influencing With Impact
• Social Enterprises - From Dependence to Independence
• Getting Paid While Others Wait
• Franchising
• Snake or Ladder - Is Property Still a Sound Investment?

THURSDAY 23RD OCTOBER

• BNI Networking Breakfast
• Develop Employee Business Skills
• Employment Law Update
• Addressing Challenges in Wound Care
• Interview Skills for Interviewers
• Being Profitable in Harder Economic Times in a Sustainable Environment
• How to Avoid Inheritance Tax
• Meet the Expert
• Design Wales presents One Step Ahead of the Fashion Market
• Climate Change
• Avoiding Business Litigation - Mediation & Dispute Management
• Glyndwr University Business Dinner
• Don’t Judge a Book by its Cover

FRIDAY 24TH OCTOBER

• Cyber Crime
• Stress-Less - The Healthy Way
• When Charities Have to Sell
• What is Strategic Communications & How can you make it work for you?
• Online Auction Selling
• Effective Project & Change Management and Agility for Competitiveness
• Let’s Talk More Profit
• Increase Visitors to Your Website Looking for Your Product or Service

Download the full brochure here.

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01/10/2008 by admin.

The Glyn Valley Tramway Trust (a registered charity) AGM and Annual Dinner will take place on Saturday 11th October starting at 5pm. Any businesses or individuals interested in finding out more about this exciting project are welcome to attend. More details here…

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20/09/2008 by admin.

Join us at Venue Cymru , Llandudno, on Friday 7th November 2008, for Spotlight North Wales - Sustainable Future, a showcase event dedicated to exploring ways in which the region’s businesses and organisations can plan for a bright future.

Hosted by the North Wales Economic Forum and made possible through the collaboration of twelve professional organisations, this year’s conference will be an inspiring and thought-provoking experience and builds on last year’s groundbreaking event, Spotlight North Wales - Time to Shine.

Spotlight North Wales is designed to bring people together, create positive working relationships, and stimulate thinking on ways in which we are all challenged to reassess the way we do business in the 21st century. The conference will consider ways of developing successful, profitable organisations that also take social and environmental responsibilities into account.Come along and find out how this ‘triple bottom line’ approach to business can assist in building vibrant, sustainable organisations across North Wales.

David Smith of strategic futures think-tank, Global Futures and Foresight joins us to provide insight into ways of becoming more successful and less exposed to risk through understanding the opportunities and threats that lie ahead over the next five years.
Deirdre Bounds

We will also be joined by Deirdre Bounds, one of Britain’s most creative and successful entrepreneurs who, within ten years, went from bed-sit to exit and became a multi-millionaire selling her ethical travel company i-to-i to the largest travel corporation in the world. Through sheer hard work and determination she has made travel industry history by changing people’s perceptions of the ‘responsible travel’ movement.

The conference will be officially opened by Ieuan Wyn Jones, Deputy First Minister and Minister for the Economy and Transport, Welsh Assembly Government.

With informative breakout sessions, an extensive business exhibition and excellent networking opportunities throughout the day Spotlight North Wales - Sustainable Future is an event not to be missed!

To join North Wales’ premier business event and enjoy a day of memorable key messages, valuable learning experiences and positive networking click here.

Early Bird Offer £60.00 + VAT Until 26th September

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20/09/2008 by admin.

As part of Wrexham Business Week Europe Direct are hosting a FREE seminar on climate change. There is so much talk of the change in the climate and the impact that has on us, but do you really know much about it? Attending this seminar will allow you to find out more and discover what plans there are in place to combat it. You will also find out what small changes you can make and what the benefits are to you and your business of making these changes, which can be at little or no cost but could save you money. Experts from Arena Network will also be telling you about the support available to businesses who wish to become more environmentally friendly. The main speaker is Mr Andy Klom, head of office of the European Commission representation in Wales. Sam Evans from Arena Network and Frank Davies of Yale College will also be speaking at the event. As mentioned the event is free to attend, light refreshments will be provided. To reserve your place please call Tel: 01978 292090
or email: europedirect@wrexham.gov.uk.

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27/08/2008 by admin.

Do you dream of starting your own business but don’t know where to start? If so, why not join this informal Taster Session and find out whether self-employment is right for you? The session evaluates self-employment in terms of advantages and disadvantages and identifies why some businesses fail while others succeed. It also helps you to examine your personal qualities and business skills, and discusses networks of support, sources of funding and the legal implications of starting a business. At Bersham Enterprise Park, Rhostyllen 3rd September 2008 6pm - 9pm. Contact Joanne Hughes on 01978 366366 or Email joanne.hughes@wrexham.gov.uk. Free but booking essential.

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