Superfast Lancashire Business Support Agenda Programme overview - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Superfast Lancashire Business Support

Agenda Programme overview  The importance of Small/Medium businesses  Business Support  Showcase  How to get involved  Questions 

Superfast Lancashire programme represents a significant investment and opportunity for the county  £130m invested in superfast broadband within Lancashire programme  Upon completion, 97% of the county will have access to superfast broadband – 675,000 premises!!  £3M investment in Business Support - Eligibility criteria.  Lancs Jobs – 2,500 protected and 1,200 created

What’s happening in the FY postcode area? Companies already signed on • Rethink Design • Canaan Marketing • Independent Financial Services NW Ltd • Ashcroft Whiteside • Fylde Virtual Assistant BUT There are 1277 companies on the SME database in the FY area

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The importance of UK Small & Medium businesses 59.1% of 48.8% of 99.9% of all private private sector private sector sector employment businesses in turnover the UK Employed 14.1m people Have a combined turnover of £1,500 billion Grew 3% in first part of 2012 whilst the rest of the economy flat lined. Source: Federation of Small Businesses

The Business Support Journey – context An educational journey to help • you defend and grow your Business improvement revenues . existing customers Manage Change Doing More with Selling to NEW Reduce Costs Reduce Risk Sell More to Dedicated Business Advisor • customers the same support . Collaborative approach – • working with you . Free Business Support for SFBB

The Journey - content Phase 3 Phase 2 Phase 1 Phase 4 Group Master Focussed Group Face to Face Face to Face Workshops Classes Expert Guidance and knowledge sharing Security Programme Initial Cloud Productivity summary contact with & Efficiency Advisor VOIP Action Implementation Guides plans Qualification Collaborative Tools Social Media Introduction Full access to On line Developing Digital Audit skills your market Marketing Resources Programme CRM design Portal Video Working registration Flexible Conference Working Smarter On Line Learning Business Advisor leadership and support Portal access and knowledge warehouse

Superfast Showcase State of the art - opened in June 2013.  Designed specifically for SME’s  Real demonstration of real business  applications for your business The sessions are  underway NOW!!

How do I register? Website covers introduction to the programme  Availability checker  Registration on the same page  http://www.superfastlancashire.com /

QUESTIONS? info@superfastlancashire.com http://www.superfastlancashire.com

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