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International Enterprise Promotion Convention

A major new international convention on enterprise promotion will be staged in the Harrogate International Centre in Yorkshire on 15-17 November 2009.

A major new international convention on enterprise promotion will be staged in the Harrogate International Centre in Yorkshire on 15-17 November 2009.  The event will showcase best practice and innovation in the creation and support of small businesses world-wide.  This is a unique opportunity for all business advisers, coaches, consultants, counsellors, educators, financiers, mentors and trainers to promote their own successes and to network with like-minded specialists in SME creation and development from all around the world.

Several of the UK’s leading organisations in the small business support sector are expected to take key roles in the presentation of case studies and examples of best practice. 

Who Should Attend?

This Convention is being organised on a low-cost not-for-profit basis so that as many SME specialists and support organisations as possible can attend from both the UK and overseas – for example:–

  • Business Advisers, Brokers, Coaches, Consultants, Counsellors, Facilitators and Mentors
  • Enterprise Agencies, Incubation & Innovation Centres, Science Parks, Support Organisations
  • Entrepreneurship Educators, Teachers & Trainers, Qualifying Bodies, Professional Institutes
  • Financiers and Venture Capitalists, Government SME-Policy Makers, Development Agencies
  • SME Support Organisations, Trade Associations, Chambers of Trade & Commerce

This new Convention is an opportunity for many overseas delegates to exchange views and learn about best practice in enterprise promotion.  Leading international figures are expected from enterprise education and training, from business support agencies and from government SME policy-makers. 

Why attend?

  • Interact with leading practitioners, policy-makers, entrepreneurs and advisers
  • Hear case histories from many successful enterprise promotion programmes
  • Share best practice in business creation and support services world-wide
  • Exchange experience in entrepreneurship education and training
  • Debate new approaches to small business management and development
  • Consider applications and policy implications of many innovations
  • Develop existing networks and establish new working relationships

For more information or to register, please refer to the attached brochure.EP909-Brochure-k.pdf