Improving your skills

Staying one step ahead in business requires you to regularly update your skills and knowledge.

Workshops

BIPC Newcastle are running a series of workshops aimed at developing and growing both trading and pre-start businesses. Visiting experts can provide advice and techniques that can help your business succeed.  Please see our regularly updated events page for full listings and booking details.

Coaching sessions

Our individually tailored 1-2-1 coaching sessions offer support for entrepreneurs and business people alike. Please see our regularly updated Events page for full listings and booking details. Places are limited. 

A full list of our workshops and coaching sessions is available on our events page.

Online resources

An enormous amount of business advice and guidance exists online. Here are some links that our experts have found useful in the past. These are all external sites and we are not responsible for the content provided. We would, however, appreciate your feedback so please let us know if you find them useful or would like to suggest any additions. 

General business advice:

• Various business advice links from Newcastle Libraries
• Business & IP advice from the British Library
• General business advice and guidance from Business Link

Intellectual property:

• British Library BIPC IP e-Learning course
• European Patents Office e-Learning platform

 Finance and fundraising:

• Introduction to business angel funding from the BBAA 
• Guide to venture capital finance from the BVCA

 Marketing and sales:

•  Marketing advice from newbusiness.co.uk

 People and employment law:

• Advice on all aspects of employment law from ACAS

 Legal issues:

• Basic information on company structure from the Times