Webinars
Free webinar: Covid-19 Managing Cash Flow in a Crisis
The York & North Yorkshire Growth Hub have teamed up with the ICAEW (Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales) to give practical advice about how you can manage you cash during this crisis, as well as put systems in place for the future.
Free webinar: Converting to takeaway and delivery during Covid-19
Looking to convert to a takeaway or delivery service, or already taken this step? This webinar will help you to maximise this opportunity.
Free webinar: Social media series - mastering the basics
This free webinar is an ideal introduction to social media, including choosing the right channels for your business and how to get started.
Free webinar: Getting back to business - the customer experience post Covid-19
Learn to use digital tools to help customers know what to expect when they return to your business, so that they can do with confidence.
Free webinar: Social media series - planning and creating great content
This free webinar is ideal if you know the basics of social media but want to know more about creating engaging content for your business.
Free webinar: Social media series - growing your social media presence
This free webinar is ideal if you want to go deeper into using social media, including building your audience, ads and analytics.
Free webinar: Leader series - engaging your virtual team
This free one-hour webinar will help you develop and refine your skills in engaging and getting the best out of your remote teams.
Free webinar: Leader series - leading through change and adversity
This free one-hour webinar will help you develop and refine your communication skills to deliver strong leadership through change.
Free webinar: KTPs – how to get academic insight and experience into your business
Effective management and leadership can be the difference between companies that thrive and those that fail.
Free webinar: Leader series - leading your team into recovery
This free one-hour webinar will help you plan your next steps including bringing back furloughed workers and developing new ways of working.
Free webinar: Using LinkedIn to expand your network and attract new opportunities
This free webinar explores how to use LinkedIn to promote yourself and your business to attract the clients and opportunities that you want.
Free webinar: Leader series - leading with purpose
This free one-hour webinar will help you with strategies to mean that your team feels connected, can contribute and have a sense of purpose.
Free webinar: Attracting talent in a virtual recruitment market
This one hour workshop will enable business leaders to better understand the virtual recruitment landscape and maximise the opportunities.
Free webinar: New funding opportunities for skills training and the Kickstart scheme
This free webinar will clarify the recent government funding schemes for skills training aimed at providing workplace opportunities for young people.
Free webinar: COVID-19 and the workplace - helping you stay safe
This free webinar on Covid-19 and the workplace will look at how to embed behaviours and measures to help everyone work safely.
Free webinar: How micro and small business leaders can be key to economic recovery
This free webinar for micro and small businesses provides practical advice and insights on how to navigate and shape the future beyond Covid.
Digital Security: Keeping Your Business Secure Online
The York & North Yorkshire Growth Hub have teamed up with the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) to provide practical advice on keeping your business secure online during and beyond the Covid-19 pandemic.
How to manage staff remotely
The York & North Yorkshire Growth Hub have teamed up Thrive Law to provide practical advice on how to negotiate the challenges of managing staff remotely.
How to conduct a fair redundancy process
The York & North Yorkshire Growth Hub have teamed up Thrive Law to provide practical advice on how to conduct a fair redundancy process.
Improving your website’s search engine rankings
The York & North Yorkshire Growth Hub have teamed up Intandem Communications to explain how search optimisation works and why it is so important for businesses today.
What is Content Marketing and why do you need it?
The York & North Yorkshire Growth Hub have teamed up Intandem Communications to explain the importance of content marketing and how it can help you to attract and keep customers.
Leadership Series: Leading your team with purpose
The York & North Yorkshire Growth Hub have teamed up with Michelle Mook to provide tools and techniques to set achievable goals and bring values to life for your team that will inspire them to deliver.
Leadership Series: Leading authentically and how to inspire others
The York & North Yorkshire Growth Hub have teamed up with Michelle Mook to help give leaders the confidence to lead authentically and in a way that inspires those around them.
Leadership Series: Leading through Change and Adversity
The York & North Yorkshire Growth Hub have teamed up with Michelle Mook to help leaders understand how to communicate for buy-in and work with a strategy and approach to support and embed change.
Business Development Series: Find your path - reshape your business for a recession
The York & North Yorkshire Growth Hub have teamed up with business coach Gareth Allen to pose some useful questions to ask yourself, and give you some ideas to make changes.
Start-Up Business Basics Series: Show me the money - A Guide to The Funding Options Available to New Businesses
The York & North Yorkshire Growth Hub have teamed up with business coach Gareth Allen for a free webinar which will act as a useful primer for new and early stage businesses on the funding options that are available for them now and in the future.
Webinar: Maximising your ShopAppy membership with free online marketing support
In partnership with marketing agencies Intandem Communications and Pick & Mix Marketing, this webinar will explain how businesses can maximise their membership during, and beyond, lockdown and introduce the programme of support that is going to be available for businesses.
Webinar: Changes in employees' terms and conditions and restructures.
This webinar with managing director of Thrive Law, Jodie Hill will consider how to restructure a business, and how to vary an employees’ terms and conditions with fair consultation.
Webinar: Conflict – why it’s important and how to manage it.
This free webinar with leadership expert Suzanne Courtney will support leaders in understanding why healthy conflict is important for creating high performing teams and how to manage it.
Webinar: None of us are superhuman - maintaining positive mental health and wellbeing in difficult times
This free webinar will explore the definition of mental health and wellbeing, what happens in our brain when we experience significant change and some of the common signs of low mental wellbeing. It will look at tools and resources that can improve mental wellbeing during times of extreme change.
Webinar: Cash is King - How to Forecast Cash Flow
This free webinar with business coach Gareth Allen will provide attendees with a better understanding of the importance of cash within a business.
Webinar: Creating great social media content to promote your business and your ShopAppy listing
This free webinar is designed for businesses across York and North Yorkshire who currently have a ShopAppy membership or are considering joining the platform. In this webinar, local marketing experts will teach you how to create great social media content to promote your business and your ShopAppy listing.
Webinar: Building the Foundations - Doing the Right Thing in Year One.
This webinar with business coach Gareth Allen will pose some useful questions to ask yourself, and give you some ideas to do the basics right.
Webinar: How to manage a fair disciplinary and grievance process when doing it remotely.
This webinar with managing director of Thrive Law, Jodie Hill will discuss how to remotely conduct a disciplinary and grievance process.
Webinar: Know your Numbers.
This webinar with managing director of Business Works UK, Joanne Tomlinson will help small business owners understand the terminology and usefulness of different kinds of financial information.
Webinar: How Much? - A Guide to Setting your Prices at the Right Level.
This free webinar with business coach Gareth Allen will discuss different pricing methods including cost based pricing and market based pricing.
Webinar: Holding Honest Conversations.
This webinar with Michelle Mook will provide a structured approach to delivering a successful message and provide techniques to ensure you are thoroughly prepared emotionally to hold an honest conversation..
Webinar: Growing your social media following and engagement with ShopAppy.com
The second webinar in our ShopAppy social media series will explain how you can increase your following and engagement with your local community.
Webinar: Understanding your Market - Unlocking the potential of your business.
This webinar with tourism marketing expert John Gallery will assist businesses to identify their target markets and share ideas how to reach them.
Webinar: Getting S*** Done - Don't let your business run you
This webinar with business coach Gareth Allen will give attendees some ideas about staying organised and on top of their workflow as well as suggesting some specific solutions and discussing delegation.