Southern Enterprise Alliance

Leadership and Development

SEA — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 15:47:54 +0000

PLATO™ Business Management Programme

When we’ve talked to people about developing or honing leadership and management development skills in their business, they’ve told us that they value learning most from the experience and knowledge of their peers in a non-academic environment.

PLATO GB Limited provides programmes which focus on the owners, leaders and decision makers within small and medium sized businesses (SMEs), enabling them to develop and enhance leadership and business skills and knowledge which will make a positive difference to their business.

Find out more about PLATO GB.

Nurturing Growth

SEA — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 10:10:26 +0000

The day to day running of a business is filled with challenges and demands that allow you little time to step back and work on the future of your business.

Committing as little as a couple of hours a month to take an objective and broader view of your business can reap huge benefits for you, your business and often your turnover and profit as well.

This is where the Mentor-net business mentoring programme can help you.

Find out more about Mentor-net.

Growth By Design

SEA — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 09:45:27 +0000

Design Services

Using design to improve your bottom line

Thanks to funding through the Regional Development Agencies in the South East (SEEDA) and South West (SWRDA), support is available to SMEs to use design to improve business performance. The Design Services are free and offer group seminars and masterclasses through to high-quality, bespoke independent advice for design which covers:

Developing new or improved products or services
Refreshing or creating brands
Packaging
Communications
Upgrading work or retail environments
Carrying out research into trends or customer needs

All services and courses are run by design and business experts who have hands-on experience of the design process. For more information visit our websites at:

www.southeastdesign.co.uk or call on 0845 600 9 006 (if you are based in the South East)

www.swdp.org.uk or call on 0845 026 0008 (if you are based in the South West)

Economic Development

SEA — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 09:12:39 +0000

SEA works hand-in-hand with economic development professionals to help attract specific targeted projects by acting as a collaborative partner and as an honest broker to promote the success of locally-based projects to boost business success.

Find out more about Economic Development and Projects.

Hampshire Business Alliance

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Business organisations are joining forces to refocus business support in the local region. In a ‘one stop’ approach, the Hampshire Business Alliance will remove confusion about business back-up and consolidate activities to provide the most cohesive and cost-effective structure possible.

The organisations will remain independent, retaining their own Board and governance arrangements and will remain responsible to their own membership and/or stakeholders.

The aim for the Alliance is quite simple: to enable the organisations to work together for the benefit of Hampshire Business.

For more information, please visit: http://www.hampshirebusinessalliance.com/