Finance specialist Adrian Wenn from BSK-CiC takes a look at a new option for funding business growth that is rapidly growing in popularity: Peer-to-Peer Lending (also known as Crowdfunding). The days are long gone when crowdfunding was dominated by young tech companies looking to fund the next big app. Peer-to-peer lending has now become so mainstream that…
If you want to find out more about running your own business, make sure you hop on board the NatWest Mobile Business School – housed in a converted double decker bus from the 1960s – when you visit Kent 2020 Vision Start-Up LIVE later this month. Neil Hutchings, NatWest Director of Business Banking, said “We are…
Finance specialist Adrian Wenn from BSK-CiC outlines some of the alternative finance options for new ventures and business growth Funding your new venture is never easy, but getting it right is critical to the future success of your business. Sadly, obtaining finance from the conventional lenders can often be a stressful experience: multiple meetings, faceless…
Do you dream of becoming your own boss? Well what’s stopping you? In a free workshop at Kent 2020 Vision Start-Up LIVE on 22nd October, Sue Nelson from RIFT Accounting will highlight the most common reasons for failure – so that you can avoid them. When reading the financial pages of the daily newspapers or listening to…
You will spot a unique piece of automotive history at this year’s Kent 2020 Vision LIVE, in the shape of a beautiful 1950 Harrington 1:25 scale coach… Making a special appearance at the Kent 2020 Breakfast Cafe and throughout the show on the SEC Signworks stand, the Johnstone Midget Coach has been lovingly restored by South East…
Visitors can attend special workshops presented by experts from The Design Council, GrowthAccelerator and the Intellectual Property Office (amongst others) at next month’s Kent 2020 Vision LIVE. The FREE workshop programme runs throughout the day alongside the main Kent 2020 event, providing illuminating advice on key issues and challenges for all businesses hoping to use innovation to help them grow…
In a special workshop at this year’s Kent 2020 Vision LIVE, Katie King from Zoodikers explains how you can achieve that all-important ‘social business’ status. Most people naturally assume that social media is all about marketing. Therefore, it should be the preserve of the marketing department. Given the increasing importance and volume of big data, the reality…
A free workshop by an acclaimed thinker will help attendees to understand the ‘process’ of innovation at this year’s Kent 2020 Vision LIVE… Contrary to common belief, a study of 107 highly innovative companies has recently revealed that there is no such thing as a standard ‘innovation culture’. Rather, innovative companies succeed in combining opposites: they…