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Free recession advice for North East businesses

A new programme of free events aims to help North East businesses stave off the effects of the recession.

Business Link will be running more than 60 ‘Keep Your Business Fighting Fit’ workshops across the region over the next year, and the organisation hopes that local businesses will help them structure the sessions.

Before every workshop, Business Link aims to identify the most pressing issues that are facing the attendees and tailor the agenda and speakers to address these issues.

The workshops will cover topics such as managing cashflow, legal issues and redundancies, negotiating with banks, minimising risk and maximising profit, raising finance, risk management, staff training and development, lean and operational management, marketing, winning sales and customer retention.

Alastair MacColl, chief executive of Business and Enterprise North East, which delivers the Business Link service in the region, said: “North East England is well served with a very effective range of support services for businesses, but at Business Link we are always exploring new ways in which we can do more. The Keep Your Business Fighting Fit workshops have been developed to provide advice and assistance that is practical, topical and relevant to businesses from all sectors and of all sizes.

“We have put in place this sustained programme of events that will run until the middle of 2010, providing that flexible and innovative support for North East businesses.”

Full details of forthcoming Keep Your Business Fighting Fit workshops can be found on www.eventsnortheast.co.uk or by calling 0191 281 5777. The events are free to attend but places must be booked in advance.

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Ruth Mitchell .