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KLIC and Connect – King’s Lynn
February 4 @ 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Business owners and managers in West Norfolk are being encouraged to attend a free drop-in event offering a range of business support, information and advice from professionals. As well as the chance to network with other like-minded businesses.
KLIC and Connect is returning to KLIC in King’s Lynn from 8:30am to midday on Tuesday 4 February 2025. It will give existing or aspiring business owners and managers the chance to find out more about starting up, diversify, grow or network with other businesses. There will also be information and advice on how innovation can help business scale up, available grants and support for upskilling and training staff.
Various organisations will be on hand to talk to as well as provide information and advice, including:
Boost – who provide tailored individual support for 16–30-year-olds working with local employers. The project works with employers to develop their future workforce by upskilling their employees to have a positive impact on their industry through creating opportunities including work experience and Apprenticeships.
The Boost project has developed a wide network of engagement with employers to offer opportunities for young people to raise aspirations, fund specialist training provision, inspire participants within industry, or into a particular career path. This provision includes employability support, basic and life skills, training, accredited courses and work experience.
Chamber of Commerce – business networking and support across Norfolk.
Connected Innovation – the innovation ecosystem across Norfolk and Suffolk that supports innovative businesses by connecting them with a network of support programmes, innovation hubs, cluster groups as well as finance and investment.
College of West Anglia – with details on the commercial training available for employers and businesses.
Federation of Small Businesses – networking and support across Norfolk.
Innovate UK EDGE – provides bespoke support to high-growth, innovative, ambitious SMEs. They help businesses to exploit business innovation, source funding and finance and open new markets.
MENTA – training, support and advice for individuals embarking on self-employment, planning to set-up a business, or within the first 12-months of launching a business.
New Anglia Growth Hub – who can help your business access a range of business support services from hundreds of sources. The hub’s service is free and impartial and can help you access grants (including Go Digital, Small Business Grant scheme), finance, international trade support and other specialist advice.
Property team at the borough council – with information on properties and plots now available on the King’s Lynn Enterprise Park.
Free copies of the new West Norfolk Business Support Guide will be available to pick-up at the event. This handy guide has details of the people to contact for help with your business.
The event is open to current KLIC tenants, as well as all local businesses in the borough of west Norfolk and the general catchment area of the KLIC centre.
More information and free spots for this event can be booked through west-norfolk.gov.uk/
The next free business training session to be hosted by New Anglia Growth Hub, this time about making LinkedIn work for your business, will be held at the same time. This session, to be held between 9:15am and 12:45pm, will look at how LinkedIn can be used as a tool to build relationships, market yourself and develop your business.
This free training session must be booked in advance and can be done so through the link below:
eventbrite.co.uk/e/making-
KLIC is located at Innovation Drive, King’s Lynn, PE30 5BY.
This event is made possible by the New Anglia Growth Hub, supported by the Borough Council of King’s Lynn and West Norfolk’s UK Shared Prosperity Fund.
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