The GRID Park Lane are holding an Enterprise Expo taking place in the Main Hall from 10am until 2pm on Thursday, January 28th 2010 where a number of business experts will have stands and will be providing FREE information and advice to business owners and those thinking of starting up in business.

Specialist advicors will be on hand conversing the subjects of:

• Book Keeping & Accountancy
• HR & Recruitment
• Banking and Finance
• Marketing, Advertising and PR
• Internet Marketing
• Legal Matters
• IT Solutions
• Social Enterprise
• Business Advice, coaching & mentoring (from Kickstart & Business Link)
• Personal Development & Training
• Business Networking

Free Workshops

In addition there will be several short, bitesize workshops taking place at specific times throughout the day covering a wide range of business mangement and marketing areas. No need to book into these, simply drop into the ones that interest you throughout the day. All workshops are included as part of your admission fee.

£5 Admission

Admission to the Expo is only £5.00 admission in advance if booked online through this page or £10 upon arrival at the door.

A light buffet lunch and refreshment will be provided at 12pm as part of your admission fee.

The Expo finishes at 2pm with everyone who has attended being, entered into a prize draw – which will be drawn at the end of the event.

Each of the “Experts” on the day have offered a free 2hr consultation session as part of the prize draw.

Exhibiting Experts

Exhibiting at the Bradford Grid* Enterprise Expo on the 28th and offering free advice and consultation to attending businesses will be:

• Bradford Kickstart - offering business advice, support and training.
• Business Link Yorkshire - funding advice, support and training opportunities.
• HSBC Bank - business banking and financial advice.
• iNet inSights - Internet marketing and web design advice.
• Glue Marketing - Marketing and networking advice.
• Nigel Gorski Consulting - accountancy and tax help.
• Rochester & Associates - IT support and advice.
• Red Elephant HR - HR advice, training and support.
• Mad Publications - help with your advertising
• Printing.com - Design and printing support
• The Naked Marketing Company - Marketing, advertising and PR advice.

Bite Size Seminar Line-Up

Running throughout the day, starting with the proNet networking meeting at 7.30am; will be a series of bite size business seminars lasting just 30 minutes each.

Attendance is included as part of your entry fee and and there's no need to book for each seminar.

• 8.30am : "Combating Stress Through Nutrition" - Barbara Dinsdale, Health Yourself (part of the proNet meeting)
• 10.30am : DIY PR “How To Get Valuable Publicity from Writing your own Highly Effective Press Releases” - Philip Gwynne, The Naked Marketing Company
• 11.30am : “Top Tips for Promoting your Website in the Search Engines” - Jaimie Dobson, iNet inSights
• 12.30pm : "Three Good Reasons to Keep Your Books in Order" - Nigel Gorski, Nigel Gorski Consulting
• 1.30pm : "Tips on Developing your Networking Skills and Elevator Pitch" - Jonathon Smith, Glue Marketing