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Barclays Trading Places 2010
28 June 2010Have you, or someone you know, beaten the odds to triumph in business?
Leonard Cheshire Disability supports Barclays Trading Places in their national search to find men and women who have beaten the odds to triumph in business.
Barclays are looking for individuals with an inspiring story to tell and whose grit and determination have turned tragedy into triumph.
There are some great prizes to be won, including the opportunity to receive valuable local and national publicity, which can really help put a business on the map. The closing date for entries is 16th July.
Disabled business owners that we have worked with on our Ready to Start and Enabled4Growth programmes have done well in these awards in the past and we actively encourage people to enter again this year. For more information and an entry form go to www.barclays.co.uk/tradingplaces
Last year Joe Brown, of Joe Brown’s Egg Round, won the Success after Unemployment category. He says “I would encourage anyone to enter. Barclays made the whole thing a great experience. I bought an Electric Buggy for my delivery business with the Barclays prize money. It means I can continue to expand my business now.” Visit Joe’s website at www.joebrownsegground.co.uk .
Maverick TV
24 February 2010Maverick TV is producing a major new series for the BBC, looking for new products that should be sold in high street shops, but have yet to find their market. We have unique access to the buying departments of some of the biggest names on the high street, who have committed to stocking the best of what they see. All overseen by Theo Paphitis of Dragon’s Den.
We would love to hear from anyone with a product, whether it be clothing, food, jewellery or the new Dyson, who would like the chance to pitch to a current major retailer. Open days will be held, and subsequent filming beginning early next year.
For more information contact Howard Mills / 0207 874 6618 / www.mavericktv.co.uk
Free advertising for RTS clients
21 October 2009
As part of our ongoing support to Ready to Start clients, we are creating an Online Directory that will advertise the businesses of RTS clients. If you have set up a business while on the RTS scheme, you can advertise your products or services on the Directory free of charge.
For your business, product or service to be featured in the directory please follow this link: http://readytostart.rowan.tincan.co.uk/?page_id=626
Free environmental support for your business
26 May 2009The EcoVate project provides FREE tailored environmental support to London-based Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs).
The support given will help you save costs through increased efficiency, improve the environmental performance of your organisation, and comply with key current and future legislation.
The support is provided with funding from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), with businesses able to access between 2 to 5 days of expert support at NO COST.
please contact the team at CESMB on 020 8411 6303, log on to www.wix.com/ecovate/ecovate or email cesmb@mdx.ac.uk
What are you Entitled To?
17 December 2008People across the UK are missing out on benefits and tax credits worth more than £8 billion a year. The great little tool on EntitledTo's website can help individuals and advisors work out how much they could claim.
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